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53-480: In September 1991, Sassetti bought the Coloni F1 team after it had failed to pre-qualify a car for every single race that year. Coloni's four-year history resulted in 14 starts in 82 attempts. The team had not qualified for a Grand Prix in over two years, having not competed in a race since Roberto Moreno started 15th at the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix . Coloni's best finish was 8th place, scored by Gabriele Tarquini in

106-550: A Formula One race but only qualified 14 times. Since then, under the management of Enzo Coloni 's son Paolo , the team has been successful in Formula Three , Formula 3000 and GP2 Series . Between 2006 and 2009 the team ran under the name of Fisichella Motor Sport , with support from Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella and his manager Enrico Zanarini . Coloni was founded in 1983 in Passignano sul Trasimeno by Enzo Coloni,

159-473: A few laps but he failed to pre-qualify while McCarthy was once again unable to run. Many people had left the team by this stage and the operation missed the French Grand Prix entirely because its truck was stuck in one of the blockades by French truck drivers; every other team had successfully negotiated the blockades. At this point the few sponsors the team had withdrew, leaving Sassetti reluctantly funding

212-609: A racing driver from Perugia . Nicknamed "Il lupo" (the wolf - a trait that would later be reflected in his company's logo) due to his aggressive racing style, Coloni competed in the Italian Formula 3 and European Formula Two series in the late 1970s/early 1980s. In 1982 he decided to race with his own Formula Three team. In its initial foray, the team was very successful, winning the Italian Formula 3 championship drivers' title for three consecutive times with Enzo Coloni (1982); Ivan Capelli (1983); and Alessandro Santin (1984). At

265-460: A total of 18 points in 2010 and finished tenth in the team rankings. In the 2011 season, Coloni initially competed with drivers Michael Herck and Davide Rigon. In the sprint race in Istanbul, the first race of the year, Rigon collided with his competitor Julian Leal. In the accident, Rigon suffered numerous fractures of his fibula, which will mean he will not be able to race for several months.[4] Rigon

318-579: The 1988 Canadian Grand Prix . The team hired a number of ex-Coloni staff and a deal was sought with Simtek to run a car that had been designed in 1990 for BMW . Now named the Andrea Moda S921 the chassis was fitted with Judd V10 engines , but the cars were not ready for the start of the season. For the season-opening round in South Africa , Sassetti arrived with a modified Coloni C4B chassis for drivers Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia . The team

371-573: The BBC 's motoring show Top Gear ) nominated as the drivers. While Moreno gave the S921 its first competitive run (failing to pre-qualify), McCarthy was refused a Super Licence and did not run. McCarthy finally received his Super Licence for the following round in Spain , but the car only made it a short distance down the pitlane before expiring. Moreno was again unable to pre-qualify. Around this time Bertaggia approached

424-490: The Monaco Grand Prix from 26th on the grid with a 20th on the grid after the first qualifying session on Thursday, retiring after 11 laps with an engine failure. After this progress the team ran into problems which some thought were bad luck and others down to basic disorganisation. In Canada the team was without engines because Sassetti had failed to pay Judd. A motor was borrowed from Brabham allowing Moreno to perform

477-586: The Silverstone round of the 2012 GP2 championship , series organisers and Scuderia Coloni announced that the team would leave the series at the end of the 2012 season, and that the team would forfeit all of their points they had received to date and would receive for the remainder of the season. No further explanation was given for their abrupt departure. Along with the FMS entry in Auto GP, Scuderia Coloni itself also entered

530-485: The following event . The other four cars in the session thus all pre-qualified, with the Fondmetals taking the first two places as Gabriele Tarquini outpaced van de Poele by nearly a second. Ukyo Katayama was another second further back in the remaining Larrousse , with Moreno 1.1 seconds slower in fourth, only his second pre-qualification success this season. McCarthy was the sole entrant to fail to pre-qualify. After

583-464: The 1987 car, but were hard to handle and about 20 km/h slower than the rest of the grid. Nevertheless, both drivers were able to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix . This was the only race participation of a Coloni in the first part of the season. In Canada, Coloni presented a new car (the Coloni C3 ) which was penned by former AGS engineer Christian Vanderpleyn. The C3 was a basically good design but

