Renzo Zorzi is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Shadow. Zorzi has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,587 ranks Zorzi 645th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1977-05-08 | Jarama | DNF | −56 |
| 1977-04-03 | Long Beach | DNF | −73 |
| 1977-03-05 | Kyalami | DNF | −121 |
| 1977-01-23 | Autódromo José Carlos Pace | P6 | +99 |
| 1977-01-09 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | DNF | −118 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | ▸Formula 1 | Shadow | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P19 | −269 | 4,587 |
| 1976 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +50 | 4,856 |
| 1975 | ▸Formula 1 | Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +5 | 4,805 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Carlos Reutemann | 5,765 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇦🇹 Niki Lauda | 5,364 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇧🇷 Emerson Fittipaldi | 3,999 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Renzo Zorzi was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1975 and 1977, starting seven grands prix for Shadow and Williams. His record shows no wins or podiums, though he finished on average in ninth position when classified. His most notable result was outrunning Carlos Reutemann, a front-running professional driver, in a single race; he also beat Carlos Pace and Emerson Fittipaldi, a two-time world champion, once each. Against his most frequent rivals he was outpaced; Niki Lauda, a three-time champion, finished ahead of him in all three races they shared, and Reutemann and Fittipaldi each bested him twice across their head-to-head meetings.[1]
Zorzi's racing career was rooted in single-seater progression; he had competed in Formula 3 before moving to the grand prix grid. His Formula 1 tenure was brief and unproductive, yielding no championship points across his seven starts. His strongest period came at Shadow, which fielded him for five of those races. After leaving Formula 1 he raced in sports car competition before stepping away from active driving to work with Pirelli on driver development and instruction. Zorzi remained the sole Formula 1 driver to emerge from the province of Trentino in Italy.[2]