Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams.
He is one of only 12 drivers who won the Triple Crown in endurance racing.Biography
Baldi started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup. By 1980 he had become a top Formula 3 driver, winning the Monaco F3 Grand Prix and the 1981 European Formula 3 Championship with eight victories. In 1982 he signed to drive for Arrows before moving to Alfa Romeo in 1983, scoring a fifth place in Zandvoort. When Benetton became Alfa Romeo's team sponsor in 1984, Baldi lost his drive, and joined the underfunded Spirit team until 1985.
After retiring from Formula One he went to enjoy a successful career in sports car racing, driving for the works Martini-Lancia team in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, he switched to a Porsche 956 from Richard Lloyd Racing's outfit, returning to a works drive in 1988 with the Sauber-Mercedes team, with whom Baldi won the 1990 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers, sharing the car with Jean-Louis Schlesser. In 1991 and 1992 he was a driver for Peugeot. He had a brief return to F1, doing most of the test driving for the Modena Lambo project.
Returning to sports cars, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 1994, sharing the "road-going" Dauer 962 Le Mans with Yannick Dalmas and Hurley Haywood. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, both in 1998 with Arie Luyendyk and Didier Theys.Racing record
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 |
| 1982 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A4 | Cosworth V8 | RSA
DNQ | BRA
10 | USW
DNQ | SMR | BEL
NC | MON
DNQ | DET
Ret | CAN
8 | NED
6 | GBR
9 | FRA
Ret | GER
Ret | AUT
6 | SUI
DNQ | | CPL
11 | 25th | 2 |
| 1982 | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A5 | Cosworth V8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ITA
12 | | 25th | 2 |
| 1983 | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 183T | Alfa Romeo V8 | BRA
Ret | USW
Ret | FRA
Ret | SMR
10 | MON
6 | BEL
Ret | DET
12 | CAN
10 | GBR
7 | GER
Ret | AUT
Ret | NED
5 | ITA
Ret | EUR
Ret | RSA
Ret | | 16th | 3 |
| 1984 | Spirit Racing | Spirit 101 | Hart Straight-4 | BRA
Ret | RSA
8 | BEL
Ret | SMR
8 | FRA
Ret | MON
DNQ | CAN | DET | DAL | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | EUR
8 | POR
15 | NC | 0 |
| 1985 | Spirit Enterprises Ltd. | Spirit 101D | Hart Straight-4 | BRA
Ret | POR
Ret | SMR
Ret | MON | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | BEL | EUR | RSA | AUS | NC | 0 |
