Teo Fabi

Teo Fabi
Driver Information
Born	9 March 1955 (1955-03-09) Milan, Italy
Nationality	ITA
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Retired
World Titles	0
Races	71 (64 starts)
Poles	3
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Fastest Laps	2
Points	23
First Race	1982 South African Grand Prix
Last Race	1987 Australian Grand Prix

Teodorico "Teo" Fabi (TAY-oh FAH-bee; born 9 March 1955, Milan, MI, Lombardy, Italy) is an Italian former racing driver who drove in Formula One in the mid-1980s. Despite scoring three pole positions, he never lead a lap in F1. He is the older brother of Corrado Fabi.

Fabi made his F1 début in 1982 with the Toleman. Failing to score any points, he left for CART, scoring a rookie pole at the Indianapolis 500 and finishing a close second in the championship.

Despite starting a second Champ Car campaign, Fabi made his way back into F1 in 1984, with the Brabham. After scoring nine points (including a podium) and suffering a series of retirements, Fabi left racing to run the family mining business after the death of his father. He rejoined Toleman three races into 1985, and scored a surprise pole for the team at the German Grand Prix. However, a slipping clutch saw him fall to eighth, eventually retiring due to the clutch issues. Like his first season at Toleman, he failed to score any points.

Benetton, who had previously sponsored Toleman, took over ownership of the team, and retained Fabi, while bringing in Gerhard Berger. Fabi scored two more pole positions. At the Austrian Grand Prix, he lined up alongside, Berger beat him off the line; Fabi did manage to overtake Berger, but saw his engine fail seconds afterwards. At the Italian Grand Prix, Fabi suffered issues on the parade lap, and saw pole turn into the back of the grid. He eventually retired with a puncture. He ended the season with just two points.

Staying with the team into 1987, Fabi had his strongest season, scoring twelve points (including a second podium). However, Alessandro Nannini was signed for 1988 (to partner Thierry Boutsen, Berger's replacement), and Fabi took out his frustration of a lack of a 1988 driver on Boutsen, deliberately blocking his path despite being a lap down.

Forced out of Formula 1, Fabi returned to Champ Car, without a lot of success, and drove in Le Mans, scoring one runners-up place.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
1982	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman-Hart	0	NC	Report
1983	Did not compete
1984	MRD International	Brabham-BMW	9	12th	Report
1985	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman-Hart	0	NC	Report
1986	Benetton Formula Ltd.	Benetton-BMW	2	15th	Report
1987	Benetton Formula Ltd.	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	12	9th	Report

Career Statistics

Entries	71
Starts	64
Pole Positions	3
Front Row Starts	3
Race Wins	0
Podiums	2
Fastest Laps	2
Points	23
Laps Raced	2194
Distance Raced	10,374 km (6,446 mi)

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos
1982																	0	NC
	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC	Ret	DNPQ			DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ
1983	Did not compete
1984																	9	12th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th			3rd		Ret	Ret	4th	5th	Ret	Ret
1985																	0	NC
				Ret	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
1986																	2	15th
	10th	5th	Ret	Ret	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	10th
1987																	12	9th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	5th	6th	Ret	Ret	3rd	7th	4th	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

External links

• Wikipedia article
• STATS F1 profile

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