Gianfranco Brancatelli
{{Short description|Italian racing driver (born 1950)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox F1 driver
| image = Gianfranco Brancatelli (1974).jpg
| caption = Brancatelli in 1974
| name = Gianfranco Brancatelli
| nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|01|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Turin, Italy
| Years = {{F1|1979}}
| Races = 3 (0 starts)
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Points = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = 1979 Spanish Grand Prix
| First win =
| Last win =
| Last race = 1979 Monaco Grand Prix
}}
Gianfranco Brancatelli (born 18 January 1950) is a former racing driver from Italy.
Career
His racing career began in 1973, in the Formula Abarth series. In 1975, he advanced to Italian Formula 3 racing. Brancatelli entered 3 Formula One Grands Prix in 1979 with Kauhsen (2 failures to qualify) and Merzario (1 failure to pre-qualify).
After his departure from Formula 1, Brancatelli went on to race in several Touring Car series, with some success. He would finish 4th in the 1984 European Touring Car Championship driving a BMW 635 CSi for Eggenberger Motorsport. For the 1985 ETCC, Eggenberger switched to the turbocharged Volvo 240T (while the championship winning Tom Walkinshaw Racing would switch from their powerful V12 Jaguar XJS' to the V8 powered Rover Vitesse), and along with Swedish driver Thomas Lindström, Brancatelli became the European Touring Car Champion, winning six out of fourteen races (Anderstorp, Zeltweg, Salzburgring, Nürburgring, Zolder and Estoril), along with three 2nd places and two 3rd places.
In 1986, Brancatelli switched to Tom Walkinshaw Racing where he drove a Rover Vitesse in the 1986 FIA International Touring Car Championship (essentially a renamed ETCC), but dropped to 12th in the standings winning only once at Andestorp. In 1987 the Italian driver would again switch teams, driving a BMW M3 for Italian outfit CiBiemme Sport in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship where he partnered another former Formula One driver Johnny Cecotto to win the 500 km de Bourgogne at Dijon-Prenois. He finished 8th in the WTCC while finishing 5th in the 1987 ETCC, also for CiBiemme, winning twice at Estoril and Zolder.
The 1988 ETCC saw Brancatelli on the move again, this time going back to Eggenberger Motorsport where he would serve as a driver in the team's 3rd Texaco Ford Sierra RS500 in a number of rounds. Brancatelli would also win the 1988 Italian Touring Car Championship driving a privately entered Alfa Romeo 75.
Other than his success in the 1985 ETCC, arguably Brancatelli's biggest wins in touring car racing were the 1985 Guia Race of Macau driving a Volvo 240T, and the 1989 Spa 24 Hours driving an Eggenberger Ford Sierra RS500 along with Bernd Schneider (yet another F1 driver, this time a current one) and Win Percy. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Brancatelli also travelled to Australia to drive in the Bathurst 1000 touring car race, though success would generally elude him. His best finish was in the 1987 WTCC round, the 1987 James Hardie 1000 where he and Johnny Cecotto would finish 7th outright and 3rd in class, though as they were the first registered WTCC drivers to finish the race they would receive top points for the round. His three other races at Bathurst in 1989, 1990 and 1991 would result in two failed to finish and one disqualification due to a technical infringement.
Brancatelli also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on five occasions. His best finish was second place in the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Sauber C9 for Team Sauber Mercedes, co-driving with ex-Formula One drivers Mauro Baldi and Kenny Acheson. His four other races at Le Mans (1979, 1980, 1986 and 1990) all saw him fail to finish the race.
Brancatelli would continue racing until his retirement in the late 1990s.
