Emanuele Pirro

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Emanuele Pirro
Scuderia Italia
Entries40 (37 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points3
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1989 French Grand Prix
Last entry1991 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1981, 1998 – 2008, 2010
TeamsMartini Racing, GTC Competition, Audi Sport Joest, Champion Racing, Drayson Racing
Best finish1st (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
Class wins6 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007)

Emanuele Pirro (born 12 January 1962) is an Italian

24 Hours Nürburgring
(1989), two times winner of the Macau Guia Race (1991, 1992) and two times winner of the Goodwood RAC Historic TT. He has taken part in over 500 official national and international races.

Personal life

He was born in Rome; however, he traces his roots to the small town of Latera near Viterbo through his mother's family. He is married to Marlene, with whom he has two sons, Cristoforo, born in 1993 (Mechanical Engineer, currently Performance Engineer in F1) and Goffredo, born in 1996 (Automotive Engineer specialised in Motorsport). He enjoys cooking in his free time.

Career

He began racing cars in 1980 after having raced seven years in go-karts, where he was two time Italian Champion and runner up in both the European and the World Karting Championships. He went on to win races in all the feeder series he competed in including

Formula Nippon
.

Pirro driving for Benetton at the 1989 Belgian Grand Prix.

Formula One

Pirro at the 1991 United States Grand Prix.

In 1988 he was contracted by McLaren to become test driver to develop the new Honda powertrain for the MP4/4, staying on in that role for the following 3 seasons.

His racing career in F1 started at the 1989 French Grand Prix for the Benetton-Ford team, replacing Johnny Herbert who was still recovering from injuries sustained in a F3000 accident. For the 1990 and 1991 seasons, he raced for BMS Scuderia Italia.

Touring cars

Together with his single seater commitments he raced as a factory driver for

24 Hours Nürburgring, the Macau Guia Race twice, and the Wellington 500 four times, with the legendary BMW M3 E30 and team Schnitzer. After leaving BMW in 1993 he joined Audi to win the 1994 and 1995 Italian Touring Car Championships
followed by the German Touring Car Championship in 1996. Between the years of 1994 and 1996 racing in the Italian and German Supertouring championships, he contested a total of 70 races finishing only once outside of the top 10 after being taken out at the start in 1994 at the Salzburgring.

Sportscars

Audi R10
at Laguna Seca in 2006.

After his debut in endurance races at the young age of 19 winning in his class with the

Tom Kristensen and Frank Biela he scored the first of three consecutive wins with the new Audi R8. In 2006 together with Frank Biela and Marco Werner he became the first driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a diesel car, repeating the win in the following year. In 2008 he announced the end of his racing career with Audi sportscars. Between the years of 1999 and 2008 he won five 24 Hours of Le Mans, two ALMS championships, two 12 Hours of Sebring and three Petit Le Mans. After 2008 he competed in a number of additional races including a 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans with Drayson Racing
in a Lola-Judd LMP1 car, the 24 hours of the Nuerburgring with an Audi R8 GT3, the 2011 Gold Coast 500 in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship.

After racing

He regularly competes in historic racing. In 2010 Pirro won the Monaco Historic Grand Prix in the Formula 3 Class.

In roles still linked to motorsport, he serves as a Brand Ambassador for Audi, and is a member of; FIA Drivers’ Commission, FIA Circuits’ Commission, FIA Historic Motorsport Commission, ACI Circuits and Safety Commission. In addition, he is the President of the Italian Karting Commission, and Vice President of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Club and the Club des Pilotes des 24 Heures du Mans. He is also a Steward for F1 races, TV pundit and is a frequent guest speaker at events hosted by multinational companies.

In 2015, he entered the first round of the British Universities Karting Championship alongside his two sons.

He owns the

Cortina d’Ampezzo
.

Finally he has been a regular player for over 25 years in the Nazionale Piloti football team and the “Star Team for the Children” for [[Prince Albert of Monaco]] as well as taking part in other charity events.

