Vitantonio Liuzzi

Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi (born 6 August 1981) is an Italian raceing driver. He was born in Locorotondo. He currently drives for the Hispania Formula One team. He has homes in Lugano, Switzerland and Pescara, Italy.

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2005–2007, 2009–2011
Teams	Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Force India, HRT
Races	81 (80 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	26
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	2005 San Marino Grand Prix
Last race	2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	GM Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2000 Germany		8	1	1	3	4	139	2nd
2002	German Formula Three	Opel Team BSR	18	0	2	0	3	25	9th
	French Formula Three		2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	Italian Formula Three		1	1	1	?	1	9	8th
	Masters of Formula Three		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	European Formula Three Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix	Team Kolles Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2003	International Formula 3000	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	10	0	1	0	2	39	4th
	World Series by Nissan	RC Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	2	25th
2004	International Formula 3000	Arden International	10	7	9	3	9	86	1st
2005	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	4	0	0	0	0	1	24th
2006	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	0	0	0	0	1	19th
2007	Formula One	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	0	0	0	0	3	18th
2008–09	Speedcar Series	UP Team	9	3	1	4	5	45	3rd
	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Italy	4	0	1	0	0	7	16th
2009	Formula One	Force India F1 Team	5	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2010	Formula One	Force India F1 Team	19	0	0	0	0	21	15th
2011	Formula One	HRT F1 Team	11	0	0	0	0	0*	20th*

^* Season in progress.
^† As Liuzzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2003	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	IMO 4	CAT Ret	A1R 4	MON Ret	NUR 2	MAG 4	SIL 3	HOC 4	HUN 9	MNZ 4	4th	39
2004	Arden International	IMO 1	CAT 1	MON 1	NUR 11	MAG 1	SIL 1	HOC 1	HUN 2	SPA 2	MNZ 1	1st	86

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	Italy	NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR 4	POR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 10	GBR SPR 9	16th	17

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2005	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB1	Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 L V10	AUS TD	MAL TD	BHR TD	SMR 8	ESP Ret	MON Ret	EUR 9	CAN	USA	FRA TD	GBR TD	GER TD	HUN TD	TUR TD	ITA TD	BEL TD	BRA TD	JPN TD	CHN TD		24th	1
2006	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR1	Cosworth TJ2006 3.0 L V10 14 Series	BHR 11	MAL 11	AUS Ret	SMR 14	EUR Ret	ESP 15	MON 10	GBR 13	CAN 13	USA 8	FRA 13	GER 10	HUN Ret	TUR Ret	ITA 14	CHN 10	JPN 14	BRA 16			19th	1
2007	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	AUS 14	MAL 17	BHR Ret	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	USA 17	FRA Ret	GBR 16	EUR Ret	HUN Ret	TUR 15	ITA 17	BEL 12	JPN 9	CHN 6	BRA 13				18th	3
2009	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM02	Mercedes FO 108W 2.4 L V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA Ret	SIN 14	JPN 14	BRA 11	ABU 15				22nd	0
2010	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM03	Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 L V8	BHR 9	AUS 7	MAL Ret	CHN Ret	ESP 15	MON 9	TUR 13	CAN 9	EUR 16	GBR 11	GER 16	HUN 13	BEL 10	ITA 12	SIN Ret	JPN Ret	KOR 6	BRA Ret	ABU Ret		15th	21
2011	Hispania Racing	Hispania F111	Cosworth CA2011 2.4 L V8	AUS DNQ	MAL Ret	CHN 22	TUR 22	ESP Ret	MON 16	CAN 13	EUR 13	GBR 18	GER Ret	HUN 20	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		20th*	0*

^* Season in progress.

Vitantonio Liuzzi Media

• Vitantonio Liuzzi 2003 F3000 Hungary.jpg

  Liuzzi driving for the Red Bull Junior Team at the Hungary round of the 2003 International Formula 3000 season

• Vitantonio Liuzzi 2005 Britain.jpg

  Liuzzi driving the third Red Bull Racing car during practice for the 2005 British Grand Prix

• Vitantonio Liuzzi 2006 Indianapolis 2.jpg

  Liuzzi driving the Toro Rosso STR1 during the 2006 United States Grand Prix

• Vitantonio Liuzzi 2007 Brazil free practice.jpg

  Liuzzi driving for STR at the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix

• Liuzzi driving for Force India at the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix

• Vitantonio Liuzzi 2010 Malaysia 2nd Free Practice.jpg

  Liuzzi driving for Force India at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

• Vitantonio Liuzzi 2011 Malaysia FP2.jpg

  Liuzzi driving for Hispania at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Other websites

• The official website for Vitantonio Liuzzi
• Vitantonio Liuzzi profile and statistics Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine