Emanuele Pirro

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Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro 2012 WEC Fuji 2.jpg
Pirro in 2012
Born (1962-01-12) 12 January 1962 (age 62)
Rome, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Active years 1989–1991
Teams Benetton, Scuderia Italia
Entries40 (37 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums0
Career points3
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1989 French Grand Prix
Last entry 1991 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 1981, 1998 – 2008, 2010
Teams Martini Racing, GTC Competition, Audi Sport Joest, Champion Racing, Drayson Racing
Best finish1st (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
Class wins6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007)

Emanuele Pirro (born 12 January 1962) is an Italian racing driver who has raced in Formula One, touring cars and in endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which he has won a total of five times. Two times Italian Karting Champion (1976, 1979), Formula Fiat Abarth Champion (1980), two times Italian Touring Car Champion (1994, 1995), two times Italian Overall Champion (1995, 1996) and German Touring Car Champion (1996), he also achieved records in endurance racing that place him amongst the best in the discipline, including; five wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007), two times ALMS Champion (2001, 2005), two times winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring (2000, 2007), three times winner of Petit Le Mans (2001, 2005, 2008), winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring (1989), two times winner of the Macau Guia Race (1991, 1992) and two times winner of the Goodwood RAC Historic TT. He has taken part in over 500 official national and international races.

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Personal life

He was born in Rome; however, he traces his roots to the small town of Latera near Viterbo through his mother's family. He is married to Marlene, with whom he has two sons, Cristoforo, born in 1993 (Mechanical Engineer, currently Performance Engineer in F1) and Goffredo, born in 1996 (Automotive Engineer specialised in Motorsport). He enjoys cooking in his free time.

Career

He began racing cars in 1980 after having raced seven years in go-karts, where he was two time Italian Champion and runner up in both the European and the World Karting Championships. He went on to win races in all the feeder series he competed in including F3, F3000 and Formula Nippon.

Pirro driving for Benetton at the 1989 Belgian Grand Prix. Emanuele Pirro 1989 Belgian GP 2.jpg
Pirro driving for Benetton at the 1989 Belgian Grand Prix.

Formula One

Pirro at the 1991 United States Grand Prix. Pirro 1991.jpg
Pirro at the 1991 United States Grand Prix.

In 1988 he was contracted by McLaren to become test driver to develop the new Honda powertrain for the MP4/4, staying on in that role for the following 3 seasons.

His racing career in F1 started at the 1989 French Grand Prix for the Benetton-Ford team, replacing Johnny Herbert who was still recovering from injuries sustained in a F3000 accident. For the 1990 and 1991 seasons, he raced for BMS Scuderia Italia.

Touring cars

Together with his single seater commitments he raced as a factory driver for BMW in touring car racing up until 1993. He raced and won in ETCC, WTCC, Italian Supertouring and DTM. In DTM he became one of the only drivers to win in his debut in the series. Notably, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring, the Macau Guia Race twice, and the Wellington 500 four times, with the legendary BMW M3 E30 and team Schnitzer. After leaving BMW in 1993 he joined Audi to win the 1994 and 1995 Italian Touring Car Championships followed by the German Touring Car Championship in 1996. Between the years of 1994 and 1996 racing in the Italian and German Supertouring championships, he contested a total of 70 races finishing only once outside of the top 10 after being taken out at the start in 1994 at the Salzburgring.

Sportscars

Pirro driving an Audi R10 at Laguna Seca in 2006. Audi R10 Laguna 2006.jpg
Pirro driving an Audi R10 at Laguna Seca in 2006.

