Giancarlo Fisichella

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Giancarlo "Giano" Fisichella (Template:IPA; born 14 January 1973), nicknamed Fisico and Fisi, is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from Template:F1 to Template:F1. Fisichella won three Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.

Born and raised in Rome, Fisichella is a member of the noble Fisichella family of Sicily. After starting his career in kart racing, he progressed to Italian Formula Three in 1992, winning the title in 1994 with RC Motorsport, as well as the Monaco F3 Grand Prix. Following a season in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, Fisichella graduated to Formula One with Minardi in Template:F1, debuting at the Template:F1GP. He moved to Jordan for Template:F1, achieving his maiden podium finishes at the Canadian and Belgian Grands Prix. He joined Benetton in Template:F1 with multiple further podiums, as well as his maiden pole position at the Template:F1GP. Several podiums followed across his remaining three seasons at Enstone: one in Template:F1, three in Template:F1—where he finished sixth in the World Drivers' Championship—and one in Template:F1.

Fisichella returned to Jordan in Template:F1, where he claimed his maiden win at the wet-weather Template:F1GP the following year; his victory was declared after five days of deliberation and court proceedings due to a timekeeping error classifying him second. He partnered Felipe Massa at Sauber for his Template:F1 campaign, scoring several points finishes. His return to Enstone with Renault in Template:F1 alongside Fernando Alonso was headlined by his debut victory from pole in Australia, claiming multiple further podiums as he finished fifth overall. He achieved a career-best fourth in the World Drivers' Championship in Template:F1, winning the Template:F1GP from pole as he helped Renault win back-to-back World Constructors' Championships. After a winless Template:F1 campaign, Fisichella joined Force India for Template:F1 and Template:F1, finishing second from pole at the latter Template:F1GP; he replaced an injured Massa at Ferrari for the final five rounds and remained their reserve driver through Template:F1. Fisichella departed Formula One with three victories, four pole positions, two fastest laps, and 19 podium finishes.

Following his departure from Formula One, Fisichella moved into sportscar racing with AF Corse, winning the Le Mans Series in 2011 and the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012 in the GTE class. He again took a class victory at Le Mans in Template:24hLM, when he moved to the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Risi Competizione. He later returned to WEC from Template:WEC to Template:WEC, after which he shifted to Italian GT3. Beyond driving, he founded the eponymous Fisichella Motor Sport in 2005, managing the team in the GP2 Series from 2006 to 2009.

Junior racing career

Like most current Formula One drivers, he began kart racing as a youngster in the Guidonia's Kart circuit. In 1992, he competed in the Italian Formula Three Championship, racing for the RC Motorsport team. He finished runner up in 1993, and in 1994 he won the championship, following race victories in Monaco and Macau.<ref name="Grandprix.com">Template:Cite news</ref> He left open-wheel racing briefly in 1995 and 1996, driving for Alfa Romeo in the International Touring Car Championship.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In June 1997, he made a one-off appearance at Spa in the Belgian Procar Championship, driving for the works Peugeot team. He stood in for Vincent Radermecker and came 2nd.<ref>https://www.supertouringregister.com/driver/1537/</ref><ref>https://www.supertouringregister.com/series/269/</ref><ref>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=daN7ehWvbec</ref>

Formula One career

Minardi (1996)

In Template:F1, he made the move to Formula One, making his debut for the Minardi team, after being the official test driver the previous season.<ref name="Grandprix.com"/> However he did not complete the full season since Minardi required a driver who could bring funding to the team, and replaced Fisichella with Giovanni Lavaggi.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Jordan (1997)

In 1997, he made the move to Eddie Jordan's eponymous team, where he drove alongside former F1 champion Michael Schumacher's brother Ralf, himself a former Formula Nippon champion.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Fisichella gained his first podium finish at the 1997 Canadian Grand Prix, and went on to finish higher in the points standings than his teammate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At Hockenheim, a victory looked to be within reach for Fisichella, but a puncture and the performance of an on-form Gerhard Berger denied him the win.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fisichella was able to show his talent again at the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix in which he finished a commendable second behind Michael Schumacher.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following this race, the Benetton team signed him for 1998.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Benetton (1998–2001)

Fisichella driving for Benetton at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.

