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{{Infobox Inactive Driver (Multiple Series)
 
{{Infobox Inactive Driver (Multiple Series)
 
| name          = Valentino Nicchi
 
| name          = Valentino Nicchi
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| birth date    = 30 October 1956
 
| birth date    = 30 October 1956
 
| birth place    = Vatican City
 
| birth place    = Vatican City
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| series 1      = [[RFactor Alternate Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] career
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| series 1      = [[Alternate Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] career
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| debut season  = [[1980 rFactor Alternate Formula One season|1980]]
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| debut season  = [[1987 Alternate Formula One season|1987]]
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| final season  = 1980
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| final season  = 1989
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| teams          = [[Restov Racing|Restov]]
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| teams          = [[Zakspeed|West Zakspeed Racing]]
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| races          = 1
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| races          = 48 (37 starts)
 
| championships  = 0
 
| championships  = 0
 
| wins          = 0
 
| wins          = 0
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| podiums        = 0
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| podiums        = 1
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| points        = 0
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| points        = 11
 
| poles          = 0
 
| poles          = 0
 
| fastest laps  = 0
 
| fastest laps  = 0
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| first race    = 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix
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| first race    = 1987 [[Australian Grand Prix]]
 
| first win  = N/A
 
| first win  = N/A
 
| final win  = N/A
 
| final win  = N/A
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| final race = 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix
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| final race = 1989 [[Mexican Grand Prix]]
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| best finish    = Ret
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| best finish    = 8th ([[1987 Alternate Formula One season|1987]])
 
| series 2      = [[Life GP Series|Life GP]] career
 
| series 2      = [[Life GP Series|Life GP]] career
 
| debut season2  = [[1991 Life Grand Prix Series season|1991]]
 
| debut season2  = [[1991 Life Grand Prix Series season|1991]]
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| final season2  = 1991
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| final season2  = [[1992 Life Grand Prix Series season|1992]]
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| teams2        = [[Nicchi Motori]]
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| teams2        = [[The Crusaders]]
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| races2        = 2
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| races2        = 10 (3 starts)
 
| championships2 = 0
 
| championships2 = 0
 
| wins2          = 0
 
| wins2          = 0
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| first win2    = N/A
 
| first win2    = N/A
 
| final win2    = N/A
 
| final win2    = N/A
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| final race2    = [[1991 Life Grand Prix of Brazil]]
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| final race2    = 1992 Life SuperPrix de Suisse
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| best finish2  = 7th
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| best finish2  = 48th (1991)
 
|}}
 
|}}
  
 
'''Valentino Nicchi''' (born October 30, 1956 in Vatican City) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He is well known for being Vatican City's first racing driver aswell as being one of the few people to have raced in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.
 
'''Valentino Nicchi''' (born October 30, 1956 in Vatican City) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He is well known for being Vatican City's first racing driver aswell as being one of the few people to have raced in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.
  
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==Automobile racing history==
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==Early Career==
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After the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Valentino decided to quit motorcycling to pursue an auto racing career. He made his 4-wheel racing debut in the 1979 Formula Two Championship, scoring 5 podiums and finishing his first season in 5th. He was probably best known that year for a huge crash at Hockenheim where he went into a barrel roll. His performances impressed enough that he was offered a test/reserve role at [[Restov Racing]] in Formula One for the 1980 season and he immediately signed.
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After the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Valentino decided to quit motorcycling to pursue an auto racing career. He made his 4-wheel racing debut in the 1979 Formula Two Championship, scoring 5 podiums and finishing his first season in 5th. He was probably best known that year for a huge crash at Hockenheim where he went into a barrel roll.  
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===Formula One===
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On his first F1 test at Silverstone, Valentino performed respectively, finishing the session just under 3 tenths slower than one of the regular drivers.
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==[[Formula One]]==
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Nicchi made his Formula One debut in [[1979_Alternate_Formula_One_season|1979]] at the [[British Grand Prix]], replacing [[René Arnoux]] at the [[Warsteiner Arrows North Star Racing Team]] for the remainder of the year. Nicchi scored his and the team's first F1 point a race later at the [[German Grand Prix]].
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By [[1987 Alternate Formula One season|1987]], Nicchi was driving for the [[Zakspeed|West Zakspeed Team]] alongside [[Stefan Johansson]]. Nicchi scored his only points finish in a attrition-hit [[Monaco Grand Prix]] with a shock third place.
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The [[1988 Alternate Formula One season|following season]], Nicchi was joined by [[Alessandro Nannini]]- having signed a two year deal with the German team. Nicchi scored a number of good points finishes which were enough for eighth place in the World Driver's Championship.  
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[[1990_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1989]] was set to be Nicchi's last in the series - having announced his retirement at the end of the year. Nicchi was the only constant in a team that was floundering at this point with the other seat being filled by five other drivers over the course of the season. Nicchi struggled with the car and only managed to make the finish on three occasions - failing to pre-qualify for a vast majority of the season.
  
