Roberto Ravaglia

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Roberto Ravaglia
Roberto Ravaglia 2008 Japan.jpg
In 2008, as the director of BMW Team Italy-Spain.
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1957-05-26) 26 May 1957 (age 67)
Venice, Italy
Previous series
1981-1982
1982-1983
1984-1988

1985-1992

1987
1990-1996
1993-1995
1994 & 1996
1994-1995
1997 		Italian F3
European F3
European Touring Car Championship
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
World Touring Car Championship
Italian Touring Car Championship
FIA Touring Car World Cup
British Touring Car Championship
Super Tourenwagen Cup
FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
1986 & 1988

1987
1989

1990, 1991, 1993		 European Touring Car Championship
World Touring Car Championship
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
Italian Touring Car Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1990, 1997
Teams Toyota Team Tom's, BMW Schnitzer Motorsport
Best finish3rd (1997)
Class wins0

Roberto Ravaglia (born 26 May 1957) is an Italian former racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate a Chevrolet operation in the World Touring Car Championship. Before retiring in 1997, he was one of the most successful touring car racing drivers, primarily for BMW, and won seven titles in four different championships.

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Racing career

He was twice Italian karting champion and raced in Formula 3 in the early 1980s. In 1984 he made his touring car debut, becoming European Touring Car Championship champion in 1986, and successfully defending the title in 1987 and 1988 (though in 1987 it was the World Touring Car Championship), with some races outside Europe including the Macau Grand Prix Guia Touring Car races and the James Hardie 1000 in Australia. Later in the 1988 season he was unable to defend his Macau win due to breaking a rib in a road accident driving his Fiat Uno. He switched with BMW to the DTM in 1989, and the Italian Superturismo Championship in 1990, winning both on the first attempt. He was also champion in 1991 and 1993. One of the few unsuccessful seasons of his career was 1996 in the British Touring Car Championship, despite finishing a credible 6th and picking up a win at the British GP support race. He also came in 4th at Supertourismo that year. He was now approaching 40 and did not win another championship as a driver. [1]

Roberto Ravaglia was also successful in the famed Spa 24 Hours race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, winning the race three times. He won his first 24 hours in 1985 driving a BMW 635 CSi partnered by Formula One drivers Gerhard Berger and Marc Surer. He followed that win with a 3rd place in 1986 and second in 1987 before winning again in 1988 in a BMW M3 partnered by Dieter Quester and Altfrid Heger. His last win in the Ardennes round the clock classic came in 1994. Again driving a BMW, this time the BMW 318is partnered by Thierry Tassin and Alexander Burgstaller.

Ravaglia at Zolder for the 1982 FIA European Formula 3 Championship 1982 European F3, Zolder - Roberto Ravaglia.jpg
Ravaglia at Zolder for the 1982 FIA European Formula 3 Championship

Ravaglia made three visits to Australia during his racing career, all to drive in the Bathurst 1000. In his debut race in 1985 he finished a fine second with Venezuelan Johnny Cecotto in the Schnitzer BMW 635 CSi which had earlier in the year finished 2nd at Spa, with both drivers sharing the "Rookie of the Year" award. The car, run by Australian Greg "Pee Wee" Siddle and under the name of "Goold Motorsport" and sponsored by retired Australian racer and successful tyre retailer Bob Jane, was initially to be driven by Formula One drivers Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger, but the race was run on the same day as the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in England. Ravaglia and Cecotto's effort was all the more impressive considering that their Sebring Orange 635 CSi was down on power throughout qualifying and the race with a small electrical gremlin which the Schnitzer mechanics didn't manage to successfully cure.

He returned in 1986, again in a Schnitzer 635 for Goold Motorsport, this time painted in BMW's famous cut-away paint scheme, and initially qualified a surprising 2nd before ending up 9th on the grid after the "Hardies Heroes" Top 10 run-off. To his credit Ravaglia stated his time wouldn't have been possible in qualifying proper without the tow he got from one of the faster V8 Holden Commodore's on the run up Mountain Straight and on the almost 2 km long Conrod Straight, and attributed that lack of a tow in the runoff for his falling to 9th. Partnering former ETCC champion Dieter Quester his race unfortunately ended early when he clashed on lap 2 of 163 with the Jaguar XJS of 1985 winner John Goss. In an uncharacteristic show of raw emotion, Ravaglia physically attacked Goss in the pits after Goss finished his opening driving stint believing the Australian to be totally at fault for the accident and had to be restrained by his team. He later apologised to Goss and professed regret for his actions. Goss, who said in an interview with race broadcaster Channel 7 that he was "astounded" about incident in the pits (but didn't name Ravaglia as the other driver), declined the option from race officials to have action taken against the Italian believing it to be just "one of those things".

