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Bruno Giacomelli ((:ˈbruno dʒakoˈmɛlli); born 10 September 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. He won one of the two 1976 British Formula 3 Championships and the 1978 Formula Two championship. He participated in 82 Formula One grands prix, debuting on 11 September 1977. He achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 14 championship points. He was born at Poncarale, Brescia, Italy. ==Early career== Giacomelli began his career in Formula Italia, graduated to Formula Three in 1976 with a March and finished runner up in his first season, to Rupert Keegan, in the B.A.R.C Championship and won the B.R.D.C. title. He also led from start to finish in a March-Toyota in the 1976 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race. His average speed was 74.84 miles per hour.〔''Auto Racing'', Syracuse Herald Journal, May 30, 1976, Page 72.〕 Giacomelli moved into Formula Two in 1977 in close association with Robin Herd and the March factory.〔 He retired from the Formula Two Pau Grand Prix in May 1977, after his car made contact with one driven by Jacques Laffite. However he managed to score three F2 wins in 1977,〔 at Vallelunga, Mugello and Donington Park and finished fifth in the championship. He also made his Formula One World Championship debut in 1977 in a third works McLaren M23-Cosworth at the 1977 Italian Grand Prix at Monza retiring with an engine problem which caused him to spin off.〔 Giacomelli dominated the following F2 season, winning eight of the 12 races〔 on his way to the title and beating runner up Marc Surer by 29 points. Giacomelli retained his Formula Two points lead with a third place finish in the Mugello Grand Prix in May 1978. The race was won by Derek Daly in a Chevron Cars Ltd entry.〔''Auto Racing'', Syracuse Herald Journal, May 29, 1978, Page 21.〕 At the 1978 Grand Prix de Rouen, Giacomelli solidified his lead in the Formula Two Championship. He drove a March to victory after starting from pole position.〔''Sports Briefs'', Syracuse Herald Journal, June 19, 1978, Page 25.〕 Giacomelli became the first Italian to win the European Formula Two Championship.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruno Giacomelli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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