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636-617: The 2006-2009 seasons. Coloni officially made a comeback as her own team for the 2010 season. The team competed under the name Scuderia Coloni. The vehicles were painted silver and had black and red accents. The drivers were the Brazilian Alberto Valerio and the Bulgarian Vladimir Arabadzhiev. For the last two races of the year in Monza and Abu Dhabi, Arabadzhiev was replaced by New Zealander Brendon Hartley. Coloni scored

689-682: The Andrea Moda Formula , on the events of this team, was presented at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) Scuderia Coloni#Formula One (1987–1991) Coloni Motorsport , also known as Scuderia Coloni , was an auto racing team from Italy . Founded by former racing driver Enzo Coloni in 1983, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems between 1987 and 1991 . They made 82 attempts to take part in

742-644: The Constructors Championship, the only team without a finish. The 1988 season was the team's first full season and started well. Although the FC188 was almost identical to its predecessor, Coloni's new driver Gabriele Tarquini qualified regularly and finished 8th at the Canadian Grand Prix . This turned out to be Coloni's best result in Formula One. Due to a shortage of funds very little development work

795-522: The car. Although lacking aerodynamic downforce or the engine power necessary to be competitive, the C3 was described by Gachot (speaking in 2021) as "the most fun" car he drove during his F1 career. As the season went on, improvements were few and results stayed nowhere. In May, Subaru decided to remove Enzo Coloni from his sporting director role, but no improvement came, and the Japanese company decided to withdraw from

848-504: The end of the 1982 season Coloni retired from active racing to focus on managing the team. In 1986 Nicola Larini won the Italian Formula 3 title again and raced, alongside Gabriele Tarquini , in Formula 3000 with a March 85B. Tarquini finished tenth in the championship, his best result a third place in Austria. When FIA announced that turbos would be banned from Formula One from 1989 — making

901-425: The engineer's job himself but this brought no improvement; neither did the new driver Enrico Bertaggia who replaced Raphanel for the last races. The team finished equal 18th and last with Zakspeed . The Portuguese Grand Prix proved to be the last qualification for a Coloni car. In 1990 Coloni struck a deal with Subaru , the automobile branch of Fuji Heavy Industries . The Japanese car manufacturer took over 51% of

954-518: The first lap), before Eric van de Poele spun into retirement at the first corner on lap 3 as both Fondmetals retired after only two laps. Mansell passed Berger on lap 8 and set off after Senna. As hard as he tried, the combination of the small circuit and Senna's skills in defending meant that he could not pass. Another multi-car collision came on lap 14, which eliminated Bertrand Gachot , Aguri Suzuki , Olivier Grouillard , Karl Wendlinger , and Stefano Modena (forcing all five drivers to retire on

1007-620: The other McLaren-Honda. At the time, it was the earliest moment in Formula One history the championship has been clinched before the final race. That record would be broken ten years later at the 2002 French Grand Prix when Michael Schumacher clinched the 2002 World Championship six races early. The race also marked the final appearance of the Brabham team, which had been competing in Formula One since 1962 and had won four Drivers' Championships and two Constructors' Championships. Ferrari celebrated its 500th entry, although its official 500th entry

1060-550: The partnership, selling the team back to Enzo Coloni, debt free, but with no sponsors and no engines. By the German Grand Prix Coloni had arranged a supply of Ford - Cosworth engines, prepared by Langford & Peck. An improved car also appeared in Germany. The C3C was a 1989 C3 with minor aerodynamic changes. The car was quicker but not enough to achieve any serious results. Gachot was usually able to prequalify his car but

1113-482: The pits 45 seconds before the end of the session, leaving him no chance to reach the start-finish line to begin a timed lap before the chequered flag was waved. This being the latest in a succession of similar incidents, the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile formally warned Andrea Moda to make a proper effort to run both cars at the next Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps , or face suspension from