Ravaglia returned to Australia for two rounds of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The first being the 1987 James Hardie 1000, which was a disaster for the Schnitzer team and Roberto. After crashing his BMW M3 at the top of the mountain during qualifying he suffered heavy bruising to his ribs which required strapping. Following his final stint at the wheel during the race he was taken to the tracks medical centre after collapsing from exhaustion and dehydration from the physical effort of having to drive the little car around the 6.213 km long Mount Panorama Circuit with bruised ribs that were reportedly strapped too tight, making it hard for him to breathe. His last race in Australia was a week later in the Bob Jane T-Marts 500 at the Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, a unique track that combined the 2.280 km (1.417 mi) road course with the then new 1.801 km (1.119 mi) NASCAR style high banked "Thunderdome". Again teamed with Italian Emanuele Pirro, the pair qualified their M3 9th, but would enjoy a much better race than at Bathurst, finishing 2nd behind the Steve Soper / Pierre Dieudonné Texaco Ford Sierra RS500.

Roberto Ravaglia was also successful in other 24-hour races, twice winning the famous Nürburgring 24 Hours. His first win came in 1989 driving a BMW M3 with another F1 driver (and regular ETCC/WTCC co-driver) Emanuele Pirro and Frenchman Fabien Giroix. His last 24-hour win at the famous Nürburgring was in 1995 driving a BMW 320i with Marc Duez and Alexander Burgstaller. [2]

Team management

In 2001, he founded his own racing team, Ravaglia Motorsport (now ROAL Motorsport), with Aldo Preo. The team took part in the European Touring Car Championship with support from BMW Motorsport, and their driver Peter Kox won the Super Production class championship in the first season. The entry name of the BMW squad was BMW Team Germany in 2001, but it changed to BMW Team Spain in the next season and has been BMW Team Italy-Spain since 2003. [3] The team currently competes in the World Touring Car Championship. [4]

Racing Career Highlights

as Driver

1985
Winner of the 24 Hours of Spa
1986
European Touring Car Championship champion
1987
World Touring Car Championship champion
Winner of the Guia Race
1988
European Touring Car Championship champion
Winner of the 24 Hours of Spa
1989
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) champion
Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring Nordschleife
1990
Italian Touring Car Championship champion
1991
Italian Touring Car Championship champion
1992
Third in Guia Race
1993
Italian Touring Car Championship champion
1994
Winner of the 24 Hours of Spa
1995
Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring Nordschleife

as Team director

2001
FIA European Super Tourring Championship Super Production class champion for Peter Kox (Ravaglia BMW)
2005
Italian Superturismo Championship champion for Alessandro Zanardi (Ravaglia BMW)

Career results

Results sourced from Driver Database. [5]

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1980Formula Fiat Abarth5th Fiat Abarth
1981 Italian Formula Three Championship 5th Dallara 381 Toyota Trivellato Racing
1982Italian Formula Three Championship17th Dallara 382 Alfa Romeo Trivellato Racing
1982 European Formula 3 Championship 10thDallara 382 Alfa RomeoTrivellato Racing
1983European Formula 3 Championship5th Ralt RT3 Alfa RomeoTrivellato Racing
1985 European Touring Car Championship 20th BMW 635 CSi Schnitzer Motorsport
1985 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 16thBMW 635 CSiSchnitzer Motorsport
1985 Australian Endurance Championship 15thBMW 635 CSi Goold Motorsport
1986 European Touring Car Championship1stBMW 635 CSiSchnitzer Motorsport
1987 World Touring Car Championship 1st BMW M3 Schnitzer Motorsport
1988Nissan Mobil 500 series1stBMW M3Schnitzer Motorsport
1988European Touring Car Championship1stBMW M3Schnitzer Motorsport
1988 World Sportscar Championship 61st Cougar C20 Porsche Courage Compétition
1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship 3rdBMW M3Schnitzer Motorsport
1989Nissan Mobil 500 series3rdBMW M3Schnitzer Motorsport
1989Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft1stBMW M3Schnitzer Motorsport
1990 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft16th BMW M3 Evolution Schnitzer Motorsport
1990 Italian Superturismo Championship 1stBMW M3 EvolutionSchnitzer Motorsport
1991Italian Superturismo Championship1stBMW M3 EvolutionBMW Italia / CiBiEmme Engineering
1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft7thBMW M3 EvolutionSchnitzer Motorsport
1992 Italian Superturismo Championship7thBMW M3 EvolutionSchnitzer Motorsport
1993 FIA Touring Car Challenge 24th BMW 318i CiBiEmme
1993 Italian Superturismo Championship1stBMW 318iCiBiEmme Engineering
1994 FIA Touring Car World Cup 10thBMW 318iCiBiEmme Engineering
1994 Super Tourenwagen Cup 20thBMW 318iBMW Team Bigazzi
1994 Italian Superturismo Championship4th BMW 318is CiBiEmme Engineering
1994 British Touring Car Championship 18thBMW 318isSchnitzer Motorsport
1995 FIA Touring Car World Cup19thBMW 318isBMW Team Bigazzi
1995 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup 6thBMW 318isBMW Team Bigazzi
1996 Italian Superturismo Championship4th BMW 320i Team Bigazzi
1996 British Touring Car Championship6thBMW 320iSchnitzer Motorsport
1997 FIA GT Championship 8th McLaren F1 GTR Schnitzer Motorsport