He also became the Director of the McLaren Racing Driver Development program.[1]

Race results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1981 Italy Martini Racing Italy Beppe Gabbiani
Lancia Beta Monte Carlo
 Gr.5 47 DNF DNF
1998 United Kingdom Gulf Team Davidoff
United Kingdom GTC Competition 		Germany Dr. Thomas Bscher
Italy Rinaldo Capello 		McLaren F1 GTR-BMW GT1 228 DNF DNF
1999
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Germany Frank Biela
Belgium Didier Theys 		Audi R8R LMP 360 3rd 2nd
2000
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Denmark Tom Kristensen
Germany Frank Biela 		Audi R8 LMP900 368 1st 1st
2001
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Denmark Tom Kristensen
Germany Frank Biela 		Audi R8 LMP900 321 1st 1st
2002
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Denmark Tom Kristensen
Germany Frank Biela 		Audi R8 LMP900 375 1st 1st
2003 United States Champion Racing Sweden Stefan Johansson
Finland JJ Lehto 		Audi R8 LMP900 372 3rd 1st
2004
ADT Champion Racing
 Finland JJ Lehto
Germany Marco Werner 		Audi R8 LMP1 368 3rd 3rd
2005
ADT Champion Racing
 Germany Frank Biela
United Kingdom Allan McNish 		Audi R8 LMP1 364 3rd 3rd
2006
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Germany Frank Biela
Germany Marco Werner 		Audi R10 TDI LMP1 380 1st 1st
2007
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Germany Frank Biela
Germany Marco Werner 		Audi R10 TDI LMP1 369 1st 1st
2008 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Frank Biela
Germany Marco Werner 		Audi R10 TDI LMP1 367 6th 6th
2010 United Kingdom Drayson Racing
Paul Drayson
United Kingdom Jonny Cocker
Lola B09/60-Judd
 LMP1 254 NC NC
Sources:[2][3]

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1984
Onyx Race Engineering
 March 842 BMW SIL
6 		HOC
4 		THR
4
VAL

12 		MUG
4 		PAU
Ret 		HOC
Ret
MIS

Ret 		PER
6 		DON
2 		BRH
6 		6th 18
Source:[4]

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1985
Onyx Racing
 March 85B Cosworth SIL
7 		THR
1
EST

4 		NÜR
C
VAL

1 		PAU
2 		SPA
Ret 		DIJ
Ret 		PER
2
ÖST

4
ZAN

5 		DON
Ret 		3rd 38
1986
Onyx Racing
 March 86B Cosworth SIL
2
VAL

3 		PAU
2 		SPA
19
IMO

Ret 		MUG
6 		PER
13
ÖST

Ret 		BIR
Ret
BUG

1
JAR

2 		3rd 29
Sources:[3][4]

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship 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 Pts
1988 Team LeMans
SUZ

9 		FUJ
5 		MIN
2
SUZ

4
SUG

2 		FUJ
4
SUZ

3
SUZ

4 		3rd 25
1989 Team LeMans
SUZ

5 		FUJ
Ret 		MIN
Ret
SUZ

1
SUG
 FUJ
SUZ
SUZ
 6th 11
1991 Team Hayashi
SUZ
 AUT FUJ MIN
SUZ
SUG
 FUJ
SUZ
 FUJ
C
SUZ
 FUJ NC 0
Source:[4]

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 WDC Pts
1989 Benetton Formula Ltd Benetton B188 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 BRA SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA
9 		GBR
11 		23rd 2
Benetton B189 Ford HBA4 3.5 V8 GER
Ret 		HUN
8 		BEL
10 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
5
1990 BMS Scuderia Italia
190
 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 USA BRA SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
11 		GER
Ret 		HUN
10 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POR
15 		ESP
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		NC 0
1991
Scuderia Italia SpA
191
 Judd GV 3.5 V10 USA
Ret 		BRA
11 		SMR
DNPQ 		MON
6 		CAN
9 		MEX
DNPQ 		FRA
DNPQ 		GBR
10 		GER
10 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
8 		ITA
10 		POR
Ret 		ESP
15 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
7 		18th 1
Source:[5]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos. Pts
1989 BMW M Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2
MFA
1
MFA
2
 AVU
1 		AVU
2 		NÜR
1
DNS 		NÜR
2
DNS 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NC 0
1990 Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2
MFA
1
MFA
2
 WUN
1 		WUN
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
3 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
11 		15th 36
1992 BMW M Team Bigazzi BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
6 		ZOL
2
3 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
3 		WUN
1
Ret 		WUN
2
16 		AVU
1
23 		AVU
2
3 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
21 		NÜR
2
10 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
8
BRN
1

