Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo fiziˈkɛlla]; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari.[1] Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010.

Giancarlo Fisichella
Fisichella at the 2012 6 Hours of Fuji.
Born	(1973-01-14) 14 January 1973 Rome, Italy
Occupation	Racing driver
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1996–2009
Teams	Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India, Ferrari
Entries	231 (229 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	3
Podiums	19
Career points	275
Pole positions	4
Fastest laps	2
First entry	1996 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2003 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last win	2006 Malaysian Grand Prix
Last entry	2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2010– Teams AF Corse, Risi Competizione Best finish 1st in LMGTE-PRO (2012, 2014) Class wins 2

Fisichella won three races in his Formula One career, the first of which was at the chaotic 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race abandoned for safety reasons with 15 laps remaining. After several days of confusion regarding rules and technicalities, Fisichella was eventually declared the winner in the following week, and collected his trophy in an unofficial ceremony at the following race. He was brought into the Renault team to replace fellow Italian Jarno Trulli, and won his first race with the team in Australia in 2005. However, after that race it was his teammate, the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, that would win the greater share of races for Renault. Although highly rated as a driver, Fisichella was unable to keep pace with eventual champion Alonso, managing just one further race win following his debut. However, his best finishes also helped Renault win back to back Constructors' titles from 2005 to 2006. Outside of driving, he has backed his own GP2 team, FMS International.

On 17 June 2012 Fisichella won the GTE Pro division of the Le Mans 24hrs for AF Corse and followed this up with the Manufacturers' title in the WEC at the end of the season.

Early career

Like most current Formula One drivers, he began kart racing as a youngster in the Guidonia's Kart circuit. In 1992, he competed in the Italian Formula Three Championship, racing for the RC Motorsport team. He finished runner up in 1993, and in 1994 he won the championship, following race victories in Monaco and Macau. He left open-wheel racing briefly in 1995 and 1996, driving for Alfa Romeo in the International Touring Car Championship.

Formula One

Minardi (1996)

In 1996, he made the move to Formula One, making his debut for the Minardi team, after being the official test driver the previous season. However he did not complete the full season since Minardi required a driver who could bring funding to the team, and replaced Fisichella with Giovanni Lavaggi.

Jordan (1997)

For 1997 he made the move to Eddie Jordan's eponymous team, where he drove alongside former F1 champion Michael Schumacher's brother Ralf, himself a former Formula Nippon champion. Fisichella gained his first podium finish at the 1997 Canadian Grand Prix, and went on to finish higher in the points standings than his teammate. At Hockenheim a victory looked to be within reach for Fisichella, but a puncture and the performance of an on-form Gerhard Berger denied him the win. Fisichella was able to show his talent again at the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix in which he finished a commendable second behind Michael Schumacher. Following this race, the Benetton team signed him for 1998.

Benetton (1998–2001)

Fisichella driving for Benetton at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.

Following Renault's withdrawal from Formula One, Benetton would contest the 1998 season without factory-supplied engines, instead using rebranded development versions of 1997 Renault engines. Despite not having the latest engines, Fisichella still managed second places at Montreal and Monaco, and was in contention for a victory in Canada until gearbox problems slowed him down. In Austria, Fisichella scored his first pole position, although an on-track clash with Jean Alesi during the race cost him any chance of a good result. He was then able to add only two more points to his total in the second half of the year as Benetton lost ground on their competition.

1999 proved to be a similarly inconsistent season. He did score some points finishes, including second at Montreal, and again came close to a victory in the European Grand Prix, until he spun off whilst in the lead. This would prove to be his best chance of a victory for the next few seasons.

Fisichella's season was to follow a similar pattern in 2000. He again gained some surprise podium finishes early in the year, but Benetton's poor second half of the season meant that he failed to score any more points. After his first Benetton year, when he finished one point behind him, Fisichella had comprehensively outperformed his Austrian teammate Alexander Wurz, who would then leave the team to make way for British rookie Jenson Button in 2001. Renault had purchased the Benetton team after the start of the 2000 season, but their radical engine design meant Benetton had an uncompetitive 2001 car, and as a result, Fisichella was battling for much of the season with teams such as Minardi and Prost. However, the efforts of technical director Mike Gascoyne and his staff did result in improvements over the year, culminating in a 4–5 finish at the German Grand Prix and a third-place finish for Fisichella at the Belgian race. Although Fisichella had gained the team's best results that season and consistently outperformed Button, he was not retained by the team, so he rejoined Jordan for 2002.

