Paolo Barilla

Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961 in Milan, Italy) is a businessman and a former Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. He is now the Deputy Chairman of the Barilla Group and, as of January 2017, had a net worth of US$1.39 billion.[1]

Paolo Barilla
Born	(1961-04-20) 20 April 1961 Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Businessman
Title	Deputy chairman, Barilla Group
Relatives	Guido Barilla (brother) Luca Barilla (brother)
Paolo Barilla
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1989 - 1990
Teams	Minardi
Entries	15 (9 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1989 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry	1990 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing career

Barilla started racing in 1975 and won the Italian 100cc karting title the following year. He entered Formula Fiat Abarth in 1980 and the next year moved up to Formula 3, in which he won some races and finished third in the Italian Championship. He then entered Formula 2 in 1982 with Minardi, but between 1983 and 1988 he concentrated in sports car racing, winning 24 Hours of Le Mans by a three-lap margin in 1985, among other victories, in the Joest Racing Porsche 956, co-driven at various times with Klaus Ludwig, Paul Belmondo, Marc Duez and Louis Krages (also known at the time as John Winter).

In 1987 Barilla returned to single-seaters and raced in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, before returning to Minardi in 1989 for a test. This test gave him the chance to replace Pierluigi Martini at Suzuka that year and afterwards was signed to drive for the team in 1990. Barilla wasn't quick enough to qualify regularly and was replaced before the end of the year by Gianni Morbidelli.

Barilla was featured in a 2017 documentary about the restoration of a Ferrari 312B historic Formula 1 race car.

Business career

In 1990 Barilla retired from racing and joined his family's businesses. Upon his return to the corporation, he briefly filled in as the CEO from 1999 to 2000 before taking a more permanent position as a Deputy Chairman.[2]

In 2010 he was appointed President of the Industrial Association AIDEPI (Associazione delle Industrie Dolciarie e Pastaie Italiane), established in the same year.[3] From 2010 onwards, he held numerous membership positions until he was appointed, in 2014, Vice-president of the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation, a multidisciplinary and independent thinking center that works on food sustainability.[4]

Barilla will then be elected in 2016 President of the International Pasta Organization (IPO), a non-profit association dedicated to increasing consumption and awareness of pasta, promoting consumer understanding of the nutritional value and health benefits of this food.[5]

From March 2017 to December 2018, he was the Chairman of the Italian Food Association (Unione Italiana Food), and since 1 January 2019, he has taken on the role of Deputy Vice-Chairman, a position in the sign of continuity with the commitments taken to protect the industry, both nationally and internationally.[6]

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	Pos.	Pts
1981	Minardi Team	Minardi Fly 281	Ferrari	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER Ret	SPA					NC	0
			BMW										DON 10	MIS	MAN
1982	Minardi Team Srl	Minardi Fly 281B	BMW	SIL 7	HOC Ret	THR 7	NÜR 15	MUG Ret	VAL 11	PAU DNQ	SPA 12	HOC 12	DON DSQ	MAN Ret	PER Ret	MIS 8	NC	0
1983	Minardi Team Srl	Minardi M283	BMW	SIL	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	JAR	DON	MIS	PER	ZOL Ret	MUG		NC	0

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	Pos.	Pts
1986	San Remo Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	SIL	VAL	PAU	SPA	IMO	MUG	PER	ÖST	BIR	BUG DNQ	JAR	NC	0
1987	Pavesi Racing	Ralt RT21	Cosworth	SIL 11	VAL 17	SPA Ret	PAU 8	DON 10		BRH Ret	BIR Ret	IMO 8	BUG 17		NC	0
		Ralt RT20							PER 7					JAR DNQ
1988	Cobra International	March 88B	Cosworth	JER Ret											17th	3
	Spirit TOM's Racing	Reynard 88D			VAL DNQ	PAU Ret	SIL Ret	MNZ Ret	PER DNQ	BRH 4	BIR
	Jordan Racing											BUG Ret	ZOL Ret	DIJ 7

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1983	Martini Racing	Alessandro Nannini Jean-Claude Andruet	Lancia LC2-Ferrari	C	135	DNF	DNF
1984	Martini Racing	Mauro Baldi Hans Heyer	Lancia LC2-Ferrari	C1	275	DNF	DNF
1985	New-Man Joest Racing	Klaus Ludwig Louis Krages	Porsche 956B	C1	374	1st	1st
1986	Joest Racing	Klaus Ludwig Louis Krages	Porsche 956B	C1	196	DNF	DNF
1988	Toyota Team Tom's	Tiff Needell Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 88C	C1	283	24th	15th
1989	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V	C1	45	DNF	DNF

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1989	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN Ret	AUS	NC	0
1990	SCM Minardi Team	Minardi M189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	USA Ret	BRA Ret															NC	0
		Minardi M190				SMR 11	MON Ret	CAN DNQ	MEX 14	FRA DNQ	GBR 12	GER DNQ	HUN 15	BEL Ret	ITA DNQ	POR DNQ	ESP DNQ	JPN	AUS

References

1. "The World's Billionaires: Paolo Barilla". Forbes. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
2. "Paolo Barilla Biography". BarillaGroup.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
3. "Aidepi Organization Chart". Aidepi.it. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
4. "BCFN Governance". Barillacfn.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
5. "Paolo Barilla nuovo presidente International pasta organisation". Adnkronos.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
6. "Organigramma Unione Italiana Food". Unioneitalianafood.it. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects

Sporting positions
Preceded by Klaus Ludwig Henri Pescarolo	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1985 with: Klaus Ludwig Louis Krages	Succeeded by Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck Al Holbert