Born | Muralto, Ticino, Switzerland | 22 September 1958
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Active years | 1987 |
Teams | Osella |
Entries | 3 (2 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1987 Italian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1987 Spanish Grand Prix |
Franco Forini (born 22 September 1958) is a former racing driver from Switzerland. He competed in the Italian Formula Three Championship between 1981 and 1985, winning the title in his final year in a Dallara-Volkswagen with future Formula One team Forti Corse, and finishing as runner up in the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 3 support race in the same year. He moved up to Formula 3000 in 1986 with little success. He participated in three Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 6 September 1987. He scored no championship points.
After his brief stint in Formula One, he returned to Formula 3 in 1988 and 1989 without any further success. He later ran a transportation and shipment company in Minusio. [1]
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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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1987 | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1G | Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t | BRA | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA Ret | POR Ret | ESP DNQ | MEX | JPN | AUS | NC | 0 |
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