Return to Jordan (2002–2003)

Fisichella driving for Jordan at the 2002 US GP.

Fisichella scored seven points in 2002, while comfortably outpacing new teammate Takuma Sato, although the Jordan-Honda car of that year was never truly competitive. After Honda withdrew their engine supply, Jordan switched to Ford engines for the 2003 season, but the team were still unable to compete with the top teams on the grid. Despite this lack of performance, Fisichella won his first race at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Battling with McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen amidst heavy rain and numerous crashes, Fisichella took the race lead on lap 54, just before the race was red-flagged. However, he was demoted to second place on the podium, because under the regulations, the race results were declared at two laps before the red flag, at which point Räikkönen was thought to have been the race leader. Several days later, though, the FIA determined that Fisichella had already begun his 56th lap before the red flag, meaning that he, and not Räikkönen, had been leading the race two laps before its premature end, awarding the Italian his first F1 victory. Fisichella was the only F1 driver to have won a race without having stood atop the podium. He collected the winner's trophy at the next race at Imola.[2] Fisichella's only other points finish of 2003 was to be a seventh place at Indianapolis.

Sauber (2004)

Fisichella driving for Sauber at the 2004 US GP.

Unhappy with the Jordan team's performance, Fisichella moved to Sauber in 2004 in the hope of greater results, and of using the team as a way of gaining access to, and a drive for, 2003 World Champions Ferrari, who supplied re-badged engines to the Sauber team. Fisichella drove well all year, comfortably outpacing teammate Felipe Massa for much of the season (scoring 22 championship points vs Massa's 12).

Renault (2005–2007)

2005

Fisichella at the 2005 United States Grand Prix.

His strong performances prompted his former Benetton-Renault team boss Flavio Briatore to re-sign him for the 2005 season as partner to the young Spanish driver Fernando Alonso. A win at the season opening race at Melbourne signalled the Formula One breakthrough that commentators had been predicting, but it proved to be something of a false dawn. A run of poor luck saw Fisichella fall behind his teammate in the championship standings, and at times the pair were achieving noticeably different lap times with the same equipment. It appeared that Fisichella simply did not have the pace to match Alonso.

The difference in pace between Fisichella and Alonso was noticeable, and while Alonso's metronomic consistency helped him win the 2005 championship, Fisichella's general bad luck was to cost him points finishes. He was overtaken and lost the lead on the final lap of the Japanese Grand Prix by McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, despite his race engineer urging him to avoid letting Räikkönen past, which earned him heavy criticism from the press. Nevertheless, his performances alongside Alonso throughout the season enabled Renault to win the World Constructors' Championship ahead of McLaren and Ferrari, the latter of which had won that title the previous six seasons.

2006

Fisichella won the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix for Renault.

2006 proved to be a similar season for Fisichella. Having won in Malaysia, putting in a strong performance to win from the pole position, he failed to maintain that pace for the upcoming races, and even failed to reach the top ten in qualifying for two races. This form, in addition to a penalty in Monaco for allegedly impeding David Coulthard, meant Fisichella was again unable to challenge his teammate Alonso for the Drivers' Championship. Some strong results in the second half of the 2006 season, including finishing ahead of Alonso at the US Grand Prix, enabled Fisichella to obtain his best ever results: Fourth in the World Drivers' Championship with 72 points, one win, and five podium finishes. After finishing third in the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, Fisichella dedicated the result to his best friend, Tonino Visciani, who died of a heart attack on the Thursday before the race.[3] Nevertheless, he was able to get 6th place in Brazil to secure the Constructors' title for Renault.

2007

Fisichella assumed the role of team leader at Renault for 2007.

In 2007 Giancarlo Fisichella became Renault's lead driver after the departure of Fernando Alonso. His teammate was the team's former test driver, the young Finn Heikki Kovalainen, who was replaced as test driver by Nelson Piquet, Jr.

