Italian f1 driver

Giovinazzi is also in danger of following the fate of the previous young Italian star, curiously one year his junior, when Raffaele Marciello accepted his single-seater career was all-but over just after his 21 st birthday. The fairytale return of Brendon Hartley can give the likes of Marciello hope the dream is never over but having left the Ferrari Driver Academy, while the New Zealander maintained his ties to Red Bull, backers will be hard to come by.

A quick scan across the support series ranks struggles to provide confidence of a flood of Italian talent waiting to climb the ranks. In Formula 2, Luca Ghiotto and Antonio Fuoco are both well-versed challengers in the F1 feeder series — the latter part of the Ferrari junior ranks — but neither is creating headlines like title fighters George Russell and Lando Norris who are heavily linked to F1 drives. In GP3 year-old Leonardo Pulcini is impressing but a way off being ready while Alessio Lorandi is transitioning between the two series.

A delve across the remaining Ferrari juniors brings up promising youngster from all across the world, while Italian sponsors tend to favour the Ferrari brand for exposure over an up-and-coming driver. The hope of a wealthy backer often makes its bed in the comfort of Maranello in its attempts to gather affection from the Italian public and Tifosi. Enzo Ferrari reluctance to select homegrown talent grew following his fear of harming his own during the frightening days of regular fatalities in F1 after the deaths of Eugenio Castellotti , Luigi Musso and Lorenzo Bandini This trend has continued into modern F1 with Giancarlo Fisichella the last Italian to race for the Scuderia, which only came about in an impromptu move to fill the gap left by the injured Felipe Massa for the latter half of With this pattern showing no signs of being broken, Italy will continue to cheer on a team and a car over its own flesh and blood.

Contact Crash. Use this list of renowned Italian racecar drivers to discover some new racecar drivers that you aren't familiar with. Don't forget to share this list by clicking one of the social media icons at the top or bottom of the page. Alberto Ascari. He was a multitalented racer who competed in Alberto Colombo. Birthplace: Italy. Alessandro Nannini. Alessandro "Sandro" Nannini born 7 July is a former racing driver from Italy. He is the younger brother of rock-singer Gianna Nannini.

His five-year F1 career resulted in a win but ended after Alex Caffi. He participated in 75 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 September In he raced Alex Zanardi. Alfonso Thiele. Alfonso Thiele 5 April — 15 July was a racing driver who held dual citizenship of the United States and Italy, though he spent most of his life in Italy.

He participated in one Formula Andrea Bertolini. He is the official test driver of Andrea de Adamich. Andrea Lodovico de Adamich born 3 October is a former racing driver from Italy.

Andrea de Cesaris. Andrea de Cesaris 31 May — 5 October was an Italian racing driver. He started Formula One Grands Prix but never won. As a result, he holds the record for the most races started Andrea Montermini. Andrea Montermini born 30 May is an Italian racing driver. Antonio Brivio.

Antonio Fassina. Antonio "Tony" Fassina born 26 July is a former rally driver from Italy. Arturo Merzario. Arturo Francesco "Art" Merzario born 11 March in Civenna, Como erroneously registered as Arturio on his birth certificate is a racing driver from Italy.

He participated in 85 Formula One Attilio Bettega. Attilio Bettega 19 February — 2 May was an Italian rally driver. Bruno Giacomelli. He won one of the two British Formula 3 Championships and the Carlo Facetti.

Carlo Giovanni Facetti born 26 June is a former racing driver from Italy, mainly known for his success in touring car and sports car racing. In his single attempt at Formula One he failed to Cesare Perdisa.

He achieved Claudio Langes. Claudio Langes born 20 July in Brescia is a racing driver from Italy. In he won the Italian cc go-kart championship. In subsequent years he competed in Formula 3 and in Formula , Clemente Biondetti. Clemente Biondetti 18 October — 24 February was an Italian auto racing driver. Born into a working-class family, Biondetti raced motorcycles before turning to automobiles where he had Corrado Fabi. Corrado Fabi born 12 April in Milan is a former racing driver from Italy.

He participated in 18 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 March , scoring no championship points. He was the Domenico Schiattarella. Domenico "Mimmo" Schiattarella born 17 November is an Italian racing driver.

Dorino Serafini. Teodoro "Dorino" Serafini 22 July — 5 July was a motorcycle road racer and racing driver from Italy. Elio de Angelis. Elio de Angelis 26 March — 15 May was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One between and , racing for the Shadow, Lotus and Brabham teams. He was killed in an Emanuele Naspetti. Emanuele Naspetti born February 24, in Ancona is a racing driver and entrepreneur from Italy. Emanuele Pirro. Emanuele Pirro born 12 January is an Italian racing driver who has raced in Formula One, touring cars and in endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans which he has won a total of five Enrico Bertaggia.

Enrico Bertaggia born 19 September is a former racing driver from Italy. Enrico Toccacelo. He won a pair of F events and briefly led Vitantonio Liuzzi in the Enzo Ferrari. Ernesto Brambilla.

Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla born 31 January is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and a professional race car driver from Italy. Born in Monza, he was the brother of driver Vittorio Ernesto Prinoth. Eugenio Castellotti. Fabrizio Barbazza. Fabrizio del Monte.

He drove for three seasons in European Formula before driving three Champ Car events in , often on Fabrizio Giovanardi. Fabrizio Giovanardi born 14 December in Sassuolo is an Italian racing driver. During his career he has won ten touring car titles, including European and British crowns making him the most Felice Bonetto.

He was a road racing Ferdinando Monfardini. He raced in the and GP2 Series seasons, having previously raced in the Formula series Franco Scapini. Franco Scapini born April 7, is a former Italian racing driver from Varese. Gabriele Tarquini.

Gabriele Tarquini born 2 March is an Italian racing driver. He scored 1 championship point, and holds the record for An experienced driver in the Italian lower formulae, he also participated in Giancarlo Baghetti. Giancarlo Fisichella. He has driven in Formula Luigi Fagioli was another star from the interwar years who was already near the end of his career by the time the F1 world championship was organised for the season.

He was 51 when that first season began, but he managed four second-place finishes and one third in six starts that season. Those results left him third in the drivers' standings, just six points behind the champion, Farina. Fagioli still holds the record as the oldest grand prix winner. For the next season, he continued racing sports cars, but he was killed after an accident while practicing for a race in Monaco.

Riccardo Patrese, who started races, was the most experienced F1 driver in history when he retired in he has since been passed by Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. Patrese won six races over his long career and finished third in the and championships.

In , his penultimate season, he finished a distant second to his team-mate, Nigel Mansell, winning the Japanese Grand Prix, more than 11 years after his first victory. Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was the first F1 world champion in He won the final race of that season, at Monza, to clinch the title from Fangio and Fagioli. Farina raced just three more full seasons in F1 after his triumph, finishing second in the championship. That year, he did not win a race but finished second to the champion, Ascari, four times in seven starts.

Although Farina survived the early, deadly years of F1, he was killed in a car accident in on his way to watch the French Grand Prix.

It should be no surprise that Ascari ranks first on this list. He is not only the best Italian driver ever, he is one of the best F1 drivers in history. In his and championship seasons, he won 11 of 17 races although he did not even enter two of those For his career, he won more than 40 percent of the races he entered and could have added to his total, had he not been killed testing a Ferrari sports car at Monza in Follow me on Twitter for updates when I publish a new article and for other mostly F1-related news and banter, along with a bunch of photos of my kids:.

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