Lorenzo Bandini

Italian racecar driver

Lorenzo Bandini's Austrian victory for Ferrari

Lorenzo Bandini won the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix and the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ferrari before his death at Monaco in 1967.

Lorenzo Bandini was born on 21 December 1935 in Barce, now Al Marj, in Libya, which was then an Italian colony, and his family returned to Italy in 1939. He worked as an apprentice mechanic in Milan, raced motorcycles, and in 1957 began racing cars in a borrowed Fiat 1100. A class win at the 1958 Mille Miglia followed, and he moved into Formula Junior, placing fourth in its 1960 world championship.

He made his World Championship debut in 1961 with Scuderia Centro Sud at the Belgian Grand Prix, driving a Cooper Maserati. Ferrari signed him for 1962, and on his debut for the team at Monaco he finished third behind Bruce McLaren and Phil Hill. In 1963 he split his season between BRM and Ferrari and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ferrari.

The 1964 season was his best in Formula 1. Bandini won the first Austrian Grand Prix of the World Championship at Zeltweg, added third places in Germany, Italy and Mexico, and finished fourth in the championship. He was second at Monaco in both 1965 and 1966, took pole position for the 1966 French Grand Prix at Reims, and early in 1967 won the 24 Hours of Daytona for Ferrari.

At the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix his Ferrari crashed and caught fire, and Bandini died of his injuries on 10 May 1967. In 42 starts he scored 1 win, 1 pole position, 2 fastest laps and 8 podiums. Since 1992 the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy has been awarded in his memory for achievement in Formula 1.

0 world titles, 1 wins, 1 pole positions, 42 starts.

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