Emanuele Pirro

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Emanuele Pirro
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1989 - 1991
Team(s)	Benetton, Dallara
Races	40
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1989 French Grand Prix
Last race	1991 Australian Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans Career
Participating years	1981, 1998 - 2006
Team(s)	Martini Racing, GTC Competition, Audi Sport Joest, Champion Racing
Best Finish	1st (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)
Class Wins	4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)

Emanuele Pirro, born January 12, 1962 in Rome, Italy, is an Italian auto racing driver.

From 1989 to 1991, he was a Formula One driver and participated in 40 grands prix, first for Benetton and later for Scuderia Italia. He scored a total of 3 championship points. After leaving Formula One, Pirro becamed involved in touring car and sports car racing, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans three consecutive years (2000 to 2002) with Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen, and several races in the American Le Mans Series with Biela.

Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela and Marco Werner made history by becoming the first drivers to win the Le Mans 24-hour race in a diesel-powered car. Piro was driving the Audi R10 Diesel when it completed a record 380 laps of the La Sarthe circuit.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

Yr	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1989	Benetton	Ford	BRA	SMA	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA 9	GBR 11	DEU Ret	HUN 8	BEL 10	ITA Ret	POR Ret	SPA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 5	23rd	2
1990	Dallara	Ford	USA	BRA	SMA Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	MEX Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 11	DEU Ret	HUN 10	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR 15	SPA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	-	0
1991	Dallara	Judd	USA Ret	BRA 11	SMA DNPQ	MON 6	CAN 9	MEX DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	GBR 10	DEU 10	HUN Ret	BEL 8	ITA 10	POR Ret	SPA 15	JPN Ret	AUS 7	18th	1

Preceded by Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas Joachim Winkelhock	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2000 with: Frank Biela Tom Kristensen	Succeeded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro
Preceded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2001 with: Frank Biela Tom Kristensen	Succeeded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro
Preceded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002 with: Frank Biela Tom Kristensen	Succeeded by Tom Kristensen Rinaldo Capello Guy Smith
Preceded by J.J. Lehto Marco Werner Tom Kristensen	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2006 with: Frank Biela Marco Werner	Succeeded by Next race: 16 June 2007