Romano Perdomi

Giuseppe Romano Perdomi († June 26, 1967 in Naples ) was an Italian racing driver who competed under the pseudonym Tiger .

Career

Perdomi began his career in the early 1960s and competed in sports car and monoposto races until his death in 1967 . From 1960 to 1962 he raced in the Italian Formula Junior Championship . In 1963 he became a works driver for Abarth and competed in a Fiat-Abarth 1000S in the Italian GT championship. With victories at the Coppa Asiago , the Vergato-Cereglio mountain race , the 3-hour race in Monza and the Coppa Cittá di Enna , the last two races that were also part of the sports car world championship this year , he secured the Overall victory in its class in the Italian GT Championship. In 1964 he switched to the Italian Formula 3 championship . His best placement in 1964 was third place at the Monza race behind Giacomo Russo and Ernesto Brambilla . By the end of 1966, he became a group of drivers who dominated the Italian Formula 3 races . In 1965 he survived a serious accident in Imola , where he completely destroyed his racing car after a collision with Frank Ruata , but remained uninjured. At the Giro d'Italia for automobiles in 1965 , he drove a Citroën DS19 to 15th place in the overall ranking.

Death in Caserta

Perdomi died in June 1967 at the Grand Prix of Caserta , a Formula 3 race that tragically went down as one of the most fatal racing events in motor sport history. In this race, three racing drivers died as a result of several accidents: Giacomo Russo, Swiss Beat Fehr and Perdomi. Perdomi was upside down in his racing car for more than half an hour after his accident; In addition to the poor security of the racetrack, the rescue workers, if at all, were more than poorly equipped and trained. However, this was no exception in road racing in the mid-1960s. Perdomi had severe internal injuries and broken legs. When he was conscious, he directed his rescue workers and explained to them which tools can finally be used to get him out of the car. When he was finally freed, he was taken to a hospital in Naples. At first his condition did not seem critical until after a few days he was suddenly transferred to the intensive care unit , where he died a few days later.

statistics

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	Romano Perdomi Abarth	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
								4th			22nd		1				1				9
1964	Abarth Sorocaima	Abarth-Simca 2000	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
														3				DNF
1967	Piccionaia Racing Team	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
					DNF

Web links

• Texts and pictures for Romano Perdomi at motorsportmemorial.org
• Romao Perdomi at Racing Sports Cars