Scuderia Coloni
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Founded | 1983 |
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Folded | 2015 |
Team principal(s) | Paolo Coloni |
Former series | Formula 3000 Italian F3 Superleague Formula Formula One Euroseries 3000 Formula BMW Europe GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series Auto GP |
Noted drivers | Pedro Bianchini Marco Bonanomi Gianmaria Bruni Adam Carroll Jason Tahincioğlu Alex Ciompi Luca Filippi Rodolfo González Michael Herck Fabio Onidi Giorgio Pantano Luiz Razia Giacomo Ricci Adrián Vallés |
Coloni Motorsport, also known as Scuderia Coloni, was an auto racing team from Italy. Founded by former racing driver Enzo Coloni in 1983, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems between 1987 and 1991. They made 82 attempts to take part in a Formula One race but only qualified 14 times. Since then, under the management of Enzo Coloni's son Paolo, the team has been successful in Formula Three, Formula 3000 and GP2 Series. Between 2006 and 2009 the team ran under the name of Fisichella Motor Sport, with support from Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella and his manager Enrico Zanarini.
Origins of the team
Coloni was founded in 1983 in Passignano sul Trasimeno by Enzo Coloni, a racing driver from Perugia. Nicknamed "Il lupo" (the wolf - a trait that would later be reflected in his company's logo) due to his aggressive racing style, Coloni competed in the Italian Formula 3 and European Formula Two series in the late 1970s/early 1980s. In 1982 he decided to race with his own Formula Three team.
Formula Three and Formula 3000 (1983–1986)
In its initial foray, the team was very successful, winning the Italian Formula 3 championship drivers' title for three consecutive times with Enzo Coloni (1982); Ivan Capelli (1983); and Alessandro Santin (1984). At the end of the 1982 season Coloni retired from active racing to focus on managing the team. In 1986 Nicola Larini won the Italian Formula 3 title again and raced, alongside Gabriele Tarquini, in Formula 3000 with a March 85B. Tarquini finished tenth in the championship, his best result a third place in Austria. When FIA announced that turbos would be banned from Formula One from 1989 — making the sport more affordable — Coloni saw an opportunity to enter the category and the team progressed to Formula One the next year.
Formula One (1987–1991)
Coloni-Ford (1987–1989)
Coloni made its first appearance in Formula One at the 1987 Italian Grand Prix in September 1987, where it failed to qualify. The yellow painted FC187, powered by a Novamotor-prepared Cosworth DFZ, was designed by former Dallara apprentice Roberto Ori. Coloni himself had carried out the shake-down drive and Nicola Larini was signed as the team's sole driver. The Italian recorded Coloni’s first Formula One race start at the 1987 Spanish Grand Prix, although mechanical problems meant that he did not finish. The team did not fly to the end of year overseas races that year, so Larini’s retirement from the Spanish Grand Prix that year ended their first season. They finished 16th and last in the Constructors Championship, the only team without a finish.
In 1989, Coloni entered two cars for Roberto Moreno and French newcomer Pierre-Henri Raphanel. The FC188Bs were another update of the 1987 car, but were hard to handle and about 20 km/h slower than the rest of the grid. Nevertheless, both drivers were able to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix. This was the only race participation of a Coloni in the first part of the season. In Canada, Coloni presented a new car (the Coloni C3) which was penned by former AGS engineer Christian Vanderpleyn. The C3 was a basically good design but the team's performance suffered from lack of testing, often struggling to find the right setup for the races. The team failed to qualify for most of the rest of the season — only in three cases, the debut of the Coloni C3, the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix, the 1989 British Grand Prix and at the Portuguese Grand Prix did Moreno qualify, in 26th, 23rd and 15th place respectively, after a developmental front wing was fitted for Estoril. Unfortunately for the team, he then collided with Eddie Cheever in the warm-up [2] Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine and had to use the spare car. He did not finish the race as the engine blew up after a handful of laps. As results failed to arrive, the team was cut back throughout the year. After Vanderpleyn had left the team in September, Enzo Coloni took over the engineer's job himself but this brought no improvement; neither did the new driver Enrico Bertaggia who replaced Raphanel for the last races. The team finished equal 18th and last with Zakspeed. The Portuguese Grand Prix proved to be the last qualification for a Coloni car.