Renault did not demonstrate the same level of pace as in previous seasons, which had seen them win successive World Championships. It remains unclear whether the difference was due to the change of tyre supplier from Michelin to Bridgestone, the driving abilities of Fernando Alonso, or simply being outpaced in off-season development by the other top teams. Another possibility is that the team's wind tunnel was giving inaccurate data in late 2006 which affected the development of the 2007 car. This was cited by Pat Symonds in an issue of F1 Racing Magazine. In the early races, Fisichella obtained better results than rookie teammate Kovalainen, but in Canada and the USA it was the Finn who claimed the higher finishes. Fisichella was disqualified from the Canadian Grand Prix, along with Ferrari's Felipe Massa, for exiting the pit lane while the traffic light was showing red, the purpose of which is to prevent cars rejoining the race ahead of the safety car. He later stated that he had been busy avoiding other cars in the pit lane and had simply not noticed the red light. The Renault team seemed to have made significant progress in terms of pace by the Spanish Grand Prix, but a series of fuel rig problems meant that neither driver was able to capitalise on this apparent increase in performance. Fisichella crashed into the Super Aguri of Anthony Davidson at the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix which broke his rear suspension and forced him to retire.

Force India (2008–2009)

2008

Fisichella driving for Force India at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.

Fisichella driving for Force India at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix.

Fisichella driving for Ferrari at the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix.

With Renault signing Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet, Jr. Fisichella was announced as the number one driver alongside Adrian Sutil for the Force India F1 team for the 2008 season (This is the third stint for Fisichella at the former Jordan team) on 10 January 2008.[4] In the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix, he became the 9th driver to join the '200' club for drivers to have competed in at least 200 Grands Prix.

Fisichella finished the season pointless, as did the Force India team. However, there were a few moments when he found himself in a points position, such as the Brazilian Grand Prix, where an early change to soft compound tyres and his wet-weather ability saw him climb as high as 3rd. On 17 October, Force India announced they would keep Fisichella for the 2009 season.[5]

2009

With the new Force India VJM02 powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine, Fisichella qualified 18th (promoted to 15th after both Toyotas and Lewis Hamilton were demoted) on the grid for the 2009 curtain-opener at Australia. He finished 11th in the race itself. In Malaysia, he qualified 18th, and was classified in the same position, having spun off in the torrential rain that stopped the race on lap 33.

On 29 August 2009, making the most of some very effective technical upgrades from Force India, Fisichella recorded the team's first pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix. He went on to score Force India's first points in Formula One with a strong second-place finish behind Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen.

During that weekend, there were rumours that Fisichella might replace fellow Italian Luca Badoer (who was himself replacing the injured Felipe Massa) and become a Ferrari driver, something that he admitted he always wanted to do.[6] On 3 September 2009, an official press statement confirmed Fisichella would be released from Force India to drive for Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix, his home race.[7]

Ferrari (2009)

Fisichella signed a contract as Ferrari's driver for the remainder of the 2009 season and reserve driver for 2010 on 3 September 2009.[8] However, he had not ruled out continuing to race for another team in 2010, saying "if there is a good option to find another seat in another team it would be good". Beginning with the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, he replaced the injured Felipe Massa for the remainder of the 2009 season.

Fisichella remained Ferrari's reserve driver for 2010 but had been keen to keep racing for a different team. He admitted that Sauber was a strong option and was strongly linked to the team,[9] however his hopes of driving for Sauber in 2010 were ended when Pedro de la Rosa was confirmed as the team's second driver.[10] He was also linked to a possible return to Force India but the team confirmed former teammate Adrian Sutil and fellow Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi. As a result, he remained one of Ferrari's test drivers for 2010 along with fellow Italian Luca Badoer, Spaniard Marc Gené, Frenchman Jules Bianchi and Italian MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi.

At the end of 2010, Fisichella along with Luca Badoer and Marc Gené was replaced by Jules Bianchi as Ferrari test driver ahead of the 2011 season.[11] However he remains a part of the Italian team and attended their annual 'Wroom' media event at Madonna di Campiglio in January 2011.

