Giancarlo Fisichella

Nationality: Italian
Date of Birth: 14/01/1973
Team: Force India
World Championship Titles: 0
First Race: 1996 Australian Grand Prix
First Win: 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix
Car Number: 19
2008 Championship Position: 19th

Giancarlo Fisichella is an experienced Italian racing driver currently driving for the Force India Formula One team. Fisichella has raced for six Formula One teams during his career, and is also the owner of the GP2 racing team, FMS International.

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Giancarlo Fisichella’s professional racing career began in Italian Formula 3 racing in 1992. Fisichella spent three years racing in open cars, winning the 1994 Italian Formula 3 Championship. He then changed formats and spent a year driving in the International Touring Car Championship.

A Formula One debut followed in 1996 when Fisichella joined the Minardi team. The Italian was replaced before the season concluded and signed with Jordan for the 1997 season, where he went on to produce several good performances in an inferior car.

Since making his debut, Giancarlo Fisichella has met with mixed fortunes in Formula One racing. His greatest success came whilst racing for Renault in the 2004 and 2005 seasons, during which he won two Grand Prix and achieved a number of podium finishes, finishing in the top 5 of the championship on both occasions.

Following an unsuccessful season with Renault in 2007, Fisichella was replaced at Renault by Nelson Piquet Jr. Fisichella was subsequently signed by the new Force India team to guide them through their Formula One debut. Force India struggled in its first season in the sport, as Fisichella failed to make an impact on any race with his uncompetitive car. Fisichella eventually finished the season in 19th place after crashing out of almost a third of his races.

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Position Driver Pts
1Sebastian Vettel
(Red Bull-Renault)		392
2Jenson Button
(McLaren-Mercedes)		270
3Mark Webber
(Red Bull-Renault)		258
4Fernando Alonso
(Ferrari)		257
5Lewis Hamilton
(McLaren-Mercedes)		227
6Felipe Massa
(Ferrari)		118
7Nico Rosberg
(Mercedes GP)		89
8Michael Schumacher
(Mercedes GP)		76
9Adrian Sutil
(Force India-Mercedes)		42
10Vitaly Petrov
(Renault)		37
11Nick Heidfeld
(Renault)		34
12Kamui Kobayashi
(Sauber)		30
13Paul Di Resta
(Force India-Mercedes)		27
14Jaime Alguersuari
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		26
15Sebastien Buemi
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		15
16Sergio Perez
(Sauber)		14
17Rubens Barrichello
(Williams-Cosworth)		4
18Bruno Senna
(Renault)		2
19Pastor Maldonado
(Williams-Cosworth)		1
20Pedro de la Rosa
(Sauber)		0
21Jarno Trulli
(Lotus-Renault)		0
22Heikki Kovalainen
(Lotus-Renault)		0
23Vitantonio Liuzzi
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
24Jerome d'Ambrosio
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
25Timo Glock
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
26Daniel Ricciardo
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
27Narain Karthikeyan
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
28Karun Chandhok
(Lotus-Renault)		0
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