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Clay Regazzoni
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Swiss racecar driver
Key facts
- Born
- Gianclaudio Giuseppe Regazzoni , ( 1939-09-05 ) 5 September 1939, Mendrisio , Ticino , Switzerland
- Died
- 15 December 2006 (2006-12-15) (aged 67), Fontevivo , Emilia-Romagna , Italy
- Spouse
- Maria Pia ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Active years
- 1970 – 1980
- Teams
- Ferrari , BRM , Ensign , Shadow , Williams
- Entries
- 139 (132 starts)
- Career points
- 209 (212)
- 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
- Best finish
- DNF ( 1970 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giuseppe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Lugano
- Place of death
- Fontevivo
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Image
- Anefo 924-6609 Clay Reggazoni, Catherine Blaton, Jacky Ickx Zandvoort 18 06 1971 - Cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Clay Regazzoni
- cause of death
- car collision
- date of birth
- 1939-09-05
- date of death
- 2006-12-15
- Commons gallery
- Clay Regazzoni
- nickname
- Clay
- birth name
- Gianclaudio Giuseppe Regazzoni
- place of burial
- Porza
- number of wins
- 5
- points for
- 212
- pole positions
- 5
- podium finishes
- 28
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 140
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Encyclopedic overview
Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni ( Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈklaudjo dʒuˈzɛppe reɡatˈtsoːni]; 5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1970 to 1980. Regazzoni was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1974 with Ferrari, and won five Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
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 from 1974 (where he was the runner-up to Emerson Fittipaldi) 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clay Regazzoni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.