Piercarlo Ghinzani

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Piercarlo Ghinzani
Formula One Career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1981, 1983 - 1989
Team(s)	Osella, Toleman, Ligier, Zakspeed
Grands Prix	111
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	1981 Belgian Grand Prix


Last Grand Prix	1989 Australian Grand Prix

Piercarlo Ghinzani (born January 16, 1952) is an Italian former Formula One driver from Italy. He participated in 111 grands prix, debuting on May 17, 1981. He spent much of the 1980s racing for the small Osella team, and he only ever took 1 points finish. Following sporadic F1 appearances in 1981, and racing in Group C as a team mate to Michele Alboreto and Riccardo Patrese Ghinzani's first full season with the Osella team was in '83. Despite achieving no points finishes he was retained for 1984. He suffered burns in a serious crash at the Kyalami circuit, but later that year scored his only career points in the Dallas GP, a race marked by high attrition and crumbling tarmac. Remaining with Osella for 1985, in the latter half of that year Ghinzani was drafted into the Toleman team to partner fellow Italian Teo Fabi. Despite the competitiveness of the car, he was hamstrung by reliability problems and unable to score a proper finish. The following year saw him return to the Osella team, while for 1987 he was contracted to the Ligier team, alongside former Grand Prix winner René Arnoux. The plans for the team to run Alfa Romeo engines were scuppered, however, by Arnoux's scathing pre-season comments, and the team had to hastily adapt their cars to fit Megatron engines. He occasionally ran in the points, notably in Germany, but suffered the indignity of being disqualified at Silverstone. 1988 saw Ghinzani run with Zakspeed, but his final season saw him reunited with Osella. In his final season he only qualified 3 times, and his final Grand prix saw him hit from behind by Nelson Piquet in torrential rain. Ghinzani currently runs an Italian Formula 3 team.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Team
1981	Osel	SAW	BRA	ARG	SAN	BEL	MON	SPA	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	CAN	LAS		Osel
1983	Osel	BRA	USAW	FRA	SAN	MON	BEL	USAE	CAN	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	EUR	SAF		Osel
1984	Osel	BRA	SAF	BEL	SAN	FRA	MON	CAN	USAE	USA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	EUR	POR	Osel
1985	Osel	BRA	POR	SAN	MON	CAN	USAE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	BEL	EUR	SAF	AUS	Tole
1986	Osel	BRA	SPA	SAN	MON	BEL	CAN	USAE	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	Osel
1987	Ligi	BRA	SAN	BEL	MON	USAE	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	SPA	MEX	JPN	AUS	Ligi
1988	Zaks	BRA	SAN	MON	MEX	CAN	USAE	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	SPA	JPN	AUS	Zaks
1989	Osel	BRA	SAN	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	SPA	JPN	AUS	Osel