Giovanni Lavaggi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Giovanni Lavaggi
Date Of Birth	Feb 18, 1958(1958-02-18)
Age	66
Birthplace	Augusta
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Giovanni Lavaggi Biography

Giovanni Lavaggi is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on February 18, 1958 in Augusta, United States. Giovanni Lavaggi (born 18 February 1958) is an Italian racing driver.

Despite Lavaggi being a nobleman by background, he couldn’t count on personal financial resources; therefore he started racing only at the age of 26. Nevertheless, he managed to reach the top class of motorsport, racing in Formula One in ‘95 and ‘96. First approach to F1 was in 1992 when, being a mechanical engineer, he was official test driver for March F1 team. In 1995, he drove for Lotus-Pacific only for 4 races in which he was forced to retire due to gearbox problems. In the second part of 1996 racing season, he joined Minardi Team for 6 races. His best result was a 10th place at Hungaroring, which was the second best result of the year for Minardi team. With the current point scoring system, that result could have earned him 1 point in the F1 world championship.

Giovanni Lavaggi Net Worth

Giovanni Lavaggi is one of the richest racing automobile driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Giovanni Lavaggi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lavaggi’s racing career started in 1984, inspired by Henry Morrogh who judged him the best student he ever had at his racing school. That year he was official driver of the constructor Ermolli in “Formula Panda” Italian championship where he classified second, winning more races than any other driver. Having not enough sponsors to afford a whole championship in Formula 3, he did just a few races in the F3 Italian championship before turning to “Groupe C” sports cars, in order to gain international experience. In this category, soon he became a driver of Porsche Kremer Team, obtaining great results: he was the 1993 Interserie Champion winning 6 races on a total of 12 and being other 4 times on the podium. He also won the 1995 iconic Daytona 24 Hours where he did most of the job, driving 9 hours in a team of 4 drivers. He scored as well two wins in the FIA Sportscar Championship, including the prestigious 1000Km of Monza, where he drove five hours on six; furthermore he was 5 more times on the podium and he took 2 pole positions. His first race in F1 was in 1995. He was a rookie, but, at the same time, being 35 years old, he was the oldest driver in the field; therefore, he had to fight against the scepticism of the F1 media. Nevertheless, even with no previous experience and no tests (his teams had not enough money to perform private tests) he was always close to the performance of his teammates. His last experience in F1 was the 1996 Bologna Motorshow. Racing with a Minardi against two Benetton (driven by Trulli and Fisichella), two Ligier (Panis and Nakano) and the other Minardi (Marques), he reached the second place, losing the final against Fisichella by a nose.

After F1 experience, Lavaggi founded his own team “Scuderia Lavaggi” and in 2006 he became a constructor designing and building his own Le Mans Prototype, the Lavaggi LS1. With his car, he raced in the Le Mans Series until 2009 and he scored a pole position at 2008 Vallelunga 6h. Lavaggi is the only example of a driver-constructor in the modern era of motorsport at high-level.

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Giulia Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Giovanni Lavaggi celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.