Complete European Formula 3 results

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

YearTeamEngine12345678910111213141516DCPts
1982 Scuderia Vesuvio Alfa Romeo MUG
5		 NÜR
7		 DON
Ret		 ZOL
6		 MAG
Ret		 ÖST
11		 ZAN SIL MNZ
6		 PER
3		 LAC
7		 KNU NOG
7		 JAR
Ret		 KAS
7		10th8
1983 Trivellato Racing Alfa Romeo VLL
Ret		 NÜR
C		 ZOL
6		 MAG
Ret		 ÖST
Ret		 LAC
1		 SIL
4		 MNZ
2		 MIS
3		 ZAN
5		 KNU
6		 NOG
8		 JAR
5		 IMO
Ret		 DON
13		 CET
3		5th32

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

Results sourced from History of Touring Car Racing. [6]

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPts
1984 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport BMW 635 CSi MNZ
Ret		 VAL
Ret		 DON
Ret		 PER
Ret		 BRN ZEL
18		 SAL
8		 NÜR
8		 SPA
Ret		 SIL
Ret		 ZOL
Ret		 MUG
1		NANA
1985 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport BMW 635 CSi MNZ
Ret		 VAL
5		 DON AND BRN
3		 ZEL SAL
8		 NÜR
4		 SPA
1		 SIL NOG ZOL
4		 EST
3		 JAR
7		20th104
1986 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport BMW 635 CSi MNZ
Ret		 DON
2		 HOC
2		 MIS
1		 AND
Ret		 BRN
6		 ZEL
3		 NÜR
1		 SPA
3		 SIL
2		 NOG
1		 ZOL
2		 JAR
1		 EST
9		1st211
1987 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 DON
7		 EST AND ZOL ZEL
DNS		 IMO NOG NA22
1988 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 MNZ
6		 DON
1		 EST
2		 JAR
3		 DIJ
3		 VAL
2		 NÜR
4		 SPA
1		 ZOL
1		 SIL
7		 NOG
2		1st297

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pos.Pts
1985 Team Schnitzer BMW 635 CSi ZOL
2		 WUN
7		 AVU MFA ERD ERD DIE DIE ZOL SIE NÜR 16th30
1988 BMW M Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		WUN
1 		WUN
2 		SAL
1
C		 SAL
2
C		 HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NC0
1989 BMW M Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1
1		 ZOL
2
1		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
24		 NÜR
2
DNS		 MFA
1
3		 MFA
2
2		 AVU
1
1		 AVU
2
5		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
3		 NOR
1
4		 NOR
2
4		 HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
5		 DIE
1
2		 DIE
2
9		 NÜR
1
4		 NÜR
2
6		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
2		1st285
1990 BMW M Team Schnitzer 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
3		 NOR
2
1		 DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		16th32
1992 Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
8		 ZOL
2
4		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
6		 WUN
1
19		 WUN
2
17		 AVU
1
15		 AVU
2
Ret		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
3		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
7		 NOR
1
5		 NOR
2
3		 BRN
1
2		 BRN
2
3		 DIE
1
8		 DIE
2
Ret		 ALE
1
Ret		 ALE
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
Ret		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
1		7th134

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011DCPts
1987 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport BMW M3 MNZ
DSQ		 JAR
ovr:1
cls:1		 DIJ
ovr:2
cls:1		 NÜR
ovr:2
cls:1		 SPA
Ret		 BNO
ovr:4
cls:2		 SIL
ovr:2
cls:2		 BAT
ovr:12
cls:5		 CLD
ovr:2
cls:1		 WEL
ovr:2
cls:1		 FJI
ovr:3
cls:1		1st269

