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词条 Vincenzo Sospiri
释义

  1. Early career

  2. Formula One

  3. After Formula One

     IndyCar and Champ Car  Sports cars and team ownership  Legacy 

  4. Racing record

     Complete International Formula 3000 results  Complete Formula One results  Complete Formula Nippon results  American open-wheel racing results  IndyCar  Indy 500 results  CART  Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results 

  5. References

{{Infobox F1 driver
| name = Vincenzo Sospiri|
| nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian |
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|10|7|df=y}} |
| birth_place = Forlì, Italy
| Years = 1997|
| Team(s) = Lola|
| Races = 1 (0 starts)|
| Championships = 0|
| Wins = 0|
| Podiums = 0|
| Poles = 0|
| Fastest laps = 0|
| Points = 0 |
| First race = 1997 Australian Grand Prix|
| First win = |
| Last win = |
| Last race = 1997 Australian Grand Prix|
}}

Vincenzo Sospiri (born 7 October 1966) is an Italian former racing driver.

Early career

In 1981, at the age of 15, Sospiri started racing in the Italian 100cc karting championship. In a karting career described by Michael Schumacher as 'dominating', Sospiri won several Italian and European karting championships and finished runner-up in several more, eventually winning the 100cc World Karting Championship in 1987.[1][2]

In 1988 Sospiri progressed to Formula Ford, before working through to Formula 3000 in 1991, as teammate to Damon Hill in the Middlebridge Lola T91/50 Cosworth. In an uncompetitive car, he was only capable of 9 points all season, including a second place at the German round of the championship at the Hockenheimring. He stepped back down into the Italian F3 series in 1992, before making a return to Formula 3000 in 1993, driving a Reynard 93D Judd for the Mythos team. He moved to the Super Nova team for 1994 and mounted a challenge for the championship despite not winning any races, eventually finishing fourth. He stayed at Super Nova for 1995 where he won three races and beat his teammate Ricardo Rosset to the F3000 title.

Formula One

He had tested for the Simtek Formula One team at Estoril in 1994, but was unable to raise enough funds to gain a race seat at the time. Despite winning the Formula 3000 title in 1995, very few options were available for Sospiri, so he chose to take the role of official Benetton test driver for the year.

Sospiri finally got his chance to race in Formula One with the MasterCard Lola project in {{F1|1997}}. Unfortunately it was clear from the first race, where both Sospiri and his former F3000 teammate Ricardo Rosset were more than 10 seconds off the pace and failed to qualify after being well outside the 107% rule, that the car was not capable of making the grid in a world championship race. Sospiri hoped to return to the grid in Brazil, but the team was withdrawn due to the massive debts incurred by its failing Formula One effort.

After Formula One

IndyCar and Champ Car

After the collapse of Mastercard-Lola, Sospiri turned his attention to the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series where he signed on with Team Scandia to race in the 1997 Indianapolis 500. Sospiri put the Scandia Dallara-Oldsmobile third on the starting grid in his first IndyCar start and finished 17th in the race. Later that season he finished second at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He finished 21st in the championship despite only competing in six of the ten races of the 1996-1997 season. In 1998 Sospiri was brought on to Dan Gurney's All American Racers team as a late-season replacement for P. J. Jones and drove in the final four races of the season for the team. He had a best finish of 15th at both Houston and Surfers Paradise and failed to finish in the points as the team's struggles continued.[3] He was named to an ISM Racing entry for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 but the car was driven by Brian Tyler instead, who failed to qualify.

Sports cars and team ownership

In 1998 and 1999, he won the Sports Racing World Cup with a Ferrari 333 SP, teaming up with Emmanuel Collard. This resulted in a drive in the lead Toyota at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans with Collard and Martin Brundle. Unfortunately, frequent gearbox problems and a puncture while Brundle was driving took the polesitter out of the race. He retired from racing in 2001 and is now the team manager for the Euronova team in Italian Formula 3000.

