Violetta Cacciatori

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Violetta Cacciatori (born 25th of February 1956 in Bovensmilde, Netherlands) is a Dutch former motorcycle road racer who made occasional forays into four-wheeled racing.

Early Life

Violetta was the eldest of three children to a Javanese mother, Anindya, and an Italian father, Caio. Being both the child of immigrants and of mixed heritage in the pillared society of the Netherlands posed its fair share of difficulties, albeit by the standards of the time it was a lot smoother than in most corners of the world. Though she has always considered herself Dutch, she was kept firmly in touch with her heritage during her upbringing, and she speaks fluent Italian and Javanese in addition to Dutch and English. Growing up just a stone's throw away from the legendary TT Circuit Assen, her family always attended the Dutch TT each year, and she made it her lifelong dream to not only race in the TT, but to win it. When she was ten, her parents bought her a minimoto, which she fell off the first time she tried to ride it.

Racing Career

Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Career

Cacciatori made her Grand Prix debut at the 1971 Dutch TT in the 50cc category on a Jamathi, having lied about her age so she could enter despite being only 15 years old.

WSBK Career

After leaving the Renzo 500cc team and struggling to find a new 500cc ride, Cacciatori would decide to leave Grand Prix racing in favour of the new World Superbike Championship, hoping that the new environment would allow her to get her career back on track after the mostly-fruitless years with the disastrous Renzo.

Formula One Career

Cacciatori's first outing in Formula one machinery came in 1978 at her home Grand Prix in the Netherlands, in a joint entry with her Italian cousin, Ottavia, using four year-old Marches powered by Renzo DFVs. Neither took the entry particularly seriously and predictably both failed to pre-qualify, though they were still faster than the Dywas. Three races later, at the Italian Grand Prix, the two cousins once more entered, with similar results. However, Violetta had the relatively meaningless distinction of being the fastest Renzo-powered car during pre-qualifying.

Racing Record

Complete Formula 1 Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	WDC
1978	Scuderia Cacciatori	March 741	Renzo DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	MUG	GBR	SUI	NED DNPQ	GER	AUT	ITA DNPQ	CAN	USA	0	NC

Complete Superbike World Championship Results

Year	Team	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		Points	Pos
1988	Flor Bath	Honda	GBR1	GBR2	HUN1	HUN2	GER1	GER2	AUT1	AUT2	CAN1	CAN2	USA1	USA2	ITA1	ITA2	FRA1	FRA2	ESP1	ESP2	POR1	POR2	JAP1	JAP2	AUS1	AUS2	0*	NC*