Renzo Zorzi
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| Renzo Zorzi | |
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Nationality  Italian |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 1975 - 1977 |
| Teams | Williams, Shadow |
| Races | 7 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Career points | 1 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1975 Italian Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1977 Spanish Grand Prix |
Renzo Zorzi (born December 12, 1946, near Turin) is a former racing driver from Italy who participated in 7 Formula One Grands Prix between 1975 and 1977.
Between odd races for Williams in Formula One, Zorzi raced in Formula 3. After his 1977 season with Shadow came to a premature end due to financial problems, he later raced in the Aurora AFX F1 series, driving an Arrows.
Zorzi was indirectly involved in a horrific accident during the 1977 South African Grand Prix, when he retired his car with an engine failure, which resulted in a small fire. Despite Zorzi dealing with the fire with his on-board extinguisher, two fire marshals ran across the track and one, Jansen Van Vuuren, was struck and killed by the car of Zorzi's team-mate Tom Pryce, who was also killed.
Zorzi now runs a Pirelli driving school in southern Italy.[1]
[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship 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 |
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| 1975 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Williams FW03 | Cosworth V8 | ARG |
BRA |
RSA |
ESP |
MON |
BEL |
SWE |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
ITA 14 |
USA |
- | 0 | |||
| 1976 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Williams FW04 | Cosworth V8 | BRA 9 |
RSA |
USW |
ESP |
BEL |
MON |
SWE |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
NED |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
JPN |
- | 0 | |
| 1977 | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN5 | Cosworth V8 | ARG Ret |
BRA 6 |
19th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Shadow DN8 | RSA Ret |
USW Ret |
ESP Ret |
MON |
BEL |
SWE |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
NED |
ITA |
USA |
CAN |
JPN |
[edit] References
- ^ "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?", oldracingcars.com, unknown. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
