Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella (Born on January 14, 1973 in Rome, Italy), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Renault, Sauber, Jordan, Benetton and Minardi. He currently drives for the Force India Team. Fisichella has won three races in his career to date, the first of which was at the chaotic 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix, a race abandoned for safety reasons with 15 laps remaining. After much confusion regarding rules and technicalities (which lasted for several days) Fisichella was eventually declared the winner in the following week, and collected his trophy in an unorthodox ceremony at the following race.

He was brought in to the Renault team to replace fellow Italian Jarno Trulli, and won his first race with the team in Australia in 2005. However, after that race it was his team-mate, the Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, that would win the greater share of races for Renault. Although highly rated as a driver, Fisichella was unable to keep pace with eventual champion Alonso, managing just one further race win since his debut. Outside of driving, he runs his own GP2 team, FMS International. Fisichella has two children, Carlotta and Christopher, from his girlfriend Luna Castellani (a former Italian showgirl).

Formula One World Championship career:

2008 team		Force India
2008 car #		21
2009 team		Force India
2009 car #		21
Races			214 (212 starts)
Championships		0
Wins			3
Podiums			18
Career points		267
Pole positions		3
Fastest laps		2
First race		1996 Australian Grand Prix
First win		2003 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last win		2006 Malaysian Grand Prix
Last race		2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
2008 position		19th (0 pts)