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EMANUELE PIRRO (b. 1962)

5 times winner

Emanuele Pirro, born January 12, 1962 in Rome, Italy, started his racing career in karts at the age of 19. From 1989 to 1991, he was a Formula One driver and participated in 40 grands prix, first for Benetton and later for Scuderia Italia. He scored a total of 3 championship points. After leaving Formula One, Pirro became involved in touring car and sports car racing, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest, winning Le Mans three consecutive years (2000 to 2002) with Frank Biela and Tom Kristensen, and several races in the American Le Mans Series with Biela.

In 2006 Emanuele Pirro, Frank Biela and Marco Werner made history by becoming the first drivers to win the Le Mans 24-hour race in a diesel-powered car. Piro was driving the Audi R10 Diesel when it completed a record 380 laps of the La Sarthe circuit. This was followed by a fifth Le Mans win in the Audi R10 Diesel in 2007.

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