Piero Nappi

Piero Nappi contested the 1996 Le Mans 24-hour race in a Ferrari F40 Evo

Piero Nappi (born December 3, 1955 in Naples ) is a former Italian racing driver .

Racing career

Piero Nappi only raced sporadically, but his career lasted almost 30 years. It had its first international engagement at the 6-hour race in Mugello in 1977 , a race of the sports car world championship of that year . Together with his compatriot Cosimo Turizio , he drove a Ford Escort , which failed after 44 laps due to a defect in the intake manifold injection . After a brief engagement in the Formula 2 European Championship in 1981 , Nappi only competed in GT and sports car races .

He became a specialist for the Vallelunga circuit , where he competed in the 6-hour race every year until the end of his career in 2006 . His best placement at this event was seventh in 2001 . In 1996 he drove a Ferrari F40 GTE together with Robin Donovan and Tetsuya Ota at the Le Mans 24-hour race , which failed after 129 laps with an engine failure.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	Ennea SRL Igol Ferrari Club Italia	Ferrari F40 GTE	Robin Donovan	Tetsuya Ota	failure	Engine failure

Web links

• Piero Nappi at Old Racing Cars
• Piero Nappi of the Driver Database
• Piero Nappi at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 6-hour race at Mugello 1977
2. ^ Vallelunga 6-hour race 2001