Editing Mauro Baldi (section)

==Biography==
Mauro Giuseppe Baldi was born on 31 January 1954 in [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Emilia-Romagna]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.24h-en-piste.com/fr/AfficherPilote.php?Pilote=112 |title=Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Mauro Giuseppe Baldi |website=www.24h-en-piste.com |language=fr|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref>

Baldi started his career in [[rallying]] in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian [[Renault 5]] Cup. By 1980 he had become a top [[Formula Three|Formula 3]] driver, winning the [[List of Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race winners|Monaco F3 Grand Prix]] and the 1981 [[FIA European Formula 3 Championship (established in 1975)|European Formula 3 Championship]] with eight victories. In 1982 he signed to drive for Arrows before moving to [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] in 1983, scoring a fifth place in [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|Zandvoort]]. When [[Benetton Group|Benetton]] became Alfa Romeo's team sponsor in 1984, Baldi lost his drive, and joined the underfunded Spirit team until 1985.

After retiring from Formula One he went to enjoy a successful career in [[sports car racing]], driving for the works [[Martini Racing|Martini]]-[[Lancia]] team in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, he switched to a [[Porsche 956]] from [[Richard Lloyd Racing]]'s outfit, returning to a works drive in 1988 with the [[Sauber]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] team, with whom Baldi won the 1990 [[World Sportscar Championship|FIA World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers]], sharing the car with [[Jean-Louis Schlesser]]. In 1991 and 1992 he was a driver for [[Peugeot]]. 

He came very close to making a return to F1 in 1989, when he agreed with [[Scuderia Coloni|Coloni]] to take over one of the team's cars from [[Enrico Bertaggia]] for the [[1989 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]]. The move was blocked by [[Jochen Neerpasch]], the sporting director of [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]], his then sportscar team.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=4 September 1989|title=Speciale Monza: Prosegue Bertaggia|trans-title=Monza Special: Bertaggia continues|language=it|magazine=AutoSprint|location=Italy|publisher=AutoSprint}}</ref> Later he had a brief return to F1 in 1990, doing most of the test driving for the [[Modena (racing team)|Modena Lambo]] project.

Returning to sports cars, he won the [[Le Mans 24 Hours]] race in 1994, sharing the [[Dauer 962 Le Mans]] (a modified [[Porsche 962]]) with [[Yannick Dalmas]] and [[Hurley Haywood]]. He also won the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in 1998 and 2002, and the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], again in 1998, with [[Arie Luyendyk]] and [[Didier Theys]].