Teo Fabi

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Teo Fabi
Nationality  Italian
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1982, 1984 - 1987
Teams	Benetton, Brabham, Toleman
Races	71 (64 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	2
Career points	23
Pole positions	3
Fastest laps	2
First race	1982 South African Grand Prix
Last race	1987 Australian Grand Prix

Teodorico Fabi, better known as Teo Fabi (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian former racing driver.

Contents 1 Career 2 Race results 2.1 Formula One 2.2 Indianapolis 500

[edit] Career

Born in Milan, Fabi participated in 71 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 23, 1982. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 23 championship points. He took 3 pole positions, but never led a racing lap. He was also runner-up in the 1983 IndyCar championship; during that year, he became the second driver to qualify for the pole position of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race as a rookie, going on to lead the opening 23 laps before eventually retiring with a broken fuel valve O-ring on lap 44.

He is the elder brother of Corrado Fabi, also a racing driver; Corrado shared the 1984 Brabham drive with him: since Teo was already committed to a programme in CART racing, Corrado stood in for the races which clashed with his CART commitments.

Teo also had a successful sports car racing career, culminating in winning the 1991 World Sportscar Championship for TWR Jaguar.

[edit] Race results

[edit] Formula One

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts.
1982	Candy Toleman Motorsport	Toleman TG181C	Hart Straight-4 (t/c)	RSA DNQ	BRA DNQ	USW DNQ	SMR NC	BEL Ret	MON DNPQ	USE	CAN	NED DNQ	GBR Ret	FRA Ret	GER DNQ	AUT Ret	SUI Ret	ITA Ret	LVS DNQ	-	0
1984	MRD International	Brabham BT53	BMW Straight-4 (t/c)	BRA Ret	RSA Ret	BEL Ret	SMR Ret	FRA 9	MON	CAN	USE 3	USA	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT 4	NED 5	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	POR	12th	9
1985	Toleman Group Motorsport	Toleman TG185	Hart Straight-4 (t/c)	BRA	POR	SMR	MON Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA 14	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED Ret	ITA 12	BEL Ret	EUR Ret	RSA Ret	AUS Ret	-	0
1986	Benetton Formula	Benetton B186	BMW Straight-4 (t/c)	BRA 10	ESP 5	SMR Ret	MON Ret	BEL 7	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	POR 8	MEX Ret	AUS 10	15th	2
1987	Benetton Formula	Benetton B187	Ford V6 (t/c)	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	BEL Ret	MON 8	USA Ret	FRA 5	GBR 6	GER Ret	HUN Ret	AUT 3	ITA 7	POR 4	ESP Ret	MEX 5	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	9th	12

[edit] Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish
1983	March	Cosworth	1st	26th
1984	March	Cosworth	14th	24th
1988	March	Porsche	17th	28th
1989	March	Porsche	13th	30th
1990	March	Porsche	23rd	18th
1993	Lola	Chevrolet	17th	9th
1994	Reynard	Ilmor	24th	7th
1995	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth	15th	8th

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean-Louis Schlesser and Mauro Baldi	World Sportscar Championship Champion 1991	Succeeded by Derek Warwick and Yannick Dalmas
Preceded by Bobby Rahal	CART Rookie of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Roberto Guerrero