Bruno Giacomelli

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Bruno Giacomelli
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1977 - 1983, 1990
Team(s)	McLaren, Alfa Romeo, Toleman, Life
Races	82
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	1
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	0
First race	1977 Italian Grand Prix


Last race	1990 Spanish Grand Prix

Bruno Giacomelli (born September 10, 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. He won one of the two 1976 British Formula Three Championships and the 1978 Formula Two championship. He participated in 82 Formula One grands prix, debuting on September 11, 1977. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 14 championship points.

He made 11 starts in CART in 1984 and 1985, 10 of which were for Patrick Racing. His best finish was a 5th place on the Meadowlands street course in 1985. He attempted but failed to qualify for the 1984 Indianapolis 500.

After his time in CART, Giacomelli drifted away from top line racing. However, in 1989 he re-emerged as an occasional test driver for the March Leyton House team, and in 1990 he attempted a full season with the Life team. Featuring an outdated chassis and a terrible (though innovative) W12 engine, the Life team was a disaster and Giacomelli failed to make it beyond pre-qualifying.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1977	Team McLaren	McLaren	Ford	ARG	BRA	SAF	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA Ret	USA	CAN	JPN	-	0
1978	Team McLaren	McLaren	Ford	ARG	BRA	SAF	USW	MON	BEL 8	ESP	SWE	FRA Ret	GBR 7	DEU	AUT	DUT Ret	ITA 14	USA	CAN		23rd	0
1979	Autodelta	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	ARG	BRA	SAF	USW	ESP	BEL Ret	MON	FRA 17	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA Ret	CAN	USA Ret			31st	0
1980	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	ARG 5	BRA 13	SAF Ret	USW Ret	BEL Ret	MON Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	DEU 5	AUT Ret	DUT Ret	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret				16th	4
1981	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	USW Ret	BRA NC	ARG 10	SMR Ret	BEL 9	MON Ret	ESP 10	FRA 15	GBR Ret	DEU 15	AUT Ret	DUT Ret	ITA 8	CAN 4	LAS 3			15th	7
1982	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo	SAF 11	BRA Ret	USW Ret	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON Ret	USE Ret	CAN Ret	DUT 11	GBR 7	FRA 9	DEU 5	AUT Ret	SWI 12	ITA Ret	LAS 10		22nd	2
1983	Toleman	Toleman	Hart	BRA Ret	USW Ret	FRA 13	SMR Ret	MON DNQ	BEL 8	USE 9	CAN Ret	GBR Ret	DEU Ret	AUT Ret	DUT 13	ITA 7	EUR 6	SAF Ret			19th	1
1990	Life	Life	Life	USA	BRA	SMR DNPQ	MON DNPQ	CAN DNPQ	MEX DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	DEU DNPQ	HUN DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	ITA DNPQ						-	0
1990	Life	Life	Judd													POR DNPQ	ESP DNPQ	JPN	AUS		-	0