Piercarlo Ghinzani
Piercarlo Ghinzani ( born January 16, 1952 in Riviera d' Adda ) is an Italian former Formula 1 racing driver.
Piercarlo Ghinzani drove several years in the Italian and European championship of Formula 3 for the directed by Gianpaolo Pavanello Team Euro Racing, which in the early 1980s, the Formula 1 operations of Alfa Romeo introduced a few years later continued to work under the name EuroBrun. 1977 Ghinzani was Formula 3 European champions. In 1980 he was associated with the Italian DYWA project in the short term, which had built a car for the British Aurora series. The team reported only for a single race in the series, namely for the Lotteria in Monza. However, it ultimately did not occur, so that also Ghinzani was not used.
Then Ghinzani played from 1981 to 1989 a total of 76 Formula 1 races, he stood at Osella, Toleman, Ligier and Zakspeed under contract. In 31 Grand Prix, he failed to qualify for the race itself. With four races he qualified, but could not start for various reasons. His biggest success Piercarlo Ghinzani 1984, when he on a Osella took fifth place at the U.S. Grand Prix in Dallas, while imports his only championship points.
Ghinzani took part in the four 24 - hour race at Le Mans, but different every time out according to technical defects.
In 1992, Piercarlo Ghinzani his own racing team called Team Ghinzani, who is based in Bergamo and was represented in its history in various motorsport classes. The Team Ghinzani been involved for many years in the Italian Formula 3 Championship. Between 2005 and 2009, also participated in the racing series A1GP and put there the A1 Team Italy.
Piercarlo Ghinzani maintains a collection of historic racing cars. It owns the FA1E Osella, Osella a FA1F and a Toleman TG 185 This car drove Ghinzani during his active career as a Formula 1 driver.