Ignazio Giunti

Ignazio Giunti

Born	(1941-08-30)30 August 1941 Rome, Italy
Died	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1970
Teams	Ferrari
Entries	4
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	3
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1970 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	1970 Italian Grand Prix

Ignazio Giunti (30 August 1941 – 10 January 1971) was an Italian racing driver who made his name in saloon and Sports Car Racing in the late 1960s.

Giunti was born in Rome. In 1968, driving for Alfa Romeo, he was second in the Targa Florio and fourth in the Le Mans 24 Hours race co-driving with Nanni Galli.

In 1970, Giunti was signed by Ferrari primarily for their sports-car team and won the Sebring 12hrs and the Targa Florio as well as achieving several other high placings. His success earned him a Formula One chance and he debuted well, finishing fourth in the Belgian GP at Spa and raced three more times that year.

Ferrari were also trialling the Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni and he put in some excellent drives to restrict Giunti's chances though he was re-signed by Ferrari for 1971.

Tragedy struck in his first drive in 1971 whilst racing in the 1000 km Buenos Aires race, when his Ferrari 312PB prototype ploughed into the back of the Matra 660 of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who was pushing the car along the track after it had run out of fuel. The impact and the subsequent fire gave the popular Italian no chance of survival.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
1970	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari Flat 12	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL 4	NED	FRA 14	GBR	GER	AUT 7	ITA Ret	CAN	USA	MEX	17th	3

Sources

• Formula One World Championship results are derived from