Giancarlo Fisichella

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Giancarlo Fisichella
Fisichella at the 2012 6 Hours of Fuji
Born	(1973-01-14) 14 January 1973 (age 51) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Racing driver
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1996–2009
Teams	Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India, Ferrari
Entries	231 (229 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	3
Podiums	19
Career points	275
Pole positions	4
Fastest laps	2
First entry	1996 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2003 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last win	2006 Malaysian Grand Prix
Last entry	2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2010– Teams AF Corse, Risi Competizione Best finish 1st in LMGTE-PRO (2012, 2014) Class wins 2

Giancarlo Fisichella (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo fiziˈkɛlla]; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver, also captain of the official Nazionale Piloti association football team (composed of the racing drivers). He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari.^[1] Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.^[2] He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010.^[3]

Fisichella won three races in his Formula One career, the first of which was at the chaotic 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race abandoned for safety reasons with 15 laps remaining. After several days of confusion regarding rules and technicalities, Fisichella was eventually declared the winner in the following week, and collected his trophy in an unofficial ceremony at the following race.^[4] He was brought into the Renault team to replace fellow Italian Jarno Trulli, and won his first race with the team in Australia in 2005.^[5] However, after that race it was his teammate, the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, that would win the greater share of races for Renault. Although highly rated as a driver, Fisichella was unable to keep pace with eventual champion Alonso, managing just one further race win following his debut. However, his best finishes also helped Renault win back-to-back Constructors' titles from 2005 to 2006. Outside of driving, he has backed his own GP2 team, FMS International.^[6]

On 17 June 2012, Fisichella won the GTE Pro division of the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans for AF Corse and followed this up with the Manufacturers' title in the WEC at the end of the season.^[2]