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A1 Team Italy
A1 Team Italy is the Italian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Italy'' owner is Piercarlo Ghinzani. History 2008–09 season ''Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Fabio Onidi'' For the 2008–09 season, Edoardo Piscopo will be returning to drive for the team, and will be joined by Fabio Onidi, a Euroseries 3000 racer. The traditional dark blue livery of the car has also been changed to a red, white and green livery. 2007–08 season ''Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Enrico Toccacelo'' Team Italy scored on just five occasions, finishing 18th in the championship with 12 points. 2006–07 season ''Drivers: Alessandro Pier Guidi, Enrico Toccacelo'' The season was moderately successful for the team, with three podiums and a victory, scoring 52 points, and finishing 7th in the championship. 2005–06 season ''Drivers: Massimiliano Busnelli, Max Papis, Enrico Toccacelo'' In the inaugural season, Team Italy scored two podiums en route to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Piercarlo Ghinzani (born 16 January 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. He currently manages his own racing team, Team Ghinzani, which was created in 1992 and is currently involved in several Formula Three championships. Early career Before his Formula One career, Ghinzani raced between 1976 and 1979 with Team Euroracing, in several Formula Three championships such as the European Championship which he won in 1977, the Italian Championship which he won in 1979 and the British Championship. He also raced in Formula 2 in 1978. Formula One career He participated in 111 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 17 May at the 1981 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. He qualified for 77 of those, and started 74. He spent much of the 1980s racing for the small Osella team, and he only ever achieved one points finish. Ghinzani explained his continued association with unsuccessful teams such as Osella by saying it was better to be in Formula One, even at the back of the grid, than it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Cars
Lola Cars International Ltd. was a British race car engineering company in operation from 1958 to 2012. The company was founded by Eric Broadley in Bromley, England (then in Kent, now part of Greater London), before moving to new premises in Slough, Buckinghamshire and finally Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, and endured for more than fifty years to become one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of racing cars in the world. Lola Cars started by building small front-engined sports cars, and branched out into Formula Junior cars before diversifying into a wider range of sporting vehicles. Lola was acquired by Martin Birrane in 1998 after the unsuccessful MasterCard Lola attempt at Formula One. Lola Cars was a brand of the Lola Group, which combined former rowing boat manufacturer Lola Aylings and Lola Composites, that specialized in carbon fibre production. After a period in bankruptcy administration, Lola Cars International ceased trading on 5 October 2012. Many of Lola's as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
