Giovanni Lavaggi

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Giovanni Lavaggi

Nationality Italian

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1995 - 1996
Teams	Pacific, Minardi
Races	10 (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1995 German Grand Prix
Last race	1996 Japanese Grand Prix

Giovanni Lavaggi (born February 18, 1958 in Augusta, Sicily) is a racing driver from Italy. A nobleman by background, he raised the money to buy 10 Formula One Grand Prix drives, for Pacific and Minardi, debuting on July 30, 1995. He scored no championship points and was never close to the car's performance limits, being described as "desperately slow" by Jonathan Palmer, although he did well in his forays in sportscar racing - having been the 1993 Interserie champion and winner of the 1995 Daytona 24 Hours, as well as scoring two wins in the FIA Sportscar Championship. In 1995 he was the only driver not to finish any of the F1 races that they started. He was nicknamed "Johnny Carwash" (a liberal translation of his name from Italian to English, John Washing^[1]) by people in the paddock; US talk show host David Letterman helped bring the nickname to popular attention.

Prior to Formula One Lavaggi made 2 starts and failed to qualify for two additional races in CART for Euromotorsport and Leader Cards Racing.

Lavaggi is now owner of the GLV Brums sportscar racing team.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Team	WDC	Points
1995	Pacific	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	Pacific	N/A	0
1996	Minardi	AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	HUN 10	BEL DNQ	ITA Ret	POR 15	JPN DNQ		Minardi	N/A	0