Piercarlo Ghinzani

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Nation:	Italy
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	1981 Belgian Grand Prix
Last start:	1989 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
1981, 1983-1986  Osella  1987  Ligier  1988  Zakspeed  1989  Osella
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-19. ( 1984 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 76 - - -
World Cup points :	2
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Piercarlo Ghinzani (born January 16, 1952 in Riviera d'Adda ) is a former Italian Formula 1 racing driver.

Career

Piercarlo Ghinzani drove for a few years in the Italian and European Formula 3 championships for the Euroracing team led by Gianpaolo Pavanello, which managed Alfa Romeo's Formula 1 operations in the early 1980s and continued to work a few years later under the name EuroBrun . In 1977 Ghinzani became Formula 3 European Champion . In 1980 he was briefly involved in the Italian Dywa project, which had built a car for the British Aurora series . The team registered for only one race in this series, namely for Lotteria Monza . However, it did not take place in the end, so that Ghinzani was not used either.

Then Ghinzani contested a total of 76 Formula 1 races from 1981 to 1989, he was under contract with Osella , Toleman , Ligier and Zakspeed . At 31 Grand Prix he could not qualify for the race. Although he qualified in four races, he was unable to start for various reasons. Piercarlo Ghinzani celebrated his greatest success in 1984 when he finished fifth on an Osella at the US Grand Prix in Dallas and scored his only championship points.

Ghinzani took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race four times , but retired each time due to technical defects.

In 1992 Piercarlo Ghinzani founded his own racing team called Team Ghinzani , which is based in Bergamo and has been represented in various motorsport classes throughout its history. The Ghinzani team has been involved in the Italian Formula 3 championship for many years. Between 2005 and 2009 it also took part in the A1GP racing series , where it provided A1 Team Italy .

Piercarlo Ghinzani maintains a collection of historic racing cars. It includes an Osella FA1E , an Osella FA1F and a Toleman TG 185. Ghinzani drove these cars during his active career as a Formula 1 driver.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1980	Scuderia Lancia Corse	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	Markku Alén	Gianfranco Brancatelli	failure	Oil pump
1981	Martini Racing	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	Hans Heyer	Riccardo Patrese	failure	Cylinder head gasket
1982	Martini Racing	Lancia LC1	Hans Heyer	Riccardo Patrese	failure	Engine failure
1983	Martini Racing	Lancia LC2	Hany Heyer	Michele Alboreto	failure	no fuel pressure

Web links

Commons : Piercarlo Ghinzani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Details race (English)
• Team Ghinzani website