Date published: September 9 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Italian_Formula_One_drivers&oldid=977939129, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101–200 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Giuseppe "Nino" Farina won the very first World Championship race and title in 1950 in an Alfa Romeo. Starting from pole position, Hamilton led Carlos Sainz, a … He drove twice for Alfa Romeo twice in 1980 before securing a full-time drive with McLaren the following year. [15], Lella Lombardi is the only woman to have finished a Formula One race in a points-scoring position. [13] He was the last person to die in a Formula One car until the weekend of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. 2020 F1 Italian Grand Prix race results. He achieved his best result in 1984 when four podium finishes helped him to third in the title race. Later in the year, at the Spanish Grand Prix, she was running in sixth place when the race was stopped due to an accident. F1: Charles Leclerc wins Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari – as it happened. On leaving Ferrari Alboreto's career went downhill with only one podium finish in his final six years. It would prove to be Trulli's highest championship finish with his accrued 46 points giving him sixth place. Category page. After back-to-back championships with Ferrari in 1952 and 1953 Ascari moved to Lancia but the car was not ready until late in the season leaving him unable to challenge the dominant Juan Manuel Fangio and he ended the year without seeing the chequered flag at a single event. [8], Giancarlo Fisichella is the most recent Italian driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix having won in 2006. He returned to Formula One for four races in 1955 and, despite finishing on the podium at all three of the ones he started, he felt unable to continue. Alessandro Nannini. On leaving the sport he embarked on a very successful career in Indy Car before returning for one final, and very poor, season in 1999. Alfonso Thiele. The drivers' title has been won three times for Italy by two drivers both in Italian cars. Alex Caffi. Of the nine Ferrari World Championship-winning drivers, he was the first and remains the only Italian. Italian Grand Prix driver ratings. The name Alfa Romeo boasts Formula 1 connections dating back to the championship’s inception in 1950. Geki (racing driver) Gerino Gerini (racing driver) Piercarlo Ghinzani; Bruno Giacomelli; Gimax; Antonio Giovinazzi; Ignazio Giunti Two races with Lancia in 1955 brought about similar disappointment but Ascari would not manage to see the year out. However, he was again beaten by a teammate as Alberto Ascari took the 1952 title. It's the Italian Grand Prix at Monza so we thought we would put Robert & George to the test! [3][4][6] Ascari had made his debut with Ferrari in 1950, coming fifth in the championship after contesting just four races. Prior to Giovinazzi, there were five consecutive seasons without an Italian driver, with 2012 marking the first season an Italian driver did not enter a Formula One race weekend and the first season since 1969 that an Italian driver did not start a race. [2][3], A total of 15 different Italian drivers have won a race in Formula One, the most recent being Giancarlo Fisichella with Renault at the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella; Support Sporcle. Full breakdown of drivers, points and current positions. The award is given by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to the driver who scores the most points during a season.. At the start of a race in Monza his car was engulfed in flames and he suffered serious burns that would mean he turned to amphetamines and morphine to cope with the pain.