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many before him, Giancarlo Fisichella’s introduction to motorsport came through karting.
He was just eleven years old when he first took to the track, and his talent was evident
straight away. Fisichella recorded twelve wins in the 1984 Italian 60cc Minikart
Championship in his first season of competition.
e progressed straight to the 100cc Cadet series where the wins
kept on coming. There were eight in 1985 - his first season, thirteen in 1986, and
fourteen the following year when Giancarlo also added a Regional Championship crown to his
growing lisy of credits.
emaining with the 100cc category in 1988, the young Roman was
the Italian Team Champion and moved up to international competition for the first time. He
recorded up twenty one wins that season, and recorded pole position at the 100cc karting
World Championships.
ineteen eighty-nine brought further international success.
Fisichella won the prestigious Hong Kong Grand Prix, was 2nd in the European Championship
and narrowly failed to make it onto the rostrum at the World Championships, coming home in
4th place. After a further two seasons in karting, during which he recorded numerous
further wins on his score-card, it was time to move into single-seaters.
he move came in 1992 with a drive in the Italian F3
Championship. Giancarlo became only the third driver in history to win a race in his first
season in Italian F3, ending the year eightht overall. His progress continued in 1993 when
he claimed the runner-up slot in the championship. Fisichella also took pole-position, and
finished 2nd, in that year’s Monaco Grand Prix - a showcase for young driver talent.
f that did not bring Giancarlo’s skills to the attention of
the motorsport fraternity, there was surely nobody who did not know his name by the end of
1994. It was a fantastic season. He recorded ten wins and 11 pole positions en-route to
the Italian F3 Championship crown, and once again took pole position at the Monaco Grand
Prix. This time he would claim top spot in the race too.
s a result of performances of that calibre Fisichella was
signed-up by Giancarlo Minardi, owner of the Minardi F1 team, who offered him a testing
contract for 1995. He dovetailed those testing duties with the role of Official driver for
Alfa Romeo in the DTM/ITC.
iancarlo looked set to continue in a testing role last year, as
financial requirements dictated that Minardi put a paying driver in the second seat
alongside Pedro Lamy. However, at the last minut Takie Inoue failed to produce the
required finance and so Giancarlo was asked to step in. He made his Grand Prix debut in
Australia and took part in a further 8 races, recording his best finish in Canada where he
came home 8th.
hortly after Giovanni Lavaggi came onto the scene with a
much-needed injection of funds, so Minardi loaned his young charge to Alfa-Romeo with whom
he contested the ITC Championship.
ow, Fisichella is poised for his first full season in Formula
One. Keen not to hinder the progress of such a promising youngf talent, Giancarlo Minardi
was instrumental in facilitating a move to B&H Jordan. After several months of
speculation as to who would drive for the team alpongside Ralf Schumacher, the
announcement came in early 1997 that Eddie Jordan had chosen the highly-acclaimed young
Italian.
In Brief :
Giancarlo Fisichella born 14th January 1973 in Rome, Italy.
Single. Lives in Monaco.
1984-1988 Karting
1989 1st Hong Kong Kart Grand Prix
2nd - European Kart Championship
4th - World Kart Championship
1991 2nd- European Kart Championship
1992 Italian F3 Championship
1993 2nd - Italian F3 Championship
3rd - Italian F3 Championship
1994 1st - Italian F3 Championship
1st - Monaco F3 Grand Prix
1995 DTM/ITC with Alfa Romeo
Test driver for Minardi F1
1996 F1 debut with Minardi at the Australian GP
ITC with Alfa Romeo
ike
many before him, Giancarlo Fisichella’s introduction to motorsport came through karting.
He was just eleven years old when he first took to the track, and his talent was evident
straight away. Fisichella recorded twelve wins in the 1984 Italian 60cc Minikart
Championship in his first season of competition. 
e progressed straight to the 100cc Cadet series where the wins
kept on coming. There were eight in 1985 - his first season, thirteen in 1986, and
fourteen the following year when Giancarlo also added a Regional Championship crown to his
growing lisy of credits. 
emaining with the 100cc category in 1988, the young Roman was
the Italian Team Champion and moved up to international competition for the first time. He
recorded up twenty one wins that season, and recorded pole position at the 100cc karting
World Championships. 
ineteen eighty-nine brought further international success.
Fisichella won the prestigious Hong Kong Grand Prix, was 2nd in the European Championship
and narrowly failed to make it onto the rostrum at the World Championships, coming home in
4th place. After a further two seasons in karting, during which he recorded numerous
further wins on his score-card, it was time to move into single-seaters. 
he move came in 1992 with a drive in the Italian F3
Championship. Giancarlo became only the third driver in history to win a race in his first
season in Italian F3, ending the year eightht overall. His progress continued in 1993 when
he claimed the runner-up slot in the championship. Fisichella also took pole-position, and
finished 2nd, in that year’s Monaco Grand Prix - a showcase for young driver talent.
f that did not bring Giancarlo’s skills to the attention of
the motorsport fraternity, there was surely nobody who did not know his name by the end of
1994. It was a fantastic season. He recorded ten wins and 11 pole positions en-route to
the Italian F3 Championship crown, and once again took pole position at the Monaco Grand
Prix. This time he would claim top spot in the race too. 
s a result of performances of that calibre Fisichella was
signed-up by Giancarlo Minardi, owner of the Minardi F1 team, who offered him a testing
contract for 1995. He dovetailed those testing duties with the role of Official driver for
Alfa Romeo in the DTM/ITC. 
iancarlo looked set to continue in a testing role last year, as
financial requirements dictated that Minardi put a paying driver in the second seat
alongside Pedro Lamy. However, at the last minut Takie Inoue failed to produce the
required finance and so Giancarlo was asked to step in. He made his Grand Prix debut in
Australia and took part in a further 8 races, recording his best finish in Canada where he
came home 8th.
hortly after Giovanni Lavaggi came onto the scene with a
much-needed injection of funds, so Minardi loaned his young charge to Alfa-Romeo with whom
he contested the ITC Championship. 
