- Pierluigi Martini
Former F1 driver
Name = Pierluigi Martini
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|ITA Italian
Years = F1|1984 - F1|1985, F1|1988 - F1|1995
Team(s) =Toleman ,Minardi ,Scuderia Italia
Races = 124 (119 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 18
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1984 Italian Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1995 German Grand Prix Pierluigi Martini (born
April 23 ,1961 in Lugo) is an Italian formerracing driver .He participated in 124
Formula One Grands Prix, debuting onSeptember 9 ,1984 substituting forAyrton Senna at theToleman team. He scored a total of 18 championship points and was synonymous with theMinardi team - indeed aside from a single outing with Toleman and a one-season dalliance with Scuderia Italia, Martini`s entire career was spent with the Italian outfit. He raced with the minnow team in three different stints, drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in 1988 USA Grand Prix, their only front-row start at 1990 USA Grand Prix (aided by specialPirelli tyres; several of their other drivers had surprise qualifying results that day), their only lap leading a race in the1989 Portuguese Grand Prix , and their joint-best F1 result of 4th.After Formula One, Martini started a successful sportscar career. His first race at the
24 Hours of Le Mans was in 1996 with a Porsche run byJoest Racing . 1997 brought a fourth place finish in aPorsche 911 GT1 which he also raced in theFIA GT Championship that year. In 1998, he joined the brand new Le Mans program of BMW Motorsports. In 1999, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours together withYannick Dalmas andJoachim Winkelhock driving for BMW.ref|grandprix The team had to fight both Toyota and Mercedes works cars and win the race by a lap from the runner-up Toyota.Martini came back to motorsports in 2006, competing in the prestigious
Grand Prix Masters series for retired Formula One drivers.Complete Formula One results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position)
ources
# [http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-marpie.html DRIVERS: PIERLUIGI MARTINI] , GrandPrix.com
External links
* [http://www.f1rejects.com/centrale/submitted/martini/index.html F1 Rejects article] (ironic)
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