Fabrizio Barbazza

Fabrizio Barbazza is an automobile old driver Italy N born the April 2nd 1963 with Monza (Italy).

Biography

Resulting from the rows of the Monza Formula, where it started to run in 1982, then two season old author in the championship of Italy of Formule 3, Barbazza appeared while emigrating successfully in the United States. In 1986, for its first year in the discipline, it gains the championship American Racing Series, ancètre of the Indy Lights and anteroom of CART. In 1987, Barbazza reaches the CART and fact feeling by finishing 3rd 500 Miles of Indianapolis (what is worth to him to be elected rookie off the year ).

From 1990, Barbazza turns over to Europe, initially to take part in the championship of Formule 3000, then with the championship of the world of Formule 1 1991 within the small French team AGS. But its first approach of F1 shows a series of not-qualification. It is only in 1993, at Minardi, which it receives a second chance and argument finally its first Grand Prix. With two sixth consecutive places at the beginning of season (in Donington then with Imola), he affirms himself like a pilot paying at the level more than correct, but loses his wheel at the semi-season, court of budget.

Without new proposal 1 Formulates some, it goes back to the United States, where it disputes in particular the championship of Endurance IMSA. It is there that it is victim into 1995 of a very serious accident, which leaves it several weeks in the coma. Although perfectly given of its accident at the end of a long convalescence, he prefers to put a term at his career.

Prize list

Champion of the American Racing Series in 1986
Rookie off the year of the 500 Miles of Indianapolis 1987

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