Luciano Burti

Luciano Pucci Burti (born 5 March 1975) is a Brazilian racing driver who briefly raced in Formula One. He is now a commentator for TV Globo.

Luciano Burti
Born (1975-03-05) 5 March 1975
São Paulo, Brazil
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Brazilian
Active years20002001
TeamsJaguar, Prost
Entries15 (14 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2000 Austrian Grand Prix
Last entry2001 Belgian Grand Prix

Early career

Burti's early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and he found himself in British Formula 3 driving for the crack Stewart Racing team. In his second season of F3 in 1999 he finished runner-up to Marc Hynes, but it was third-placed Jenson Button who would go on to achieve stardom in Formula One. Burti impressed when testing the Stewart F1 car that season and became Jaguar's tester for 2000, mainly down to the lobbying of Jackie Stewart, the outgoing team-boss.

Formula One career

2000–2001

A surprise Grand Prix début came on 16 July 2000 at the Austrian Grand Prix, when he was called up at short notice as a replacement for the ill Eddie Irvine. Having tested consistently well for Jaguar in the 2000 Formula One season and with a race start already under his belt, he was promoted to the race team alongside Irvine in 2001, replacing the retiring Johnny Herbert. However, he fell out of favour after just four races, and was replaced by ex-Arrows driver Pedro de la Rosa.

Burti found a seat immediately at Prost, where the underperforming Gastón Mazzacane had been sacked. Burti raced competently for Prost and recorded his highest finish - eighth place - at the Canadian Grand Prix; he also occasionally qualified ahead of his highly experienced teammate Jean Alesi. However, his most notable moment in the first half of the season was an accident at the German Grand Prix - unable to avoid the slowing Ferrari of Michael Schumacher, whose gearbox had failed seconds after the race start, Burti struck the back of Schumacher's car, launching his Prost into a destructive cartwheel over the Arrows of Enrique Bernoldi. None of the three drivers were injured and all took the restarted race, from which Burti spun out on the 23rd lap.

Crash at 2001 Belgian Grand Prix

Two races later he had a more serious crash at the Belgian Grand Prix when his car touched with Eddie Irvine as he attempted to overtake the Northern Irishman. The front wing became lodged under Burti's front wheels, allowing him no braking or steering into the 190 mph Blanchimont corner; the impact with the tire barrier was so great that segments of the barrier were thrown into the air, landing on Burti's cockpit and knocking him unconscious. Irvine, after suffering a sizeable impact himself, subsequently helped the marshals in their attempt to extract Burti from his car.[1] The crash forced him to sit out the rest of the season with facial bruising and a concussion. His seat was taken by Czech rookie Tomáš Enge.

2002–2004

Burti subsequently signed to test for the Ferrari team, but that came to an end at the end of his contract in 2004. Over the course of his Formula One career, he scored no championship points. He has since returned to Brazil, where he competes in Stock Car Brasil and commentates on Formula One races for TV Globo.

Racing results

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
2000 Jaguar Racing Jaguar R1 Cosworth CR2 V10 AUS BRA SMR GBR ESP EUR MON CAN FRA AUT
11
GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN MAL 23rd 0
2001 Jaguar Racing Jaguar R2 Cosworth CR3 V10 AUS
8
MAL
10
BRA
Ret
SMR
11
20th 0
Prost Grand Prix Prost AP04 Acer V10 ESP
11
AUT
11
MON
Ret
CAN
8
EUR
12
FRA
10
GBR
Ret
GER
Ret
HUN
Ret
BEL
DNS
ITA USA JPN

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2005 Eurofarma RC Chevrolet Astra INT
3
CTB
Ret
RIO
7
INT
6
CTB
Ret
LON
6
BSB
Ret
SCZ
Ret
TAR
Ret
ARG
3
RIO
8
INT
6
5th 79
2006 Petrobras-Action Power Volkswagen Bora INT
Ret
CTB
17
CGD
19
INT
20
LON
14
CTB
17
SCZ
24
BSB
23
TAR
Ret
ARG
3
RIO
DSQ
INT
23
25th 18
2007 Cimed-Action Power Volkswagen Bora INT
14
CTB
7
CGD
9
INT
Ret
LON
Ret
SCZ
2
CTB
21
BSB
24
ARG
27
TAR
9
RIO
Ret
INT
Ret
17th 45
2008 Sky-Action Power Peugeot 307 INT
Ret
BSB
11
CTB
15
SCZ
DSQ
CGD
6
INT
Ret
RIO
2
LON
29
CTB
21
BSB
15
TAR
7
INT
8
12th 52
2009 Boettger Competições Chevrolet Vectra INT
Ret
CTB
15
BSB
8
SCZ
11
INT
2
SAL
4
RIO
13
CGD
8
CTB
8
BSB
7
TAR
1
INT
7
5th 257
2010 Itaipava Racing Team Peugeot 307 INT
Ret
CTB
Ret
VEL
7
RIO
Ret
RBP
Ret
SAL
21
INT
14
CGD
7
LON
7
SCZ
5
BSB
Ret
CTB
Ret
18th 41
2011 Itaipava Racing Team Peugeot 408 CTB
5
INT
12
RBP
Ret
VEL
Ret
CGD
1
RIO
20
INT
Ret
SAL
4
SCZ
10
LON
7
BSB
13
VEL
16
9th 226
2012 Itaipava Racing Team Peugeot 408 INT
14
CTB
7
VEL
Ret
RBP
8
LON
2
RIO
Ret
SAL
3
CGD
24
TAR
13
CUR
16
BRA
5
INT
15
11th 117
2013 Boettger Competições Peugeot 408 INT
8
CUR
23
TAR
12
SAL
8
BRA
DSQ
CAS
15
RBP
Ret
CAS
6
VEL
11
CUR
Ret
BRA
Ret
INT
7
12th 94
2014 Vogel Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic INT
1
16
SCZ
1

Ret
SCZ
2

DNS
BRA
1

3
BRA
2

18
GOI
1

8
GOI
2

4
GOI
1

29
CAS
1

22
CAS
2

13
CUR
1

26
CUR
2

17
VEL
1

Ret
VEL
2

Ret
SCZ
1

Ret
SCZ
2

DNS
TAR
1

8
TAR
2

Ret
SAL
1

5
SAL
2

3
CUR
1

DSQ
19th 85
2015 RZ Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic GOI
1

16
RBP
1

19
RBP
2

5
VEL
1

NC
VEL
2

13
CUR
1

12
CUR
2

16
SCZ
1

NC
SCZ
2

11
CUR
1

20
CUR
2

13
GOI
1

Ret
CAS
1

16
CAS
2

8
MOU
1

20
MOU
2

10
CUR
1

4
CUR
2

21
TAR
1

12
TAR
2

15
INT
1
11
19th 93
2016 RZ Motorsport Chevrolet Sonic CUR
1

30
33rd 11
Chevrolet Cruze VEL
1

13
VEL
2

20
GOI
1
GOI
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
TAR
1
TAR
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
INT
1
LON
1
LON
2
CUR
1
CUR
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
CRI
1
CRI
2
INT
1
2018 Full Time Bassani Chevrolet Cruze INT
1
Ret
CUR
1
CUR
2
VEL
1
VEL
2
LON
1
LON
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
GOI
1
MOU
1
MOU
2
CAS
1
CAS
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
TAR
1
TAR
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
INT
1
NC† 0†

As Burti was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

Sources

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Gabriel Ponce de León
Patricio Di Palma
Winner of the 200 km de Buenos Aires
2005
(with Diego Aventín)
Succeeded by
Matías Rossi
Alain Menu
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