Lamberto Leoni

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Lamberto Leoni (born 24 May 1953) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, failing to qualify for three of them. He scored no championship points.

Career

After racing in Italian Formula 3, Leoni graduated to European Formula 2 in 1976. He had a promising start, finishing third in his first race with Massimo Ciccozzi's team Scuderia del Passatore at Autódromo do Estoril. He then raced for Giancarlo Minardi's Scuderia Everest, with mixed results. His best result came the following season, when he won at Misano with a car fielded by Scuderia Trivellato.

In 1977 Leoni made his Formula One debut with Surtees at the 1977 Italian Grand Prix, replacing Vern Schuppan, but failed to qualify. The following year he joined Morris Nunn's Ensign. Leoni qualified for the opening event, the 1978 Argentine Grand Prix, but was forced to retire the car after 28 laps because of an engine failure. At the following race in Brazil, Leoni once again managed to qualify but was prevented from starting the race after his transmission broke down during the formation lap. After failing to qualify the car in the following two races in South Africa and the United States, Leoni departed from the team and was replaced by Jacky Ickx.

Leoni returned to Formula 2 and then Formula 3000. In 1987 he formed his own First Racing team. Following a few moderately successful seasons, with wins for drivers Marco Apicella and Pierluigi Martini, in 1989 Leoni made an abortive attempt to enter Formula One with a car designed by Richard Divila and Gabriele Tarquini at the wheel. The car, however, was poorly assembled and although Leoni commissioned a second chassis, he eventually elected to end the team experience in Formula One. The second chassis was then purchased by Ernesto Vita for his unsuccessful Life outfit.

Leoni subsequently managed the career of Apicella, who ended up winning the Super Formula Championship in 1994 and have an outing in Formula One with Jordan Grand Prix in 1993.

In the early 1990s, Leoni resumed his racing career by becoming involved in powerboat racing. He was able to win several races and narrowly missed the 1993 World Championship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Scuderia del Passatore	March 752	BMW	EST Template:Small	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	PAU	HOC Template:Small	SAL	ROU	MUG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	SIL	ZOL	NOG	VAL	18th	4
Template:F2	Scuderia Everest	Ralt RT1	Ferrari	SIL	THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	NOG Template:Small						11th	9
	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B40	BMW										PER Template:Small	MIS Template:Small	EST Template:Small	DON
Template:F2	Lamberto Leoni	March 782	Amaroli	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PAU	HOC	ZAN	PER	MIS	DON			NC	0
Template:F2	Team Merzario	Merzario 282	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	MUG	VAL	PAU	SPA	HOC	DON	MAN	PER	MIS Template:Small		NC	0
Template:F2	Schweizer Automobil Rennsport	March 832	BMW	SIL Template:Small														20th	1
	James Gresham Racing				THR Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	JAR	DON	MIS	PER	ZOL	MUG
Template:F2	Emco Sports	Minardi M283	BMW	SIL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small													NC	0
	Minardi Team					THR Template:Small	VAL	MUG	PAU	HOC	MIS Template:Small	PER Template:Small	DON Template:Small	BRH

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1985	PMC Motorsport	Williams FW08C	Cosworth	SIL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	EST	NÜR	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	DIJ Template:Small					11th	8
	Corbari Italia	March 85B										PER Template:Small	ÖST Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	DON Template:Small
1986	ITI 3000	March 86B	Cosworth	SIL Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER Template:Small	ÖST Template:Small	BIR	BUG	JAR		NC	0
1987	First Racing	March 87B	Cosworth	SIL Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	DON Template:Small	PER Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BIR Template:Small	IMO Template:Small				9th	12
			Judd										BUG Template:Small	JAR Template:Small

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1977	Team Surtees	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA Template:Small	USA	CAN	JPN	NC	0
1978	Team Tissot Ensign	Ensign N177	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	USW Template:Small	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN		NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1988	Template:Flagicon Italya Sport Team Le Mans	Template:Flagicon Akio Morimoto Template:Flagicon Anders Olofsson	March 88S-Nissan	C1	69	DNF	DNF
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Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com