Valentino Musetti

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Valentino Musetti (born 7 January 1943 in Pontremoli, Tuscany, Italy), often known as just Val Musetti, is an Italian-born English [1] film and TV stuntman and retired motor racing driver. Highlights of his career include finishing third in the Shellsport International Series in 1977. [2] In 1978 he finished fifth in the Aurora F1 Championship. In the late 1980s he drove in the FIA World Sportscar Championship. He competed in one round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park. [3] With a privately entered BMW M3, he finished in thirteenth place. That year he also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but his team failed to qualify.

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He has appeared in many TV programmes since the 1960s, such as The Avengers , Callan , Doctor Who (credited in the TV serial The Crusade ), Space: 1999 , The Professionals , Minder and Dempsey and Makepeace . [4] [5] He has worked as a stuntman on many TV programmes and films such as The Italian Job , The New Avengers , Superman II , An American Werewolf in London , Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves , Alien 3 and Midsomer Murders among others. [6]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Batman Napier Hood #4

Racing record

Complete Shellsport International Series results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314Pos.Pts
1976 David Price Racing March 752 Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 MAL
NC		 SNE
Ret		 OUL
6		 BRH
11		 THR
8		 BRH
Ret		 SNE
13		 BRH
Ret		 BRH
15		6th43
Ford GAA 3.4 V6 MAL
3		 BRH
Ret		 THR
3		 OUL
4
1977 David Price Racing March 752 Ford GAA 3.4 V6 MAL
5		 SNE
NC		 OUL
3		 BRH
1		 MAL
2		 THR
9		 BRH
3		 OUL
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 DON
3		 BRH THR SNE BRH
DNS		3rd85

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213Pos.Pts
1976 Valentino Musetti March 74B Ford HOC THR
DNS		 VAL SAL PAU HOC ROU MUG PER EST NOG HOC NC0
1977 David Price Racing March 742 Ford SIL
12		 THR
DNQ		 HOC NÜR VAL PAU MUG ROU NOG PER MIS EST DON NC0

Complete British Formula One Championship results

(key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415Pos.Pts
1978 Valentino Musetti March 752/761 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
NC		 BRH
NC		 SNE
Ret		 MAL
3		 ZAN
7		 DON
4		 THR
5		 OUL
3		 MAL
Ret		7th62
Mario Deliotti Racing Ensign N177 BRH
6		 THR
4		 SNE
DNS
1979 Valentino Musetti March 752/771 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ZOL
Ret		23rd1
March 781 OUL
Ret		 BRH
6		 MAL
NC		 SNE
Ret		 THR ZAN
Theodore Racing Hong Kong Wolf WR3 DON
13		 OUL
DNS		 NOG MAL
Wolf WR4 BRH
NC		 THR SNE SIL
1980 Colin Bennett Racing Fittipaldi F5A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL BRH SIL MAL THR
6		 MNZ
5		 MAL
Ret		 SNE
6		 BRH
4		8th11
Fittipaldi F5B THR
Ret		 OUL
3		 SIL
12
1982 Colin Bennett Racing March 811 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
Ret		 BRH
3		 THR
2		 DON BRH 7th10

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123
1979 Valentino Musetti March 781 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
12		 GNM DIN
Source: [7]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pos.Pts
1985 Lola Motorsport Lola T950 Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON
15		NC0

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine1234567891011Pos.Pts
1986 Roy Baker Racing Tiga C2 Tiga GC285 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L4 t MNZ SIL LMS
Ret		 NOR BRH
15		 JER NÜR SPA FUJ NC0
1987 John Bartlett RacingC2Bardon DB1 Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 JAR JER
DNQ		 SIL
Ret		 LMS NOR NC0
Roy Baker Racing Tiga GC286 MNZ
Ret
Team Tiga Ford Denmark Tiga GC287 Ford Cosworth BDT-E 2.1 L4 t BRH
14		 NÜR
Tiga Team Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 t SPA
NC		 FUJ
1988 Roy Baker RacingC2 Tiga GC286 Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 JER JAR MNZ SIL LMS BRN BRH NÜR SPA
Ret		 FUJ SAN NC0
1990 Team DaveyC Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6 t SUZ MNZ SIL SPA DIJ NÜR DON
17		 CGV MEX NC0
1991 Team Salamin Primagaz C2 Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6 t SUZ MNZ SIL LMS
DNQ		 NÜR MAG MEX AUT NC0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1986 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Baker Racing Tiga Flag of the United States.svg Tom Frank
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Allison		 Tiga GC285C295DNFDNF
1991 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Team Salamin Primagaz Flag of Japan.svg Katsunori Iketani
Flag of Austria.svg Mercedes Stermitz		 Porsche 962C C2-DNQDNQ
Source: [8]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415Pos.Pts
1991 BRR Motorsport BMW M3 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL DON
1 		DON
2 		OUL BRH
1 		BRH
2 		DON
13		 THR SIL 31st0

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112PosPoints
2000 AC Automotive Chevrolet Camaro GT THR
1
CRO
1
OUL
1
DNS		 DON
1
SIL
1
BRH
1
DON
1
CRO
1
SIL
1
SNE
1
12		 SPA
1
SIL
1
38th5

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References

  1. ↑ "B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship, Rd 14, 1973" . Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/1750/ Career at driver database.
  3. ↑ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009. Official 1991 BTCC standings.
  4. ↑ "Valentino Musetti | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
  5. ↑ "Valentino Musetti". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. ↑ "Valentino Musetti". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Val Musetti - Involvement Non World Championship". statsf1.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "All Results of Val Musetti". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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