Coloni-Subaru (1990)
In 1990 Coloni struck a deal with
Coloni-Ford (1991)
For the 1991 season the team consisted of only six people, and would be the last time a Formula One team entered only one car during the entire season. The car was another version of the C3 from 1989 which had seen some detail work from students of the
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engines | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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1987 | FC187 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | G | BRA | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA | POR | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Nicola Larini | DNQ | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | FC188 FC188B |
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | G | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Gabriele Tarquini | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 8 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 13 | Ret | DNQ | 11 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | ||||||
1989 | FC188B C3 |
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | P | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Roberto Moreno | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||
Pierre-Henri Raphanel | DNPQ | DNPQ | Ret | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||||||
Enrico Bertaggia | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||
1990 | C3B | F12
|
G | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Bertrand Gachot | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||
C3C | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | NC | |||||||||||
1991 | C4 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | G | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | |
Pedro Chaves | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | |||||||||
Naoki Hattori | DNPQ | DNPQ |
Formula Three (1991–1996)
The team had another stint in Formula 3 before eventually stepping up to Formula 3000. Enzo's son, Paolo Coloni, drove for the team in the Italian Championship between 1991 and 1993. He also finished second in the 1993 Masters of Formula 3. When Paolo left the Italian series, the team continued in Italian F3 until the end of 1996, with Esteban Tuero and Dino Morelli at the wheel.
Formula 3000
Coloni Motorsport made the switch to
GP2 Series
The team continued to race in the Formula One feeder series — which was rebranded as the
Fisichella Motor Sport International
At the end of 2005, Formula One driver
Former F1 driver
In
Fisichella International Racing surprisingly returned to racing via the
Along with the FMS entry in Auto GP, Scuderia Coloni itself also entered the series in 2015, under the Paolo Coloni Racing name.[4] Swiss Ex-Zele Racing driver Christof von Grünigen was signed to the team, and later joined by Italian Loris Spinelli.
Coloni buyout
At the following round of the championship, Coloni's cars were impounded as a result of an injunction obtained by Soucek as part of his dispute with the team in its FMSI guise. The team missed the qualifying session and were thus ruled out of competing in either of the weekend's races.[6]
Departure from GP2
At the
Results
GP2 Series
Year | Team name | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F.L. | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2005 | Coloni Motorsport | Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome | Mathias Lauda | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21st | 9th |
Gianmaria Bruni | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35† | 10th | ||||
Toni Vilander | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | ||||
Ferdinando Monfardini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5† | 17th | ||||
2006 | Petrol Ofisi FMS International | Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome | Luca Filippi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th | 5th |
Giorgio Pantano | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 5th | ||||
Jason Tahinci
|
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | ||||
2007 | Petrol Ofisi FMS International | Dallara GP2/05-Mecachrome | Antônio Pizzonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | 9th |
Adam Carroll | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 7th | ||||
Jason Tahinci
|
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | ||||
2008 | FMS International | Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome | Roldán Rodríguez | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13th | 10th |
Adrián Vallés | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | ||||
Adam Carroll | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | ||||
Marko Asmer | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||||
2009 | PPR.com Scuderia Coloni‡ | Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome | Andreas Zuber | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13th | 10th |
Luiz Razia | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19th | ||||
2010 | Scuderia Coloni | Dallara GP2/08-Mecachrome | Alberto Valerio | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd | 10th |
Álvaro Parente | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15th | ||||
James Jakes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st | ||||
Vladimir Arabadzhiev | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||||
Brendon Hartley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27th | ||||
2011 | Scuderia Coloni | Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome | Michael Herck | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st | 7th |
Davide Rigon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | ||||
Kevin Ceccon | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | ||||
Luca Filippi | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 54† | 2nd | ||||
2012
|
Scuderia Coloni | Dallara GP2/11-Mecachrome | Stefano Coletti | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 13th† | EX |
Luca Filippi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 15th | ||||
Fabio Onidi | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20th |
† Includes points scored for other teams.
