Ignazio Giunti

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Ignazio Giunti
Formula One Career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1970
Team(s)	Ferrari
Grands Prix	4
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1970 Belgian Grand Prix


Last Grand Prix	1970 Italian Grand Prix

Ignazio Giunti (August 30, 1941 in Rome - January 10, 1971 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Italian driver who made his name in saloon and Sports Car Racing in the late 1960s. In 1968, driving for Alfa Romeo, he was 2nd in the Targa Florio and 4th in the Le Mans 24 Hours race co-driving with Nanni Galli.

In 1970, Giunti was signed by Ferrari primarily for their sports-car team and won the Sebring 12hrs and the Targa Florio as well as achieving several other high placings. His success earned him a F1 chance and he did splendidly to finish 4th on his debut in the Belgian GP at Spa and raced three more times that year.

Ferrari were also trialling the Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni and he put in some excellent drives to restrict Giunti's chances though he was re-signed by Ferrari for 1971.

Tragedy struck in his first drive in 1971 whilst leading the Buenos Aires 1000 km race, when his Ferrari 312 PB prototype ploughed into the back of the Matra 650 of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who was pushing the car along the track after it had run out of fuel. The impact and the subsequent fire gave the popular Italian no chance of survival.