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Nicchi made his debut on March 30, 1980 for the [[Restov Racing]] team at the Brazilian Grand Prix, driving car number 37 as a replacement for the banned Beppe Gabbiani. He qualified an impressive 16th on his debut, outqualifying his more experianced teammate Gianfranco Brancatelli, before retiring with brake failure.
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==Life GP==
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On October [[1991 Life Grand Prix Series season|1991]], Valentino bought a Life L190 to compete in the Life GP Series after watching the series on TV. His team was entered as a non-championship entry for the last round at Japan. Valentino lined up 29th his debut in Suzuka before crashing off at 130R. For the next race, a non-championship round at Brazil, Valentino's reserve driver for the upcoming season Marcus Kun was entered in a 2nd car. The race saw both cars running well in 11th and 13th before Kun retired with suspension problems and was then hit by [[Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler]] and Valentino. Valentino recovered to finish the race in 7th.
  
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Gabbiani was banned again after the Belgian Grand Prix for six races, he was fired from the team and Valentino was promoted to the second race seat with immediate effect.
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For '92 Nicchi immediately decided to pour almost all off the team's money into engine reliability. Because of this the car lacked qualifying pace and failed to make the grid for the first 9 races, fortunately the car finally made it for the Swiss SuperPrix as all cars could automatically qualify for the race on the big Le Mans grid, despite supposedly having the most reliable car, he retired.
  
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===Life GP===
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==IndyCar==
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On October [[1991 Life Grand Prix Series season|1991]], Valentino bought a Life L190 to compete in the Life GP Series after watching the series on TV. His team was entered as a non-championship entry for the last round at Japan. Valentino lined up 29th his debut in Suzuka before crashing off at 130R. For the next race, a non-championship at Brazil, Valentino's reserve driver for 1992 Marcus Kun was entered in a 2nd car. The race saw both cars running well in 11th and 13th before Kun retired with suspension problems as was hit by [[Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler]] and Valentino. Valentino recovered to finish the race in 7th.
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By now, Nicchi was bored of the LGPS, lacking motivation after failing to qualify for race after race. He decided to move to the IndyCar series with his own team using a Lola chassis. He qualified a fine 13th in Nazareth before crashing out on lap 65 in an accident with Michael Andretti. In Laguna Seca he started a brilliant 2nd but dropped to 8th by the end.
  
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==Nicchi Motori==
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==The Crusaders==
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'''Nicchi Motori''' is a motor racing team founded by Valentino.
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Valentino originally founded The Crusaders to allow him to compete in the [[Life GP Series]]. Since then it's expanded to many other motorsports. ''[[The Crusaders|Full Article]]''
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===[[Life GP Series|Life GP]]===
 
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For the team's [[1992 Life Grand Prix Series season|first full season]], Nauruan [[Marcus Kun]] was employed as the team's test/reserve driver. Valentino immediatly decided to pour almost all off the team's into engine reliability.
 
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===[[BTC Development Series]]===
 
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For 2004, an Alfa Romeo 147 was bought and the team employed former Production class BTCC driver Toni Ruokonen to drive it.
 
