Fisichella at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix
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Born |
Rome, Italy |
14 January 1973 ||||||||||
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Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||
Active years | 1996–2009 | ||||||||||
Teams | Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India, Ferrari | ||||||||||
Entries | 231 (229 starts) | ||||||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
Wins | 3 | ||||||||||
Podiums | 19 | ||||||||||
Career points | 275 | ||||||||||
Pole positions | 4 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 2 | ||||||||||
First entry | 1996 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
First win | 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last win | 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last entry | 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Participating years | 2010– |
Teams | AF Corse, Risi Competizione |
Best finish | 1st in LMGTE-PRO (2012, 2014) |
Class wins | 2 |
Giancarlo Fisichella (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo fiziˈkɛlla]; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari. Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010.
Fisichella won three races in his Formula One career, the first of which was at the chaotic 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race abandoned for safety reasons with 15 laps remaining. After several days of confusion regarding rules and technicalities, Fisichella was eventually declared the winner in the following week, and collected his trophy in an unofficial ceremony at the following race. He was brought into the Renault team to replace fellow Italian Jarno Trulli, and won his first race with the team in Australia in 2005. However, after that race it was his team-mate, the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, that would win the greater share of races for Renault. Although highly rated as a driver, Fisichella was unable to keep pace with eventual champion Alonso, managing just one further race win following his debut. Outside of driving, he has backed his own GP2 team, FMS International.