🇺🇸 Mauro Baldi

Mauro Baldi was an established professional driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1982 to 1985, primarily for Spirit, accumulating 36 starts. He later raced in endurance competition, taking nine starts in the 1997 FIA GT Championship with JB Racing in shared-driver sportscar racing. His recorded career spans 45 starts across both categories before his retirement.[1]

Baldi finished 15th in the 1985 Formula 1 championship standings in his final season of single-seater racing. Throughout his Formula 1 campaign he was a regular opponent of four-time champion Alain Prost, though he typically finished behind him; he proved closely matched against fellow professional Riccardo Patrese and occasionally got the better of both drivers. He competed for Alfa Romeo across 15 of his Formula 1 starts, a team that fielded drivers of varying capability but counted among its ranks Juan Fangio. His endurance racing career, undertaken in the years after his Formula 1 involvement, included competition against a mixed amateur and professional field in a single-class championship.[2]