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Teodorico Fabi (born 9 March 1955) is an Italian former racing driver. He competed in
Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
and
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, and claimed pole position in his rookie year at the 1983 Indianapolis 500. Teo is the older brother of former Formula One driver
Corrado Fabi Corrado Fabi (born 12 April 1961) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 18 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 March 1983, scoring no championship points. He was the 1982 European Formula Two Champion driving a March Engin ...
. At the
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, Fabi became the last active Formula One driver to race at the event until Fernando Alonso in 2017.


Early racing

Fabi was European Karting Champion in 1975 and followed that up with the
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title in 1977.


Open wheel racing


Formula car racing


European Formula Three

Fabi competed in European Formula Three in 1978 for
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in a
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-
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. He contested seven races for wins at
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,
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and Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi. He finished fourth in points with 45.


European Formula Two

Fabi then competed in European Formula Two in for March Racing in a March 792- BMW. His best finish was second at
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. He scored 13 points overall. Fabi returned to the series in for the ICI Roloil Racing Team in a March 802- BMW. He scored three wins, at the Jim Clark Rennen at Hockenheimring, the
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at
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and the Preis Baden-Württemberg at Hockenheimring. He qualified on pole at the Grote Prijs van België Formel 2 at
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and the Preis Baden-Württemberg at Hockenheimring, and set fastest lap in the latter on the way to a victory. Fabi ended the season third in points, with 38 points.


Formula One

Fabi moved to
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in
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, driving the No. 36
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TG181C- Hart 415T. The team had only qualified twice the previous year, and the season got off to a difficult start when the season-opening
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was disrupted by a drivers' strike. Under pressure from Toleman manager
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, Fabi was the only driver to break the strike ( Jochen Mass took no part from the start). His place was then jeopardised when Candy switched support to Tyrrell, but he saw out the season. The TG181C was uncompetitive and the team largely focused on lead driver
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. This resulted in Fabi only qualifying for six races out of a possible 14. He qualified for the
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, due to the
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which meant that only 14 cars attempted to qualify for the race. In the race Fabi finished seventh, eight laps down. Fabi qualified for the
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, starting and finishing twenty-first. He then failed to qualify at the
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before skipping both the
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and the
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. He failed to qualify at the
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and the
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. His best finish in the remaining races was twentieth at the Austrian Grand Prix, and he left Formula One at the end of the season. Fabi's Indy car season in 1983 rekindled Formula One teams' interest. With help from Italian dairy company Parmalat, which insisted on having an Italian driver in the team, he joined MRD International in 1984 to drive the No. 2 Brabham BT53-
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as the number two driver to reigning World Champion
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. He also continued to drive in the CART/PPG World Series for
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and missed three Grands Prix. In those races his younger brother,
Corrado Fabi Corrado Fabi (born 12 April 1961) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 18 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 March 1983, scoring no championship points. He was the 1982 European Formula Two Champion driving a March Engin ...
, drove in his place. The mixed approach led to disappointing results in both categories and mid-season saw Fabi decide to concentrate solely on Formula One. Prior to the change, Fabi's best finish was ninth at the 1984 French Grand Prix and his best start was a sixth at the
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. His performances improved, including a strong run at