‡ Started the season as Fisichella Motor Sport
In detail
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis Engine Tyres |
Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | T.C. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | GP2/05 Renault B |
SMR FEA |
SMR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
8th | 36 | ||
Mathias Lauda | 12 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 6 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 21 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 24† | 14 | 21 | |||||
Gianmaria Bruni | 4 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 8 | Ret | 18 | 11 | 7 | 11 | NC | 14 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 9 | |||||||||||
Toni Vilander | 15 | 8 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ferdinando Monfardini | Ret | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | GP2/05 Renault B |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SMR FEA |
SMR SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
5th | 46 | ||||
Luca Filippi | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Giorgio Pantano | 9 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jason Tahinci | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | 18 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 13 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 17 | 17 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 13 | |||||||
2007 | GP2/05 Renault B |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
9th | 37 | ||||
Antônio Pizzonia | 16 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Adam Carroll | DSQ | 14 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||||
Jason Tahinci | Ret | 13 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17† | 19 | Ret | 11 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 13 | Ret | |||||||
2008 | GP2/08 Renault B |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
MON FEA |
MON FEA |
MAG FEA |
MAG SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
10th | 15 | |||||
Roldán Rodríguez | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 16 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 15 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 21† | Ret | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
Adrián Vallés | 18 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adam Carroll | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marko Asmer | 17 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 18 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||||||
2009 | GP2/08 Renault B |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON FEA |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
VAL
FEA |
VAL
SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
ALG FEA |
ALG SPR |
10th | 29 | |||||
Andreas Zuber | Ret | Ret | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 16 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||
Luiz Razia | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 20 | 20† | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 17 | ||||||||||
2010 | GP2/08 Renault B |
CAT
FEA |
CAT
SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
VAL
FEA |
VAL
SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA
FEA |
SPA
SPR |
MNZ
FEA |
MNZ
SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
10th | 18 | |||||
Alberto Valerio | 14 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 17† | 19 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 22 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Alvaro Parente
|
2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Jakes | 15 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vladimir Arabadzhiev | 19 | 20 | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13† | 9 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 19 | Ret | ||||||||||||
Brendon Hartley | Ret | Ret | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P |
IST
FEA |
IST
SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
VAL
FEA |
VAL
SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ
FEA |
MNZ
SPR |
7th | 46 | |||||||
Michael Herck | 14 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 16 | 15 | Ret | DNS | ||||||||||
Davide Rigon | 10 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Ceccon | 19 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 20† | 19 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||
Luca Filippi | 1 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | GP2/11 Mecachrome P |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
BHR1
FEA |
BHR1
SPR |
BHR2
FEA |
BHR2
SPR |
CAT
FEA |
CAT
SPR |
MON
FEA |
MON
SPR |
VAL
FEA |
VAL
SPR |
SIL
FEA |
SIL
SPR |
HOC
FEA |
HOC
SPR |
HUN
FEA |
HUN
SPR |
SPA
FEA |
SPA
SPR |
MNZ
FEA |
MNZ
SPR |
MRN FEA |
MRN SPR |
EX | 0 | |
Stefano Coletti | 5 | 23† | Ret | 23† | 21 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 20 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 20† | 8 | ||||||||
Luca Filippi | 1 | 22 | Ret | DNS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fabio Onidi | 20 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 20 |
Superleague Formula
Year | Car | Teams | Races | Wins | Poles | Fast laps | Points | T.C. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Panoz DP09-Menard | A.S. Roma
|
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 307 | 5th |
References
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- ^ "AUTO GP - News - Auto GP returns to Imola this week-end".
- ^ "AUTO GP - News - Pizzonia (Zele Racing), von Grünigen (Paolo Coloni Racing) join 2015 Auto GP ranks". Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (21 August 2009). "Coloni takes full control of FMS team". autosport.com. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
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