Helmet

Fisichella's helmet was white with two yellow and green lines with a blue diamond on the center of the lines running on each half of the helmet (forming a X in the sides) and around the visor; on the top there was a blue drop. In 2004, silver and chrome flames were incorporated in the design by Fisichella's then painter, Carsten Meurer of MRC Design. In 2007, Barney Stinton, part of Fisichella's management team incorporated the Italian colours into the design and the helmet was realised by Jens Munser of JMD, a design he uses to this day. Whilst at Renault it featured a light blue ring. Once at Ferrari, his helmet turned black and grey.

In 2004, whilst racing for Sauber, Fisichella became the first driver in Formula 1 to have his HANS device painted in his colours, Massa followed soon after and then the rest of the grid had theirs painted.

Sports cars

Fisichella made his sports car racing debut in 2010 by driving for AF Corse in a Ferrari F430 in the Le Mans Series as well as briefly in the American Le Mans Series as part of the Ferrari deal he signed in mid-2009.[12]

The Ferrari 458 Italia that Fisichella drove in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans

In 2011, Fisichella, co-driver Gianmaria Bruni, and team AF Corse won both the driver's and team's championships in the LM GTE Pro class of the Le Mans Series, finished 2nd at the Le Mans 24hrs and won the 1000 miles of Petit Le Mans and helped AF Corse win the team's championship in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

In 2012 Fisichella was again with AF Corse and took part in the 2012 World Endurance Championship He won the season opener and came 2nd in the 6hrs of Spa.

In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Fisichella and the AF Corse Team scored first place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni; their Ferrari 458 Italia covered a total of 335 laps (2,845.53 miles), of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Fisichella had the honor of driving the last stage of the competition. After a difficult 2013 Fisichella moved to the TUSCC Series in America to race for Risi Competizione but returned to AF Corse and teammates Bruni and Vilander for the 2014 edition the Le Mans 24hrs. After a hard fought race, they emerged victorious covering 339 laps, 4 more than their 2012 win tally. Fisichella then returned to America and won at Road America and Virginia International Raceway, he currently lies 8th in the GT Le Mans standings.[13][14]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
1992	Italian Formula Three	Jolly Club	8	0	1	11	8th
1993	Italian Formula Three	Jolly Club	12	0	2	36	3rd
	Macau Grand Prix	RC Motorsport	1	0	0	N/A	NC
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3	Jolly Club	1	1	0	N/A	2nd
1994	Italian Formula Three	RC Motorsport	20	11	11	309	1st
	British Formula 3		1	0	0	10	16th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	1	0	N/A	NC
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3		1	1	1	N/A	1st
	Masters of Formula Three		1	0	0	N/A	9th
1995	Formula One	Minardi	Test driver
	International Touring Car Championship	Alfa Corse 2	10	0	0	37	10th
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft		12	0	0	30	15th
1996	Formula One	Team Minardi	8	0	0	0	NC
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Alfa Corse	24	0	0	139	6th
1997	Formula One	Benson & Hedges Jordan Peugeot	17	0	0	20	8th
	Belgian Procar Championship	Team Peugeot Belgium	1	0	1	20	12th
1998	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	16	1	0	16	9th
1999	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	16	0	0	13	9th
2000	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	17	0	0	18	6th
2001	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	17	0	0	8	11th
2002	Formula One	DHL Jordan Honda	17	0	0	7	11th
2003	Formula One	B&H Jordan Ford	16	0	1	12	12th
2004	Formula One	Sauber Petronas	18	0	0	22	11th
2005	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	19	1	1	58	5th
2006	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	18	1	1	72	4th
2007	Formula One	ING Renault F1 Team	17	0	0	21	8th
2008	Formula One	Force India F1 Team	18	0	0	0	19th
2009	Formula One	Force India F1 Team	12	1	0	8	15th
		Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	5	0	0	0
2010	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Test driver
	Le Mans Series	AF Corse (GT2)	5	1	0	62	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans						4th
2011	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	Test driver
	Le Mans Series	AF Corse (GTE Pro)	5	1	2	60	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans						2nd
2012	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari	Test driver
	World Endurance Championship	AF Corse (GTE Pro)	8	1	4	161	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans						1st
	International Superstars Series	Swiss Team	2	0	0	5	35th
2013	World Endurance Championship	AF Corse (GTE Pro)	8	0	2	135	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans						6th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
1995	Alfa Corse 2	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 Ret	AVU 1 4	AVU 2 19	NOR 1 DNS	NOR 2 DNS	DIE 1 6	DIE 2 Ret	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 Ret	ALE 1 15	ALE 2 Ret	HOC 1 10	HOC 1 10	15th	30

