Mauro
Baldi

Mauro Baldi was born in Reggio Emilia on 31 January 1954. He started out in rallying in 1972 and moved to circuit racing in 1975, competing in the Italian Renault 5 Cup. He then progressed to Formula 3, winning the Monaco Formula 3 Grand Prix and, in 1981, the European Formula 3 Championship with eight victories.

Baldi raced in Formula One from 1982 to 1985. He drove for Arrows in 1982, Alfa Romeo in 1983 and Spirit in the following two seasons. He was entered for 41 Grands Prix and started 36 of them. In 1983 he finished fifth at Zandvoort and ended that season 16th in the world championship. He did not win a race, take a podium or claim a pole position.

In endurance racing, Baldi raced a Porsche 956 run by Richard Lloyd Racing in 1986. From 1988 he drove for Sauber-Mercedes, and in 1990 he won the World Sportscar Championship with Jean-Louis Schlesser. He drove for Peugeot in 1991 and 1992. In 1994 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Dauer 962 Le Mans, a modified Porsche 962, sharing it with Yannick Dalmas and Hurley Haywood. In 1998 he won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Arie Luyendyk and Didier Theys, and he also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 and 2002. His Sebring victory completed the informal Triple Crown of endurance racing in 1998.

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