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===[[F1RNC|F1 Rejects Nations Cup]]===
 
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For 2015 the team represented European Microstates under the name '''NM Squadra Europea Micro'''.
 
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===[[Rejects of LFS]]===
 
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The team appeared in the non-championship [[2015 Aston 24 Hours|Aston 24 Hours]] fielding an FZ50 with [[Nikolai Nurmovitsch]], [[Jan van der Maeyede]] and [[Jasper Lerby]] at the wheel.
 
  
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==Racing record==
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=Complete racing results=
 
===Motorcycle Grand Prix Results===
 
===Motorcycle Grand Prix Results===
  
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! 15
 
! 15
 
! 16
 
! 16
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! 17
 
 
! WDC
 
! WDC
 
! Points
 
! Points
 
|-
 
|-
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! [[1980 rFactor Alternate Formula One season|1980]]
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! [[1987 Alternate Formula One season|1987]]
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! [[Restov Racing|Gazprom Restov Racing]]
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! [[Zakspeed|West Zakspeed Racing]]
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! Restov RS11
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! Zakspeed 871
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! Lada Turbo
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! Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t
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|[[1980 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| AUS<br /><small>11</small>
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|[[1980 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| SMR<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[1980 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| BEL<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
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|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| MON<br /><small>3</small>
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|[[1980 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| CAN<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| DET<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| FRA<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| GBR<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| GER<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 Irish Grand Prix|IRE]]
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| HUN<br /><small>8</small>
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|[[1980 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| YUG<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 German Grand Prix|GER]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| ITA<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| POR<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| EUR<br /><small>8†</small>
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|[[1980 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| JAP<br /><small>10</small>
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|[[1980 Japanese Grand Prix|JAP]]
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| MEX<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|[[1980 United States Grand Prix East|USE]]
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! 22nd
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! N/A
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! 4
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|-
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! [[1988 Alternate Formula One season|1988]]
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! [[Zakspeed|West Zakspeed Racing]]
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! Zakspeed 881
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! Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| BRA<br /><small>13</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| SMR<br /><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| MON<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| MEX<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| CAN<br /><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| DET<br /><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| FRA<br /><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| GBR<br /><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| GER<br /><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| HUN<br /><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| YUG<br /><small>10</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| SOV<br /><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| ITA<br /><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| BEL<br /><small>16</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| JPN<br /><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| AUS<br /><small>Ret</small>
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! 8th
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! 7
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|-
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! [[1989 Alternate Formula One season|1989]]
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! [[Zakspeed|West Zakspeed Racing]]
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! [[Zakspeed]] 891
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! [[Yamaha]] OX88 3.5 V8
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>15</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>15</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| [[French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| [[Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br /><small>14</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Soviet Grand Prix|SOV]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| [[Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>
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! 0
 
! 0
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===Complete WTCM Results===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"
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!Year
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!Team
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!Car
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!Class
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!colspan="23"|
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!valign="middle"| WDC
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!valign="middle"| Pts
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!align=center| Class
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!align=center| Pts
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|-
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!rowspan=3| [[1990_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1990]]
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!rowspan=3| Philips Car Systems Racing
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!rowspan=3| Nissan Skyline R32
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!rowspan=3| {{Class-A}}
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!colspan=2| {{JPN}}
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!colspan=2| {{USA}}
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!colspan=2| {{NGA}}
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!colspan=2| {{GBR}}
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!colspan=2| {{FRA}}
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!colspan=2| {{CZE}}
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!colspan=2| {{ITA}}
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!colspan=2| {{FRA}}
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!colspan=2| {{GBR}}
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!colspan=2| {{BEL}}
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!colspan=2| {{GER}}
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!align=center| {{AUS}}
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!rowspan=3| 62nd
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!rowspan=3| 4
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!rowspan=3| 33rd
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!rowspan=3| 7
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|-
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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!width=20px| S
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!width=20px| E
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|-
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|
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BIR<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|BIR<br /><small>9</small>
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"|BAT<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|-
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Complete Life GP Series Results===
 
===Complete Life GP Series Results===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
 