Following Renault's withdrawal from Formula One, Benetton would contest the 1998 season without factory-supplied engines, instead using rebranded development versions of 1997 Renault engines.<ref name="Autoweek">Template:Cite news</ref> Despite not having the latest engines, Fisichella still managed second places at Montreal and Monaco, and was in contention for a victory in Canada until gearbox problems slowed him down.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Austria, Fisichella scored his first pole position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, an on-track clash with Jean Alesi during the race cost him any chance of a good result.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was then able to add only two more points to his total in the second half of the year as Benetton lost ground on their competition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1999 proved to be a similarly inconsistent season. He did score some points finishes, including second at Montreal, and again came close to a victory in the European Grand Prix, until he spun off whilst in the lead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> This would prove to be his best chance of a victory for the next few seasons.

Fisichella's season was to follow a similar pattern in 2000. He again gained some surprise podium finishes early in the year in Brazil, Germany, Monaco, and Canada. However, Benetton's poor second half of the season meant that he failed to score any more points.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After his first Benetton year, when he finished one point behind him, Fisichella had comprehensively outperformed his Austrian teammate Alexander Wurz, who would then leave the team to make way for British driver Jenson Button in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> Renault had purchased the Benetton team after the start of the 2000 season, but their radical engine design meant Benetton had an uncompetitive 2001 car, and as a result, Fisichella was battling for much of the season with teams such as Minardi and Prost.<ref name="Autoweek"/> However, the efforts of technical director Mike Gascoyne and his staff did result in improvements over the year, culminating in a 4–5 finish at the German Grand Prix and a third-place finish for Fisichella at the Belgium race.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Although Fisichella had gained the team's best results that season and consistently outperformed Button, he was not retained by the team, so he rejoined Jordan for 2002.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Return to Jordan (2002–2003)

Fisichella driving for Jordan at the 2002 US GP.

Fisichella scored seven points in 2002, while comfortably outpacing new teammate Takuma Sato, although the Jordan-Honda car of that year was never truly competitive.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After Honda withdrew their engine supply, Jordan switched to Ford engines for the 2003 season, but the team were still unable to compete with the top teams on the grid. Despite this lack of performance, Fisichella won his first race at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Battling with McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen amidst heavy rain and numerous crashes, Fisichella took the race lead on lap 54, just before the race was red-flagged. However, he was demoted to second place on the podium, because under the regulations, the race results were declared at two laps before the red flag, at which point Räikkönen was thought to have been the race leader. Several days later, though, the FIA determined that Fisichella had already begun his 56th lap before the red flag, meaning that he, and not Räikkönen, had been leading the race two laps before its premature end, awarding the Italian his first F1 victory, and he became the only F1 driver to have won a race without having stood atop the podium.<ref name="Top_Gear">Template:Cite magazine</ref> He collected the winner's trophy at the next race at Imola.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Fisichella's only other points finish of 2003 was to be a seventh place at Indianapolis.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Sauber (2004)

Fisichella driving for Sauber at the 2004 US GP.

Unhappy with the Jordan team's performance, Fisichella moved to Sauber in 2004 in the hope of greater results, and using the team as a way of gaining access to drive for the 2003 World Champions Ferrari, who supplied re-badged engines to the Sauber team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fisichella drove well all year, comfortably outpacing teammate Felipe Massa for much of the season (scoring 22 championship points vs Massa's 12).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Renault (2005–2007)

2005

Fisichella at the 2005 United States Grand Prix.

His strong performances prompted his former Benetton-Renault team boss Flavio Briatore to re-sign him for the 2005 season as partner to the young Spanish driver Fernando Alonso.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A win at the season opening race at Melbourne signalled the Formula One breakthrough that commentators had been predicting, but it proved to be something of a false dawn.<ref name="ABC">Template:Cite news</ref> A run of poor luck saw Fisichella fall behind his teammate in the championship standings, and at times the pair were achieving noticeably different lap times with the same equipment. It appeared that Fisichella simply did not have the pace to match Alonso.

