Piercarlo Ghinzani

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Piercarlo Ghinzani
Formula One Career
Nationality Italy Italian
Active years 1981, 1983 - 1989
Team(s) Osella, Toleman, Ligier, Zakspeed
Grands Prix 111
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First Grand Prix 1981 Belgian Grand Prix
Last Grand Prix 1989 Australian Grand Prix

Piercarlo Ghinzani (born January 16, 1952) is an Italian former Formula One driver from Italy. He participated in 111 grands prix, debuting on May 17, 1981. He spent much of the 1980s racing for the small Osella team, and he only ever took 1 points finish. Following sporadic F1 appearances in 1981, and racing in Group C as a team mate to Michele Alboreto and Riccardo Patrese Ghinzani's first full season with the Osella team was in '83. Despite achieving no points finishes he was retained for 1984. He suffered burns in a serious crash at the Kyalami circuit, but later that year scored his only career points in the Dallas GP, a race marked by high attrition and crumbling tarmac. Remaining with Osella for 1985, in the latter half of that year Ghinzani was drafted into the Toleman team to partner fellow Italian Teo Fabi. Despite the competitiveness of the car, he was hamstrung by reliability problems and unable to score a proper finish. The following year saw him return to the Osella team, while for 1987 he was contracted to the Ligier team, alongside former Grand Prix winner René Arnoux. The plans for the team to run Alfa Romeo engines were scuppered, however, by Arnoux's scathing pre-season comments, and the team had to hastily adapt their cars to fit Megatron engines. He occasionally ran in the points, notably in Germany, but suffered the indignity of being disqualified at Silverstone. 1988 saw Ghinzani run with Zakspeed, but his final season saw him reunited with Osella. In his final season he only qualified 3 times, and his final Grand prix saw him hit from behind by Nelson Piquet in torrential rain. Ghinzani currently runs an Italian Formula 3 team.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1981 Osella Osella Ford USW BRA ARG SMR BEL
13
MON
DNQ
ESP FRA GBR DEU AUT DUT ITA CAN LAS 31st 0
1983 Osella Osella Ford BRA
DNQ
USW
DNQ
FRA
DNQ
28th 0
Osella Osella Alfa Romeo SMR
DNQ
MON
DNQ
BEL
DNQ
USE
Ret
CAN
DNQ
GBR
Ret
DEU
Ret
AUT
11
DUT
DNQ
ITA
Ret
EUR
Ret
SAF
Ret
1984 Osella Osella Alfa Romeo BRA
Ret
SAF
WD
BEL
Ret
SMR
DNQ
FRA
12
MON
7
CAN
Ret
USE
Ret
USA
5
GBR
9
DEU
Ret
AUT
Ret
DUT
Ret
ITA
7
EUR
Ret
POR
Ret
19th 2
1985 Osella Osella Alfa Romeo BRA
12
POR
9
SMR
NC
MON
Ret
CAN
Ret
USE
Ret
FRA
15
GBR
Ret
DEU 27th 0
Toleman Toleman Hart AUT
DNS
DUT
Ret
ITA
DNS
BEL
Ret
EUR
Ret
SAF
Ret
AUS
Ret
1986 Osella Osella Alfa Romeo BRA
Ret
ESP
Ret
SMR
Ret
MON
DNQ
BEL
Ret
CAN
Ret
USE
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
DEU
Ret
HUN
Ret
AUT
11
ITA
Ret
POR
Ret
MEX
Ret
AUS
Ret
27th 0
1987 Ligier Ligier Megatron BRA SMR
Ret
BEL
7
MON
12
USE
Ret
FRA
Ret
GBR
DSQ
DEU
Ret
HUN
12
AUT
8
ITA
8
POR
Ret
ESP
Ret
MEX
Ret
JPN
13
AUS
Ret
24th 0
1988 Zakspeed Zakspeed Zakspeed BRA
DNQ
SMR
Ret
MON
Ret
MEX
15
CAN
14
USE
DNQ
FRA
DSQ
GBR
DNQ
DEU
14
HUN
DNQ
BEL
Ret
ITA
Ret
POR
DNQ
ESP
DNQ
JPN
DNQ
AUS
Ret
33rd 0
1989 Osella Osella Ford BRA
DNPQ
ESP
DNPQ
MON
DNPQ
MEX
DNPQ
USA
DNPQ
CAN
DNPQ
FRA
DNPQ
GBR
DNPQ
DEU
DNPQ
HUN
Ret
BEL
DNPQ
ITA
DNPQ
POR
DNPQ
ESP
Ret
JPN
DNPQ
AUS
Ret
- 0
Preceded by:
Riccardo Patrese
European Formula Three Championship Champion
1977
Succeeded by:
Jan Lammers