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011DCPts
1988 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Cougar C20 Porsche JER JAR MNZ
7		 SIL LMS BRN BRH NÜR SPA FUJ SAN 61st8

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011Pos.Pts
1997 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport McLaren F1 GTR GT1 HOC
Ret		 SIL
1		 HEL
11		 NÜR
4		 SPA
4		 ZEL
Ret		 SUZ
8		 DON
5		 MUG
5		 SEB
2		 LAG
11		8th26

Complete Italian Superturismo Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
1993 CiBiEmme Engineering BMW 318i MNZ
1
1		 MNZ
2
2		 VAL
1
1		 VAL
2
1		 MIS
1
5		 MIS
2
7		 MAG
1
4		 MAG
2
3		 BIN
1
5		 BIN
2
3		 IMO
1
5		 IMO
2
2		 VAR
1
2		 VAR
2
10		 MIS
1
7		 MIS
2
3		 PER
1
1		 PER
2
1		 MUG
1
9		 MUG
2
4		1st233 (236)
1994 CiBiEmme Engineering BMW 318is MNZ
1
16		 MNZ
2
6		 VAL
1
Ret		 VAL
2
6		 MAG
1
3		 MAG
2
2		 BIN
1
3		 BIN
2
2		 MIS
1
3		 MIS
2
2		 VAL
1
14		 VAL
2
6		 MUG
1
1		 MUG
2
3		 PER
1
Ret		 PER
2
2		 VAR
1
Ret		 VAR
2
Ret		 MUG
1
Ret		 MUG
2
Ret		4th146
1996 Scuderia Bigazzi BMW 320i 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
1		 VAR
2
2		 VAL
1
3		 VAL
2
19		18th12

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all races 1996 only) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Pos.Pts
1994 BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 318i THR BRH
1 		BRH
2 		SNE SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
Ret		 OUL DON
1
12		 DON
2
9		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		SIL
Ret		 KNO
1 		KNO
2 		OUL
5		 BRH
1 		BRH
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		18th10
1996 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW 320i DON
1
7		 DON
2
7		 BRH
1
6		 BRH
2
6		 THR
1
6		 THR
2
2		 SIL
1
2		 SIL
2
2		 OUL
1
7		 OUL
2
5		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
Ret		 BRH
1
9		 BRH
2
Ret		 SIL
1
1		 SIL
2
3		 KNO
1
3		 KNO
2
3		 OUL
1
9		 OUL
2
5		 THR
1
4		 THR
2
5		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
5		 BRH
1
NC		 BRH
2
2		6th157

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516Pos.Pts
1994 BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 318i AVU WUN ZOL ZAN ÖST SAL SPA
8		 NÜR 20th3
1995 BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 318i ZOL
1
5		 ZOL
2
3		 SPA
1
2		 SPA
2
4		 ÖST
1
4		 ÖST
2
4		 HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
8		 NÜR
1
5		 NÜR
2
Ret		 SAL
1
3		 SAL
2
3		 AVU
1
6		 AVU
2
11		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
Ret		6th309

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1985 Flag of Australia (converted).svg / Flag of Germany.svg Goold Motorsport Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Cecotto BMW 635 CSi C1632nd2nd
1986 Flag of Australia (converted).svg / Flag of Germany.svg Goold Motorsport Flag of Austria.svg Dieter Quester BMW 635 CSi C2DNFDNF
1987 Flag of Germany.svg Schnitzer Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro
Flag of Germany.svg Markus Oestreich
Flag of Austria.svg Roland Ratzenberger 		BMW M3 215012th5th

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References

  1. ↑ "Roberto Ravaglia: The Speed Merchant of Venice". 7 July 2014.
  2. ↑ https://www.driverdb.com/payment/
  3. ↑ "Team history". ROAL Motorsport official website. Archived from the original on 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  4. ↑ "Home". roal-motorsport.com.
  5. ↑ Roberto Ravaglia - Driver Database
  6. ↑ European Touring Car Championship - Part 5: 1982-1988 Group A years
Sporting positions
Preceded by European Touring Car Champion
1986		Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
 World Touring Car Champion
1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Guia Race winner
1987		Succeeded by
Preceded by European Touring Car Champion
1988		Succeeded by
Preceded by German Touring Car Champion
1989		Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Touring Car Champion
1990-1991		Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Touring Car Champion
1993		Succeeded by
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