After his debut in endurance races at the young age of 19 winning in his class with the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Gr.5 at the 24 Hours of Daytona, winning the Kyalami 9 Hours and a terrible experience at Le Mans the same year, he scarcely participated in these races except sporadic appearances in Japan, first with a Nissan Gr.C at the Fuji 1000 km and with a Porsche 962 Gr.C at the Suzuka 1000 km. That is until his return to Le Mans in 1998 with a McLaren F1 alongside Dindo Capello and Thomas Bscher ending with a retirement. In 1999 Audi unveiled the R8R with which he scored his first of a record breaking nine consecutive podiums at the French classic. In 2000 along with Tom Kristensen and Frank Biela he scored the first of three consecutive wins with the new Audi R8. In 2006 together with Frank Biela and Marco Werner he became the first driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a diesel car, repeating the win in the following year. In 2008 he announced the end of his racing career with Audi sportscars. Between the years of 1999 and 2008 he won five 24 Hours of Le Mans, two ALMS championships, two 12 Hours of Sebring and three Petit Le Mans. After 2008 he competed in a number of additional races including a 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans with Drayson Racing in a Lola-Judd LMP1 car, the 24 hours of the Nuerburgring with an Audi R8 GT3, the 2011 Gold Coast 500 in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship.

After racing

He regularly competes in historic racing. In 2010 Pirro won the Monaco Historic Grand Prix in the Formula 3 Class.

In roles still linked to motorsport, he serves as a Brand Ambassador for Audi, and is a member of; FIA Drivers’ Commission, FIA Circuits’ Commission, FIA Historic Motorsport Commission, ACI Circuits and Safety Commission. In addition, he is the President of the Italian Karting Commission, and Vice President of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Club and the Club des Pilotes des 24 Heures du Mans. He is also a Steward for F1 races, TV pundit and is a frequent guest speaker at events hosted by multinational companies.

In 2015, he entered the first round of the British Universities Karting Championship alongside his two sons.

He owns the Faloria Mountain Spa Resort, a 5-star hotel in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Finally he has been a regular player for over 25 years in the Nazionale Piloti football team and the “Star Team for the Children” for [[Prince Albert of Monaco]] as well as taking part in other charity events.

He also became the Director of the McLaren Racing Driver Development program. [1]

Race results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1981 Flag of Italy.svg Martini Racing Flag of Italy.svg Beppe Gabbiani Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Gr.547DNFDNF
1998 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gulf Team Davidoff
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GTC Competition		 Flag of Germany.svg Dr. Thomas Bscher
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello 		McLaren F1 GTR-BMW GT1228DNFDNF
1999 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Didier Theys 		Audi R8R LMP3603rd2nd
2000 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela 		Audi R8 LMP9003681st1st
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela 		Audi R8 LMP9003211st1st
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen
Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela 		Audi R8 LMP9003751st1st
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Champion Racing Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson
Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto 		Audi R8 LMP9003723rd1st
2004 Flag of the United States.svg ADT Champion Racing Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner 		Audi R8 LMP13683rd3rd
2005 Flag of the United States.svg ADT Champion Racing Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Allan McNish 		Audi R8 LMP13643rd3rd
2006 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner 		Audi R10 TDI LMP13801st1st
2007 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner 		Audi R10 TDI LMP13691st1st
2008 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of Germany.svg Frank Biela
Flag of Germany.svg Marco Werner 		Audi R10 TDI LMP13676th6th
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Drayson Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paul Drayson
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny Cocker 		Lola B09/60-Judd LMP1254NCNC
Sources: [2] [3]

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011Pos.Pts
1984 Onyx Race Engineering March 842 BMW SIL
6		 HOC
4		 THR
4		 VAL
12		 MUG
4		 PAU
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 MIS
Ret		 PER
6		 DON
2		 BRH
6		6th18
Source: [4]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pos.Pts
1985 Onyx Racing March 85B Cosworth SIL
7		 THR
1		 EST
4		 NÜR
C		 VAL
1		 PAU
2		 SPA
Ret		 DIJ
Ret		 PER
2		 ÖST
4		 ZAN
5		 DON
Ret		3rd38
1986 Onyx Racing March 86B Cosworth SIL
2		 VAL
3		 PAU
2		 SPA
19		 IMO
Ret		 MUG
6		 PER
13		 ÖST
Ret		 BIR
Ret		 BUG
1		 JAR
2		3rd29
Sources: [3] [4]

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPts
1988 Team LeMans SUZ
9		 FUJ
5		 MIN
2		 SUZ
4		 SUG
2		 FUJ
4		 SUZ
3		 SUZ
4		3rd25
1989 Team LeMans SUZ
5		 FUJ
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 SUZ
1		 SUG FUJ SUZ SUZ 6th11
1991 Team Hayashi SUZ AUT FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ
C		 SUZ FUJ NC0
Source: [4]

