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Giancarlo Baghetti

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Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1961 Formula One season - 1967 Formula One season
Teams	Ferrari, Automobili Turismo e Sport, Scuderia Centro Sud, Brabham, Reg Parnell, Team Lotus
Races	21
List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions	0
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Career points	14
Pole position	0
Fastest lap	1
First race	1961 French Grand Prix
First win	1961 French Grand Prix
Last win	1961 French Grand Prix
Last race	1967 Italian Grand Prix

Giancarlo Baghetti (December 25 1934 in Milan, Italy – November 27 1995) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Ferrari, Automobili Turismo e Sport (Ita), BRM, Brabham and Team Lotus teams. He was the son of a wealthy Milan industrialist.^[1]

Baghetti is one of only three drivers to have won his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race (the 1950 British Grand Prix) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 (the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960).

Contents 1 Formula 1 career 2 Post F1 racing 3 Death and legacy 4 Complete Formula One World Championship results 4.1 Non-Championship 5 References

Formula 1 career

He began racing in 1955 in production cars, moving up to Formula Junior in 1958. In 1961 he was selected by the Federazione Italiana Scuderie Automobilistiche (FISA), a coalition of independent Italian team owners who had agreed a loan deal with Ferrari for a 246 Dino Formula Two car to run in non-Championship Grand Prix, giving experience to promising Italian drivers. Despite not showing spectacular form in lower categories, Baghetti was chosen over Albino Buttichi and Lucien de Sanctis for the seat. The car was first entered for the 1961 Syracuse Grand Prix, the first major event run under the new 1.5 litre championship regulations, and against a strong field Baghetti qualified 2nd and won in the only Ferrari, with the British teams and Porsche 718 Flat-4 unable to compete with the Ferrari Dino's V6 engine. He then used the same car to win at the 1961 Naples Grand Prix a few weeks later.

Team FISA then acquired a new Ferrari 156 for the 1961 French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux, entering Baghetti for this World Championship event. Once Wolfgang von Trips, Richie Ginther and Phil Hill had all retired their works 156 cars, Baghetti was left to uphold Ferrari honour. He overcame Dan Gurney's Porsche 718 to take victory, giving him a hat-trick of wins from his first three Grand Prix. Gurney was leading with 100 yards (91.4 m) to go as the cars raced to the finish line at 160 mph (260 km/h). The victory meant Baghetti became the first Italian since 1954 to win a Formula 1 World Championship event.^[2]

He would enter two more Championship races, retiring from the 1961 British Grand Prix and 1961 Italian Grand Prix, though he posted fastest lap in the latter. He would also win the poorly-attended 1961 Coppa Italia race at Vallelunga circuit in a Porsche 718.

He was promoted to the works Ferrari line-up for 1962, but took just two Championship placings - 4th at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix, and 5th at the 1962 Italian Grand Prix, as Ferrari was outclassed by the British teams. Baghetti would take 2nd in the non-Championship 1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix. He would be involved in the disastrous Automobili Turismo e Sport effort in 1963, joining up with Phil Hill for Carlo Chiti's breakaway team, but failed to register a finish from five starts. For 1964 he switched to Scuderia Centro Sud's outdated BRM P57 cars, peaking with 7th at the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. His Grand Prix career would then be virtually over, though he would have three more one-off drives, all at the Italian Grand Prix - a works Brabham in 1965, a Reg Parnell-entered Ferrari in 1966, and a works Team Lotus in 1967, when he would have scored a point but for a blown engine.

Post F1 racing

He achieved some success in the European Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo in motorsport and FIAT Abarth, winning the 1966 1000cc Class Championship in an Abarth 1000. After dabbling in Formula Three, he retired after a huge accident at the 1967 "Autodromo Nazionale Monza Lottery". Boley Pittard of England was burned severely when one of his Lola Racing Cars burst into flames at the start of the final qualifying heat. Baghetti won the event in a Branca with an average speed over thirty-five laps of 114 mph (183 km/h)^[3] In June 1968 Baghetti was in a huge pileup on the 23rd lap of a Formula Two race at Monza. He was driving a Dino.^[4]

He became a journalist and photographer in motorsport and fashion.

Death and legacy

Giancarlo Baghetti died of cancer in 1995.

While his ultimate level of talent is still debated, Baghetti's Championship debut win has secured him a footnote in Formula One history. On the one hand, he won his first three F1 races, starting with two non-championship Grand Prix races in Italy, no mean feat for any driver even in superior machinery; on the other, his results both before and after this were unimpressive.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(F1 driver results legend 2) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1961 Formula One season	Federazione Italiana Scuderie Automobilistiche	Ferrari 156	Ferrari V6	1961 Monaco Grand Prix	1961 Dutch Grand Prix	1961 Belgian Grand Prix	1961 French Grand Prix 1								9th	9
	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus							1961 British Grand Prix Ret	1961 German Grand Prix	1961 Italian Grand Prix Ret	1961 United States Grand Prix
1962 Formula One season	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 156	Ferrari V6	1962 Dutch Grand Prix 4	1962 Monaco Grand Prix	1962 Belgian Grand Prix Ret	1962 French Grand Prix	1962 British Grand Prix	1962 German Grand Prix 10	1962 Italian Grand Prix 5	1962 United States Grand Prix	1962 South African Grand Prix			11th	5
1963 Formula One season	Automobili Turismo e Sport	Automobili Turismo e Sport ATS 100	Automobili Turismo e Sport V8	1963 Monaco Grand Prix	1963 Belgian Grand Prix Ret	1963 Dutch Grand Prix Ret	1963 French Grand Prix	1963 British Grand Prix	1963 German Grand Prix	1963 Italian Grand Prix 15	1963 United States Grand Prix Ret	1963 Mexican Grand Prix Ret	1963 South African Grand Prix		NC	0
1964 Formula One season	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM BRM P57	BRM V8	1964 Monaco Grand Prix DNA	1964 Dutch Grand Prix 10	1964 Belgian Grand Prix 8	1964 French Grand Prix	1964 British Grand Prix 12	1964 German Grand Prix Ret	1964 Austrian Grand Prix 7	1964 Italian Grand Prix 8	1964 United States Grand Prix	1964 Mexican Grand Prix		NC	0
1965 Formula One season	Brabham	Brabham Brabham BT7	Coventry Climax V8	1965 South African Grand Prix	1965 Monaco Grand Prix	1965 Belgian Grand Prix	1965 French Grand Prix	1965 British Grand Prix	1965 Dutch Grand Prix	1965 German Grand Prix	1965 Italian Grand Prix Ret	1965 United States Grand Prix	1965 Mexican Grand Prix		NC	0
1966 Formula One season	Reg Parnell Racing Ltd	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari V6	1966 Monaco Grand Prix	1966 Belgian Grand Prix	1966 French Grand Prix	1966 British Grand Prix	1966 Dutch Grand Prix	1966 German Grand Prix	1966 Italian Grand Prix NC	1966 United States Grand Prix	1966 Mexican Grand Prix			NC	0
1967 Formula One season	Team Lotus	Team Lotus Lotus 49	Cosworth V8	1967 South African Grand Prix	1967 Monaco Grand Prix	1967 Dutch Grand Prix	1967 Belgian Grand Prix	1967 French Grand Prix	1967 British Grand Prix	1967 German Grand Prix	1967 Canadian Grand Prix	1967 Italian Grand Prix Ret	1967 United States Grand Prix	1967 Mexican Grand Prix	NC	0

Non-Championship

References

Preceded by Ed Swart

European Touring Car Championship champion (Div.1) 1966

Succeeded by Willi Kauhsen