Gastón Mazzacane

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Gastón Hugo Mazzacane (born 8 May 1975)<ref name="WATN">Template:Cite web</ref> is an Argentine racing driver. He participated in 21 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting in the 2000 Australian Grand Prix. His father, Hugo Mazzacane, named him after the late Argentine touring car racer Gastón Perkins.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Mazzacane has also raced in Turismo Carretera and was the first TC Pick Up champion in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Racing career

Mazzacane driving for Minardi in 2000

Mazzacane is often known as a "pay driver".<ref name=MMagBio>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He began his Formula One career in 1999 as the test driver for Minardi. In late February Template:F1, it was announced that he would be the teammate of Marc Gené in the race team. "I intend to learn over the first half of the season and then I feel I will have the confidence to perform well," Mazzacane told the press at the launch of the Minardi M02. His debut year in Formula One began with a broken gearbox at his first race, the 2000 Australian Grand Prix, followed by a 10th place in Brazil. He went on to outqualify Gené at Imola, a feat he later accomplished twice more. The German Grand Prix was a relative high point for him; after outqualifying his teammate, he finished 11th. His highlight in the spotlights this season was on a damp Indianapolis track when he famously overtook Mika Häkkinen, who was struggling after an early gamble on dry tyres. After running up to third without stopping, he ran over his pitcrew and dropped out of the race later. Nevertheless, he finished 11 of the 17 races that year and ranked third among drivers with the most kilometres raced.

At the start of 2001, Mazzacane tested for Arrows, but finally settled into the Prost team, taking over the seat of the Sauber-bound Nick Heidfeld. He beat CART's Oriol Servia for the Prost spot, and was announced as the second driver in January Template:F1. However, the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix was his final Formula One race. Alain Prost fired him by using a performance clause in his contract, and the vacancy was filled by Luciano Burti, who had recently been sacked from Jaguar Racing.

He would be the last Argentinian to drive in Formula One until the 2024 Italian Grand Prix when Franco Colapinto drove for Williams.

Mazzacane signed a contract with the reformed DART team a/k/a Phoenix, which had plans to race in the Template:F1 season. However, it was not to be as the team was barred from racing.

He then went to the US and competed in the last half of the 2004 Champ Car season with the Dale Coyne Racing #19 car. Template:Clear

Motorsport career results

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1996	Auto Sport Racing	NÜR Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	EST Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	HOC Template:Small			22nd	0
1997	Auto Sport Racing	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	HEL Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	A1R Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	JER Template:Small			28th	0
1998	Team Astromega	OSC Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	CAT Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	A1R Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	PER Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	21st	2
1999	GP Racing	IMO	MON	CAT	MAG	SIL Template:Small	A1R	HOC	HUN	SPA	NÜR			NC	0
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Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
Template:F1	Telefónica Minardi Fondmetal	Minardi M02	Fondmetal V10	AUS Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	MON Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	USA Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	MAL 13†	21st	0
Template:F1	Prost Acer	Prost AP04	Acer V10	AUS Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BRA Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	JPN	25th	0
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^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

American Open-Wheel

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Champ Car

Year	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points	Ref
2004	Dale Coyne	19	LBH	MTY	MIL Template:Small	POR Template:Small	CLE Template:Small	TOR Template:Small	VAN Template:Small	ROA Template:Small	DEN Template:Small	MTL Template:Small	LS Template:Small	LVS Template:Small	SRF	MXC	17th	73	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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External links

• Gastón Mazzacane in focus Template:In lang
• Profile on F1 Rejects