Gianfranco Brancatelli

Gianfranco Brancatelli (born 18 January 1950 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy) is a retired racing driver from Italy. He drove in Formula One in the late 70's, and after leaving it, became one of the most celebrated touring car drivers in the planet, winning the 1985 European Touring Car Championship.

Formula One

1976: Boro

Brancatelli's Formula One bow came in 1976 with the tiny Boro team, based in the Netherlands. Despite their size, they opted to go for hell or glory and attempted to race the entire season. Despite a fairly season bouncing in and out of qualifying, Brancatelli was able to bag a respectable eighth place at the Soviet Grand Prix - although not a points score - this allowed the Dutch outfit to finish above the likes of Penske, Tyrrell and Hesketh in the constructors championship.

1977: March

Buoyed by his success in 1976, Brancatelli swapped seats with fellow Italian Vittorio Brambilla and joined the March Engineering squad - with Brambilla opting to join the Boro team. Although the March was superior to the Boro that had came before, it was still way down on most of the midfield. In the early stages of the season, Brancatelli matched his best result of 1976 with a eighth place finish at Long Beach. Brancatelli raced nearly the whole season for March, his only absence being the Japanese Grand Prix, where he was replaced by Kunimitsu Takahashi.

1978: Arrows

Brancatelli made a move again ahead of 1978, this time joining up with F1 newcomers Arrows in their first World Championship season alongside Finnish rookie Keke Rosberg.

Complete Career Results

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points	WDC
1976	HB Bewaking Alarmsystemen	Boro 001	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 15	RSA DNQ	USW DNPQ	ESP DNQ	BEL DNPQ	MON 13	SOV 8	FRA Ret	GBR DNQ	GER 12	AUT DNQ	NED 15	ITA Ret	CAN DNQ	USA 15	JPN 15		0	—
1977	March Engineering	March 771	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	RSA Ret	USW 8	ESP 14	BEL Ret	MON 14	FRA 9	TUS 12	SOV Ret	GBR Ret	NED DNQ	GER 12	AUT DNQ	ITA DNQ	CAN 18	USA Ret	JPN	0	—
1978	Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A1	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	RSA DNPQ	USW Ret	ESP 14	BEL 14	MON	SUI DNQ	MUG 14	GBR DNPQ	FRA	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA		0	—

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Team	Car	Class																						WDC	Pts	Class	Pts
1988	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C																						44th	5	14th	78
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				BAT DNQ	BAT DNQ	FUJ 29	FUJ 28	GLN 19	GLN 23	NOR DNQ	NOR DNQ	KYA 14	KYA Ret	HOC DNQ	HOC DNQ	CHA 19	CHA 25	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	SPA Ret	SPA 25	NUR 22
1989	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C																						74th	2	20th	46
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 17	FUJ 24	GLN DNQ	GLN DNQ	KYA 23	KYA 31	PAU DNQ	PAU DNQ	BRN Ret	BRN 29†	MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	SPA DNQ	SPA DNQ	NUR DNQ	NUR DNQ	BAT DNQ