First Racing
| Founded | 1969 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Lamberto Leoni |
| Folded | 1991 |
| Team principal(s) | Lamberto Leoni |
| Former series |
European F2 International Formula 3000 |
| Noted drivers |
 Marco Apicella Fabrizio Giovanardi Éric Hélary Lamberto Leoni Pierluigi Martini Gabriele Tarquini Peter Westbury |
First Racing (sometimes written as FIRST Racing) was an Italian motor racing team founded by Lamberto Leoni, which competed in International Formula 3000 from 1987 to 1991. The team built a car for entry into the 1989 Formula One series, designed by Richard Divila,[1] and powered by a Judd V8 engine. Italian Gabriele Tarquini was signed to drive the lone entry, giving it a run at the 1989 Attilio Bettega Memorial event in Bologna [2] and the Formula One Indoor Trophy. However, the chassis itself was poorly built, and Divila disowned the design, claiming it was unsafe, even going as far as saying that the car was good for nothing but "an interesting flowerpot".[3][4] The car then failed a mandatory FIA pre-season crash test, and FIRST withdrew before the opening Brazilian Grand Prix, folding thereafter when attempts to regroup and strengthen the chassis failed to come together.
The chassis would later turn up in 1990 as the Life L190.
Competition record
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | F189 | Judd CV 3.5 V8 | P | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | ||
| Gabriele Tarquini |
42 | WD |
Complete Formula 3000 results
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
| Year | Name | Country | Place | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | = 8th | March | Ford Cosworth | 9 | 10 | 9 | R | 11 | 12 | 5 | R11 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 4 | R |
| 1987 | Lamberto Leoni | Italy | = 8th | March | Ford Cosworth | 18 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 6 | R | 10 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 18 | R | ||||||
| March | Judd | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Beppe Gabbiani | Italy | NC | March | Ford Cosworth | - | - | 20 | 12 | 19 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | Claudio Langes | Italy | NC | March | Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | NQ | 20 | R | 21 | R | 24 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 15 | R |
| 1987 | Alain Ferté | France | NC | March | Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | R | - | - |
| 1988 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | 4th | March | Judd | 17 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | R | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 10 | R | 12 | 10 |
| 1988 | Marco Apicella | Italy | 11th | March | Judd | 20 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | R | 18 | R | 5 | R | 11 | R | 21 | R | 15 | R |
| 1988 | Alain Ferté | France | NC | March | Judd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Marco Apicella | Italy | 4th | March | Judd | 13 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reynard | Judd | 2 | R | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | R | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | R | 9 | R | ||||||||
| 1989 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Italy | 10th | March | Judd | 28 | NQ | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reynard | Judd | 6 | R | 21 | 14 | 12 | R | 29 | NQ | 21 | NS | 26 | 13 | 28 | NQ | 20 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Jean-Denis Délétraz |  Switzerland | NC | March | Judd | 26 | 14 | 19 | R | 16 | R | 25 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Reynard | Judd | 18 | R | 15 | R | 13 | 12 | 27 | NQ | 15 | R | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Marco Apicella | Italy | 6th | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | R | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | R | 2 | 2 | 5 | DIS(3) | 1 | R | 5 | R | 11 | 5 |
| 1990 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Italy | 10th | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 16 | R | 10 | R | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 19 | R | 18 | 5 | 18 | R | 10 | R |
| 1990 | Jean-Denis Délétraz | Switzerland | NC | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 21 | 7 | 31 | NQ | 18 | R | 27 | NQ | 25 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Marco Greco |  Brazil | NC | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | NQ | 32 | NQ |
| 1991 | Éric Hélary | France | 8th † | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 16 | R | 17 | R16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | Michael Bartels |  Germany | NC | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | - | 11 | 8 | 10 | R | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1991 | Giovanni Bonanno | Italy | NC | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 22 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | Jean-Denis Délétraz | Switzerland | NC | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 15 | NS | 24 | NQ | 13 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
† Éric Hélary finished season with Cobra Racing
References
- ↑ "Richard Divila Profile". Grandprix.com. Inside F1. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "Bologna Sprint". Silhouette.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "Teams that barely existed". F1 Database. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "Life team profile". F1Rejects.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2016.