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! 17
 
! 18
 
! 18
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! 19
 
! NC
 
! NC
 
! DC
 
! DC
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! [[1991 Life Grand Prix Series season|1991]]
 
! [[1991 Life Grand Prix Series season|1991]]
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! Nicchi Motori
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! The Crusaders
 
| ESP
 
| ESP
 
| AND
 
| AND
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| USW
 
| USW
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| JPN<br /><small>Ret</small>
 
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| JPN<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|
 
|bgcolor="#cFCFFF"| [[1991 Life Grand Prix of Brazil|BRA]]<br /><small>7</small>
 
|bgcolor="#cFCFFF"| [[1991 Life Grand Prix of Brazil|BRA]]<br /><small>7</small>
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|'''NC'''
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|'''48th'''
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|'''0'''
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|-
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! [[1992 Life Grand Prix Series season|1992]]
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! The Crusaders
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| ARG<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| BRA<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| ESP<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| FRA<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| ITA<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| AUT<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| CZE<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| FIN<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"| GER<br /><small>DNQ</small>
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|bgcolor="#efcfff"| SUI<br /><small>Ret</small>
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| BEL
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| NED
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| ENG
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| GBR
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| CAN
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| USE
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| USW
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| JPN
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| AUS
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|
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|'''47th'''
 
|'''0'''
 
|'''0'''
 
|}
 
|}
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===American Open-Wheel racing results===
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====CART====
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
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! Year
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! Team
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! 1
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! 2
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! 3
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! 4
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! 5
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! 6
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! 7
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! 8
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! 9
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! 10
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! 11
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! 12
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! 13
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! 14
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! 15
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! 16
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! Rank
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! Points
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|-
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| 1992
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! [[The Crusaders]]
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| SRF
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| PHX
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| LBH
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| INDY
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| DET
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| POR
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| MIL
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| NHA
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| TOR
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| MCH
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| CLE
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| ROA
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| VAN
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| MDO
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| NAZ<br><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFEAFF"| LAG<br><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| '''25th'''
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| '''5'''
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|}
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[[Category:Drivers]]
 
[[Category:Drivers]]
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[[Category:Vatican Drivers]]
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[[Category:Formula One Drivers]]

Latest revision as of 07:34, 15 August 2021

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Valentino Nicchi
Nationality Flag of the Vatican City svg.png Vaticani
Born 30 October 1956
Vatican City
Formula One World Championship career
Debut Season 1987
Final Season 1989
Teams West Zakspeed Racing
Races 48 (37 starts)
Championships 0
Victories 0
Podiums 1
Points 11
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
First Race 1987 Australian Grand Prix
First Victory N/A
Final Victory N/A
Final Race 1989 Mexican Grand Prix
Best Finish 8th (1987)
Life GP career
Debut Season 1991
Final Season 1992
Teams The Crusaders
Races 10 (3 starts)
Championships 0
Victories 0
Podiums 0
Points 0
Pole Positions 0
Fastest Laps 0
First Race 1991 Life 日本グランプリ
First Victory N/A
Final Victory N/A
Final Race 1992 Life SuperPrix de Suisse
Best Finish 48th (1991)


Valentino Nicchi (born October 30, 1956 in Vatican City) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He is well known for being Vatican City's first racing driver aswell as being one of the few people to have raced in both motorcycle and Formula One Grand Prix.

Early Career

After the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, Valentino decided to quit motorcycling to pursue an auto racing career. He made his 4-wheel racing debut in the 1979 Formula Two Championship, scoring 5 podiums and finishing his first season in 5th. He was probably best known that year for a huge crash at Hockenheim where he went into a barrel roll.

Formula One

Nicchi made his Formula One debut in 1979 at the British Grand Prix, replacing René Arnoux at the Warsteiner Arrows North Star Racing Team for the remainder of the year. Nicchi scored his and the team's first F1 point a race later at the German Grand Prix.

By 1987, Nicchi was driving for the West Zakspeed Team alongside Stefan Johansson. Nicchi scored his only points finish in a attrition-hit Monaco Grand Prix with a shock third place.

