Roberto Bussinello

Roberto Bussinello

Nation:	Italy
Automobile world championship
First start:	1961 Italian Grand Prix
Last start:	1965 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1961  Scuderia De Tomaso 1965 Scuderia Centro Sud
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 2 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Roberto Bussinello (born October 4, 1927 in Pistoia , † August 24, 1999 in Vicenza ) was an Italian racing driver .

Career

Bussinello was studying engineering when he started racing relatively late in 1958 at the age of 31. Bussinello worked as a technician at De Tomaso and drove the tests with their vehicles. But more and more often he also started in real races. He drove the de Tomaso F2 , the factory's first Formula 2 car, at its premiere in Modena in 1960 and at the Formula 1 race in Naples in 1961 , which was not part of the world championship and which he finished fifth. After finishing fourth overall at the Coppa Italia in 1961 , Bussinello was finally allowed to drive the De Tomaso F1-004 in a world championship run. At the 1961 Italian Grand Prix in Monza , he started the race from 24th place on the grid (33 vehicles were at the start). But he couldn't finish the race after an engine failure.

In 1963 Bussinello switched to Alfa Romeo . In 1964 he finished third at the Targa Florio with Nino Todaro on an Alfa Romeo Giulia and won the 6-hour race in Sandown Park.

In 1965 he drove again in the automobile world championship . Again he competed in Monza, this time for Scuderia Centro Sud , which entrusted him with a BRM P57 . Bussinello retired prematurely after problems with the oil pressure.

After returning to De Tomaso, he ended his active career and was Technical Director responsible for the Italian brand's sports car activities until the mid-1970s.

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.
1961	Isobele de Tomaso	De Tomaso F1-004	Alfa Romeo 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1965	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM P57	BRM 1.5 V8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1961
							DNF
1965
							DNQ	13

Legend
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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1964	Scuderia St. Ambroseus	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Bruno Deserti	Rank 13 and class win
1965	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ / 2	Jean Rolland	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1964	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Giampiero Biscaldi	Consalvo Sanesi	failure	accident
1965	Autodelta SpA	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Andrea de Adamich		Rank 24
1967	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo T33	Nanni Galli		failure	Ignition damage

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	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1963		Alfa Romeo Giulia	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																					8th
1964	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Alfa Romeo TZ	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
				DNF	3				14th		13
1965	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo TZ Alfa Romeo GTA	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
				24			7th		DNF		30th	DNF		DNF
1966	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo TZ De Tomaso Sport 5000	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
					DNF	10		DNF		DNF
1967	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
				DNF				5

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