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDC Pts
1989 Benetton Formula Ltd Benetton B188 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 BRA SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA
9		 GBR
11		23rd2
Benetton B189 Ford HBA4 3.5 V8 GER
Ret		 HUN
8		 BEL
10		 ITA
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
5
1990 BMS Scuderia Italia BMS Dallara 190 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 USA BRA SMR
Ret		 MON
Ret		 CAN
Ret		 MEX
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 GBR
11		 GER
Ret		 HUN
10		 BEL
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 POR
15		 ESP
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
Ret		NC0
1991 Scuderia Italia SpA BMS Dallara 191 Judd GV 3.5 V10 USA
Ret		 BRA
11		 SMR
DNPQ		 MON
6		 CAN
9		 MEX
DNPQ		 FRA
DNPQ		 GBR
10		 GER
10		 HUN
Ret		 BEL
8		 ITA
10		 POR
Ret		 ESP
15		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
7		18th1
Source: [5]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pos.Pts
1989 BMW M Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		NÜR
1
DNS		 NÜR
2
DNS		 NOR
1 		NOR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NC0
1990 Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		WUN
1 		WUN
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
3		 HOC
1
7		 HOC
2
11		15th36
1992 BMW M Team Bigazzi BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
6		 ZOL
2
3		 NÜR
1
14		 NÜR
2
3		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
16		 AVU
1
23		 AVU
2
3		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
21		 NÜR
2
10		 NOR
1
6		 NOR
2
8		 BRN
1
3		 BRN
2
Ret		 DIE
1
Ret		 DIE
2
Ret		 ALE
1
6		 ALE
2
10		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
8		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
5		12th85
2004 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
7		 EST
11		 ADR
9		 LAU
6		 NOR
9		 SHA 1
Ret		 NÜR
11		 OSC
15		 ZAN
7		 BRN
5		 HOC
Ret		11th11
Sources: [4] [6]

1 – A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

Complete Italian Superturismo Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920Pos.Pts
1992 CiBiEmme Engineering BMW M3 Sport Evolution S1 MNZ
1
4		 MNZ
2
3		 MAG
1
3		 MAG
2
1		 MUG
1 		MUG
2 		BIN
1 		BIN
2 		VAL
1
4		 VAL
2
3		 IMO
1 		IMO
2 		MIS
1
Ret		 MIS
2
6		 PER
1 		PER
2 		VAR
1 		VAR
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		6th82
1993 Scuderia Bigazzi BMW 318i MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		BIN
1 		BIN
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		VAR
1 		VAR
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		PER
1
5		 PER
2
4		 MUG
1
4		 MUG
2
Ret		13th28
1994 Audi Sport Italia Audi 80 Quattro MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
2		 VAL
1
10		 VAL
2
1		 MAG
1
1		 MAG
2
1		 BIN
1
1		 BIN
2
1		 MIS
1
4		 MIS
2
4		 VAL
1
2		 VAL
2
1		 MUG
1
4		 MUG
2
2		 PER
1
4		 PER
2
4		 VAR
1
2		 VAR
2
2		 MUG
1
10		 MUG
2
2		1st269.5
1995 Audi Sport Italia Audi A4 Quattro MIS
1
2		 MIS
2
1		 BIN
1
1		 BIN
2
1		 MNZ
1
1		 MNZ
2
2		 IMO
1
1		 IMO
2
1		 MAG
1
1		 MAG
2
2		 MUG
1
3		 MUG
2
5		 MIS
1
1		 MIS
2
1		 PER
1
5		 PER
2
4		 VAR
1
2		 VAR
2
1		 VAL
1
1		 VAL
2
2		1st317
1996 A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro MUG
1 		MUG
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		BIN
1 		BIN
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		PER
1 		PER
2 		PER
1 		PER
2 		VAR
1 		VAR
2 		VAL
1
5		 VAL
2
4		15th18
Source: [6]

