Teo Fabi

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Teo Fabi
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1982, 1984 - 1987
Team(s)	Benetton, Brabham, Toleman
Races	71
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2

Pole positions	3
Fastest laps	2
First race	1982 South African Grand Prix


Last race	1987 Australian Grand Prix

Teodorico Fabi, better known as Teo Fabi (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian former Formula One driver and car racer.

[edit] Career

Born in Milan, Fabi participated in 71 Formula 1 grands prix, debuting on January 23, 1982. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 23 championship points. He took 3 pole positions, but never led a racing lap. He was also runner-up in the 1983 IndyCar championship; during that year, he became the second driver to qualify for the pole position of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race as a rookie, going on to lead the opening 23 laps before eventually retiring with a broken fuel valve O-ring on lap 44.

He is the elder brother of Corrado Fabi, also a car racing driver; Corrado shared the 1984 Brabham drive with him: since Teo was already committed to a programme in CART racing, Corrado stood in for the races which clashed with his CART commitments.

Teo also had a successful sports car racing career, culminating in winning the 1991 World Sportscar Championship for TWR Jaguar.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Team	WDC	Points
1982	Toleman	RSA DNQ	BRA DNQ	USAW DNQ	SMR NC	BEL Ret	MON DNPQ	USAE	CAN	DUT DNQ	GBR Ret	FRA Ret	GER DNQ	AUT Ret	SWI Ret	ITA Ret	LAS DNQ	Toleman	-	0
1984	Brabham	BRA Ret	RSA Ret	BEL Ret	SMR Ret	FRA 9	MON	CAN	USAE 3	USA	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT 4	DUT 5	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	POR	Brabham	12th	9
1985	Toleman	BRA	POR	SMR	MON Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA 14	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	DUT Ret	ITA 12	BEL Ret	EUR Ret	RSA Ret	AUS Ret	Toleman	-	0
1986	Benetton	BRA 10	ESP 5	SMR Ret	MON Ret	BEL 7	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR 8	MEX Ret	AUS 10	Benetton	15th	2
1987	Benetton	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON 8	USA Ret	FRA 5	GBR 6	GER Ret	HUN Ret	AUT 3	ITA 7	POR 4	ESP Ret	MEX 5	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	Benetton	9th	12

[edit] Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1983	March	Cosworth	1st	26th
1984	March	Cosworth	14th	24th
1988	March	Porsche	17th	28th
1989	March	Porsche	13th	30th
1990	March	Porsche	23rd	18th
1993	Lola	Chevrolet	17th	9th
1994	Reynard	Ilmor	24th	7th
1995	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	15th	8th