BIOGRAPHY

L A R I N I , Nicola (I)
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b 19/3/1964
Place of birth:      Camaiore
Height:              1,69 m
Weight:              58 kg
Marital status:      married to Barbara
Children:            1 son (Gabriele), 1 
                     daughter (Nicoletta)
Hobbies:             cinema, music
Sports:              golf, 
                     mountain-biking, 
                     skiing
Favourite singers:   Phil Collins, Joe 
                     Cocker, Elton John
Favourite drink:     mineral water
Favourite food:      fish
Start racing career: at the age of eight 
                     in karting
First racing car:    Formula Italia (1983)
First success:       Victory in Formula 
                     Fiat Abarth (1984)

Most memorable experience:
"In the 1989 Canadian GP, I ran as high as 
third place in the rain before the
electrics quit."

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SOURCE: Darren Galpin
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~py3dlg/motorsport/
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RACING CAREER:

L A R I N I , Nicola (I)
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1979 - 1980 - Moto-Cross
1981 - 1982 - Karting
1983 - Formula Italia
1984 - Formula Fiat Abarth, 2 wins, 3rd
1985 - Italian F3, 6th, 2 wins (Varano, 
       Monza)
1986 - Italian F3 Champion, 5 wins. 3rd in 
       European F3
1987 - F3000 (Forti), 4 races. 2 F1 races 
       (Coloni), DNQ=1
       Drove in World Touring Cars, Alfa
1988 - 16 F1 races (Osella), DNQ=5, 
       Exclusion=1 (failed scrutineering)
1989 - 16 races (Osella), DNQ=7. DSQ=1 
       (Started from wrong grid position)
       Exclusion=1 (missed weight check)
1990 - 16 races (Ligier), 0 points
1991 - 16 races (Modena). DNQ=10. DSQ=1 
       (Rear wing height infringement)
       5th in Italian Touring Cars (Alfa 
       Romeo)
1992 - F1 Ferrari test driver, 2 GPs 
       (JAP/AUS), 0 points
       Italian Touring Car Champion, Alfa
1993 - F1 Ferrari test driver. German 
       Touring Car Champion, Alfa, 11 wins.
       FIA Touring Car Challenge at Monza 
       (Alfa), 3rd & 2nd
1994 - 2 F1 races (Ferrari - replacing 
       injured Jean Alesi at Pacific       
       and Imola GPs). 6 points, 14th (2nd 
       at Imola).
       German Touring Car Championship, 
       3rd, 3 wins (Nurburgring, twice at
       Singen). 3rd in Donington ITR Cup
1995 - DTM (Alfa Romeo), 71 points, 6th. 
       (2nd R2 Diepholz, R1 Nuerburgring,
       3rd R1 Diepholz, R2 Nuerburgring, 
       R1 Singen). ITC (Alfa), 59 points,
       4th, 1 win (R2 Helsinki), (2nd R1 
       Mugello, 3rd R1 Estoril, 5th R2
       Mugello)

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SOURCE: Darren Galpin
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~py3dlg/motorsport/
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