Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi (born 31 August 1942) is a former

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from

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, born in

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. He participated in four

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World Championship Grands Prix with a privately entered Tyrrell, debuting on 1 August 1976. He scored no championship points, but managed to finish every race that he started. Prior to his brief time in Formula One, Pesenti-Rossi was a regular race winner in

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, narrowly missing the 1975 title when the final race was abandoned due to rain as he was leading it. He lost the title to Luciano Pavesi by a single point. He also fielded a private March 742 in

Formula Two Formula Two (F2 or Formula 2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009– 2012 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The name ...

but with only moderate success, and it was to Formula Two that he returned in 1977.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Complete Formula One results

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References

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