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where he ran second behind Piquet in the first half of the race before retiring with engine failure, the major problem for Brabham during the year. Fabi scored points on three occasions, with a best finish of third at the
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and was twelfth in points with nine. Brabham dropped Fabi for 1985 and he initially struggled to find a team. His profile in Italy allowed him to rejoin
Toleman Toleman Motorsport was a Formula One constructor based in the UK. It was active between 1981 and 1985 and participated in 70 Grands Prix. Origins The Toleman company was formed in 1926 by Edward Toleman for the purpose of delivering Ford ...
(now heavily sponsored by the
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) when they belatedly joined the championship at the
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. Fabi drove the No. 19 Toleman Motorsports Group
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- Hart 415T. The season got off to a late start because Toleman had lost their supply of tyres when
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pulled out of F1 at the end of 1984. They could not access Goodyear tyres and Pirelli would not supply them as they had broken a contract with the Italian company in mid-1984 and gone with Michelin. Benetton bought both Toleman and the
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team and transferred Spirit's Pirelli contract to Toleman. The late start meant the TG185 was never truly reliable, but Fabi's speed lead to the marque's only pole position, at the
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, at the new
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. Fabi's race was ruined when a slipping clutch meant he was well down the order at the end of the first lap. The team failed to score any points and Fabi only finished twice (even these races were disrupted by mechanical problems). In 1980, World Champion Alan Jones, who also used a Hart engine in his
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, late in the season described it as "sending a boy to do a man's job" in F1 against the likes of
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,
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, BMW,
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and TAG-
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. Fabi's best finish was twelfth at the
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and he would again go unranked due to not scoring points. Fabi drove for
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in the No. 19 Benetton B186-BMW M12 after Toleman were fully taken over before the 1986 season to become Benetton, with powerful ( qualifying) engines, and talented young Austrian
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joining. The Benetton was fast but fragile with difficult Pirelli tyres and Fabi often qualified better than he raced. He managed pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix and the
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but his best finish was fifth at the
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. He gain a reputation for being most competitive on faster circuits and struggling on slower, more technical courses. Both pole positions were at the two fastest circuits on the 1986 calendar, the
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and the
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. He ended the season fifteenth in points. Fabi continued at Benetton Formula in 1987, driving the No. 19 B187-
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GBA V6 and was joined by
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. While the package was not as fast, it was more consistent, allowing him to score points on five occasions. The Ford V6 suffered from unreliability early in the season due to the use of higher turbo boost in an effort to keep up with the Honda-powered cars from Williams and Lotus and the TAG-engined
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s. When the boost was reduced from around mid-year, reliability returned but speed was sacrificed. Fabi had a best finish of third, at the Austrian Grand Prix, held at one of Fabi's favourite tracks, the
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. During the season Benetton signed young Italian charger
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, for the 1988 season to partner Boutsen. In Fabi's final Formula One race, at the
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, he took his frustration of not being able to find a drive for 1988 out on Boutsen, spending many laps deliberately blocking his teammate and not letting himself be lapped despite the blue flags and orders from the team to move over. When Boutsen confronted Fabi after the race, the Italian angrily told him to "come back and see me when you have a pole position". (Boutsen was third in this race, and ended his career following the
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with three wins and one pole position). Fabi ended the season ranked a career-best ninth. Fabi competed in 71 Formula One Grands Prix. He scored three pole positions, two fastest laps and two thirds in his career, scoring a total of 23 points.