Complete International Touring Car Championship

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pos.	Pts
1995	Alfa Corse 2	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	MUG 1 7	MUG 2 2	HEL 1 16^†	HEL 2 Ret	DON 1 5	DON 2 Ret	EST 1 4	EST 2 14	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 Ret																	10th	37
1996	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 10	NÜR 1 EX	NÜR 2 EX	EST 1 2	EST 2 5	HEL 1 12	HEL 2 5	NOR 1 11	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1 3	DIE 2 Ret	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 9	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 4	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 2	MUG 1 3	MUG 2 13	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 5	INT 1 12	INT 2 16	SUZ 1 4	SUZ 2 2	6th	139

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One 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	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
1996	Team Minardi	Minardi M195B	Ford EDM2 3.0 V8 Ford EDM3 3.0 V8	AUS Ret	BRA	ARG	EUR 13	SMR Ret	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN 8	FRA Ret	GBR 11	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN				NC	0
1997	Benson & Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot	Jordan 197	Peugeot A14 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 8	ARG Ret	SMR 4	MON 6	ESP 9	CAN 3	FRA 9	GBR 7	GER 11^†	HUN Ret	BEL 2	ITA 4	AUT 4	LUX Ret	JPN 7	EUR 11			8th	20
1998	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B198	Playlife GC37-01 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 6	ARG 7	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	MON 2	CAN 2	FRA 9	GBR 5	AUT Ret	GER 7	HUN 8	BEL Ret	ITA 8	LUX 6	JPN 8				9th	16
1999	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B199	Playlife FB01 3.0 V10	AUS 4	BRA Ret	SMR 5	MON 5	ESP 9	CAN 2	FRA Ret	GBR 7	AUT 12^†	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 11	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	MAL 11	JPN 14^†				9th	13
2000	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B200	Playlife FB02 3.0 V10	AUS 5	BRA 2	SMR 11	GBR 7	ESP 9	EUR 5	MON 3	CAN 3	FRA 9	AUT Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 11	USA Ret	JPN 14	MAL 9			6th	18
2001	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton B201	Renault RS21 3.0 V10	AUS 13	MAL Ret	BRA 6	SMR Ret	ESP 14	AUT Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 11	FRA 11	GBR 13	GER 4	HUN Ret	BEL 3	ITA 10	USA 8	JPN 17^†			11th	8
2002	DHL Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ12	Honda RA002E 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL 13	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT 5	MON 5	CAN 5	EUR Ret	GBR 7	FRA DNQ	GER Ret	HUN 6	BEL Ret	ITA 8	USA 7	JPN Ret			11th	7
2003	B&H Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ13	Ford RS1 3.0 V10	AUS 12^†	MAL Ret	BRA 1	SMR 15^†	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	MON 10	CAN Ret	EUR 12	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 13^†	HUN Ret	ITA 10	USA 7	JPN Ret				12th	12
2004	Sauber Petronas	Sauber C23	Petronas 04A 3.0 V10	AUS 10	MAL 11	BHR 11	SMR 9	ESP 7	MON Ret	EUR 6	CAN 4	USA 9^†	FRA 12	GBR 6	GER 9	HUN 8	BEL 5	ITA 8	CHN 7	JPN 8	BRA 9		11th	22
2005	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R25	Renault RS25 3.0 V10	AUS 1	MAL Ret	BHR Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 5	MON 12	EUR 6	CAN Ret	USA DNS	FRA 6	GBR 4	GER 4	HUN 9	TUR 4	ITA 3	BEL Ret	BRA 5	JPN 2	CHN 4	5th	58
2006	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R26	Renault RS26 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	MAL 1	AUS 5	SMR 8	EUR 6	ESP 3	MON 6	GBR 4	CAN 4	USA 3	FRA 6	GER 6	HUN Ret	TUR 6	ITA 4	CHN 3	JPN 3	BRA 6		4th	72
2007	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault R27	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 5	MAL 6	BHR 8	ESP 9	MON 4	CAN DSQ	USA 9	FRA 6	GBR 8	EUR 10	HUN 12	TUR 9	ITA 12	BEL Ret	JPN 5	CHN 11	BRA Ret			8th	21
2008	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM01	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 12	BHR 12	ESP 10	TUR Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 18	GBR Ret	GER 16	HUN 15	EUR 14	BEL 17	ITA Ret	SIN 14	JPN Ret	CHN 17	BRA 18		19th	0
2009	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM02	Mercedes FO108W 2.4 V8	AUS 11	MAL 18^†	CHN 14	BHR 15	ESP 14	MON 9	TUR Ret	GBR 10	GER 11	HUN 14	EUR 12	BEL 2								15th	8
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F60	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8													ITA 9	SIN 13	JPN 12	BRA 10	ABU 16

