Domenico Schiattarella

Domenico Schiattarella ( born November 17, 1967 in Milan ) is an Italian race car driver. 1994 and 1995, he played a total of seven Formula 1 Grands Prix.

Career

From 1989 to 1992 Schiattarella drove a total of 37 races in the Italian Formula 3 Championship. His best result of the season was the runner-up in 1991 with two wins this season, outperforming among other things, the future Formula 1 driver Luca Badoer and Villeneuve Jacques. After three visiting missions in the player 's Toyota Atlantic Championship in 1993 and two races for the PPG Indy Car World Series in 1994, in which he scored no significant results was found for Schiattarella the possibility of a Formula 1 involvement.

Using sponsorship money he replaced the financially troubled team Simtek towards the end of the 1994 season, the Frenchman Jean -Marc Gounon. Schiattarella drove in two races of the season, but came only once to your destination, when he finished nineteenth and last place with two laps down on his front man at the Grand Prix of Europe.

The 1995 season played Schiattarella again in the Simtek. His teammate was the Dutchman Jos Verstappen, which he clearly lost the team-internal comparison. Schiattarellas best result of the season was the ninth place finish at the Grand Prix of Argentina, who represented the last place simultaneously. As the Simtek team was forced to declare bankruptcy after only five races of the season, also Schiatarrellas Formula 1 career was over.

In 1997, he took little part successfully in the FIA ​​GT Championship and played a year later a race in the American CART series. 1999 Schiattarella was on the side of Alex Caffi and Andrea Montermini in a Courage C52 sixth in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the goal but could not reach with its participation in the following year. 1999 and 2003 drove Schiattarella in the American Le Mans Series and reached in 15 races to win. In the following years he denied any races in professional motorsport more. 2008 Schiattarella returned as an active driver and took part in the Asian Super Car Challenge, which he imports three wins in seven races.

Statistics

Statistics in Formula 1

Individual results

Le Mans results

  • Formula 1 racing driver (Italy )
  • Italian
  • Born in 1967
  • Man
  • Drivers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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