Indy car racing


Champ Car World Series

Fabi joined the CART/PPG World Series in 1983 for
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in the No. 33 Skoal Bandit March 83C-
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. He made his Indy car debut at the Kraco Dixie 200 at Atlanta International Speedway, starting ninth and finishing twentieth after retiring after 41 laps due to suspension failure. At the
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Fabi qualified on pole with a track record speed of 207.395 mph for four laps, and a one-lap record of 208.049 mph. In the process he became the first rookie to qualify on the pole position since
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in 1950. He led 23 of the first 47 laps before retiring during his second pit stop due to a broken fuel filter. Fabi was credited with twenty-sixth place and won the
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. Fabi then qualified with pole position at the Dana Rex Mays Classic at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Park Speedway and finished fourth. He won the Domino's Pizza 500 at
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and then the Escort Radar Warnings 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He moved into second place in the championship behind veteran
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He then won the Cribari Wines 300K at
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and the championship was decided at the season-ending Miller High Life 150 at Phoenix International Raceway Fabi won pole position, led 138 of 150 laps and won the race to score 22 points. Unser finished fourth for 16 points and took the championship. Fabi won the series' rookie of the year award. In 1984 Fabi returned with Forsythe Racing in their No. 33 Skoal Bandit
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-Cosworth DFX. He qualified third at the
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and was second at the Dana Jimmy Bryan 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. He was eighteenth and nineteenth due to a crash at Long Beach and a blown engine at Phoenix. At the
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Fabi qualified fourteenth and retired in twenty-fourth place due to a fuel system failure after 104 laps and leading for 14 laps. His best finish was third at the Stroh's/G.I. Joe's 200 at
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. Following the Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix Fabi left Indy car racing to concentrate on the Formula One
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. Fabi ended his partial season twenty-fifth in points. Fabi returned to Indy car racing in
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with Porsche Motorsports in their No. 8
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-
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and Cosworth engines. Despite the setbacks Fabi managed a best finish of fourth at the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Pennsylvania International Raceway. Fabi's return to the
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was also a disappointment as he qualified seventeenth and finished thirtieth after losing a wheel after 30 laps. He ended the season ranked tenth with 44 points. In 1989 Fabi drove the No. 8 Quaker State March 89P-Porsche Indy V8. The engine and team began to compete regularly for wins with Fabi qualifying on pole at the Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200 at Portland International Raceway and the Red Roof Inns 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course where he led for 71 of 84 laps to get what would be his last Indy car victory. The engine also began to be competitive on the ovals, as highlighted by a second at the Marlboro 500 at
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and a third at the
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at Pocono International Raceway. At the
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Fabi qualified thirteenth and again finished thirtieth after retiring due to ignition problems after 23 laps. After his Mid-Ohio victory Fabi moved into third place in points. At the final two races of the season, the
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at Pennsylvania International Raceway and the Champion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca Raceway, Fabi retired due to handling issues at Nazareth and a crash at Laguna Seca. At the end of the season he was fourth with 141 points. Fabi returned with Porsche Motorsports in
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to drive their No. 4 Foster's-Quaker State March 90P-Porsche Indy V8. Prior to the start of the season Porsche was going to build an all carbon fibre chassis with their constructor, March Engineering. In January, Porsche's competitors voted against the use of the car and as a result Porsche had to use the year-old March 89P chassis. Fabi qualified seventh at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the but finished tenth. A new March 90P was used at the
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and Fabi started twenty-third and retired in eighteenth due to transmission problems after 162 laps. Fabi later qualified on pole position for the Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver.He led one lap but crashed after seven laps and finished twenty-seventh. Fabi achieved a best finish of third, at the Marlboro Grand Prix at the Meadowlands, at
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, and ended the season fourteenth in points. At the end of the season Porsche withdrew from Indy car racing so Fabi moved to the
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in
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and won the championship. In
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Fabi drove at the ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit at
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to substitute for
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who suffered injuries at the
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. He drove for
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in their No. 2 Texaco Havoline/ K Mart
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-Ford Cosworth XB. He qualified third and finished sixth. Fabi moved to Hall VDS Racing for 1993 in the No. 8
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-Ilmor- Chevrolet Indy V8 265C, achieving a best finish of fourth at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. After the race Fabi was third in points, 10 points out of the lead behind Nigel Mansell and Mario Andretti. At the
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Fabi started seventeenth and finished ninth. After Long Beach his best finish was sixth, at the Marlboro 500, at Michigan International Speedway. Fabi ended up eleventh with 64 points. For
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Fabi drove for the re-organized Hall Racing (VDS Racing withdrew from the team following 1993) in the No. 11
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-Ilmor Indy V8. During the season Fabi's best finishes were a trio of thirds, at the ITT Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit, the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway and the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America. Fabi qualified twenty-fourth for the
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and finished seventh, his best result in the race. He was ninth in points with 79. In
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Fabi returned with Forsythe Racing in the No. 33
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/ Indeck Reynard 95i-Ford Cosworth XB. He had a best finish of third, at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. At the
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Fabi started fifteenth and finished eighth. Fabi won pole at the
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at the
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, led for 27 laps but finished fourth, two laps down. At the New England 200 at
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Fabi qualified second and led for 42 laps, only to finish twelfth, four laps down. He also started second at the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway, and finished fourth. He ended the season ninth with 83 points. Fabi was unable to get a car to drive for 1996 as Forsythe Racing hired
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driver Greg Moore. He was to drive for
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in their No. 18
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-Ford Cosworth XD to replace
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, who was injured at the IndyCar Rio 400 at Autódromo de Jacarepaguá. He did compete in the
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and the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway. In both races he qualified nineteenth, and finished eighteenth at Long Beach. Blundell returned for the
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at Michigan International Speedway and Fabi was withdrawn from the car. Fabi scored no points for the first time in his career and finished thirty-sixth.


