Pierluigi Martini

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Pierluigi Martini
Nationality  Italian
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1984 - 1985, 1988 - 1995
Teams	Toleman, Minardi, Scuderia Italia
Races	124 (119 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	18
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1984 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	1995 German Grand Prix

Pierluigi Martini (born April 23, 1961) is an Italian former racing driver.

Martini was born in Lugo di Romagna.

He participated in 124 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on September 9, 1984 substituting for Ayrton Senna at the Toleman team. He scored a total of 18 championship points and was synonymous with the Minardi team - indeed aside from a single outing with Toleman and a one-season dalliance with Scuderia Italia, Martini`s entire career was spent with the Italian outfit. He raced with the minnow team in three different stints, drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in 1988 USA Grand Prix, their only front-row start at 1990 USA Grand Prix (aided by special Pirelli tyres; several of their other drivers had surprise qualifying results that day), their only lap leading a race in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, and their joint-best F1 result of 4th.

After Formula One, Martini started a successful sportscar career. His first race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was in 1996 with a Porsche run by Joest Racing. 1997 brought a fourth place finish in a Porsche 911 GT1 which he also raced in the FIA GT Championship that year. In 1998, he joined the brand new Le Mans program of BMW Motorsports.

In 1999, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours together with Yannick Dalmas and Joachim Winkelhock driving for BMW.^[1] The team had to fight both Toyota and Mercedes works cars and win the race by a lap from the runner-up Toyota.

Martini came back to motorsports in 2006, competing in the prestigious Grand Prix Masters series for retired Formula One drivers.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1984	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG184	Hart Straight-4	BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	USE	USA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA DNQ	EUR	POR		-	0
1985	Minardi Team	Minardi M185	Cosworth V8	BRA Ret	POR Ret																24th	0
			MM V6			SMR Ret	MON DNQ	CAN Ret	USE Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 11	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	BEL 12	EUR Ret	RSA Ret	AUS 8
1988	Lois Minardi Team	Minardi M188	Cosworth V8	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	USE 6	FRA 15	GBR 15	GER DNQ	HUN Ret	BEL DNQ	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN 13	AUS 7		17th	1
1989	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M188B	Cosworth V8	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret															15th	5
		Minardi M189					MEX Ret	USA Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER 9	HUN Ret	BEL 9	ITA 7	POR 5	ESP Ret	JPN	AUS 6
1990	SCM Minardi Team	Minardi M189	Cosworth V8	USA 7	BRA 9																21st	0
		Minardi M190				SMR DNS	MON Ret	CAN Ret	MEX 12	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 15	ITA Ret	POR 11	ESP Ret	JPN 8	AUS 11
1991	SCM Minardi Team	Minardi M191	Ferrari V12	USA 9	BRA Ret	SMR 4	MON 12	CAN 7	MEX Ret	FRA 9	GBR 9	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 12	ITA Ret	POR 4	ESP 13	JPN Ret	AUS Ret		11th	6
1992	Scuderia Italia SpA	BMS Dallara 192	Ferrari V12	RSA Ret	MEX Ret	BRA Ret	ESP 6	SMR 6	MON Ret	CAN 8	FRA 10	GBR 15	GER 11	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 8	POR Ret	JPN 10	AUS Ret		16th	2
1993	Minardi Team	Minardi M193	Ford V8	RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR Ret	GER 14	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 7	POR 8	JPN 10	AUS Ret		23rd	0
1994	Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi M193B	Ford V8	BRA 8	PAC Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP 5													21st	4
		Minardi M194							CAN 9	FRA 5	GBR 10	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 8	ITA Ret	POR 12	EUR 15	JPN Ret	AUS 9
1995	Minardi Scuderia Italia	Minardi M195	Ford V8	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR 12	ESP 14	MON 7	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER Ret	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	19th	0

[edit] Sources

1. ^  DRIVERS: PIERLUIGI MARTINI, GrandPrix.com

[edit] External links

• F1 Rejects article (ironic)

Preceded by Oscar Larrauri	European Formula Three Champion 1983	Succeeded by Ivan Capelli
Preceded by Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas Joachim Winkelhock	Succeeded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro