Renzo Zorzi

Renzo Zorzi
Born (1946-12-12)12 December 1946
Ziano di Fiemme, Italy
Died 15 May 2015(2015-05-15) (aged 68)
Magenta, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Italy Italian
Active years 1975–1977
Teams Williams, Wolf-Williams, Shadow
Entries 7
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 1
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1975 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry 1977 Spanish Grand Prix

Renzo Zorzi (12 December 1946, Ziano di Fiemme – 15 May 2015, Magenta, Lombardy) was a racing driver from Italy who participated in 7 Formula One Grands Prix between 1975 and 1977.

Zorzi began his racing career in Formula Three in 1972, driving various cars with little success. In 1974 he switched to a GRD, and won the Monaco Formula Three race in 1975. This helped him towards a couple of races for Frank Williams Racing Cars and Wolf-Williams Racing in Formula One, before his sponsorship funds ran out. In 1977 he raced with Shadow, backed by their Italian sponsor Franco Ambrosio.[1] Despite finishing sixth at the 1977 Brazilian Grand Prix and earning a World Championship point, he was dropped from the team after five races and replaced by Riccardo Patrese.

He was indirectly involved in a horrific accident during the 1977 South African Grand Prix, after he retired his car when a split fuel pipe caused an engine fire.[1] While Zorzi dealt with the fire with his on-board extinguisher, two fire marshals ran across the track and one, Frederick Jansen Van Vuuren, was struck and killed by the car of Zorzi's teammate Tom Pryce, who was also killed.

Zorzi later raced in sports cars and the Aurora AFX F1 championship, driving an Arrows.

After retiring from racing, he ran a Pirelli driving school in southern Italy.[2]

Zorzi died on 15 May 2015, aged 68.[3][4]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Pts
1975 Frank Williams Racing Cars Williams FW03 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA
14		 USA NC 0
1976 Frank Williams Racing Cars Wolf-Williams FW04 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BRA
9		 RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN NC 0
1977 Shadow Racing Team Shadow DN5B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret		 BRA
6		 19th 1
Shadow DN8 RSA
Ret		 USW
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 MON BEL SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN

References

  1. 1 2 "Renzo Zorzi". gp.com. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
  3. ↑ Nugnes, Franco (2015-05-15). "Addio a Renzo Zorzi, un campione incompreso". omnicorse.it (in Italian). OmniCorse. Retrieved 2015-05-16.
  4. ↑ Obituary: Renzo Zorzi 1946-2015
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