3
BRN
2

Ret 		DIE
1
Ret 		DIE
2
Ret 		ALE
1
6 		ALE
2
10 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
8 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
5 		12th 85
2004 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
7
EST

11 		ADR
9
LAU

6 		NOR
9 		SHA1
Ret 		NÜR
11 		OSC
15
ZAN

7
BRN

5 		HOC
Ret 		11th 11
Sources:[4][6]

1 – A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

Complete Italian Superturismo Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1992 CiBiEmme Engineering BMW M3 Sport Evolution S1
MNZ
1

4
MNZ
2

3
MAG
1

3
MAG
2

1 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		BIN
1 		BIN
2
VAL
1

4
VAL
2

3
IMO
1
IMO
2
MIS
1

Ret
MIS
2

6 		PER
1 		PER
2 		VAR
1 		VAR
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
 6th 82
1993 Scuderia Bigazzi BMW 318i
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
 BIN
1 		BIN
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
 VAR
1 		VAR
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
 PER
1
5 		PER
2
4 		MUG
1
4 		MUG
2
Ret 		13th 28
1994 Audi Sport Italia Audi 80 Quattro
MNZ
1

2
MNZ
2

2
VAL
1

10
VAL
2

1
MAG
1

1
MAG
2

1 		BIN
1
1 		BIN
2
1
MIS
1

4
MIS
2

4
VAL
1

2
VAL
2

1 		MUG
1
4 		MUG
2
2 		PER
1
4 		PER
2
4 		VAR
1
2 		VAR
2
2 		MUG
1
10 		MUG
2
2 		1st 269.5
1995 Audi Sport Italia Audi A4 Quattro
MIS
1

2
MIS
2

1 		BIN
1
1 		BIN
2
1
MNZ
1

1
MNZ
2

2
IMO
1

1
IMO
2

1
MAG
1

1
MAG
2

2 		MUG
1
3 		MUG
2
5
MIS
1

1
MIS
2

1 		PER
1
5 		PER
2
4 		VAR
1
2 		VAR
2
1
VAL
1

1
VAL
2

2 		1st 317
1996 A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro MUG
1 		MUG
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
 BIN
1 		BIN
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
 PER
1 		PER
2 		PER
1 		PER
2 		VAR
1 		VAR
2
VAL
1

5
VAL
2

4 		15th 18
Source:[6]

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
1994 Racing Organisation Course Audi 80 Quattro Competition AVU
2 		WUN
3
ZOL

3
ZAN

2
ÖST

4 		SAL
Ret
SPA

5 		NÜR
2 		3rd 87
1995 Racing Organisation Course Audi A4 Quattro
ZOL
1
ZOL
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
ÖST
1
ÖST
2
 HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		AVU
1
10 		AVU
2
7 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
1 		16th 105
1996
A.Z.K./ROC
 Audi A4 Quattro
ZOL
1

1
ZOL
2

1 		ASS
1
3 		ASS
2
2 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
1 		SAC
1
3 		SAC
2
1 		WUN
1
2 		WUN
2
1 		ZWE
1
2 		ZWE
2
3 		SAL
1
8 		SAL
2
10 		AVU
1
4 		AVU
2
1 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
1 		1st 678
1997
A.Z.K./ROC
 Audi A4 Quattro HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
9
ZOL
1

