Stefano Modena

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Stefano Modena
Nationality  Italian
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1987 – 1992
Teams	Brabham, EuroBrun, Tyrrell, Jordan
Races	81 {70 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2
Career points	17
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1987 Australian Grand Prix
Last race	1992 Australian Grand Prix

Stefano Modena (born May 12, 1963 in Modena^[1]) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 81 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on November 15, 1987. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 17 championship points.

Modena first came to attention in 1986, ranking 4th in the Italian Formula Three series with the Milan-based Euroteam. The following season he moved up to Formula 3000, winning the championship for Onyx, and making his Formula 1 debut at the season-ending Australian Grand Prix for Brabham BMW.

For 1988, Modena signed up for the new EuroBrun team, but found the car uncompetitive. He qualified for 12 out of 16 races, with a best result of 11th at the Hungarian Grand Prix. For 1989 he returned to Brabham. There he regularly matched his more experienced team-mate Martin Brundle, scoring points at the Monaco Grand Prix, where he finished 3rd.

Modena stayed on at Brabham for 1990, but the team were low on funds. Aside from 5th place at the opening United States Grand Prix the year was something of a non-event, though he would sign for the resurgent Tyrrell team, to replace Jean Alesi in 1991.

He started the year well, coming 4th at the United States Grand Prix, running 3rd at the San Marino Grand Prix before his engine failed, holding a close 2nd behind Ayrton Senna at the Monaco Grand Prix until another engine breakage, and finishing 2nd at the Canadian Grand Prix. However, the Tyrrell team fell away as the season went on, and Modena went largely into his shell, unable to change anything.

For 1992, he signed for Jordan, but the Irish team had underpowered, unreliable Yamaha engines. Modena struggled all year, failing to qualify four times and becoming unpopular among the team for his unsympathetic treatment of his machinery, and increasingly introspective personality. He would score a point for 6th place at the Australian Grand Prix, which would be his last Grand Prix.

From 1993 to 2000, he drove almost exclusively in the Italian and German touring car series, with mixed results.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1987	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT56	BMW Str-4	BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS Ret	-	0
1988	EuroBrun Racing	EuroBrun ER188	Cosworth V8	BRA Ret	SMR NC	MON EX	MEX EX	CAN 12	USA Ret	FRA 14	GBR 12	GER Ret	HUN 11	BEL DNQ	ITA DNQ	POR DNQ	ESP 13	JPN DNQ	AUS Ret	-	0
1989	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT58	Judd V8	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON 3	MEX 10	USA Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 11	BEL Ret	ITA EX	POR 14	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 8	16th	4
1990	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT58	Judd V8	USA 5	BRA Ret															16th	2
		Brabham BT59				SMR Ret	MON Ret	CAN 7	MEX 11	FRA 13	GBR 9	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 17	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 12
1991	Braun Tyrrell Honda	Tyrrell 020	Honda V10	USA 4	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	CAN 2	MEX 11	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER 13	HUN 12	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP 16	JPN 6	AUS 10	8th	10
1992	Sasol Jordan Yamaha	Jordan 192	Yamaha V12	RSA DNQ	MEX Ret	BRA Ret	ESP DNQ	SMR Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER DNQ	HUN Ret	BEL 15	ITA DNQ	POR 13	JPN 7	AUS 6	17th	1

Preceded by Ivan Capelli

International Formula 3000 Champion 1987

Succeeded by Roberto Moreno

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