The difference in pace between Fisichella and Alonso was noticeable, and while Alonso's metronomic consistency helped him win the championship, Fisichella's general bad luck was to cost him points finishes. He was overtaken and lost the lead on the final lap of the Japanese Grand Prix by McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, despite his race engineer urging him to avoid letting Räikkönen past, which earned him heavy criticism from the press. Nevertheless, his performances alongside Alonso throughout the season enabled Renault to win the World Constructors' Championship ahead of McLaren and Ferrari, the latter of which had won that title the previous six seasons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2006

Fisichella won the 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix for Renault.

2006 proved to be a similar season for Fisichella. Having won in Malaysia, putting in a strong performance to win from the pole position.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> However, he failed to maintain that pace for the upcoming races and even failed to reach the top ten in qualifying for two races. This form, in addition to a penalty in Monaco for allegedly impeding David Coulthard, meant Fisichella was again unable to challenge his teammate Alonso for the Drivers' Championship.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Some strong results in the second half of the 2006 season, including finishing ahead of Alonso at the US Grand Prix, enabled Fisichella to obtain his best results: Fourth in the World Drivers' Championship with 72 points, one win, and five podium finishes.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After finishing third in Japan, Fisichella dedicated the result to his best friend, Tonino Visciani, who died of a heart attack on the Thursday before the race.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nevertheless, he was able to get a sixth-place finish in Brazil to secure the Constructors' title for Renault.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2007

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Fisichella assumed the role of team leader at Renault for Template:F1.

In 2007, Fisichella became Renault's lead driver after the departure of Fernando Alonso. His teammate was the team's former test driver, the young Finn Heikki Kovalainen, who was replaced as test driver by Nelson Piquet Jr.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Renault did not demonstrate the same level of pace as in previous seasons, which had seen them win successive World Championships. It remains unclear whether the difference was due to the change of tyre supplier from Michelin to Bridgestone, the driving abilities of Fernando Alonso, or simply being outpaced in off-season development by the other top teams. Another possibility is that the team's wind tunnel was giving inaccurate data in late 2006 which affected the development of the 2007 car.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the early races, Fisichella obtained better results than rookie teammate Kovalainen, but in Canada and the United States, it was the Finn who claimed the higher finishes. Fisichella was disqualified from the Canadian Grand Prix, along with Ferrari's Felipe Massa, for exiting the pit lane while the traffic light was showing red, the purpose of which is to prevent cars rejoining the race ahead of the safety car. He later stated that he had been busy avoiding other cars in the pit lane and had simply not noticed the red light.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Renault team seemed to have made significant progress in terms of pace by the Spanish Grand Prix, but a series of fuel rig problems meant that neither driver was able to capitalise on this apparent increase in performance.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Fisichella crashed into the Super Aguri of Anthony Davidson in Hungary which broke his rear suspension and forced him to retire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Force India (2008–2009)

2008

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Fisichella driving for Force India at the 2008 French Grand Prix.

With Renault signing Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. Fisichella was announced as the number one driver alongside Adrian Sutil for the Force India F1 team for the Template:F1 season (This was the third stint for Fisichella at the former Jordan team) on 10 January 2008.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the 2008 Monaco Grand Prix, he became the 9th driver to join the '200' club for drivers to have competed in at least 200 Grands Prix.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Fisichella finished the season pointless, as did the Force India team. However, there were a few moments when he found himself in the points position, such as the Brazil, where an early change to soft compound tyres and his wet-weather ability saw him climb as high as fifth.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 17 October, Force India announced they would keep Fisichella for the 2009 season.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2009

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Fisichella driving for Force India at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix.

With the new Force India VJM02 powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine, Fisichella qualified 18th (promoted to 15th after both Toyotas and Lewis Hamilton were demoted) on the grid for the 2009 curtain-opener at Australia. He finished 11th in the race itself.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Malaysia, he qualified 18th, and was classified in the same position, having spun off in the torrential rain that stopped the race on lap 33.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On 29 August, making the most of some very effective technical upgrades from Force India, Fisichella recorded the team's first pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He went on to score Force India's first points and earn them their first podium in Formula One with a strong second-place finish behind Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

During that weekend, there were rumours that Fisichella might replace fellow Italian Luca Badoer (who was himself replacing the injured Felipe Massa) and become a Ferrari driver, something that he admitted he always wanted to do.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 3 September 2009, an official press statement confirmed Fisichella would be released from Force India to drive for Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix, his home race.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Ferrari (2009)

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Fisichella driving for Ferrari at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix.

