Born | Locorotondo, Italy | 6 August 1980
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Italian |
Active years | 2005–2007, 2009–2011 |
Teams | Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Force India, HRT |
Entries | 81 (80 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 26 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2005 San Marino Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2014–15 |
Current team | Trulli GP |
Car number | 18 |
Starts | 5 |
Best finish | 23rd in 2014–15 |
Finished last season | 23rd |
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi (born 6 August 1980) [lower-alpha 1] is an Italian professional racing driver who formerly raced in Formula One for the Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Force India and HRT teams.
Born in Locorotondo, BA, Apulia, Liuzzi, like many auto racing drivers, began his career in kart racing (at age 9). He won the 1993 Italian Karting Championship, and in 1995 took second in the Karting World Championship and placed fifth in the European Championship. He won the Karting World Championship in 2001. He beat Formula One champion Michael Schumacher at Kerpen, Schumacher's 'home' track. [4]
Liuzzi then moved to cars, finishing second in the 2001 German Formula Renault Championship. Racing in the German Formula Three Championship, in 2002, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team however, he finished in only ninth place. That same year he did win the Imola International F3 race and had test drives for the Coloni Formula 3000 team and Williams, the Formula One constructor. [5] Red Bull hired Liuzzi for the 2003 F3000 season, in which he finished fourth. He moved to the Arden team for the following F3000 season, where he won seven of the ten races, securing the title with one race left. [6]
Liuzzi's performance in Formula 3000 led to speculation that Ferrari might employ him, [7] either as a test driver at their Formula One team, or at Sauber, the Formula One team that Ferrari had a close association with as its longtime engine supplier. He did have a test drive with Sauber in September 2004, [8] but shortly before he tested they announced they had signed former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve to a two-year contract. [9] In November 2004 Liuzzi was given a test drive by Red Bull, who hired him for 2005 in January. [10]
Initially it seemed that he might be given the seat along with David Coulthard, but Red Bull chose Christian Klien, [11] leaving Liuzzi as the test driver. Despite good performances by Klien in the first three races, Red Bull abided by an agreement they made before the season that both he and Klien would be able to race. Liuzzi would replace Klien for the San Marino, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix. Liuzzi scored his maiden point on his debut after both BAR drivers were disqualified at San Marino. Following the Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco, he was given one more race at the European Grand Prix, before his seat was returned to Klien for the Canadian Grand Prix.
Following Red Bull's purchase of the Minardi team – thereafter renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso, Italian for Team Red Bull – Liuzzi was rewarded with a full-season seat in the "B-team". [12] At the 2006 United States Grand Prix, he scored the team's first point, with an eighth-place finish after a race-long battle with Coulthard and Nico Rosberg. However, that was the only point the team would score in 2006.
Liuzzi was confirmed with the team for the 2007 season at the launch of the STR2 on 13 February 2007. [13] Unfortunately, during the first half of his season his races were plagued by mistakes similar to his former teammate's. He seemed likely to score his first points of the season at Canada, but instead he crashed into the infamous "Wall of Champions" at the exit of the final chicane. He also faced constant speculation over keeping his seat, as the team openly courted both Sebastian Vettel and Champcar series champion Sébastien Bourdais. His teammate Scott Speed claimed Red Bull wanted to replace both himself and Liuzzi. [14] Once Bourdais' contract for 2008 was announced, Liuzzi's performances improved. After being denied a world championship point in Japan by a post-race time penalty, he drove what many consider the best race of his Formula One career in China. Narrowly missing out on Q3 by qualifying 11th, he gained three places at the start, then overtook Mark Webber of the 'works' Red Bull team, as well as the BMW of Nick Heidfeld. Throughout the race he kept pace with 5th-placed Jenson Button's Honda, and held off a late charge from Heidfeld to finish 6th and collect three points. [15]
On 10 August 2007 Toro Rosso confirmed that Sébastien Bourdais would drive for them in 2008, leaving Liuzzi without a seat. [16] Liuzzi's manager, former Lotus boss Peter Collins, confirmed that Liuzzi wished to continue his involvement in F1. [17] He had been linked to a test drive role with Williams, but it eventually went to Nico Hülkenberg. [18] He then secured the role of test driver for the Force India F1 team on 10 January 2008. [19] Liuzzi stated he hoped to move up to a race seat in 2010 as he is contracted until 2011, but the contracts of his teammates Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella would not expire until the end of 2009. [20]
On 3 September 2009, Force India released Fisichella so he could replace Luca Badoer at Ferrari, who had filled in for two races for injured driver Felipe Massa. On 7 September 2009, Force India announced that Liuzzi would drive for them in the remaining five races of the 2009 Formula One season. He made his race debut for Force India at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix and qualified an impressive seventh, given the fact he started the race with a heavier fuel load than his younger teammate Sutil. He was running solidly in the points, before retiring after 22 laps with a transmission problem.
On 27 November 2009 Force India announced that it kept Adrian Sutil and Liuzzi as drivers for 2010.
