Renzo Zorzi

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Renzo Zorzi
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1946-12-12) 12 December 1946 Ziano di Fiemme, Trentino, Italia
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1975 - 1977
Teams	Williams, Shadow
Races	7
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	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 in Ziano di Fiemme, Trentino) 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. In 1977 he raced with Shadow, backed by their Italian sponsor Franco Ambrosio. He was cut from the team after five races, in which he finished once, scoring one World Championship point. 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]

Complete Formula One World Championship 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	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				NC	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		NC	0
1977	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5B	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	BRA 6																19th	1
1977	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN8	Cosworth V8			RSA Ret	USW Ret	ESP Ret	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	19th	1

References

↑ "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 2007-01-11.

Persondata
Name	Zorzi, Renzo
Alternative names
Short description	Italian F1 driver
Date of birth	December 12, 1946
Place of birth	Ziano di Fiemme, Trentino, Italia
Date of death
Place of death

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