Fisichella signed a contract as Ferrari's driver for the remainder of the 2009 season and reserve driver for 2010 on 3 September 2009.<ref name="Autosport_Ferrarireserve">Template:Cite news</ref> However, he had not ruled out continuing to race for another team in 2010, saying "if there is a good option to find another seat in another team it would be good".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Beginning with the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, he replaced the injured Felipe Massa for the remainder of the 2009 season.

Fisichella remained Ferrari's reserve driver for Template:F1 but had been keen to keep racing for a different team. He admitted that Sauber was a strong option and was strongly linked to the team,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> however his hopes of driving for Sauber in 2010 were ended when Pedro de la Rosa was confirmed as the team's second driver.<ref name="delarosa">Template:Cite news</ref> He was also linked to a possible return to Force India but the team confirmed former teammate Adrian Sutil and fellow Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi. As a result, he remained one of Ferrari's test drivers for Template:F1 along with fellow Italian Luca Badoer, Spaniard Marc Gené, Frenchman Jules Bianchi and Italian MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi.<ref name="Autosport_Ferrarireserve"/>

At the end of 2010, Fisichella along with Luca Badoer and Marc Gené was replaced by Jules Bianchi as Ferrari test driver ahead of the 2011 season.<ref name="departure">Template:Cite news</ref> However he remains a part of the Italian team and attended their annual 'Wroom' media event at Madonna di Campiglio in January 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Helmet

Fisichella's helmet was white with a yellow stripe running above the visor and dropping to a "v" at the back of the head, and a green stripe below the visor that came to a peak on the back of the head, intersecting the yellow stripe and forming an X on each side of the back of the head, with blue squares replacing the points of intersection; on top there was a blue droplet shape with the point facing backwards to meet the apex of the green line. In 2004, silver and chrome flames were incorporated in the design by Fisichella's then painter, Carsten Meurer of MRC Design. In 2007, Barney Stinton, part of Fisichella's management team incorporated the Italian colours into the design and the helmet was realised by Jens Munser of JMD, a design he uses to this day. Whilst at Renault it featured a light blue ring. Once at Ferrari, his helmet turned black and grey.

In 2004, whilst racing for Sauber, Fisichella became the first driver in Formula 1 to have his HANS device painted in his colours, Massa followed soon after and then the rest of the grid had theirs painted.

After Formula One

Sports car racing

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The Ferrari 458 Fisichella drove for AF Corse in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans

Fisichella made his sports car racing debut in 2010 by driving for AF Corse in a Ferrari F430 in the Le Mans Series as well as briefly in the American Le Mans Series as part of the Ferrari deal he signed in mid-2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 2011, Fisichella, Gianmaria Bruni and their team AF Corse won both drivers' and teams' championships in the LMGTE Pro class of the Le Mans Series, by finishing second at Le Mans and won the 1000 km of Spa and helped AF Corse win the team's championship in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

In 2012, Fisichella was again with AF Corse and took part in the 2012 World Endurance Championship He won the season opener and came second in Spa.

In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Fisichella and the AF Corse Team scored first place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni; their Ferrari 458 Italia covered a total of 335 laps (2,845.53 miles), of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Fisichella had the honor of driving the last stage of the competition. After a difficult 2013 Fisichella moved to the TUSCC Series in America to race for Risi Competizione but returned to AF Corse and teammates Bruni and Vilander for the 2014 edition the Le Mans 24hrs. After a hard-fought race, they emerged victorious covering 339 laps, 4 more than their 2012 win tally. Fisichella then returned to America and won at Road America and Virginia International Raceway, he was then placed 8th in the GT Le Mans standings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Open-wheel racing

In 2022, Fisichella competed in one round and 3 races at the Adelaide 500 in the S5000 category. "I am thrilled to be coming back to Australia to race S5000 – at last," he stated. "My Formula 1 career started literally a few weeks after the last F1 race in Adelaide. I have never driven on the circuit, which is now a slightly shorter version of the GP track. I expect the S5000 car will be fast there, and I'm thrilled to be driving with Team BRM, which has a great record in racing in Australia."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Other ventures