Liuzzi achieved his first-points scoring finish since the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix in the season-opening 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix. He finished ninth in the race, picking up two points due to the introduction of a new points system in Formula One in 2010. At the following round in Australia, he finished seventh in changeable weather conditions collecting a further six points. In Monaco Liuzzi finished ninth, scoring another two points for Force India. At the Canadian Grand Prix, Liuzzi qualified in a career-best sixth, which improved to fifth after Mark Webber's gearbox change. In the race, Liuzzi finished ninth after tangling with Felipe Massa at the first corner. He scored another point at Spa-Francorchamps, after Jaime Alguersuari was penalised post-race for gaining an advantage from cutting the Bus Stop chicane in the closing laps. He matched his career best finish of sixth at the Korean Grand Prix, and eventually finished 15th in the championship with 21 points, a career best.
Although he had a valid contract with Force India for 2011, Liuzzi was replaced by Paul di Resta. [21]
Liuzzi was considered as a possible replacement for Robert Kubica at Lotus Renault GP for the 2011 season, after Kubica sustained life-threatening injuries in a rally crash in Italy on 8 February. [22] However, despite rumours suggesting that Kubica wanted Liuzzi to be his replacement, [23] the team opted to employ Nick Heidfeld to fill the role instead.
Subsequently, Liuzzi was announced that he would be testing for Hispania Racing at Circuit de Catalunya, as the Spanish team evaluated him for their second race seat alongside Narain Karthikeyan. [24] Liuzzi was confirmed in this role on 9 March 2011. [25] He did not qualify for the Australian Grand Prix and retired in Malaysia after the team withdrew him for safety reasons. [26] He recorded his first finishes with the team with a pair of 22nd-place finishes in China and Turkey but retired in Spain with a gearbox issue. He took a 16th-place finish in Monaco, and a 13th place in Canada, Hispania's best finish to date. After a 23rd-place finish at Valencia and an 18th at the British Grand Prix, he failed to finish in Germany with electrical problems. Liuzzi finished as the final classified finisher in Hungary (20th), and Belgium (19th), before a first-lap retirement in Italy after contact with Heikki Kovalainen. As a result of the contact, Liuzzi slid across the grass and directly into Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg. He finished as the final classified finisher in Singapore (20th), Japan (23rd) and Korea (21st).
For the Indian Grand Prix, he was replaced by Narain Karthikeyan, who took a race seat in front of his home fans alongside Daniel Ricciardo. Liuzzi returned to his race seat in Abu Dhabi however, and again finished as the final classified finisher, in twentieth place. In the final race at Brazil, he qualified 21st ahead of his teammate Ricciardo and both of the Virgin cars and was running ahead of Ricciardo in the race when he was forced to retire from the race due to an alternator failure on lap 61.
Liuzzi stated in January 2012 that, while he had a contract to continue with the team in 2012, his position within the team was uncertain. [27] In February 2012 it was announced that Narain Karthikeyan had been handed the final race seat; leaving Liuzzi without a drive.
Without a drive in Formula One, Liuzzi looked for other racing options. He eventually joined the International Superstars Series for the 2012 season, driving for CAAL Racing in a Mercedes C63 AMG. [28] He took his first podium finish at the first race during the first round in Monza, and he took his first win of the season during the second race of that round. [29]
In 2014, Liuzzi moved to Japan and competed in Super GT (GT500 class) and Super Formula. In his first season of Super GT, he drove for the Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) team along with Kosuke Matsuura.
† As Liuzzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
(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 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2002 | Opel Team BSR | Dallara F302 | Opel | HOC1 1 14 | HOC1 2 Ret | NÜR1 1 C | NÜR1 2 C | SAC 1 9 | SAC 2 8 | NOR 1 9 | NOR 2 4 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 7 | HOC2 1 23† | HOC2 2 25† | NÜR2 1 2 | NÜR2 2 27 | A1R 1 Ret | A1R 2 2 | ZAN 1 5 | ZAN 2 9 | HOC3 1 Ret | HOC3 2 2 | 9th | 25 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
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2003 | Red Bull Junior Team F3000 | IMO 4 | CAT Ret | A1R 4 | MON Ret | NÜR 2 | MAG 4 | SIL 3 | HOC 4 | HUN 9 | MNZ 4 | 4th | 39 |
2004 | Arden International | IMO 1 | CAT 1 | MON 1 | NÜR 11 | MAG 1 | SIL 1 | HOC 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | 1st | 86 |
(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 |
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2005 | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB1 | Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 V10 | AUS TD | MAL TD | BHR TD | SMR 8 | ESP Ret | MON Ret | EUR 9 | CAN | USA | FRA TD | GBR TD | GER TD | HUN TD | TUR TD | ITA TD | BEL TD | BRA TD | JPN TD | CHN TD | 24th | 1 |
