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Giancarlo Baghetti | |
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Born | Milan, Lombardy, Italy | 25 1934
Died | Template:Death date and age Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
Formula One career | |
Nationality | Italian |
Years | 1961β1967 |
Giancarlo Baghetti (25 December 1934 in Milan, Italy β 27 November 1995 also in Milan) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, ATS (the Italian team), BRM, Brabham and Lotus teams. He was the son of a wealthy Milan industrialist.[1]
Baghetti is one of only three drivers to have won his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race (the 1950 British Grand Prix) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 (the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960).
Formula One career[]
He began racing in 1955 in production cars, moving up to Formula Junior in 1958. In 1961 he was selected by the Federazione Italiana Scuderie Automobilistiche (FISA), a coalition of independent Italian team owners who had agreed a loan deal with Ferrari for a 156 Dino[2] Formula Two car to run in non-Championship Grand Prix, giving experience to promising Italian drivers. Despite not showing spectacular form in lower categories, Baghetti was chosen over Albino Buttichi and Lucien de Sanctis for the seat. The car was first entered for the Syracuse Grand Prix, the first major event run under the new 1.5-litre championship regulations, and against a strong field Baghetti qualified second and won in the only Ferrari, with the British teams and Porsche 718 flat 4 unable to compete with the Dino's V6. He then used the same car to win at the Napoli Grand Prix a few weeks later.
Team FISA then acquired a new Ferrari 156 for the 1961 French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux, entering Baghetti for this World Championship event. Once Wolfgang von Trips, Richie Ginther and Phil Hill had all retired their works 156s, Baghetti was left to uphold Ferrari honour. He overcame Dan Gurney's Porsche 718 to take victory, giving him a hat trick of wins from his first three Grand Prix. Gurney was leading with 100 yards (90 m) to go as the cars raced to the finish line at 160 mph (225 km/h). The victory meant Baghetti became the first Italian since 1954 to win a Formula One World Championship event.[1] It also ensured that he became the first, and only driver ever to win on their World Championship Grand Prix debut against a field that did not consist entirely of other debutant drivers.
He entered two more Championship races, retiring from the 1961 British Grand Prix and 1961 Italian Grand Prix, though he posted fastest lap in the latter. He also won the poorly-attended Prima Coppa Italia race at Vallelunga in a Porsche 718.
He was promoted to the works Ferrari line-up for 1962, but took just two Championship placings β fourth at the Dutch Grand Prix, and fifth at the Italian Grand Prix, as Ferrari was outclassed by the British teams. Baghetti took second in the non-Championship Mediterranean Grand Prix. He was involved in the disastrous ATS effort in 1963, joining up with Phil Hill for Carlo Chiti's breakaway team, but failed to register a finish from five starts. For 1964 he switched to Scuderia Centro Sud's outdated BRM P57 cars, peaking with seventh at the Austrian Grand Prix. His Grand Prix career was then virtually over, though he had three more one-off drives, all at the Italian Grand Prix β a works Brabham in 1965, a Reg Parnell-entered Ferrari in 1966, and a works Lotus in 1967, when he would have scored a point but for a blown engine.
Post Formula One racing[]
He achieved some success in the European Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo and FIAT Abarth, winning the 1966 1000cc Class Championship in an Abarth 1000. After dabbling in Formula Three, he retired after a huge accident at the 1967 "Monza Lottery". Boley Pittard of England was burned severely when his Lola burst into flames at the start of the final qualifying heat. Baghetti won the event in a Branca with an average speed over thirty-five laps of Template:Convert/mi/h[3] In June 1968 Baghetti was in a huge pileup on the 23rd lap of a Formula Two race at Monza. He was driving a Dino.[4]
He later became a journalist and photographer in motorsport and fashion.
Death and legacy[]
Baghetti died of cancer in 1995.
Baghetti's Championship debut win has secured him a footnote in Formula One history, as he became the only driver to have won his first three Formula One races, starting with two non-championship Grand Prix races in Italy.
Complete Formula One World Championship results[]
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | WDC | Points |
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1961 | FISA | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari V6 | MON |
NED |
BEL |
FRA 1 |
9th | 9 | |||||||
Scuderia Sant Ambroeus | GBR Ret |
GER |
ITA Ret |
USA |
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1962 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari V6 | NED 4 |
MON |
BEL Ret |
FRA |
GBR |
GER 10 |
ITA 5 |
USA |
RSA |
11th | 5 | ||
1963 | Automobili Turismo e Sport | ATS 100 | ATS V8 | MON |
BEL Ret |
NED Ret |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
ITA 15 |
USA Ret |
MEX Ret |
RSA |
NC | 0 | |
1964 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | MON DNA |
NED 10 |
BEL 8 |
FRA |
GBR 12 |
GER Ret |
AUT 7 |
ITA 8 |
USA |
MEX |
NC | 0 | |
1965 | Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham BT7 | Climax V8 | RSA |
MON |
BEL |
FRA |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
ITA Ret |
USA |
MEX |
NC | 0 | |
1966 | Reg Parnell Racing Ltd | Ferrari 246 | Ferrari V6 | MON |
BEL |
FRA |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
ITA NC |
USA |
MEX |
NC | 0 | ||
1967 | Team Lotus | Lotus 49 | Cosworth V8 | RSA |
MON |
NED |
BEL |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
CAN |
ITA Ret |
USA |
MEX |
NC | 0 |
Non-Championship[]
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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1961 | FISA | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari V6 | LOM | GLV | PAU | BRX | VIE | AIN | SYR 1 |
NAP 1 |
LON | SIL | SOL | KAN | DAN | MOD | FLG | OUL | LEW | ||||
Scuderia Sant Ambroeus | Porsche 718 | Porsche Flat-4 | VAL 1 |
RAN | NAT | RSA | ||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari V6 | CAP | BRX | LOM | LAV | GLV | PAU | AIN 4 |
INT | NAP | MAL | CLP | RMS DNA |
SOL | KAN | MED 2 |
DAN | OUL | MEX | RAN | NAT | |
1963 | Ecurie Filipinetti | Lotus 21 | Climax Straight-4 | LOM | GLV | PAU | IMO DNQ |
SYR | AIN | INT | ROM | SOL | KAN | MED | AUT | OUL | RAN | |||||||
1964 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | DMT DNS |
NWT 9 |
SYR Ret |
AIN 9 |
INT 8 |
SOL | MED | RAN | |||||||||||||
1965 | Scuderia Centro Sud | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | ROC | SYR | SMT | INT | MED Ret |
RAN | |||||||||||||||
1966 | Anglo-Suisse Racing Team | Lotus 33 | BRM | RSA | SYR Ret |
INT | OUL |
Preceded by: Ed Swart |
European Touring Car Championship champion (Div.1) 1966 |
Succeeded by: Willi Kauhsen |
References[]
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- β 1.0 1.1 Baghetti Of Italy Takes Auto Race, New York Times, July 3, 1961, Page 11.
- β It's not clear if this was a 156 F2 car as used in 1950s, or a new 156 F1 car of 1961 (Small (2000), p. 51, simply lists all 3 entries by Baghetti in 1961 as "1.5 Ferrari 156 V6"). Confusion is mostly due to the multiple different Ferrari models sharing same model numbers in the early years.
- β Driver Is Badly Burned as Flames Engulf Car at Start of Monza Race, New York Times, June 5, 1967, p.56.
- β Briton Takes Flag At Monza, European Stars and Stripes, June 25, 1968, p.19.
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