The following season, Nicchi was joined by Alessandro Nannini- having signed a two year deal with the German team. Nicchi scored a number of good points finishes which were enough for eighth place in the World Driver's Championship.

1989 was set to be Nicchi's last in the series - having announced his retirement at the end of the year. Nicchi was the only constant in a team that was floundering at this point with the other seat being filled by five other drivers over the course of the season. Nicchi struggled with the car and only managed to make the finish on three occasions - failing to pre-qualify for a vast majority of the season.

Life GP

On October 1991, Valentino bought a Life L190 to compete in the Life GP Series after watching the series on TV. His team was entered as a non-championship entry for the last round at Japan. Valentino lined up 29th his debut in Suzuka before crashing off at 130R. For the next race, a non-championship round at Brazil, Valentino's reserve driver for the upcoming season Marcus Kun was entered in a 2nd car. The race saw both cars running well in 11th and 13th before Kun retired with suspension problems and was then hit by Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler and Valentino. Valentino recovered to finish the race in 7th.

For '92 Nicchi immediately decided to pour almost all off the team's money into engine reliability. Because of this the car lacked qualifying pace and failed to make the grid for the first 9 races, fortunately the car finally made it for the Swiss SuperPrix as all cars could automatically qualify for the race on the big Le Mans grid, despite supposedly having the most reliable car, he retired.

IndyCar

By now, Nicchi was bored of the LGPS, lacking motivation after failing to qualify for race after race. He decided to move to the IndyCar series with his own team using a Lola chassis. He qualified a fine 13th in Nazareth before crashing out on lap 65 in an accident with Michael Andretti. In Laguna Seca he started a brilliant 2nd but dropped to 8th by the end.

The Crusaders

Valentino originally founded The Crusaders to allow him to compete in the Life GP Series. Since then it's expanded to many other motorsports. Full Article

Complete racing results

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

Complete Formula One Results

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1987 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 871 Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t AUS
11 		SMR
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		MON
3 		CAN
Ret 		DET
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
8 		YUG
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		POR
Ret 		EUR
8† 		JAP
10 		MEX
Ret 		22nd 4
1988 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 881 Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t BRA
13 		SMR
8 		MON
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		CAN
9 		DET
9 		FRA
4 		GBR
8 		GER
9 		HUN
9 		YUG
10 		SOV
8 		ITA
4 		BEL
16 		JPN
6 		AUS
Ret 		8th 7
1989 West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 891 Yamaha OX88 3.5 V8 BRA
15 		SMR
Ret 		MON
15 		FRA
Ret 		USA
DNPQ 		CAN
DNPQ 		GBR
DNPQ 		GER
DNPQ 		HUN
14 		SOV
DNPQ 		POR
DNPQ 		ITA
DNPQ 		BEL
DNPQ 		JPN
DNPQ 		AUS
DNPQ 		MEX
DNPQ 		— 0

Complete WTCM Results

Year Team Car Class WDC Pts Class Pts
1990 Philips Car Systems Racing Nissan Skyline R32 A Flag of Japan svg.png Flag of the United States svg.png Flag of Nigeria svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Flag of France svg.png Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Flag of Belgium svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of Australia svg.png 62nd 4 33rd 7
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BIR
Ret 		BIR
9 		BAT
Ret

Complete Life GP Series Results

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NC DC Pts
1991 The Crusaders ESP AND FRA ITA AUT CZE GER SWE BEL SUI LUX EUR GBR ENG POR USE USW JPN
Ret 		BRA
7 		48th 0
1992 The Crusaders ARG
DNQ 		BRA
DNQ 		ESP
DNQ 		FRA
DNQ 		ITA
DNQ 		AUT
DNQ 		CZE
DNQ 		FIN
DNQ 		GER
DNQ 		SUI
Ret 		BEL NED ENG GBR CAN USE USW JPN AUS 47th 0

American Open-Wheel racing results

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
1992 The Crusaders SRF PHX LBH INDY DET POR MIL NHA TOR MCH CLE ROA VAN MDO NAZ
Ret 		LAG
8 		25th 5
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