Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi | |
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 Baldi at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix | |
| Born | Mauro Giuseppe Baldi 31 January 1954 Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Active years | 1982–1985 |
| Teams | Arrows, Alfa Romeo, Spirit |
| Entries | 41 (36 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 5 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1982 South African Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1985 San Marino Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1984–1986, 1988–1989, 1991–1994, 1997–2000 |
| Teams | Martini, Porsche, Sauber, Peugeot, Konrad, Moretti, JB, Panoz |
| Best finish | 1st (1994) |
| Class wins | 1 (1994) |
Mauro Giuseppe Baldi (born 31 January 1954) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1982 to 1985. In endurance racing, Baldi won the World Sportscar Championship in 1990 with Sauber, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1994 with Porsche; he won the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1998 and is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona with Doran.
Baldi is one of 11 drivers to complete the informal Triple Crown of endurance racing, achieving the feat at the 1998 12 Hours of Sebring.
Biography
[edit]Mauro Giuseppe Baldi was born on 31 January 1954 in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna.[1]
Baldi started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup. By 1980 he had become a top Formula 3 driver, winning the Monaco F3 Grand Prix and the 1981 European Formula 3 Championship with eight victories. In 1982 he signed to drive for Arrows before moving to Alfa Romeo in 1983, scoring a fifth place in Zandvoort. When Benetton became Alfa Romeo's team sponsor in 1984, Baldi lost his drive, and joined the underfunded Spirit team until 1985.
After retiring from Formula One he went to enjoy a successful career in sports car racing, driving for the works Martini-Lancia team in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, he switched to a Porsche 956 from Richard Lloyd Racing's outfit, returning to a works drive in 1988 with the Sauber-Mercedes team, with whom Baldi won the 1990 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers, sharing the car with Jean-Louis Schlesser. In 1991 and 1992 he was a driver for Peugeot.
He came very close to making a return to F1 in 1989, when he agreed with Coloni to take over one of the team's cars from Enrico Bertaggia for the Italian Grand Prix. The move was blocked by Jochen Neerpasch, the sporting director of Mercedes, his then sportscar team.[2] Later he had a brief return to F1 in 1990, doing most of the test driving for the Modena Lambo project.
Returning to sports cars, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1994, sharing the "road-going" Dauer 962 Le Mans (a modified Porsche 962) with Yannick Dalmas and Hurley Haywood. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 and 2002, and the 12 Hours of Sebring, again in 1998, with Arie Luyendyk and Didier Theys.
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
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† As Baldi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete European Formula 3 results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts |
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| 1978 | Mauro Baldi | Toyota | ZAN | NÜR | ÖST | ZOL | IMO DNQ | NÜR | DIJ | MNZ DNQ | PER 11 | MAG | KNU | KAR | DON | KAS | JAR | VLL 3 | 16th | 4 |
| 1979 | Mauro Baldi | Toyota | VLL 3 | ÖST Ret | ZOL Ret | MAG 9 | DON Ret | ZAN 2 | PER 5 | MNZ 2 | KNU Ret | KIN Ret | JAR | KAS | 4th | 22 | ||||
| 1980 | Ecurie Oreca | Renault | NÜR 4 | ÖST 8 | ZOL 15 | MAG 5 | ZAN 1 | LAC 3 | MUG 3 | MNZ 18 | MIS 1 | KNU 11 | JAR 1 | KAS 5 | ZOL 4 | 4th | 45 | |||
| Toyota | SIL Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Euroracing | Alfa Romeo | VLL 1 | NÜR 5 | DON 6 | ÖST 1 | ZOL 1 | MAG 2 | LAC 6 | ZAN 1 | SIL 2 | CET 1 | MIS 1 | KNU 1 | JAR 2 | IMO 1 | MUG DNS | 1st | 94 |
Complete Formula One results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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| 1982 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A4 | Cosworth V8 | RSA DNQ | BRA 10 | USW DNQ | SMR | BEL NC | MON DNQ | DET Ret | CAN 8 | NED 6 | GBR 9 | FRA Ret | GER Ret | AUT 6 | SUI DNQ | CPL 11 | 25th | 2 | |
| Arrows A5 | ITA 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 183T | Alfa Romeo V8 | BRA Ret | USW Ret | FRA Ret | SMR 10 | MON 6 | BEL Ret | DET 12 | CAN 10 | GBR 7 | GER Ret | AUT Ret | NED 5 | ITA Ret | EUR Ret | RSA Ret | 16th | 3 | |
| 1984 | Spirit Racing | Spirit 101 | Hart Straight-4 | BRA Ret | RSA 8 | BEL Ret | SMR 8 | FRA Ret | MON DNQ | CAN | DET | DAL | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | EUR 8 | POR 15 | NC | 0 |
| 1985 | Spirit Enterprises Ltd. | Spirit 101D | Hart Straight-4 | BRA Ret | POR Ret | SMR Ret | MON | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | BEL | EUR | RSA | AUS | NC | 0 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
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American Open Wheel racing results
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IndyCar World Series
[edit]| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 1994 | Payton/Coyne Racing | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIS | MDO 19 | NHM | VAN | ROA | NZR | LAG | 47th | 0 | [3] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Mauro Giuseppe Baldi". www.24h-en-piste.com (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Speciale Monza: Prosegue Bertaggia" [Monza Special: Bertaggia continues]. AutoSprint (in Italian). Italy: AutoSprint. 4 September 1989.
- ^ "Mauro Baldi – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
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