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Racing record
=Complete European Formula Two Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
Year
! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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{{F2|1976}}
! nowrap| Scuderia Everest ! nowrap| March 752 ! nowrap| BMW | HOC | THR | VAL | SAL | PAU | HOC | ROU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG | PER | EST | NOG | HOC | ! NC ! 0 |
{{F2|1977}}
! nowrap| Scuderia Everest ! nowrap| Ralt RT1 ! nowrap| Ferrari |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| THR | HOC | NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIS |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| EST | DON ! 17th ! 3 |
rowspan=2| {{F2|1978}}
! nowrap| Everest Racing Team ! nowrap| Chevron B40 ! nowrap| BMW | THR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOC | NÜR | PAU | MUG | VAL | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
nowrap| Bob Salisbury Racing
! nowrap| March 782 ! nowrap| BMW | | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON | NOG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIS | HOC | |
{{F2|1979}}
! nowrap| Racing Team Everest ! nowrap| March 792 ! nowrap| BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR | VAL | MUG | PAU | HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER | MIS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON | ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete British Formula One Championship results=
(key)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
Year
! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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rowspan=2| 1979
! nowrap| Willi Kauhsen Racing Team ! nowrap| Kauhsen WK ! nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL | OUL | BRH | MAL | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
nowrap| Dicksons of Perth
! nowrap| March 772P | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE | THR | ZAN | DON | OUL | NOG | MAL | BRH | THR | SNE | SIL |
1980
! nowrap| Colin Bennett Racing ! nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | OUL | BRH | SIL | MAL | THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ | MAL | SNE | BRH | THR | OUL | SIL | | | ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete Formula One results=
(key)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}} ! Pts |
rowspan=2| 1979
! nowrap| Willi Kauhsen Racing Team !rowspan=2 nowrap| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ESP |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BEL | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
Team Merzario
| | | | | | |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN |
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colspan="21"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|date=1994|publisher=Guinness|page=409|isbn=0851127029}}}}}} |
=Complete European Touring Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1980
! ! nowrap| BMW 3.0 CSi |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL |style="background:#efcfff;"| BRH | SAL |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| BRN | PER | NÜR | SIL | ZOL | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |
1981
! nowrap| Dieter Schmid ! nowrap| BMW 635 CSi | MNZ | VAL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DON | SAL | BRN | PER | SIL | ZOL | | | | | | ! ! 8 |
1982
! nowrap| Luigi Team ! nowrap| Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MNZ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL |style="background:#efcfff;"| DON |style="background:#ffffff;"| PER |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MUG |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAL |style="background:#efcfff;"| NÜR |style="background:#efcfff;"| SPA |style="background:#efcfff;"| SIL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ZOL | | | ! ! 30 |
1983
! nowrap| Jolly Club Milano ! nowrap| Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MNZ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL |style="background:#efcfff;"| DON |style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER |style="background:#efcfff;"| MUG |style="background:#efcfff;"| BRN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ZEL |style="background:#efcfff;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SPA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SIL |style="background:#efcfff;"| ZOL | | ! ! |
1984
! nowrap| BMW Italia ! nowrap| BMW 635 CSi |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| MNZ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL |style="background:#efcfff;"| DON |style="background:#dfffdf;"| PER |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ZEL |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SAL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| NÜR |style="background:#efcfff;"| SPA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SIL |style="background:#efcfff;"| ZOL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MUG | | ! 4th ! 151 |
1985
! nowrap| Eggenberger Motorsport ! nowrap| Volvo 240T |style="background:#efcfff;"| MNZ |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| VAL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DON |style="background:#ffffbf;"| AND |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| BRN |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ZEL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SAL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| NÜR |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SPA |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SIL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NOG |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ZOL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| EST |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| JAR !style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st !style="background:#ffffbf;"| 240 |
1986
! nowrap| TWR – Bastos Texaco Racing Team ! nowrap| Rover Vitesse | MNZ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DON |style="background:#efcfff;"| HOC | MIS |style="background:#ffffbf;"| AND |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRN |style="background:#ffffff;"| ZEL |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| NÜR | SPA |style="background:#efcfff;"| SIL |style="background:#efcfff;"| NOG | ZOL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| JAR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| EST ! 12th ! 123 |
1987
