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	5 March 1975 São Paulo, Brazil
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Brazilian
Active years	2000–2001
Teams	Jaguar, Prost
Entries	15 (14 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2000 Austrian Grand Prix
Last entry	2001 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

1. https://streamable.com/6xum4

Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com

External links

• Luciano Burti official website