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Vitantonio Liuzzi
File:Vitantonio Liuzzi.jpg
Nationality:	Italian
Car number:	20
Team:	Toro Rosso
Races:	19
Championships:	0
Wins:	0
Podiums:	0
Poles:	0
Fastest laps:	0
First race:	2005 San Marino Grand Prix
Last race:	2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last season:	2006
Last position:	19th (1 pt)

Vitantonio Liuzzi (born 6 August 1981 in Locorotondo) is an Italian Formula One driver, who drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso.

Karting

Liuzzi was born in Locorotondo, Italy, and like most auto racing drivers, began his career in kart racing in 1991. Highlights of his early career include winning the 1993 Italian Karting Championship, and in 1995, taking second place in the World Karting Championship and fifth place in the European Karting Championship. His karting career culminated in winning the 2001 World Karting Championship, beating Formula One champion Michael Schumacher in one race.

Formula Renault, Three and 3000

Liuzzi then moved on to cars; he raced in the 2001 German Formula Renault Championship, finishing second. Racing in the German Formula 3 Championship, he managed only ninth place overall. However, in that year he won the San Marino international Formula 3 race and had test drives for the Coloni Formula 3000 team and Williams, the Formula One constructor. Coloni took Liuzzi on board for the 2003 Formula 3000 season in which he finished fourth overall. He moved to the Arden team for the following Formula 3000 season. There, he dominated, winning seven of the ten races, and taking the title with one race left.

Formula One

Luizzi driving the Toro Rosso STR01 during the formation lap for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.

Liuzzi's form in Formula 3000 led to speculation that Ferrari might want to employ him, either as a test driver at their Formula One team, or at Sauber, the Formula One team with whom they are closely associated. Indeed, he had a test drive with Sauber in September, 2004, but ultimately lost out on a race seat to Jacques Villeneuve. In November, 2004 he was given another test drive, this time with Red Bull. This led to him joining Red Bull for 2005. Initially it seemed that he might be given the race seat alongside David Coulthard, but the team favoured Christian Klien, leaving Liuzzi with the position of test driver. Despite Klien's good performances in the first three races of the season, Red Bull abided by an agreement they made with Liuzzi and Klien before the season that they would both have a chance to race. They announced that Liuzzi would replace Klien for the San Marino, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix. Liuzzi impressed, scoring his maiden point on his debut after both BAR drivers were disqualified from the San Marino race. After the Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix he was given another race at the European Grand Prix, before his seat was handed back to Klien for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Following Red Bull's purchase of the Minardi team (renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso or Team Red Bull in Italian), Liuzzi was rewarded with a race seat in the 'B-team.' At the United States Grand Prix, he scored the team's first, and so far only point, with an eighth place finish after a race-long battle with Coulthard and Nico Rosberg.

Complete Formula One results

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Team	WDC	Points
2005	Red Bull	AUS TD	MAL TD	BAH TD	SAN 8	SPA Ret	MON Ret	EUR 9	CAN DNP	USA DNP	FRA TD	GBR TD	GER TD	HUN TD	TUR TD	ITA TD	BEL TD	BRA TD	JAP TD	CHI TD	Red Bull	24th	1
2006	Toro Rosso	BAH 11	MAL 11	AUS Ret	SAN 14	EUR Ret	SPA 15	MON 10	GBR 13	CAN 13	USA 8	FRA 13	DEU 10	HUN Ret	TUR Ret	ITA 14	CHN 10	JPN 14	BRA 16		Toro Rosso	19th	1

Before:	Björn Wirdheim
Title:	International Formula 3000 Champion
Years:	2004
After:	2005 GP2 champion was Nico Rosberg

Personal

Liuzzi lives in Pescara, Italy.

Previously lived in Hemel Hempstead, England where he shared an apartment with Red Bull Racing driver Christian Klien.

In addition to his native Italian, Liuzzi speaks English and French.

He lists Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell as his idols. Template:Fact

Liuzzi has three piercings his left upper ear, left eyebrow and left lower ear.

His manager is the former Lotus boss Peter Collins.

References

"Toro Rosso confirm Liuzzi and Speed". NewsOnF1, 06 December 2005.
"Ferrari 'seek Liuzzi deal'". BBC News, 28 July 2004.
"Italians get Williams chance". BBC News, 6 November 2002.
"Liuzzi claims F3000 title". BBC News, 28 August, 2004.
"Liuzzi given Red Bull Racing test". BBC News, 18 November 2004.
Liuzzi given Sauber chance. BBC News, 2 September 2004.
Red Bull name Klien second driver. BBC News, 13 January 2005.
Red Bull take on Liuzzi and Klien. BBC News, 5 January 2005.
Schumi returns to kart roots. BBC News, 28 October 2001.

