Valentino Nicchi

Valentino Nicchi (born October 30, 1956 in Vatican City) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One test driver. He is well known for being Vatican City's first racing driver.

Racing record

Motorcycle Grand Prix Results

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	Machine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1976	250cc	Yamaha	TZ250	FRA -		NAT 2		IOM 2	NED 2	BEL 3	SWE 1	FIN 2	CZE 3	GER 7	ESP -		73	2nd	1
	350cc	Yamaha	TZ350	FRA 4	AUT -	NAT 10	YUG 3	IOM 9	NED -			FIN -	CZE 11	GER 4	ESP -		28	7th	0
	500cc	Yamaha	TZ500	FRA -	AUT WD	NAT -		IOM 4	NED -	BEL -	SWE -	FIN -	CZE -	GER -			8	26th	0
1977	250cc	Yamaha	TZ250	VEN -	GER -	NAT 8	ESP 1	FRA 8	YUG 2	NED 6	BEL 2	SWE 4	FIN -	CZE -	GBR -		58	4th	1
	350cc	Yamaha	TZ350	VEN -	GER 1	NAT 3	ESP 3	FRA 1	YUG 1	NED -		SWE 1	FIN 1	CZE -	GBR -		95	1st	5
1978	350cc	Yamaha	TZ350	VEN 1		AUT 3	FRA -	NAT 3	NED -		SWE 3	FIN 2	GBR -	GER 1	CZE -	YUG -	77	2nd	2
	500cc	Yamaha	TZ500	VEN -	ESP 3	AUT -	FRA -	NAT -	NED 4	BEL 6	SWE 3	FIN 2	GBR 9	GER 5			53	5th	0

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(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	Pos	Pts
1979	San Remo Racing	March/792	BMW	SIL 6	HOC 6	THR 5	NÜR 3	VAL Ret	MUG Ret	PAU 2	HOC Ret	ZAN 3	PER Ret	MIS 3	DON 2	5th	28