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Clay Regazzoni
Regazzoni in 1971 at Zandvoort
Born
(1939-09-05)5 September 1939 Mendrisio, Switzerland
Died
15 December 2006(2006-12-15) (aged 67) Fontevivo, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Swiss
Active years
1970–1980
Teams
Ferrari, BRM, Ensign, Shadow, Williams
Entries
139 (132 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
5
Podiums
28
Career points
209 (212)[1]
Pole positions
5
Fastest laps
15
First entry
1970 Dutch Grand Prix
First win
1970 Italian Grand Prix
Last win
1979 British Grand Prix
Last entry
1980 United States Grand Prix West
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1970
Teams
Scuderia Ferrari
Best finish
DNF (1970)
Class wins
0
Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni (Italian pronunciation:[dʒaŋˈklaudjodʒuˈzɛppereɡatˈtsoːni]; 5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss racing driver. He competed in Formula One races from 1970 to 1980, winning five Grands Prix. His first win was the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in his debut season, driving for Ferrari. He remained with the Italian team until 1972. After a single season with BRM, Regazzoni returned to Ferrari for a further three years, 1974 to 1976. After finally leaving Ferrari at the end of 1976, Regazzoni joined the Ensign and Shadow teams, before moving to Williams in 1979, where he took the British team's first ever Grand Prix victory, the 1979 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
He was replaced by Carlos Reutemann at Williams for 1980 and moved back to Ensign. Following an accident at the 1980 United States Grand Prix West he was left paralyzed from the waist down, ending his career in Formula One. Regazzoni did not stop racing, however; he competed in the Paris-Dakar rally and Sebring 12 hours using a hand-controlled car during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1996, Regazzoni became a commentator for Italian TV.
He was known as a hard-charging racer; Jody Scheckter stated that if "he'd been a cowboy he'd have been the one in the black hat."[2] Regazzoni died in a car accident in Italy on 15 December 2006.
^Up until 1990, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
^Scheckter, Jody (December 1975). "Motorsport: Still in the land of the Hamburger". SA Motor. Cape Town, South Africa: Scott Publications: 46.
Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈklaudjo dʒuˈzɛppe reɡatˈtsoːni]; 5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss...
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ClayRegazzoni's Ferrari third and Fittipaldi recovering to fourth. Jarier's engine stopped with seven laps left and Pace took the lead. Regazzoni was...
a deal for Ford-Cosworth engines, just like the majority of teams. ClayRegazzoni moved from Shadow to Williams, while René Arnoux moved to Renault for...
race was won by Swiss driver ClayRegazzoni in his Ferrari 312T in a glorious day for Scuderia Ferrari. It was Regazzoni's third win, Ferrari's fifth win...
season). ClayRegazzoni in the second Ferrari took the lead at the start. Regazzoni, Lauda, Hunt and Shadow's Jean-Pierre Jarier battled. Regazzoni and Jarier...
promoting their successful sports car driver Ignazio Giunti and hiring ClayRegazzoni. The Swiss would also continue to drive in Formula Two and would go...
Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx failed to overhaul Rindt. Ickx's teammate ClayRegazzoni won the race, which saw 28 lead changes. 1971 was to see the third close...
Ferrari, with Canadian team-mate Gilles Villeneuve second and Swiss ClayRegazzoni third in a Williams-Ford. Scheckter claimed the Drivers' Championship...
driver Jacky Ickx after he started from third position. His teammate ClayRegazzoni finished second and McLaren driver Denny Hulme came in third. Ickx was...
unlucky Chris Amon left, while Jacky Ickx returned and was joined by ClayRegazzoni. Under the direction of Mauro Forghieri, Ferrari developed a new Tipo...
six-wheeled Tyrrell P34. Hans-Joachim Stuck was fourth in his March ahead of ClayRegazzoni, Jacques Laffite, Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, Jochen Mass, and Carlos...
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from Tecno. Tecno signed Matra's last driver, Chris Amon. BRM signed ClayRegazzoni and Niki Lauda, next to Jean-Pierre Beltoise. This was a golden trio...
debut. The car's performance at its debut race was disappointing, with ClayRegazzoni's car being set up incorrectly, and Niki Lauda's suffering from a lack...
second in a Ferrari, having started from pole position, with teammate ClayRegazzoni third. Until the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix,[failed verification] this was...
Drivers' Championship to 29 points by doing so. His Swiss teammate, ClayRegazzoni, finished the race in second position, 3.4 seconds behind Lauda. Third...
Ferrari signed Mario Andretti next to their 1970 drivers Jacky Ickx and ClayRegazzoni. March arrived with a brand new line-up of Ronnie Peterson, who previously...
position. Niki Lauda finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate ClayRegazzoni came in third. For the first time, Formula One's visit to the Buenos...
had suffered a difficult 1979 season with Lotus. Ex-Williams driver ClayRegazzoni rejoined Ensign Racing, having driven for them in 1977, after Marc Surer...
McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi after he started from pole position. ClayRegazzoni finished second for the Ferrari team and Lotus driver Jacky Ickx finished...
total race distance of 260 kilometres. The race was won by Swiss driver ClayRegazzoni in a Ferrari 312T by 42 seconds over team mate and championship points...
Argentinian racer Carlos Reutemann. Lauda's Ferrari teammate, Swiss driver ClayRegazzoni finished third. It was Lauda's third consecutive win of the season after...
team-mate ClayRegazzoni second and Jacques Laffite third in a Ligier-Ford. This was the second consecutive win for the Williams team, following Regazzoni's triumph...
too slow. The 1970 event saw Ickx win again with his Swiss teammate ClayRegazzoni making the result a Ferrari 1–2. But the Mont-Tremblant circuit was...
Argentina, was involved in a crash with Jochen Mass's McLaren and ClayRegazzoni's Ensign in Brazil, and suffered fuel systems problems in South Africa...
Williams started manufacturing its own cars the following year, and ClayRegazzoni won Williams's first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix. At the 1997...
Ferrari. It was Lauda's first of 25 Formula One victories. Swiss teammate ClayRegazzoni finished second, with Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi third in a McLaren-Ford...
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