Born | Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy | 31 August 1942
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Italian |
Active years | 1976 |
Teams | non-works Tyrrell |
Entries | 4 (3 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1976 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1976 Italian Grand Prix |
Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi (born 31 August 1942 [1] ) is a former racing driver from Italy, born in Bergamo. [1] He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with a privately entered Tyrrell, debuting on 1 August 1976. He scored no championship points, but managed to finish every race that he started.
Prior to his brief time in Formula One, Pesenti-Rossi was a regular race winner in Italian Formula Three, narrowly missing the 1975 title when the final race was abandoned due to rain as he was leading it. He lost the title to Luciano Pavesi by a single point. He also fielded a private March 742 in Formula Two in 1976 but with only moderate success, and he returned to Formula Two in 1977 after his four Grands Prix.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts |
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1974 | Equipe Nationale | March 732 | BMW | BAR | HOC | PAU | SAL | HOC | MUG | KAR | PER | HOC 6 | 20th | 2 | |||||
Beta Racing Team | VAL 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
1975 | Scuderia Citta del Mille | March 742 | BMW | EST | THR | HOC 7 | NÜR | PAU | HOC | SAL | ROU | 9th | 13 | ||||||
Scuderia Gulf Rondini | MUG 2 | PER 6 | SIL | ZOL | NOG 5 | VAL 4 | |||||||||||||
1976 | Scuderia Gulf Rondini | March 742 | BMW | HOC Ret | 15th | 2 | |||||||||||||
March 762 | THR DNQ | VAL 5 | SAL 8 | PAU DNQ | HOC | ROU | MUG | PER | EST | NOG | HOC | ||||||||
1977 | AFMP Euroracing | March 772 | BMW | SIL | THR NC | PAU Ret | MUG 4 | ROU NC | NOG Ret | PER 11 | MIS 4 | EST | DON | 9th | 13 | ||||
Hart | HOC 4 | NÜR 17 | VAL 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1978 | Trivellato Racing Team | Chevron B42 | BMW | THR | HOC | NÜR | PAU | MUG | VAL | ROU | DON | NOG | PER | MIS | HOC DNQ | NC | 0 |
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts |
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1976 | Scuderia Gulf Rondini | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER 14 | AUT 11 | NED DNQ | ITA 18 | CAN | USA | JPN | NC | 0 |
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