4
ZOL
2

10 		NÜR
1
20 		NÜR
2
7 		SAC
1
6 		SAC
2
Ret 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
3 		WUN
1
Ret 		WUN
2
Ret 		ZWE
1
4 		ZWE
2
1 		SAL
1
13 		SAL
2
7 		REG
1
19 		REG
2
11 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
10 		6th 357
1998 Abt Sportsline Team Audi Audi A4 HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
7 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
13 		SAC
1
17 		SAC
2
Ret 		NOR
1
19 		NOR
2
19 		REG
1
13 		REG
2
8 		WUN
1
Ret 		WUN
2
Ret 		ZWE
1
14 		ZWE
2
Ret 		SAL
1
7 		SAL
2
2 		OSC
1
7 		OSC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
12 		16th 205
Source:[6]

Complete American Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
1999 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP Audi R8R Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8 SEB
5 		ATL MOS SON POR PET MON LSV 52nd 20 [7]
2000 Audi Sport North America LMP
Audi R8
 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
1 		NÜR
3 		SON
2 		MOS
Ret 		TEX
1 		ROS
4 		PET
2 		MON
2 		LSV
1
ADE

5 		3rd 232 [8]
Audi R8R CHA
6 		SIL
5
2001 Audi Sport North America LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 TEX
2 		SEB
2 		DON
2 		JAR
2 		SON
2 		POR
2 		MOS
1 		MID
4 		MON
1 		PET
1 		1st 202 [9]
2002 Audi Sport North America LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
5 		SON
8 		MID
1 		AME
2 		WAS
3 		TRO
2 		MOS
Ret 		MON
1 		MIA
1 		PET
6 		4th 206 [10]
2003
ADT Champion Racing
 LMP900 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
2 		ATL SON TRO MOS AME MON MIA PET 18th 22 [11]
2004
ADT Champion Racing
 LMP1 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
2 		MID LIM SON POR MOS AME PET MON 13th 22 [12]
2005
ADT Champion Racing
 LMP1 Audi R8 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8 SEB
2 		ATL
3 		MID
3 		LIM
2 		SON
1 		POR
1 		AME
1 		MOS
3 		PET
1 		MON
2 		1st 182 [13]
2006 Audi Sport North America LMP1 Audi R10 TDI Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) SEB TEX MID LIM UTA
1 		POR
2 		AME
1 		MOS
4 		PET
5 		MON
2 		5th 80 [14]
2007 Audi Sport North America LMP1 Audi R10 TDI Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) SEB
1 		STP
2
LNB

2 		TEX
2 		UTA
2 		LIM
4 		MID
1 		AME
2 		MOS
2 		DET
1 		PET MON 4th 175 [15]
2008 Audi Sport North America LMP1 Audi R10 TDI Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) SEB STP
Ret 		LNB
2 		UTA
Ret 		LIM
3 		MID
2 		AME
2 		MOS
2 		DET
DSQ 		PET
1 		MON
2 		3rd 156 [16]
2010 Drayson Racing LMP1 Lola B09/60 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 SEB
4 		LNB MON
Ret 		UTA
2 		LIM MID AME MOS PET 12th 46 [17]

Macau Grand Prix Guia Race results

Year Team Car Class Pos.
1989 Germany Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution Group A Division 2 DNF
1990 Germany Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution Group A Division 2 2nd
1991 Germany Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution DTM 1st
1992 Germany Mobil 1 Team Schnitzer BMW M3 Sport Evolution DTM 1st
1993 Germany Watson’s Team Schnitzer BMW 318i FIA Class 2 3rd
  • Spa 24 hours
     : 1st: 1986, 1990
  • 4 hours of Jarama: 1st: 1987
  • Grand Prix of Nürburgring 1st,1986

References

"Five-time LeMans winner Emanuele Pirro joins APR Motorsport for Rolex 24 at Daytona". APR Motorsport. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 201

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Guia Race

Winner
1991–1992 		Succeeded by
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1995
 Succeeded by
Preceded by
1996
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Preceded by
Tom Kristensen
 		Succeeded by
Tom Kristensen
Guy Smith
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2001
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Tom Kristensen
Preceded by
2005
With: Frank Biela
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Preceded by
Tom Kristensen
 Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2006-2007
With: Frank Biela & Marco Werner 		Succeeded by
Tom Kristensen
Allan McNish
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