Outside of driving, he has backed his own GP2 team, FMS International.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team name Races Wins Poles Points Position
1992 Italian Formula 3 Championship Jolly Club 8 1 0 11 8th
1993 Italian Formula 3 Championship Jolly Club 12 2 0 36 3rd
Grand Prix de Monaco F3 1 0 1 N/A 2nd
Macau Grand Prix RC Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A NC
1994 Italian Formula 3 Championship RC Motorsport 20 11 11 309 1st
British Formula 3 Championship 1 0 0 10 16th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 1 N/A NC
Grand Prix de Monaco F3 1 1 1 N/A 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 N/A 9th
1995 International Touring Car Championship Alfa Corse 2 10 0 0 37 10th
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 12 0 0 30 15th
Formula One Minardi Scuderia Italia Test driver
1996 Formula One Team Minardi 8 0 0 0 19th
International Touring Car Championship TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse 24 0 0 139 6th
1997 Formula One Benson & Hedges Jordan Peugeot 17 0 0 20 8th
Belgian Procar Championship Team Peugeot Belgium 1 1 0 20 12th
1998 Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 16 0 1 16 9th
1999 Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 16 0 0 13 9th
2000 Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Playlife 17 0 0 18 6th
2001 Formula One Mild Seven Benetton Renault 17 0 0 8 11th
2002 Formula One DHL Jordan Honda 17 0 0 7 11th
2003 Formula One B&H Jordan Ford 16 1 0 12 12th
2004 Formula One Sauber Petronas 18 0 0 22 11th
2005 Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 19 1 1 58 5th
2006 Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team 18 1 1 72 4th
2007 Formula One ING Renault F1 Team 17 0 0 21 8th
2008 Formula One Force India F1 Team 18 0 0 0 19th
2009 Formula One Force India F1 Team 12 0 1 8 15th
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 5 0 0 0
2010 Le Mans Series – GT2 AF Corse 5 0 1 62 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 1 0 0 N/A 4th
American Le Mans Series – GT Risi Competizione 3 0 0 21 26th
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Reserve/Test driver
2011 Le Mans Series – GTE Pro AF Corse 5 2 1 60 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro 1 0 0 N/A 2nd
American Le Mans Series – GT 2 1 0 0 NC
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Pro AF Corse 8 4 1 161 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro 1 1 0 N/A 1st
International Superstars Series Swiss Team 2 0 0 5 34th
Campionato Italiano Superstars 29th
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Reserve/Test driver
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Pro AF Corse 8 2 0 135 2nd
24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro 1 0 0 N/A 6th
2014 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro AF Corse 1 1 1 N/A 1st
United SportsCar Championship – GTLM Risi Competizione 11 2 1 258 13th
2015 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro AF Corse 1 0 0 N/A 3rd
United SportsCar Championship – GTLM Risi Competizione 10 0 0 293 4th
2016 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro Risi Competizione 1 0 0 N/A 2nd
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTLM 11 1 0 305 5th
2017 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Pro Risi Competizione 1 0 0 N/A NC
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTLM 7 0 0 199 9th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro Kaspersky Motorsport 5 0 1 32 7th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 1 0 NC
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Am Spirit of Race 1 0 0 N/A 2nd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro Am 961 Corse 1 0 0 8 23rd
Italian GT Championship – GT3 Scuderia Baldini 27 12 4 2 143 4th
Australian GT Championship Maranello Motorsport 4 0 0 87 34th
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Am Spirit of Race 8 0 0 99 4th
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Am Spirit of Race 1 0 0 N/A 13th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro Am Tempesta Racing 1 0 0 25 15th
Italian GT Championship – GT3 Pro Scuderia Baldini 27 3 0 0 0 NC
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Am AF Corse 8 0 0 71 12th
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Am AF Corse 1 0 0 N/A 13th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro Am Sky – Tempesta Racing 1 0 0 39 8th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Pro Am 2 2 1 34 6th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 31st
2021 Asian Le Mans Series – GT AF Corse 4 0 0 1.5 16th
FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Am 6 0 0 71 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Am 1 0 0 N/A 12th
Italian GT Championship – GT3 Pro Scuderia Baldini 27
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship – GTE Am Iron Lynx 6 0 0 25 19th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans – GTE Am 1 0 0 N/A 13th
Italian GT Championship – GT3 Scuderia Baldini 27
S5000 Tasman Series Team BRM 3 0 0 52 12th
2023 Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Scuderia Baldini 4 4 3 55 1st
2024 Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Scuderia Baldini 4 2 3 79 1st
2025 GT World Challenge Asia LM corsa 4 0 0 6* 24th*

