Fabrizio Barbazza

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Fabrizio Barbazza (born 2 April 1963) is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the AGS and Minardi teams and was the 1987 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year.

Career

Early career

Barbazza was born in Monza, Lombardy. After a career in motocross in his teens, he began racing Formula Monza in 1982. The following year, he moved into Italian Formula Three Championship and, in 1984, finished sixth in the series. In 1985, he won four races and finished third in the championship. He then went to the United States and entered the American Racing Series, where he won five races and the title in his first attempt.

CART, F3000, and Formula One

After his success in ARS, Barbazza entered CART in 1987 and finished third in the 1987 Indianapolis 500, becoming CART's Rookie of the Year. Despite his success he could not find a ride in CART for 1988 and only made two starts in Formula 3000, along with failing to qualify three times. He returned to CART for 1989 for eight races with a best finish of eighth at Toronto. He also drove in eight Japanese Formula 3000 races.

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Barbazza at the 1992 Long Beach Grand Prix.

In 1990 he joined International F3000 full-time driving for the Crypton team, finishing 16th in points with a best finish of fourth at his home track in Monza, his only point-scoring finish of the season. For 1991 Barbazza signed on with the struggling AGS Formula One team for the third round of the championship, replacing Stefan Johansson. Barbazza failed to qualify for all twelve races he attempted with the team and the team shut down after both Barbazza and his teammate Olivier Grouillard both failed to pre-qualify for the 1991 Spanish Grand Prix. For the 1992 racing season, Barbazza again returned to the Arciero team in CART. However, after respectable performances in two-year-old equipment for the first three races of the season, he wrecked his 1990-vintage Lola in practice for the 1992 Indianapolis 500 and was not able to qualify. It would be his last appearance in CART. In 1993 Barbazza rejoined Formula One with the Minardi team, scoring points twice in his first four races. However, Barbazza would be replaced by Pierluigi Martini after eight races. In 1995, while racing a Ferrari 333SP sports prototype at the Road Atlanta circuit, he was involved in a major accident with Jeremy Dale, which resulted in heavy head and chest injuries which left him in critical condition, in a coma and on artificial respiration. Although he fully recovered, he did not return to racing. Instead he started a go-kart circuit in Monza and began designing crash barriers.

He has since relocated to Cuba where he has set up a fishing resort in the north of the country called La Villa Clara. He has also raced again, at a local karting track in Cuba, where he has re-discovered his love for the sport.Template:Citation needed

Career summary

American open wheel racing

Indy Lights

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Year	Team	Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points	Ref
1986	Arciero Racing	ARS	LBH Template:Small	PHX Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	MEA Template:Small	CLE Template:Small	TOR Template:Small	POC Template:Small	MDO Template:Small	NAZ Template:Small	LS Template:Small	MIA Template:Small	1st	145	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CART

Year	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
1987	Arciero Racing	12	LBH Template:Small	PHX Template:Small	INDY Template:Small	MIL Template:Small	POR Template:Small	MEA Template:Small	CLE Template:Small	TOR Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	POC Template:Small	ROA Template:Small	MDO Template:Small	NAZ Template:Small	LS Template:Small	MIA Template:Small		12th	42	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989	Arciero Racing	12	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET Template:Small	POR Template:Small	CLE Template:Small	MEA Template:Small	TOR Template:Small	MIS	POC	MDO Template:Small	ROA Template:Small	NAZ	LS Template:Small		24th	6	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Arciero Racing	30	SRF Template:Small	PHX Template:Small	LBH Template:Small	INDY Template:Small	DET	POR	MIL	NHM	TOR	MIS	CLE	ROA	VAN	MDO	NAZ	LS	35th	1	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Indy 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1987	March	Cosworth	17	3
1992	Lola	Buick	DNQ
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Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1988	Pavesi Racing	JER	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	SIL Template:Small								NC	0
	Genoa Racing					MNZ Template:Small	PER Template:Small	BRH	BIR	BUG	ZOL	DIJ
1990	Crypton Engineering	DON	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	JER Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BIR Template:Small	BUG Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	16th	3
1991	Crypton Engineering	VAL Template:Small	PAU	JER	MUG	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG		NC	0
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Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
1989	Motor Sport Development	SUZ Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	MIN Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUG Template:Small	FUJ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	SUZ Template:Small	17th	1
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Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
Template:F1	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH25	Cosworth V8	USA	BRA	SMR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	MEX Template:Small											NC	0
		AGS JH25B								FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small
		AGS JH27														POR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	JPN	AUS
Template:F1	Minardi Team	Minardi M193	Ford V8	RSA Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS	19th	2
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