🇮🇹 Renzo Zorzi

Renzo Zorzi was an established professional racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1975 and 1977, driving for Shadow across five of his seven Grand Prix starts. He began his career in Formula Three while working with Pirelli before progressing to single-seater racing at the highest level. After his time in Formula 1, he returned to sports car racing and later worked with Pirelli running a driving school.[1]

Zorzi made seven Formula 1 starts across three seasons, finishing 16th in the championship standings in 1977, the year of his most extensive campaign with five rounds raced. He competed in a field that ranged from amateurs and semi-professionals to graded professionals, and finished behind established names including Carlos Reutemann, an elite professional who appeared in 146 Formula 1 races, and Jody Scheckter, who won the 1979 Formula 1 championship. He did register finishes ahead of Carlos Pace, an established professional with 72 Formula 1 starts, and Reutemann on single occasions. Shadow, his primary team, fielded 17 drivers across its history and recorded one race win in the index, with Riccardo Patrese among its stronger competitors.[2]