Renzo Zorzi
Nation: | Italy | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1975 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1977 Spanish Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1975 Frank Williams Racing Cars 1977 Walter Wolf Racing 1977 Shadow Racing Team | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | WM-19. ( 1977 ) | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | 1 | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Renzo Zorzi (born December 12, 1946 in Ziano di Fiemme , † May 15, 2015 in Magenta ) was an Italian racing driver . He contested seven Formula 1 races for poorly financed teams.
Career
Renzo Zorzi worked for the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli since the late 1960s . He began his motorsport career in Formula 3 in 1972 . He started for Scuderia Mirabella and in the first two years used different cars from Tecno , Brabham and some small Italian manufacturers, initially without achieving regular success. In 1974 and 1975 Zorzi worked for the Fiat subsidiary Lancia , which developed a Formula 3 engine together with Repetto. In 1975, Zorzi drove the engine in a GRD car ; with this combination he won the Formula 3 Grand Prix of Monaco and was third in the Formula 3 European Championship.
With the support of his sponsor Francesco Zorzi Ambrisio subsequently received a Formula 1 cockpit in the financially troubled team of Frank Williams , for which he in outdated Williams FW03 the Italian Grand Prix in 1975 denied. On his Formula 1 debut, he finished 14th and last, six laps behind the winner. In 1976 Zorzi started once for the Williams successor Walter Wolf Racing . The opening race in Brazil was Zorzi's only Formula 1 outing this year.
In 1977 Zorzi switched to the Shadow team, for which he competed in the first five races of the season. At the Brazilian Grand Prix he finished 6th, the only World Cup point in his career.
As a Shadow pilot, Zorzi was indirectly involved in the fatal accident of his teammate Tom Pryce in Kyalami at the South African Grand Prix . Zorzi was left on the home stretch with an engine failure. The marshals Frederik Jansen Van Vuuren wanted to put out the fire on Zorzi's car, but crossed the route without paying attention to the driver and was recorded by Tom Pryce at full speed. He could not see the place due to a crest of the road. Pryce died from the fire extinguisher of the marshal that hit his head in the accident. The marshals were also dead instantly.
After the fifth race of the season, Zorzi was replaced by Riccardo Patrese , who was also supported by Franco Ambrisio. After that there was no more opportunity for him to contest a Formula 1 race.
After his time in monoposto sport , he competed in sports car races . Among other things, he won in 1979 together with Marco Capoferri at the 1000 km race in Monza . He later returned to Pirelli to work as a test driver.
After the end of his racing career, Zorzi set up a racing school in Binetto in the Apulia region . He died on May 15, 2015 at the age of 68 after a long and serious illness.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1975 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Williams FW03 | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1976 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Williams FW04 | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1977 | Shadow racing cars | Shadow DN5B | Ford-Cosworth 3.0 V8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19th |
Shadow DN8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
total | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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1975 | |||||||||||||||||
14th | |||||||||||||||||
1976 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | |||||||||||||||||
1977 | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | 6th | DNF | DNF | DNF |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1980 | Electrodyne Moretti | Porsche 935J | Giorgio Pianta | Giampiero Moretti | failure | Engine failure |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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1974 | Monzeglio | GRD S73 | MON | SPA | ONLY | IMO | LEM | ZEL | WAT | LEC | BRH | KYA | |||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1976 | Jolly Club |
Ford Escort Lancia Stratos HF |
MUG | VAL | ONLY | MON | SIL | IMO | ONLY | ZEL | BY | WAT | MOS | DIJ | DIJ | SAL | |||
DNF | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||
1977 | Giuseppe Piazzi | Chevron B36 | DAY | MUG | DIJ | MON | SIL | ONLY | VAL | BY | WAT | EST | LEC | MOS | IMO | SAL | BRH | HOK | VAL |
8th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Giuseppe Piazzi | Fiat X1 / 9 | DAY | SEB | MUG | VALLEY | DIJ | SIL | ONLY | LEM | MIS | DAY | WAT | VAL | ROD | ||||
10 | DNF | ||||||||||||||||||
1979 | Giuseppe Piazzi | Fiat X1 / 9 | DAY | SEB | MUG | VALLEY | DIJ | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | BY | DAY | WAT | SPA | BRH | ROA | VAL | ELS |
DNF | DNF | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
1980 |
Giuseppe Piazzi Moretti Renzo Zorzi |
Fiat X1 / 9 Porsche 935 Capoferri M1 |
DAY | BRH | SEB | MUG | MON | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | DAY | WAT | SPA | MOS | ROA | VAL | DIJ | |
DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||
1981 | Italian sponsor | Lola T286 | DAY | SEB | MUG | MON | RIV | SIL | ONLY | LEM | BY | DAY | WAT | SPA | MOS | ROA | BRH | ||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1984 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | Porsche 956 | MON | SIL | LEM | ONLY | BRH | MOS | SPA | IMO | FUJ | KYA | SAN | ||||||
DNF | |||||||||||||||||||
1985 | Brun Motorsport | Porsche 956 | MUG | MON | SIL | LEM | HOK | MOS | SPA | BRH | FUJ | SEL | |||||||
6th |
Web links
- Obituary dated May 18, 2015 on the website www.speedweek.com
- Renzo Zorzi. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
- Image: Renzo Zorzi
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Obituary on the website www.omnicorse.it (accessed on May 16, 2015)
- ↑ Obituary on the website www.ladige.it
- ^ A b Biography of Renzo Zorzi on the website www.grandprix.com (accessed on May 16, 2015).
- ↑ obituary on the website www.gazzetta.it (accessed on 16 May 2015).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zorzi, Renzo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian Formula 1 driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ziano di Fiemme |
DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2015 |
Place of death | Magenta (Lombardy) |