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'''Emanuele Pirro''' (born [[January 12]] [[1962]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] former [[Formula One]] driver and five time [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 hour]] winner.
 
'''Emanuele Pirro''' (born [[January 12]] [[1962]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] former [[Formula One]] driver and five time [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 hour]] winner.
  
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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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In 2007, the video game ''[[Race Driver: GRID]]'' was released with many, actual race car drivers including Pirro himself. He stars in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race featured at the end of every "season" the player finishes. He appears as the main opponent once you reach the [[LMP1]] class of vehicle and drives the [[Audi R10 TDI]].
 
In 2007, the video game ''[[Race Driver: GRID]]'' was released with many, actual race car drivers including Pirro himself. He stars in the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race featured at the end of every "season" the player finishes. He appears as the main opponent once you reach the [[LMP1]] class of vehicle and drives the [[Audi R10 TDI]].
  
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[[Image:Pirro 1991.jpg|thumb|left|'''Pirro at the [[1991 United States Grand Prix]]''']]
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[[Image:Audi R10 2007.jpg|thumb|left|'''Pirro driving an [[Audi R10]] at the [[2007 24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24 Hours]]''']]
  
 
===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results===
 
===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results===
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===Complete Formula One results===
 
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Latest revision as of 05:46, 28 October 2009

Emanuele Pirro 2006 EMS.jpg
Emanuele Pirro
Nationality 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Italian
Years 1989 - 1991
Team(s) Benetton, Scuderia Italia
Races 40 (37 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Points 3
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 1989 French Grand Prix
First win
Last win
Last race 1991 Australian Grand Prix
Le Mans Series
Years 1981, 1998 - 2008
Team(s) Martini Racing, GTC Competition, Audi Sport Joest, Champion Racing
Best Finish 1st (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
Class Wins 5 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)


Emanuele Pirro (born January 12 1962 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian former Formula One driver and five time Le Mans 24 hour winner.


Biography

Pirro started his racing career in karts at the age of 11. At 18, he raced with the Formula Fiat Abarth, then moving on to F300, F2, F3. From 1989 to 1991, he was a Formula One driver and participated in 40 grands prix, first for Benetton and later for Scuderia Italia. He scored a total of 3 championship points.

After leaving Formula One, Pirro became involved in touring car winning the Macau Guia race twice in 1991 and 1992 at the wheel of a BMW M3 Evolution and the Italian Touring car championship in 1994 and 1995 driving for Audi.

Further success followed in sports car racing, with three wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in three consecutive years (2000 to 2002) partnered with Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen for Audi Sport Team Joest.

Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela and Marco Werner made history by becoming the first drivers to win the Le Mans 24-hour race in a diesel-powered car. Pirro was driving the Audi R10 Diesel when it completed a record 380 laps of the La Sarthe circuit. The team repeated the feat the following year.

Pirro, alongside teammates Dindo Capello and Allan McNish won a historic race at Petit Le Mans in 2008, driving for Audi Sport North America.

Pirro retired from racing at the end of the 2008 season having finished second in the American Le Mans series and will take on an ambassadorial role with Audi in 2009.


Appearances in Video Gaming

In 2007, the video game Race Driver: GRID was released with many, actual race car drivers including Pirro himself. He stars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race featured at the end of every "season" the player finishes. He appears as the main opponent once you reach the LMP1 class of vehicle and drives the Audi R10 TDI.


Pirro at the 1991 United States Grand Prix
Pirro driving an Audi R10 at the Le Mans 24 Hours

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Result Team Car Class
1981 Ret Martini Racing Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Gr.5
1998 Ret Gulf Team Davidoff / GTC Competition McLaren F1 GTR GT1
1999 3 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8R LMP
2000 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 LMP900
2001 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 LMP900
2002 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R8 LMP900
2003 3 Champion Racing Audi R8 LMP900
2004 3 ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 LMP1
2005 3 ADT Champion Racing Audi R8 LMP1
2006 1 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 LMP1
2007 1 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 LMP1
2008 6 Audi Sport North America Audi R10 LMP1


Complete Formula One results

Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1989 Benetton Formula Ltd Benetton B188 Cosworth V8 BRA
 SMR
 MON
 MEX
 USA
 CAN
 FRA
9 		GBR
11 		23rd 2
Benetton B189 GER
Ret 		HUN
8 		BEL
10 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
5
1990 Scuderia Italia BMS Dallara 190 Cosworth 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 BMS Dallara 191 Judd 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



24 Hours of Le Mans winners
Eight-time Tom Kristensen
Six-time Jacky Ickx
Five-time Derek Bell · Frank Biela · Emanuele Pirro
Four-time Yannick Dalmas · Olivier Gendebien · Henri Pescarolo
Three-time Woolf Barnato  ·Rinaldo Capello ·Luigi Chinetti ·Hurley Haywood · Phil Hill  · Al Holbert  · Klaus Ludwig ·Marco Werner
Two-time Henry Birkin ·

Ivor Bueb · Ron Flockhart · Jean-Pierre Jaussaud · Gérard Larrousse · JJ Lehto · Allan McNish · Manuel Reuter · André Rossignol · Raymond Sommer · Hans-Joachim Stuck · Gijs van Lennep · Jean-Pierre Wimille

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