Paolo Barilla

Paolo Barilla

Nation:	Italy
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1989 Japanese Grand Prix
Last start:	Belgian Grand Prix 1990
Constructors
1989-1990  Minardi
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 9 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Per Paolo Barilla (born April 21, 1961 in Milan ) is an Italian manager and former racing car driver . He acts as Vice Chairman of the Italian pasta manufacturer and world market leader Barilla .

Athletic career

Barilla entered international motorsport in 1983 with a Group C Lancia LC2 that he used privately . After some good results (the best was sixth place with Giorgio Francia in the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps as part of the World Sports Car Championship ), Lancia gave him a works contract for the 1984 season .

In the very first race - the 1000 km race in Monza - Barilla reached third place with Mauro Baldi as a teammate. This was followed by fourth place in the 1000 km race at Silverstone with Baldi, third place in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring with Alessandro Nannini and, at the end of the season, second place in the 1000 km race in Kyalami with Bob Wollek .

1985: Victory at Le Mans

In 1985 Barilla moved to the Joest Racing team . With this team and the Porsche 956 he celebrated the greatest success of his career: he won the Le Mans 24-hour race together with Klaus Ludwig and Louis Krages .

In 1987 Barilla switched to monoposto racing and drove for two years in the International Formula 3000 Championship for various teams without achieving any major successes. Due to his friendship with Giancarlo Minardi , the founder and owner of the Minardi team at the time, as well as the financial support from his industrial family, Barilla rose to the Formula 1 World Championship in the 1989 season . He made his debut at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka and took part in eight other Grands Prix the following season . In six events he could not qualify for the race, a total of Barilla only reached the goal four times. He couldn't get any points. His best placement was eleventh at the San Marino Grand Prix , and his best starting position was 14th at the US Grand Prix . Due to lack of success, he was replaced by Gianni Morbidelli before the end of the season . Barilla then ended his motorsport career and moved to the family business.

Entrepreneur

After the end of his sporting career, Barilla decided to join the family business, which is run by his brother Guido Barilla . In the meantime, Paolo Barilla, together with his other siblings Luca and Emanuela, has advanced to the rank of Deputy Chairman.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1983	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	Alessandro Nannini	Jean-Claude Andruet	failure	Engine failure
1984	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	Mauro Baldi	Hans Heyer	failure	malfunction
1985	Joest Racing	Porsche 956B	Klaus Ludwig	Louis Krages	Overall victory
1986	Joest Racing	Porsche 956	Klaus Ludwig	Louis Krages	failure	Engine failure
1988	Tom's Team Toyota	Toyota 88C	Hitoshi Ogawa	Tiff Needell	Rank 24
1989	Tom's Team Toyota	Toyota 89C	Hitoshi Ogawa	Ross Cheever	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1986	Bayside Disposal Racing	Porsche 962	Bruce Leven	Bob Wollek	failure	Engine failure
1988	Joest Racing	Porsche 962	Louis Krages	Frank Jelinski	Rank 2

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1983	Scuderia Mirabella Lancia	Lancia LC2	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	FUJ	KYA
					DNF	DNF	6th
1984	Lancia	Lancia LC2	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
			3	4th	DNF	3	DNF			DNF		2
1985	Joest Racing	Porsche 956	MUG	MON	SIL	LEM	HOK	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SEL
				9	6th	1	3		3		DNF
1986	Joest Racing	Porsche 956 Porsche 962	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
			DNF	6th	DNF		5			4th	1
1988	Tom's Team Toyota Joest Racing	Toyota 88C Porsche 962 Toyota 88C-V	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
							24			3	DNF	21st
1989	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota 89C-V	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BRH	ONLY	DON	SPA	MEX
			6th
1991	Courage Compétition	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
			8th

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Paolo Barilla  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Paolo Barilla at Racing Sports Cars