External links

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-'''Vitantonio Liuzzi''' (born [[6 August]] [[1981]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Formula One]] driver.
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-Liuzzi was born in [[Locorotondo]], Italy, and like most auto racing drivers, began his career in [[kart racing]] in [[1991]]. Highlights of his early career include winning the 1993 Italian Karting Championship, and in 1995, taking second place in the World Karting Championship and fifth place in the   European Karting Championship. His karting career culminated in winning the [[2001]] World Karting Championship, beating Formula One [[List of Formula One champions|champion]] [[Michael Schumacher]] in one race.
+'''Vitantonio Liuzzi''' (born [[6 August]] [[1981]] in [[Locorotondo]]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Formula One]] driver, who drives for [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]].
-Liuzzi then moved to [[automobile|cars]]; he raced in the 2001 [[Germany|German]] [[Formula Renault]] Championship, finishing second. Racing in the German [[Formula 3]] Championship, he managed only ninth place overall. However, in that year he won the [[San Marino]] international Formula 3 race and had test drives for the Coloni [[Formula 3000]] team and [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], the Formula One constructor. Coloni took Liuzzi on board for the [[2003]] Formula 3000 season in which he finished fourth overall. He moved to the Arden team for the following Formula 3000 season. There, he dominated, winning six of the ten races, and taking the title with one race left.
+==Karting==
+Liuzzi was born in [[Locorotondo]], [[Italy]], and like most auto racing drivers, began his career in [[kart racing]] in [[1991]]. Highlights of his early career include winning the 1993 Italian Karting Championship, and in 1995, taking second place in the World Karting Championship and fifth place in the   European Karting Championship. His karting career culminated in winning the [[2001]] World Karting Championship, beating Formula One [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|champion]] [[Michael Schumacher]] in one race.
+==Formula Renault, Three and 3000==
+Liuzzi then moved on to [[automobile|cars]]; he raced in the 2001 [[German Formula Renault]] Championship, finishing second. Racing in the [[Germany|German]] [[Formula Three|Formula 3]] Championship, he managed only ninth place overall. However, in that year he won the [[San Marino]] international Formula 3 race and had test drives for the Coloni [[Formula 3000]] team and [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], the Formula One constructor. Coloni took Liuzzi on board for the [[2003]] Formula 3000 season in which he finished fourth overall. He moved to the [[Arden International|Arden]] team for [[2004 Formula 3000 season|the following Formula 3000 season]]. There, he dominated, winning seven of the ten races, and taking the title with one race left.
 ==Formula One==
+[[Image:Luizzi Monaco2006.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Luizzi driving the [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]] STR01 during the formation lap for the [[2006 Monaco Grand Prix]].]]
 Liuzzi's form in Formula 3000 led to speculation that [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] might want to employ him, either as a test driver at their Formula One team, or at [[Sauber]], the Formula One team with whom they are closely associated. Indeed, he had a test drive with Sauber in September, [[2004]], but ultimately lost out on a race seat to [[Jacques Villeneuve]]. In November, 2004 he was given another test drive, this time with [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]. This led to him joining Red Bull for 2005. Initially it seemed that he might be given the race seat alongside [[David Coulthard]], but the team favoured [[Christian Klien]], leaving Liuzzi with the position of test driver. Despite Klien's good performances in the first three races of the season, Red Bull abided by an agreement they made with Liuzzi and Klien before the season that they would both have a chance to race. They announced that Liuzzi would replace Klien for the [[San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino]], [[Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish]] and [[Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] Grands Prix. Liuzzi impressed, scoring his maiden point on his debut after both BAR drivers were disqualified from the San Marino race. After the Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix he was given another race at the European Grand Prix, before his seat was handed back to Klien for the Canadian Grand Prix.
-===Complete Formula One results===
+Following [[Red Bull]]'s purchase of the [[Minardi]] team (renamed [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]] or Team Red Bull in Italian), Liuzzi was rewarded with a race seat in the 'B-team.'  At the [[2006 United States Grand Prix|United States Grand Prix]], he scored the team's first, and so far only point, with an eighth place finish after a race-long battle with Coulthard and [[Nico Rosberg]].
-(Note: grands prix in '''bold''' denote '''points scoring''' races.)
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+==Complete Formula One results==
+{| table BORDER=5 CELLSPACING=4 CELLPADDING=5 style="font-size: 95%"
+|-tr BGCOLOR="darkred"
 ! Yr
 ! Team
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 ! 19
 ! Team
+! WDC
+! Points
 |-
 | [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]
-| [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]
+! [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]
-| 2005 Australian Grand Prix|AUS
