Pierluigi Martini

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Pierluigi Martini
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1984 - 1985, 1988 - 1995
Team(s)	Toleman, Minardi, Scuderia Italia
Races	124
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1984 Italian Grand Prix


Last race	1995 German Grand Prix

Pierluigi Martini (born April 23, 1961, in Lugo di Romagna, Italy) is a former Italian Formula One driver. He participated in 124 grands prix, debuting on September 9, 1984. He scored a total of 18 championship points. He was synonymous with the Minardi team - he had 3 spells with them, drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in 1988 USA Grand Prix, their only front-row start at 1990 USA Grand Prix (aided by special Pirelli tyres; several of their other drivers had surprise qualifying results that day), their only lap leading a race in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, and their joint-best F1 result of 4th.

In 1999, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours together with Yannick Dalmas and Joachim Winkelhock driving for BMW^[1].

[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
1984	Toleman	Toleman	Hart	BRA	SAF	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	USE	USA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA DNQ	EUR	POR		-	0
1985	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	BRA Ret	POR Ret																24th	0
1985	Minardi	Minardi	Motori Moderni			SMR Ret	MON DNQ	CAN Ret	USE Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	DEU 11	AUT Ret	DUT Ret	ITA Ret	BEL 12	EUR Ret	SAF Ret	AUS 8		24th	0
1988	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	USE 6	FRA 15	GBR 15	DEU DNQ	HUN Ret	BEL DNQ	ITA Ret	POR Ret	ESP Ret	JPN 13	AUS 7		17th	1
1989	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	MEX Ret	USA Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 5	DEU 9	HUN Ret	BEL 9	ITA 7	POR 5	ESP Ret	JPN	AUS 6		15th	5
1990	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	USA 7	BRA 9	SMR DNS	MON Ret	CAN Ret	MEX 12	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	DEU Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 15	ITA Ret	POR 11	ESP Ret	JPN 8	AUS 11		21st	0
1991	Minardi	Minardi	Ferrari	USA 9	BRA Ret	SMR 4	MON 12	CAN 7	MEX Ret	FRA 9	GBR 9	DEU Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 12	ITA Ret	POR 4	ESP 13	JPN Ret	AUS Ret		11th	6
1992	Scuderia Italia	Dallara	Ferrari	SAF Ret	MEX Ret	BRA Ret	ESP 6	SMR 6	MON Ret	CAN 8	FRA 10	GBR 15	DEU 11	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 8	POR Ret	JPN 10	AUS Ret		16th	2
1993	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	SAF	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR Ret	DEU 14	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 7	POR 8	JPN 10	AUS Ret		23rd	0
1994	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	BRA 8	PAC Ret	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP 5	CAN 9	FRA 5	GBR 10	DEU Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 8	ITA Ret	POR 12	EUR 15	JPN Ret	AUS 9		21st	4
1995	Minardi	Minardi	Ford	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR 12	ESP 14	MON 7	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 7	DEU Ret	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	19th	0

[edit] Sources

↑ DRIVERS: PIERLUIGI MARTINI, GrandPrix.com

Preceded by Oscar Larrauri	European Formula Three Champion 1983	Succeeded by Ivan Capelli
Preceded by Laurent Aïello Allan McNish Stéphane Ortelli	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1999 Pierluigi Martini Yannick Dalmas Joachim Winkelhock	Succeeded by Frank Biela Tom Kristensen Emanuele Pirro