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Template:Tooltip Pts
1995 Alfa Corse 2 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC
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AVU
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NOR
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NOR
2

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DIE
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DIE
2

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NÜR
1

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NÜR
2

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ALE
1

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ALE
2

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HOC
1

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HOC
1

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Complete International Touring Car Championship

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 Template:Tooltip Pts
1995 Alfa Corse 2 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti MUG
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HEL
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DON
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EST
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EST
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MAG
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MAG
2

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1996 TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC
1

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HOC
2

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NÜR
1

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NÜR
2

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EST
1

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EST
2

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HEL
1

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HEL
2

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NOR
1

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NOR
2

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DIE
1

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DIE
2

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SIL
1

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SIL
2

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NÜR
1

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NÜR
2

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MAG
1

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MAG
2

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MUG
1

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MUG
2

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HOC
1

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HOC
2

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INT
1

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INT
2

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SUZ
1

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SUZ
2

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6th 139
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Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

(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
Template:F1 Team Minardi Minardi M195B Ford EDM2 3.0 V8
Ford EDM3 3.0 V8
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GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN NC 0
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Jordan Peugeot
Jordan 197 Peugeot A14 3.0 V10 AUS
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MON
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CAN
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FRA
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GER
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AUT
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Template:F1 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B198 Playlife GC37-01 3.0 V10 AUS
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ARG
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SMR
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ESP
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MON
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CAN
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FRA
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GBR
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AUT
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GER
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HUN
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BEL
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ITA
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9th 16
Template:F1 Mild Seven Benetton Playlife Benetton B199 Playlife FB01 3.0 V10 AUS
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Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 323 16th 4th
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314 13th 2nd
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335 17th 1st
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Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Pro
311 21st 6th
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339 13th 1st
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330 25th 3rd
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340 20th 2nd
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72 DNF DNF
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335 26th 2nd
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327 43rd 12th
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Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
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330 39th 13th
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Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
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329 39th 11th
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336 46th 13th
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24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Result Team Car Class
2014 DNF Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTLM
2015 DNF Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTLM
2016 6 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM
2017 3 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM

12 Hours of Sebring results

Year Result Team Car Class
2011 5 AF Corse Ferrari F430 GT2 GT / GTE-PRO
2012 DSQ AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GT / GTE-PRO
2014 DNF Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTLM
2015 2 Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTLM
2016 4 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM
2017 3 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM

10 Hours / 1000 miles of Petit Le Mans results

Year Result Team Car Class
2010 7 Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2
2011 1 AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GT / GTE-PRO
2014 DNF Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTLM
2015 5 Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTLM
2016 1 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM
2017 3 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE GTLM

Complete International Superstars Series results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2012 Swiss Team Maserati Quattroporte MNZ
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2012 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5L V8 SEB
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2014 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
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2015 AF Corse LMGTE Pro Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
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2018–19 Spirit of Race LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SPA
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2019–20 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 488 GTE Evo Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 SIL
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Template:Tooltip Points Ref
2014 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
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2016 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
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2017 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
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Complete S5000 results

Year Series Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Position Points
2020 Australian Borland Racing Developments APC
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Complete Italian GT Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2024 Scuderia Baldini Ferrari 296 GT3 VAL
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Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

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2025 LM Corsa Ferrari 296 GT3 Pro-Am SEP
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Personal life

Fisichella is related to the Fisichella Family, forming part of the Sicilian nobility.<ref name=GF1>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=GF2>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=GF3>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=GF4>Template:Citation</ref><ref name=GF5>Template:Citation</ref>

Fisichella married Luna Castellani on 10 October 2009. They have three children: Carlotta, Christopher and Carolina.

He is a supporter of Italian Serie A side Roma, and captain of the official Nazionale Piloti association football team.

Fisichella has a cameo appearance in the 2019 film The Art of Racing in the Rain, playing a Scuderia Ferrari crew member in the closing scenes.

See also

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