Born | Reggio Emilia, Italy | 31 January 1954
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Italian |
Active years | 1982 – 1985 |
Teams | Arrows, Alfa Romeo, Spirit |
Entries | 41 (36 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 5 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1982 South African Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1985 San Marino Grand Prix |
Mauro Giuseppe Baldi [1] (born 31 January 1954) is an Italian former Formula One and endurance driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams.
He was the seventh of nine drivers who completed the informal Triple Crown in endurance racing.
Baldi started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup. By 1980 he had become a top Formula 3 driver, winning the Monaco F3 Grand Prix and the 1981 European Formula 3 Championship with eight victories. In 1982 he signed to drive for Arrows before moving to Alfa Romeo in 1983, scoring a fifth place in Zandvoort. When Benetton became Alfa Romeo's team sponsor in 1984, Baldi lost his drive, and joined the underfunded Spirit team until 1985.
After retiring from Formula One he went to enjoy a successful career in sports car racing, driving for the works Martini-Lancia team in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, he switched to a Porsche 956 from Richard Lloyd Racing's outfit, returning to a works drive in 1988 with the Sauber-Mercedes team, with whom Baldi won the 1990 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers, sharing the car with Jean-Louis Schlesser. In 1991 and 1992 he was a driver for Peugeot.
He came very close to making a return to F1 in 1989, when he agreed with Coloni to take over one of the team's cars from Enrico Bertaggia for the Italian Grand Prix. The move was blocked by Jochen Neerpasch, the sporting director of Mercedes, his then sportscar team. [2] Later he had a brief return to F1 in 1990, doing most of the test driving for the Modena Lambo project.
Returning to sports cars, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1994, sharing the "road-going" Dauer 962 Le Mans (a modified Porsche 962) with Yannick Dalmas and Hurley Haywood. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 and 2002, and the 12 Hours of Sebring, again in 1998, with Arie Luyendyk and Didier Theys.
† As Baldi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts |
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1978 | Mauro Baldi | Toyota | ZAN | NÜR | ÖST | ZOL | IMO DNQ | NÜR | DIJ | MNZ DNQ | PER 11 | MAG | KNU | KAR | DON | KAS | JAR | VLL 3 | 16th | 4 |
1979 | Mauro Baldi | Toyota | VLL 3 | ÖST Ret | ZOL Ret | MAG 9 | DON Ret | ZAN 2 | PER 5 | MNZ 2 | KNU Ret | KIN Ret | JAR | KAS | 4th | 22 | ||||
1980 | Ecurie Oreca | Renault | NÜR 4 | ÖST 8 | ZOL 15 | MAG 5 | ZAN 1 | LAC 3 | MUG 3 | MNZ 18 | MIS 1 | KNU 11 | JAR 1 | KAS 5 | ZOL 4 | 4th | 45 | |||
Toyota | SIL Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
1981 | Euroracing | Alfa Romeo | VLL 1 | NÜR 5 | DON 6 | ÖST 1 | ZOL 1 | MAG 2 | LAC 6 | ZAN 1 | SIL 2 | CET 1 | MIS 1 | KNU 1 | JAR 2 | IMO 1 | MUG DNS | 1st | 94 |
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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1982 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A4 | Cosworth V8 | RSA DNQ | BRA 10 | USW DNQ | SMR | BEL NC | MON DNQ | DET Ret | CAN 8 | NED 6 | GBR 9 | FRA Ret | GER Ret | AUT 6 | SUI DNQ | CPL 11 | 25th | 2 | |
Arrows A5 | ITA 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1983 | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 183T | Alfa Romeo V8 | BRA Ret | USW Ret | FRA Ret | SMR 10 | MON 6 | BEL Ret | DET 12 | CAN 10 | GBR 7 | GER Ret | AUT Ret | NED 5 | ITA Ret | EUR Ret | RSA Ret | 16th | 3 | |
1984 | Spirit Racing | Spirit 101 | Hart Straight-4 | BRA Ret | RSA 8 | BEL Ret | SMR 8 | FRA Ret | MON DNQ | CAN | DET | DAL | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | EUR 8 | POR 15 | NC | 0 |
1985 | Spirit Enterprises Ltd. | Spirit 101D | Hart Straight-4 | BRA Ret | POR Ret | SMR Ret | MON | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | BEL | EUR | RSA | AUS | NC | 0 |
(key)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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1994 | Payton/Coyne Racing | SRF | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIS | MDO 19 | NHM | VAN | ROA | NZR | LAG | 47th | 0 | [3] |
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