! nowrap| CiBiEmme Sport ! nowrap| BMW M3 |style="background:#efcfff;"| DON |style="background:#ffffbf;"| EST |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| AND |style="background:#efcfff;"| ZOL |style="background:#ffffbf;"| ZEL |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| IMO |style="background:#efcfff;"| NOG | | | | | | | ! 5th ! 150 |
rowspan=2| 1988
! nowrap| Jolly Club !rowspan=2 nowrap| Ford Sierra RS500 | MNZ | DON | EST |style="background:#efcfff;"| JAR | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 26th !rowspan=2| 80 |
nowrap| Eggenberger Motorsport
| | | | |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DIJ |style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#efcfff;"| SPA | ZOL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SIL | NOG | | | |
---|
=Complete World Touring Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" |
Year
! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! DC ! Pts |
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1987
! nowrap| CiBiEmme Sport ! nowrap| BMW M3 | MNZ |style="background:#dfffdf;"| JAR |style="background:#ffffbf;"| DIJ |style="background:#efcfff;"| NÜR |style="background:#efcfff;"| SPA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRN |style="background:#efcfff;"| SIL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BAT |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CLD |style="background:#efcfff;"| WEL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FUJ ! 8th ! 158 |
=Complete British Touring Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class - 1 point awarded all races)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! DC ! Pts ! Class |
1988
! nowrap| Eggenberger Motorsport ! nowrap| Ford Sierra RS500 ! {{Tooltip|A|Class A}} | SIL | OUL | THR | DON | THR | SIL | SIL | BRH | SNE | BRH | BIR | DON |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL ! 23rd ! 10 ! 9th |
=Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" |
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 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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1989
! nowrap| Ford Motorsport ! nowrap| Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#efcfff;"| ZOL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HOC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HOC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MFA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MFA |style="background:#ffffff;"| AVU |style="background:#ffffff;"| AVU |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NOR |style="background:#efcfff;"| NOR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HOC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HOC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DIE |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DIE |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| NÜR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HOC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HOC ! 9th ! 162 |
= Complete Australian Super Touring Championship results =
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! DC ! Pts |
1997
! nowrap| Team Petronas PX2 ! nowrap| Ford Mondeo Ghia | LAK | LAK |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHI |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHI | CAL | CAL | AMA | AMA | WIN | WIN | MAL | MAL | LAK | LAK | AMA | AMA ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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align="centre"
! 1979 |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Pietromarchi |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Pietromarchi |align="left" nowrap| De Tomaso Pantera | Gr.5 | 108 | NC | NC |
align="centre"
! 1980 |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Scuderia Lancia Corse |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Piercarlo Ghinzani |align="left" nowrap| Lancia Beta Monte Carlo | Gr.5 | 26 | DNF | DNF |
align="centre"
! 1986 |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|GBR}} Win Percy |align="left" nowrap| Jaguar XJR-6 | C1 | 154 | DNF | DNF |
align="centre"
! 1989 |align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|FRG}} Team Sauber Mercedes |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|ITA}} Mauro Baldi |align="left" nowrap| Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz | C1 | 384 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd |
align="centre"
! 1990 |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|JPN}} Nissan Motorsports International |align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|GBR}} Mark Blundell |align="left" nowrap| Nissan R90CK | C1 | 142 | DNF | DNF |
colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Gianfranco-Brancatelli-I.html|title=Gianfranco Brancatelli, Italy|work=racingsportscars.com|access-date=September 14, 2017}}}}}} |
=Complete Bathurst 1000 results=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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1987
|align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|ITA}} CiBiEmme Sport |align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|VEN}} Johnny Cecotto |align="left" nowrap| BMW M3 | 2 | 163 | 7th |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd |
1989
|align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|NZL}} Mark Petch Motorsport |align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NZL}} Robbie Francevic |align="left" nowrap| Ford Sierra RS500 | A | 14 | DNF | DNF |
1990
|align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|NZL}} Mark Petch Motorsport |align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robb Gravett |align="left" nowrap| Ford Sierra RS500 | 1 | 118 | DNF | DNF |
1991
|align="left" nowrap| {{Flagicon|AUS}} Allan Moffat Enterprises |align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|AUS}} Charlie O'Brien |align="left" nowrap| Ford Sierra RS500 | 1 | 158 |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080515145525/http://f1rejects.com/drivers/brancatelli/index.html Profile at F1 Rejects]
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{{succession box | before = Tom Walkinshaw | title = European Touring Car Championship
Champion| years=1985 |with=Thomas Lindström | after= Roberto Ravaglia}}
{{succession box|title=Guia Race
Winner |before=Tom Walkinshaw|after=Johnny Cecotto|years=1985}}
{{succession box | title = Italia Superturismo Championship
Champion | years=1988 | before = Michele di Gioia | after= Johnny Cecotto}}
{{succession box | before = Altfrid Heger
Dieter Quester
Roberto Ravaglia | title = Winner of the Spa 24 Hours | years=1989|with=Win Percy & Bernd Schneider | after= Markus Oestreich
Fabien Giroix
Johnny Cecotto}}
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{{Spa 24 Hours winners}}
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