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1166-443: The pits at Phoenix, the car was assembled for the very first time and a short shakedown took place in the parking area of an American supermarket. The car didn't have an airbox and sported wide, long sidepods. It did not follow common design practices for the time, was overweight by 300 pounds (140 kg) and proved uncompetitive. Neither at Phoenix nor at any other race did Bertrand Gachot , Coloni's new driver, manage to prequalify

1219-434: The points, which meant that Mansell would be the world champion if results stayed the same. On lap 61, Mansell had to go to the pits with tyre troubles and rejoined in sixth, just ahead of Patrese. Mansell quickly passed Mika Häkkinen but before Patrese, who was right behind could take sixth, Patrese's engine blew. He was out and would get no points. Mansell quickly caught and passed Brundle on lap 60 and four laps later, he

1272-462: The pre-qualifying pool could be reduced by one, and thus Larrousse driver Bertrand Gachot was no longer required to pre-qualify. The session proved practically unnecessary as the Andrea Moda team again did not make a serious attempt to run their second car, which was driven by Perry McCarthy . His teammate Roberto Moreno had used both cars to pre-qualify, and McCarthy was only allowed to leave

1325-471: The qualification for the race was still out of reach. At the end of the season, Coloni had not qualified for a single Grand Prix. For the 1991 season the team consisted of only six people, and would be the last time a Formula One team entered only one car during the entire season. The car was another version of the C3 from 1989 which had seen some detail work from students of the University of Perugia and which

1378-610: The race at the Nürburgring in July. Filippi won the main race in his first outing for Coloni and finished the sprint in third place. Filippi won again in the final race in Monza; He also won the sprint race in Belgium. Overall, Filippi was runner-up behind Romain Grosjean with 44 points; Herck finished 21st with two points. Coloni ended the 2011 European season in seventh place in the team rankings. At

1431-527: The race, the Brabham team withdrew entirely, removing the necessity for further pre-qualifying sessions. To date, this pre-qualifying session was the last to be held in Formula One. This was the chance for Williams to seal both titles and they were dominant, but it was Riccardo Patrese who took pole ahead of teammate Nigel Mansell , Ayrton Senna , Michael Schumacher , Gerhard Berger , and Martin Brundle . At

1484-510: The regulatory grounds of "[failure to operate a] team in a manner compatible with the standards of the championship or in any way brings the championship into disrepute." Following the decision, the team was refused entry into Monza 's paddock for the Italian Grand Prix . The Andrea Moda name would later then move to CART , sponsoring Euromotorsport in 1993 . In October 2023, the docufilm, entitled Last and Furious - The true story of

1537-596: The revised Kyalami circuit was new to all the teams) but did not participate in any official free practice or qualifying sessions. In Mexico , the team arrived with all its equipment but the cars were still being built and neither ran. Following this both Caffi and Bertaggia were dropped for criticizing the team's preparation, with Andrea Moda arriving at the Brazilian Grand Prix with the experienced Roberto Moreno and Perry McCarthy (who had previously tested for Williams and would later gain fame as The Stig on

1590-503: The same lap). Alesi in the leading Ferrari behind the leading pack spun out with the rear wheels in the gravel trap by lap 15. After these accidents, which took place in three separate sections of the track, Modena's disabled Jordan blocking turn 13 was the most precariously positioned cars of all, the SC sign meaning the safety car was going to be deployed for the first time since the SC rule had been in place. Double yellow flags were waved around

1643-635: The series in 2015, under the Paolo Coloni Racing name. Swiss Ex- Zele Racing driver Christof von Grünigen was signed to the team, and later joined by Italian Loris Spinelli. † Includes points scored for other teams. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix The 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix

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1696-474: The shake-down drive and Nicola Larini was signed as the team's sole driver. The Italian recorded Coloni’s first Formula One race start at the 1987 Spanish Grand Prix , although mechanical problems meant that he did not finish. The team did not fly to the end of year overseas races that year, so Larini’s retirement from the Spanish Grand Prix that year ended their first season. They finished 16th and last in