+| [[2005 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL
+| [[2005 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix|BAH
+| [[2005 Bahrain Grand Prix|BAH]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| '''[[2005 San Marino Grand Prix|SAN]]'''
+| [[2005 San Marino Grand Prix|SAN]]<br /><small>8</small>
-| [[2005 Spanish Grand Prix|SPA]]
+| [[2005 Spanish Grand Prix|SPA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
-| [[2005 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
+| [[2005 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
-| [[2005 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
+| [[2005 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>9</small>
-| [[2005 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
+|| [[2005 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>DNP</small>
-| [[2005 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
+|| [[2005 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>DNP</small>
-| [[2005 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
+|| [[2005 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
+|| [[2005 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 German Grand Prix|DEU]]
+|| [[2005 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
+|| [[2005 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]
+|| [[2005 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
+|| [[2005 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
+|| [[2005 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
+|| [[2005 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
+|| [[2005 Japanese Grand Prix|JAP]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[2005 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]
+|| [[2005 Chinese Grand Prix|CHI]]<br /><small>TD</small>
-| [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]
+! [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]
+! 24th
+! 1
+|-
+| [[2006 Formula One season|2006]]
+! [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]]
+|| [[2006 Bahrain Grand Prix|BAH]]<br /><small>11</small>
+|| [[2006 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]<br /><small>11</small>
+|| [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
+|| [[2006 San Marino Grand Prix|SAN]]<br /><small>14</small>
+|| [[2006 European Grand Prix|EUR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
+|| [[2006 Spanish Grand Prix|SPA]]<br /><small>15</small>
+|| [[2006 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>10</small>
+|| [[2006 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>13</small>
+|| [[2006 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>13</small>
+|| [[2006 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>8</small>
+|| [[2006 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>13</small>
+|| [[2006 German Grand Prix|DEU]]<br /><small>10</small>
+|| [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
+|| [[2006 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
+|| [[2006 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>14</small>
+|| [[2006 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]<br /><small>10</small>
+|| [[2006 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>14</small>
+|| [[2006 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>16</small>
+|
+! [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rosso]]
+! 19th
+! 1
+|}
+{| border=1 align="left" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=250  style="margin-left:3em; margin-bottom: 2em;"
+|Before:||[[Björn Wirdheim]]
+|-
+|Title:||[[Formula 3000|International Formula 3000 Champion]]
+|-
+|Years:||2004
+|-
+|After:||[[2005]] [[GP2 Series|GP2]] champion was [[Nico Rosberg]]
 |}
 ==Personal==
-Liuzzi lives in [[Pescara]], Italy.
+*Liuzzi lives in [[Pescara]], Italy.
-In addition to his native [[Italian language|Italian]], Liuzzi speaks [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. He lists [[Ayrton Senna]] and [[Nigel Mansell]] as his [[idol]]s.
+*Previously lived in Hemel Hempstead, England where he shared an apartment with Red Bull Racing driver Christian Klien.
+*In addition to his native [[Italian language|Italian]], Liuzzi speaks [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]].
+*He lists [[Ayrton Senna]] and [[Nigel Mansell]] as his idols. {{fact}}
+*Liuzzi has three piercings his left upper ear, left eyebrow and left lower ear.
+*His manager is the former Lotus boss Peter Collins.
 ==References==
+*"[http://newsonf1.net/2005/news/12/dec06tr.htm Toro Rosso confirm Liuzzi and Speed]". NewsOnF1, [[06 December]] [[2005]].
 *"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3933357.stm Ferrari 'seek Liuzzi deal']". [[BBC News]], [[28 July]] [[2004]].
 *"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/2412625.stm Italians get Williams chance]". BBC News, [[6 November]] [[2002]].
@@ Line 86: / Line 173: @@
 *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4172881.stm Red Bull name Klien second driver]. BBC News, [[13 January]] [[2005]].
 *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4145223.stm Red Bull take on Liuzzi and Klien]. BBC News, [[5 January]] [[2005]].
 *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/statistics/1624791.stm Schumi returns to kart roots]. BBC News, [[28 October]] [[2001]].
 == External links ==
 * [http://www.liuzzi.com/ The official website for Vitantonio Liuzzi]
+* [http://www.fotolog.com/vitantonioliuzzi Vitantonio Liuzzi Unofficial Fotolog]
 * [http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Vitantonio_Liuzzi Vitantonio Liuzzi profile and statistics]
+* [http://www.tonioliuzzi.co.uk/  An UNofficial Fansite for Vitantonio Liuzzi]
+* [http://members.lycos.nl/liuzzi Vitantonio Liuzzi fansite]
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