Renzo Zorzi

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Renzo Zorzi
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Nationality  Flag of Italy Italian
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 1975 - 1977
Teams Williams, Shadow
Races 7
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podium finishes    0
Career points 1
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1975 Italian Grand Prix
Last race 1977 Spanish Grand Prix

Renzo Zorzi (born December 12, 1946, near Turin) is a former racing driver from Italy who participated in 7 Formula One Grands Prix between 1975 and 1977.

Between odd races for Williams in Formula One, Zorzi raced in Formula 3. After his 1977 season with Shadow came to a premature end due to financial problems, he later raced in the Aurora AFX F1 series, driving an Arrows.

Zorzi was indirectly involved in a horrific accident during the 1977 South African Grand Prix, when he retired his car with an engine failure, which resulted in a small fire. Despite Zorzi dealing with the fire with his on-board extinguisher, two fire marshals ran across the track and one, Jansen Van Vuuren, was struck and killed by the car of Zorzi's team-mate Tom Pryce, who was also killed.

Zorzi now runs a Pirelli driving school in southern Italy.[1]

[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1975 Frank Williams Racing Cars Williams FW03 Cosworth V8 ARG
BRA
RSA
ESP
MON
BEL
SWE
NED
FRA
GBR
GER
AUT
ITA
14
USA
- 0
1976 Frank Williams Racing Cars Williams FW04 Cosworth V8 BRA
9
RSA
USW
ESP
BEL
MON
SWE
FRA
GBR
GER
AUT
NED
ITA
CAN
USA
JPN
- 0
1977 Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5 Cosworth V8 ARG
Ret
BRA
6
19th 1
Shadow DN8 RSA
Ret
USW
Ret
ESP
Ret
MON
BEL
SWE
FRA
GBR
GER
AUT
NED
ITA
USA
CAN
JPN

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?", oldracingcars.com, unknown. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.