2006 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR1 | Cosworth TJ2006 3.0 V10 14 Series | BHR 11 | MAL 11 | AUS Ret | SMR 14 | EUR Ret | ESP 15† | MON 10 | GBR 13 | CAN 13 | USA 8 | FRA 13 | GER 10 | HUN Ret | TUR Ret | ITA 14 | CHN 10 | JPN 14 | BRA 13 | 19th | 1 | |
2007 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR2 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | AUS 14 | MAL 17 | BHR Ret | ESP Ret | MON Ret | CAN Ret | USA 17† | FRA Ret | GBR 16† | EUR Ret | HUN Ret | TUR 15 | ITA 17 | BEL 12 | JPN 9 | CHN 6 | BRA 13 | 18th | 3 | ||
2009 | Force India F1 Team | Force India VJM02 | Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 V8 | AUS | MAL | CHN | BHR | ESP | MON | TUR | GBR | GER | HUN | EUR | BEL | ITA Ret | SIN 14 | JPN 14 | BRA 11 | ABU 15 | 22nd | 0 | ||
2010 | Force India F1 Team | Force India VJM03 | Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 | BHR 9 | AUS 7 | MAL Ret | CHN Ret | ESP 15† | MON 9 | TUR 13 | CAN 9 | EUR 16 | GBR 11 | GER 16 | HUN 13 | BEL 10 | ITA 12 | SIN Ret | JPN Ret | KOR 6 | BRA Ret | ABU Ret | 15th | 21 |
2011 | Hispania Racing F1 Team | Hispania F111 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 | AUS DNQ | MAL Ret | CHN 22 | TUR 22 | ESP Ret | MON 16 | CAN 13 | EUR 23 | GBR 18 | 23rd | 0 | ||||||||||
HRT Formula 1 Team | GER Ret | HUN 20 | BEL 19 | ITA Ret | SIN 20 | JPN 23 | KOR 21 | IND | ABU 20 | BRA Ret | ||||||||||||||
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points | Ref |
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2008–09 | Italy | NED SPR | NED FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | RSA SPR | RSA FEA | POR SPR 4 | POR FEA Ret | GBR SPR 10 | GBR SPR 9 | 16th | 17 | [34] |
Source: [32] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Points |
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2008–09 | Union Properties | DUB 1 1 | DUB 2 C | BHR 1 Ret | BHR 2 8 | LOS 1 2 | LOS 2 1 | DUB 1 12 | DUB 2 Ret | BHR 1 3 | BHR 2 1 | 3rd | 45 |
Source: [32] |
(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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Final pos | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Tony D'Alberto Racing | Ford FG Falcon | YMC R1 | YMC R2 | ADE R3 | ADE R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | QLD R18 | PHI Q | PHI R19 | BAT R20 | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 19 | SYM R23 | SYM R24 | SAN R25 | SAN R26 | SYD R27 | SYD R28 | 78th | 48 | [35] | ||
2012 | Tony D'Alberto Racing | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | HAM R5 | HAM R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | PHI R10 | PHI R11 | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN Q | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 Ret | SUR R23 DNS | YMC R24 | YMC R25 | YMC R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | SYD R29 | SYD R30 | NC | 0+ | [36] |
+ Not Eligible for points
(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 | Ref |
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2012 | CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 1 | IMO 1 6 | IMO 2 Ret | DON 1 5 | DON 2 3 | MUG 1 5 | MUG 2 5 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 2 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 2 | VAL 1 4 | VAL 2 7 | PER 1 3 | PER 2 9 | 2nd | 181 | [37] |
2013 | Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris | Mercedes C63 AMG | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 2 | BRN 1 4 | BRN 2 Ret | SVK 1 1 | SVK 2 Ret | ZOL 1 5 | ZOL 2 7 | ALG 1 2 | ALG 2 2 | DON 1 DSQ | DON 2 DSQ | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 2 | VAL 1 5 | VAL 2 4 | 3rd | 181 | [38] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Lotus | LMP2 | Lola B12/80 | Lotus 3.6 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | SIL Ret | SÃO 13 | BHR 9 | FUJ 12 | SHA | 59th | 3 |
2013 | Lotus | LMP2 | Lotus T128 | Praga Judd 3.6 L V8 | SIL Ret | SPA 6 | LMS | SÃO | COA DNS | FUJ 10 | SHA Ret | BHR Ret | 25th | 8 |
2015 | Team ByKolles | LMP1 | CLM P1/01 | AER P60 Turbo V6 | SIL Ret | SPA Ret | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | NC | 0 |
Source: [31] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
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2014 | Autobacs Racing Team Aguri | Honda NSX-GT | GT500 | OKA 8 | FUJ Ret | AUT Ret | SUG 15 | FUJ 10 | SUZ 4 | BUR Ret | MOT 12 | 16th | 14 |
Source: [31] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | HP Real Racing | SUZ 8 | FUJ 8 | FUJ 10 | FUJ Ret | MOT 14 | AUT Ret | SUG Ret | SUZ 15 | SUZ 11 | 16th | 1.5 |
Source: [32] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014–15 | Trulli Formula E Team | Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MIA 16 | LBH 13 | MCO NC | BER 9 | MSC 17 | LDN | LDN | 23rd | 2 |
2015–16 | Trulli Formula E Team | Spark SRT01-e | Motomatica JT-01 | BEI DNP | PUT DNP | PDE | BUE | MEX | LBH | PAR | BER | LDN | LDN | NC | 0 | |
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