Sports car racing


Can-Am

Fabi competed in Can-Am in 1981 for Newman Freeman Racing in their No. 6
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March 817 The March 817 was a British sports prototype racing car, built by March Engineering in 1981 for the Can-Am series. As with all other full-size Can-Am cars of the time, it used a mid-mounted 5-litre, naturally-aspirated Chevrolet V8 engine. ...
-
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V8. He took four wins, at
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(twice), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and
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. He finish second in points with 456 points.


World Sportscar Championship

Fabi began competing in the
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in 1980 for Scuderia Lancia Corse in the No. 51 Lancia Beta Monte Carlo- Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4 for the Group 5 class at the
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with
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and
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. In the race, the car started twenty-sixth but retired after six laps with oil pump failure. He returned to the series in
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for
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in the No. 51
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LC1- Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4. Fabi would win the 1000km of Nürburgring at the
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with
Michele Alboreto Michele Alboreto (; 23 December 1956 – 25 April 2001) was an Italian racing driver. He was runner up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One World Championship, as well as winning the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2001 12 Hours of Sebring spo ...
and
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. Fabi also competed in the Group 6 class of the
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in the same car with Alboreto and
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. The car qualified fourth but finished thirty-fourth after retiring on their ninety-second lap due to engine failure. He ended the season ranked fourth with 66 points. In 1983 Fabi drove the No. 4
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Porsche 956 in the No. 4
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LC2- Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8. He won the 1000km of Imola at the
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with
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. The team eventually had involvement from
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and the car became a
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LC2- Lancia 268C 2.6L Turbo V8 and he drove this car in the
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with
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and
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in the C Class. The car started second but finished forty-sixth after retiring after 27 laps with gearbox failure. Fabi then drove the team's second car, No. 5 which started fourth and finished thirty-sixth after retiring after 121 laps due to fuel pressure problems. Fabi's win at Imola did not count towards the World Endurance Championship for Drivers and as a result he was unranked in the championship. After the
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proved to be a backward step he returned to the series in
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with
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/
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in the No. 34
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and
Jaguar XJR-14 The Jaguar XJR-14 is a sports-prototype racing car introduced for the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season. It was designed by Ross Brawn and John Piper, and was built and run by Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR), on behalf of Jaguar Cars. Design ...
. Fabi won the Castrol BRDC Empire Trophy at the Silverstone Circuit with
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. At the
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in the team's
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- Jaguar 7.4L V12 with
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and
Kenny Acheson Kenneth Henry Acheson (born 27 November 1957) is a British former racing driver from Northern Ireland who competed for RAM Racing in the 1983 and 1985 Formula One seasons. He completed only one of his three race starts, finishing in 12th positi ...
for the C2 class. In the race the car started twenty-seventh and finished third with 358 laps complete. Fabi went on to win the World Endurance Championship for Drivers with 86 points. Fabi competed in the
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for
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Team Tom's in the No. 8
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- Toyota RV10 3.5L V10 with
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and Andy Wallace in the C1 Class. They started fourth and finished eighth, with 331 laps completed, and fifth in class. Fabi ended the season twenty-seventh in points with eight points.


1993 24 Hours of Le Mans

The
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was held without a championship for points to go to after the collapse of the
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and as a result the race was run as a standalone event. Fabi drove for
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in their No. 1 Peugeot 905 Evo 1B- Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10 with
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and
Yannick Dalmas Yannick Dalmas (born 28 July 1961) is a former racing driver from France. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times (in 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1999), each with different teams. Prior to this, he participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting ...
in the C1 Class. They started and finished second overall, with 374 laps completed, and were also second in class.


Racing record


Career summary


Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


Complete Formula One results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results


CART World Series results

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Indianapolis 500


References


Sources


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