1749-400: The slowest two on track, with Moreno 13% slower than pole, and McCarthy, who suffered an accident in his session, 22% slower than pole; neither qualified to race. In the same weekend, Sassetti was arrested in the paddock for allegedly forging auto part invoices. The FIA World Motor Sport Council expelled Andrea Moda Formula for the remainder of the 1992 season a week later, on September 8, on

1802-473: The sport more affordable — Coloni saw an opportunity to enter the category and the team progressed to Formula One the next year. Coloni made its first appearance in Formula One at the 1987 Italian Grand Prix in September 1987, where it failed to qualify. The yellow painted FC187, powered by a Novamotor-prepared Cosworth DFZ, was designed by former Dallara apprentice Roberto Ori. Coloni himself had carried out

1855-433: The start, Gerhard Berger passed Michael Schumacher , and then Mansell lost momentum and Senna passed him with Berger following his teammate through. The order was Patrese, Senna, Berger, Mansell, Schumacher, and Brundle. There was a collision on the first lap between Érik Comas , Johnny Herbert , Thierry Boutsen , and Gabriele Tarquini who all retired on the first lap (meaning both Ligiers of Comas and Boutsen retired on

1908-574: The team again, having found $ 1 million in sponsorship funds. Sassetti wanted him to return in place of McCarthy but the FIA blocked any further driver changes after the team's earlier shenanigans. Bitter at the loss of funding, Sassetti began to ignore McCarthy's entry and concentrated the team's resources on Moreno. At the Monaco Grand Prix , McCarthy's car was eliminated in pre-qualifying with an official lap time of 17:05.924. Moreno, meanwhile, successfully navigated both pre-qualifying and then qualifying to start

1961-523: The team and supplied a brand new flat-12 engine designed by Carlo Chiti . Enzo Coloni staying on board as the man responsible for operations. By the beginning of 1990, the Subaru engine was not producing more than 500 bhp . A handful of Coloni's mechanics worked on a single C3 and tried to put the Subaru engine in it. The work was not done until the day the FIA started shipping the Formula One material to Phoenix . In

2014-536: The team himself. By now the second car nominally being used by McCarthy was effectively a spare for Moreno and the Brit was receiving ever poorer treatment from the team - at his home race he was sent out on wet weather tyres on a dry track and at the Hungaroring he was only allowed out of the pitlane 45 seconds from the end of the pre-qualifying session making it impossible for him to set a lap time. At this point, Andrea Moda

2067-607: The team in the Italian Championship between 1991 and 1993. He also finished second in the 1993 Masters of Formula 3 . When Paolo left the Italian series, the team continued in Italian F3 until the end of 1996, with Esteban Tuero and Dino Morelli at the wheel. Coloni Motorsport made the switch to International Formula 3000 in 1997 . They made a breakthrough year in 2002 , when Giorgio Pantano and Enrico Toccacelo drove for

2120-535: The team's performance suffered from lack of testing, often struggling to find the right setup for the races. The team failed to qualify for most of the rest of the season — only in three cases, the debut of the Coloni C3, the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix , the 1989 British Grand Prix and at the Portuguese Grand Prix did Moreno qualify, in 26th, 23rd and 15th place respectively, after a developmental front wing

2173-425: The team. Pantano finished the year as runner-up, with Toccacelo in ninth, taking three wins between them. Ricardo Sperafico and Zsolt Baumgartner drove for Coloni in 2003 , with Sperafico finishing as series runner-up, while Baumgartner made his Formula One debut for Jordan Grand Prix at his home race — the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix . The team continued to race in the Formula One feeder series — which

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2226-574: The track. Controversially, no further action was taken, and the safety car was never deployed. Murray Walker and James Hunt in the BBC booth phrased the situation "shambolic". On lap 31, Mansell made a mistake and went wide and rejoined behind Berger, just in the very moment when Walker was talking about the track not providing any overtaking opportunities. Two laps later, Mansell passed Berger to get back third. A pivotal movement came on lap 39 when Patrese spun off going into turn 3. He rejoined in seventh, outside