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920Pos.Pts
1994 Racing Organisation Course Audi 80 Quattro Competition AVU
2		 WUN
3		 ZOL
3		 ZAN
2		 ÖST
4		 SAL
Ret		 SPA
5		 NÜR
2		3rd87
1995 Racing Organisation Course Audi A4 Quattro ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ÖST
1 		ÖST
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		AVU
1
10		 AVU
2
7		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
1		16th105
1996 A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro ZOL
1
1		 ZOL
2
1		 ASS
1
3		 ASS
2
2		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
1		 SAC
1
3		 SAC
2
1		 WUN
1
2		 WUN
2
1		 ZWE
1
2		 ZWE
2
3		 SAL
1
8		 SAL
2
10		 AVU
1
4		 AVU
2
1		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
1		1st678
1997 A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
9		 ZOL
1
4		 ZOL
2
10		 NÜR
1
20		 NÜR
2
7		 SAC
1
6		 SAC
2
Ret		 NOR
1
5		 NOR
2
3		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
Ret		 ZWE
1
4		 ZWE
2
1		 SAL
1
13		 SAL
2
7		 REG
1
19		 REG
2
11		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
10		6th357
1998 Abt Sportsline Team Audi Audi A4 HOC
1
16		 HOC
2
7		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
13		 SAC
1
17		 SAC
2
Ret		 NOR
1
19		 NOR
2
19		 REG
1
13		 REG
2
8		 WUN
1
Ret		 WUN
2
Ret		 ZWE
1
14		 ZWE
2
Ret		 SAL
1
7		 SAL
2
2		 OSC
1
7		 OSC
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
12		16th205
Source: [6]

Complete American Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789101112RankPointsRef
1999 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP Audi R8R Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 SEB
5		 ATL MOS SON POR PET MON LSV 52nd20 [7]
2000 Audi Sport North America LMP Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
1		 NÜR
3		 SON
2		 MOS
Ret		 TEX
1		 ROS
4		 PET
2		 MON
2		 LSV
1		 ADE
5		3rd232 [8]
Audi R8R CHA
6		 SIL
5
2001 Audi Sport North America LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 TEX
2		 SEB
2		 DON
2		 JAR
2		 SON
2		 POR
2		 MOS
1		 MID
4		 MON
1		 PET
1		1st202 [9]
2002 Audi Sport North America LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
5		 SON
8		 MID
1		 AME
2		 WAS
3		 TRO
2		 MOS
Ret		 MON
1		 MIA
1		 PET
6		4th206 [10]
2003 ADT Champion Racing LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
2		 ATL SON TRO MOS AME MON MIA PET 18th22 [11]
2004 ADT Champion Racing LMP1 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
2		 MID LIM SON POR MOS AME PET MON 13th22 [12]
2005 ADT Champion Racing LMP1 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
2		 ATL
3		 MID
3		 LIM
2		 SON
1		 POR
1		 AME
1		 MOS
3		 PET
1		 MON
2		1st182 [13]
2006 Audi Sport North America LMP1 Audi R10 TDI Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) SEB TEX MID LIM UTA
1		 POR
2		 AME
1		 MOS
4		 PET
5		 MON
2		5th80 [14]
2007 Audi Sport North America LMP1 Audi R10 TDI Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) SEB
1		 STP
2		 LNB
2		 TEX
2		 UTA
2		 LIM
4		 MID
1		 AME
2		 MOS
2		 DET
1		 PET MON 4th175 [15]
2008 Audi Sport North America LMP1 Audi R10 TDI Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) SEB STP
Ret		 LNB
2		 UTA
Ret		 LIM
3		 MID
2		 AME
2		 MOS
2		 DET
DSQ		 PET
1		 MON
2		3rd156 [16]
2010 Drayson Racing LMP1 Lola B09/60 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 SEB
4		 LNB MON
Ret		 UTA
2		 LIM MID AME MOS PET 12th46 [17]

Macau Grand Prix Guia Race results

YearTeamCarClassPos.
1989 Flag of Germany.svg Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution Group A Division 2DNF
1990 Flag of Germany.svg Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution Group A Division 22nd
1991 Flag of Germany.svg Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution DTM1st
1992 Flag of Germany.svg Mobil 1 Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution DTM1st
1993 Flag of Germany.svg Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW 318i FIA Class 2 3rd

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References

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