Mauro Baldi

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Mauro Baldi : biography

January 31, 1954 –

Mauro Baldi (born January 31, 1954 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams.

He 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 had a brief return to F1, 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 and 12 Hours of Sebring, both in 1998 with Arie Luyendyk and Didier Theys.

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Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:People from Reggio Emilia Category:Italian racing drivers Category:Italian Formula One drivers Category:Arrows Formula One drivers Category:Alfa Romeo Formula One drivers Category:Spirit Formula One drivers Category:European Formula Three Championship drivers Category:Champ Car drivers Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Category:24 Hours of Daytona drivers Category:American Le Mans Series drivers Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers

Racing record

Complete Formula One results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1982 Arrows Racing Team Arrows A4 Cosworth V8 RSADNQ BRA10 USWDNQ SMR BELNC MONDNQ DETRet CAN8 NED6 GBR9 FRARet GERRet AUT6 SUIDNQ CPL11 25th 2
Arrows A5 ITA12
1983 Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 183T Alfa Romeo V8 BRARet USWRet FRARet SMR10 MON6 BELRet DET12 CAN10 GBR7 GERRet AUTRet NED5 ITARet EURRet RSARet 16th 3
1984 Spirit Racing Spirit 101 Hart Straight-4 BRARet RSA8 BELRet SMR8 FRARet MONDNQ CAN DET DAL GBR GER AUT NED ITA EUR8 POR15 NC 0
1985 Spirit Enterprises Ltd. Spirit 101D Hart Straight-4 BRARet PORRet SMRRet MON CAN DET FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA BEL EUR RSA AUS NC 0