Biography
Giovanni Lavaggi was born in Augusta, Sicily, on 18 February 1958 and studied mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Milan. He began racing in 1984 and finished second in the Italian Formula Panda championship. After a handful of Italian Formula Three races he moved to Group C sportscars, driving for the Porsche Kremer Team. He won the Interserie title in 1993 and the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1995. In 1992 he had worked as a test driver for March.
He made his Formula One debut at the 1995 German Grand Prix with Pacific and retired from all four of his races that year. In 1996 he drove for Minardi, starting three of his six entries. His best result was tenth place in Hungary. After Formula One he raced in endurance championships, founded Scuderia Lavaggi ahead of the 2006 season, built the Lavaggi LS1 prototype and ran it in the Le Mans Series until 2009.
Source: Wikipedia, “Giovanni Lavaggi”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Teammate battle 1996
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