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	AF Corse	Jean Alesi Toni Vilander	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	323	16th	4th
2011	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	314	13th	2nd
2012	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	335	17th	1st
2013	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	311	21st	6th
2014	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	339	13th	1st
2015	AF Corse	Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	330	25th	3rd
2016	Risi Competizione	Matteo Malucelli Toni Vilander	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	340	20th	2nd
2017	Risi Competizione	Toni Vilander Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	72	DNF	DNF
2018	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	335	26th	2nd
2019	Spirit of Race	Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	327	43rd	12th

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Result	Team	Car	Class
2014	DNF	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTLM
2015	DNF	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTLM
2016	6	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM
2017	3	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM

12 Hours of Sebring results

Year	Result	Team	Car	Class
2011	5	AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT / GTE-PRO
2012	DSQ	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GT / GTE-PRO
2014	DNF	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTLM
2015	2	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTLM
2016	4	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM
2017	3	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM

10 Hours / 1000 miles of Petit Le Mans results

Year	Result	Team	Car	Class
2010	7	Risi Competizione	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2
2011	1	AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GT / GTE-PRO
2014	DNF	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTLM
2015	5	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTLM
2016	1	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM
2017	3	Risi Competizione	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM

Complete International Superstars Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2012	Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	DON 1	DON 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	VAL 1 8	VAL 2 11	PER 1	PER 2	34th	5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5L V8	SEB EX	SPA 2	LMS 1	SIL 1	SÃO 1	BHR 1	FUJ 2	SHA Ret	52nd	3.5
2013	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5L V8	SIL 5	SPA 1	LMS 5	SÃO 1	COA 2	FUJ 2	SHA 4	BHR 3	2nd	135
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 1	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	SÃO	14th	51
2015	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 4	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	20th	24
2018–19	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA 8	LMS 2	SIL 9	FUJ 6	SHA 4	SEB 2	SPA 4	LMS 7	4th	99
2019–20	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 9	FUJ 6	SHA 8	BHR 5	COA 7	SPA 7	LMS	BHR	11th*	41*

^* Season still in progress.

Personal life

Fisichella married Luna Castellani on 10 October 2009. They have three children: Carlotta, Christopher and Carolina.

He is a supporter of Italian Serie A side Roma.

He later made a cameo in The Art of Racing in the Rain.

References

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12. English, Steven (1 February 2010). "Fisichella signs up for Le Mans Series". Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
13. "24 Heures du Mans Site Officiel". Live.lemans-tv.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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External links

• The official website for Giancarlo Fisichella
• Giancarlo Fisichella profile and statistics
• Giancarlo Fisichella statistics
• Giancarlo Fisichella profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gianantonio Pacchioni	Monaco Formula Three Race Winner 1994	Succeeded by Gianantonio Pacchioni
Preceded by Christian Pescatori	Italian Formula Three Champion 1994	Succeeded by Luca Rangoni
Preceded by Luca Badoer	Formula One Indoor Trophy Winner 1996	Succeeded by Not held
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Luca di Montezemolo	Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 1998	Succeeded by Alexander Wurz