Italian racing driver (born 1954)
Mauro Baldi
Born Mauro Giuseppe Baldi
(1954-01-31 ) 31 January 1954 (age 70) 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
Years active 1982 , 1984 –1992 Teams Momo , Martini , Jolly Club , RLR , Sauber , Peugeot Starts 69 Championships 1 (1990 ) Wins 17 Podiums 34 Poles 20 Fastest laps 10
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
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] Modena Lambo project.
Returning to sports cars, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1994, sharing the 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
Career summary
† As Baldi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key )
24 Hours of Le Mans results
American Open Wheel racing results
(key )
IndyCar World Series
Year
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Rank
Points
Ref
1994
Payton/Coyne Racing
SRF
PHX
LBH
INDY
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
TOR
MIS
MDO19
NHM
VAN
ROA
NZR
LAG
47th
0
[ 3]
References
Sources
Nine-time Six-time Five-time Four-time Three-time Two-time One-time
run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63)
Daytona 2000 (1964–65)
6 Hours of Daytona (1972)
24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present) Five-time Four-time Three-time Two-time One-time
Six-time Five-time Four-time Three-time Two-time One-time