Legacy

Sospiri was a major inspiration for Michael Schumacher. In a Q&A session with F1 Racing readers in 2012, when asked about his racing heroes, Schumacher replied: "To start with, it was Vincenzo Sospiri. Then it was Ayrton Senna. Those two guys inspired me big time while I was karting".[4][5]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races

in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1990 Eddie Jordan Racing DON SIL PAUJER
{{small|8}}
MNZ PER HOC BRH BIR BUGNOG
{{small|DNQ}}
NC 0
1991 Eddie Jordan RacingVAL
{{small|Ret}}
PAU
{{small|DNQ}}
JER
{{small|15}}
MUG
{{small|4}}
PER
{{small|Ret}}
HOC
{{small|2}}
BRH
{{small|16}}
SPA
{{small|10}}
BUG
{{small|Ret}}
NOG
{{small|13}}
8th 9
1993 Mythos RacingDON
{{small|Ret}}
SIL
{{small|Ret}}
PAU
{{small|6}}
PER
{{small|2}}
HOC
{{small|3}}
NÜR
{{small|6}}
SPA
{{small|5}}
MAG
{{small|5}}
NOG
{{small|Ret}}
7th 16
1994 Super Nova RacingSIL
{{small|4}}
PAU
{{small|2}}
CAT
{{small|3}}
PER
{{small|Ret}}
HOC
{{small|4}}
SPA
{{small|Ret}}
EST
{{small|2}}
MAG
{{small|5}}
4th 24
1995 Super Nova RacingSIL
{{small|2}}
CAT
{{small|1}}
PAU
{{small|1}}
PER
{{small|2}}
HOC
{{small|Ret}}
SPA
{{small|1}}
EST
{{small|7}}
MAG
{{small|4}}
1st42

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1997 Mastercard Lola F1 Team Lola T97/30 Ford V8AUS
{{small|DNQ}}
{{small>DNP}}ARGSMRMONESPCANFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAAUTLUXJPNEUR NC 0

Complete Formula Nippon results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
1997 Mirai SUZ MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOTFUJ
{{small|Ret}}
SUZ
{{small|15}}
34th 0

American open-wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

IndyCar

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
1996–1997 Team ScandiaUSA}}
NWH
 
USA}}
LSV
 
USA}}
WDW
 
USA}}
PHX
 
{{flagicon|USA}}
INDY
{{small|17}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
TXS
{{small|9}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
PPIR
{{small|6}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
CLT
{{small|Ret}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
NH2
{{small|2}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
LV2
{{small|Ret}}
21st134

Indy 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
1997 Dallara Oldsmobile317 Scandia

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
1998 All American RacersUSA}}
MIA
JPN}}
MOT
USA}}
LBH
USA}}
NZR
BRA}}
RIO
USA}}
STL
USA}}
MIL
USA}}
DET
USA}}
POR
USA}}
CLE
CAN}}
TOR
USA}}
MIS
USA}}
MDO
USA}}
ROA
CAN}}
VAN
{{flagicon|USA}}
LS
{{small|Ret}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
HOU
{{small|15}}
{{flagicon|AUS}}
SRF
{{small|15}}
{{flagicon|USA}}
FON
{{small|Ret}}
29th0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Ferrari 333 SP
Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12
{{flagicon|FRA}} JB Racing{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Christophe Boullion
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérôme Policand
187 DNF DNF
1999 LMGTP 1 {{Michelin}}Toyota GT-One
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
{{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Motorsports
{{flagicon|DEU}} Toyota Team Europe
{{flagicon|GBR}} Martin Brundle
{{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Collard
90 DNF DNF

References

{{commons category}}
1. ^http://www.historicracing.com/driver_detail.cfm?driverID=7607
2. ^https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/vincenzo-sospiri/
3. ^Vinenzo Sospiri, Champ Car Stats, Retrieved 2011-12-30
4. ^You Ask the Questions: Michael Schumacher, F1 Racing, October 2012
5. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-2116106/Formula-One-heroes-The-world-champions-discuss-idols.html |title=Grand Prix heroes: The six F1 champions discuss their idols |work=Daily Mail |date=17 March 2012 |accessdate=1 November 2014}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907112023/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/sospiri/index.html Profile at F1 Rejects]
{{s-start}}{{s-sports}}{{succession box | title = Formula Ford Festival Winner| years=1988 | before = Eddie Irvine | after=Niko Palhares}}{{succession box | before = Jean-Christophe Boullion | title = International Formula 3000 Champion| years=1995 | after=Jörg Müller}}{{s-end}}{{MasterCard-Lola}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sospiri, Vincenzo}}

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