RACING DRIVER

Renzo Zorzi

1946 - 2015

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Renzo Zorzi (12 December 1946 – 15 May 2015) was a racing driver from Italy who participated in seven Formula One Grands Prix between 1975 and 1977, for the Williams and Shadow teams. He began in Formula Three while working with Pirelli before progressing to Formula One. He later raced in sports cars before returning to work with Pirelli, running a driving school. He is the only driver from the province of Trentino to have competed in Formula One. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Renzo Zorzi is the 143rd most popular racing driver (up from 173rd in 2024), the 2,401st most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,697th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Renzo Zorzi ranks 143 out of 1,080. Before him are Gunnar Nilsson, Guy Ligier, Giancarlo Fisichella, Mika Salo, John Watson, and Ove Andersson. After him are Ricardo Rodríguez, David Coulthard, Thierry Sabine, Ken Block, Jarno Trulli, and David Purley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Renzo Zorzi ranks 265. Before him are John Watson, William Thurston, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Terence McKenna, and Moritz Leuenberger. After him are Marián Čalfa, Frank Welker, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Andrzej Seweryn, Steve Kanaly, and Silvio Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 2015, Renzo Zorzi ranks 137. Before him are Aleksei Gubarev, Aruna Shanbaug case, Doris Hart, Kirk Kerkorian, Dick Nanninga, and Geoffrey Lewis. After him are Ignacio Zoco, Anne Meara, Wayne Dyer, Vicente Aranda, Carlo Furno, and Harald Nielsen.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Renzo Zorzi ranks 2,401 out of 5,161. Before him are Giacomo Quarenghi (1744), Giovanni Giocondo (1433), Carla Gravina (1941), Leonardo Donato (1536), Hermas (150), and Luigi Poggi (1917). After him are Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1591), Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat (1202), Mariano Rumor (1915), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), Francesco Pesellino (1422), and Umberto Lenzi (1931).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Renzo Zorzi ranks 24. Before him are Luigi Musso (1924), Andrea de Cesaris (1959), Riccardo Paletti (1958), Lucien Bianchi (1934), Ludovico Scarfiotti (1933), and Giancarlo Fisichella (1973). After him are Jarno Trulli (1974), Giancarlo Baghetti (1934), Sandro Munari (1940), Luigi Villoresi (1909), Alex Zanardi (1966), and Nino Vaccarella (1933).

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