2279-659: The tracks. As a result, Chaves never escaped prequalification, and quit the team after the Portuguese Grand Prix . For the following race, Coloni was unable to find a new driver, but for the last two races of the season, he employed Naoki Hattori , a Japanese driver with a very decent record in other formulae but with no experience in Formula One. The results did not improve and Coloni sold his team to Andrea Sassetti , who renamed it Andrea Moda Formula for 1992. ( key ) The team had another stint in Formula 3 before eventually stepping up to Formula 3000. Enzo's son, Paolo Coloni, drove for

2332-454: Was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 16 August 1992. It was the eleventh race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship . The 77-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna , driving a McLaren - Honda . Briton Nigel Mansell finished second in his Williams - Renault to clinch the Drivers' Championship with five races still to run, with Austrian Gerhard Berger third in

2385-746: Was at the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix , Ferrari celebrated it in Hungary due to counting Alberto Ascari entry at the 1952 Indy 500 . Until 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was considered a round of the World Championship, albeit for reasons more symbolic than logical. After the German Grand Prix , the Fondmetal team replaced Andrea Chiesa with Brabham driver Eric van de Poele . Brabham did not replace van de Poele and reduced their entry to one car. This meant

2438-416: Was at the next round in Belgium. Ivan Capelli scored his last point for Ferrari, as well as the last point of his career. Ferrari celebrated its 500th start in a World Championship event as a team, even though Ferrari did not participate in the 1950 French Grand Prix and Peter Whitehead 's privateer entry in this race does not count towards the team's participation tally. Although its official 500th entry

2491-402: Was carried out during the year. The team’s performance suffered as a result and qualification or even prequalification were no longer certain. The team scored no points, finishing again 15th, ahead of Osella , the new EuroBrun and the suffering Zakspeed teams. In 1989, Coloni entered two cars for Roberto Moreno and French newcomer Pierre-Henri Raphanel . The FC188Bs were another update of

2544-596: Was excluded from the event for not having paid the $ 100,000 deposit for new teams in the World Championship, Sassetti arguing that it was not a new team as he had simply taken over the Coloni team and not formed a new one but, since Sassetti neglected to buy Coloni's entry to the Championship along with the team itself, the FIA were unmoved. Caffi performed a few reconnaissance laps in the Thursday familiarization session (arranged as

2597-462: Was fitted for Estoril. Unfortunately for the team, he then collided with Eddie Cheever in the warm-up [2] Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine and had to use the spare car. He did not finish the race as the engine blew up after a handful of laps. As results failed to arrive, the team was cut back throughout the year. After Vanderpleyn had left the team in September, Enzo Coloni took over

2650-458: Was now called a C4. Enzo Coloni had hoped to sign Andrea de Cesaris as his first driver, who had backing from Marlboro , but De Cesaris opted to go with Jordan Grand Prix . Coloni handed his single car to newcomer Pedro Chaves from Portugal, who had just won the British Formula 3000 series in 1990. The car was out of date, fragile and hard to handle and Chaves was not familiar with most of

2703-530: Was rebranded as the GP2 Series in 2005 . Mathias Lauda and Gianmaria Bruni , who had raced in F1 for Minardi in 2004 , started the season, although Toni Vilander and Ferdinando Monfardini raced Bruni's car following his departure from the team with three rounds left. At the end of 2005, Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella joined forces with Coloni. The team officially competed as Fisichella Motor Sport in

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2756-508: Was replaced for the following races by Kevin Ceccon, who was only 17 years old. The first races of the year were unsuccessful. Halfway through the season, Coloni was only able to record one championship point (obtained by Herck in the sprint race in Spain). This put it in second-to-last place in the team rankings. The situation improved when Coloni replaced Ceccon with the Italian veteran Luca Filippi for

2809-523: Was warned to make a meaningful attempt to run McCarthy's car as a second team entry, or its exclusion from the sport would be considered. For the Belgian Grand Prix in late August, both Andrea Moda cars were guaranteed entry into qualifying, because Brabham had withdrawn. This reduced the entry list to 30 cars, eliminating the need for a pre-qualifying session. In qualifying, the Andrea Moda cars were

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