Nationality  Italian |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| Active years | 1992 |
| Teams | Brabham |
| Races | 3 (0 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1992 South African Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Giovanna Amati (born July 20, 1962 in Rome) is a former professional race car driver from Italy. She is best known as the last female driver to have entered the Formula One World Championship.
Born to wealthy parents, Amati had a colourful childhood, including being kidnapped for ransom, and buying a Honda motorcycle when she was 15, managing to hide it from her parents for two years. She began racing professionally in 1981, winning several times over the next four years in Formula Abarth before moving up to Italian Formula Three in 1985-86, again scoring a few wins. By 1987 she had moved up to Formula 3000, but by 1992 had recorded a best result of only 7th place in six seasons in both Europe and Japan.
Amati landed the second seat at the dying Brabham Formula One team for the 1992 Grand Prix season. Although she was an aggressive racer, with her previously mediocre results in a 1991 GJ Motorsports Reynard 91D Cosworth Formula 3000 car in which she posted 7 starts with 3 DNQs for GJ team owners and brothers Graham and Jim Warren, then Brabham using a barely changed version of their 1991 car and Amati's only previous Formula One experience being a test in a Benetton (courtesy of her then-partner Flavio Briatore), it was perhaps unsurprising that in three starts she failed to qualify. Following the Brazilian Grand Prix, she was dropped in favour of Damon Hill as her financial backing had not materialised.
Since then, Amati went on to carve out a respectable career in sportscars, placing 3rd overall in the SportsRacing World Cup SR2 class championship in 1999. She has also moved into media, writing columns in Italy for motorsport publications and providing television commentary.
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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | BS Automotive | Lola T87/50 | Ford Cosworth | A | SIL |
VAL |
SPA |
PAU |
DON 16 |
PER DNQ |
BRH |
BIR |
IMO DNQ |
BUG |
JAR |
– | 0 |
| 1988 | Colt Racing | Lola T88/50 | Ford Cosworth | A | JER 10 |
VAL Ret |
PAU DNQ |
SIL DNQ |
MNZ 10 |
PER 12 |
BRH DNQ |
BIR DNQ |
BUG |
ZOL |
DIJ |
– | 0 |
| 1990 | Roni Motorsport | Reynard 90D | Ford Cosworth | A | DON Ret |
SIL DNQ |
PAU DNQ |
JER DNQ |
– | 0 | |||||||
| Lola T89/50 | MNZ DNQ |
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| Colin Bennett Racing | Reynard 90D | Mugen Honda | PER DNQ |
HOC 15 |
BRH DNQ |
BIR DNQ |
BUG DNQ |
NOG |
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| 1991 | GJ Motorsports | Reynard 91D | Ford Cosworth | A | VAL DNQ |
PAU Ret |
JER DNQ |
MUG 14 |
PER Ret |
HOC 9 |
BRH 19 |
SPA DNQ |
BUG 7 |
NOG Ret |
– | 0 |
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Motor Racing Developments Ltd. | Brabham BT60B | Judd 3.5 L V10 | RSA DNQ |
MEX DNQ |
BRA DNQ |
ESP |
SMR |
MON |
CAN |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
POR |
JPN |
AUS |
NC | 0 |
   | Giovanna Amati Biography at F1 Rejects - Giovanna Amati - Career Summary |
| | Giovanna Amati - Giovanna Amati - ChicaneF1.com |
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