 Galli driving Alfa Romeo 33.3 at the Nürburgring in 1971 | |
| Born | (1940-10-02)2 October 1940 Bologna, Italy |
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| Died | 12 October 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 79) Prato, Italy |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Active years | 1970 –1973 |
| Team | McLaren,March,Tecno,Ferrari,Williams |
| Entries | 20 (17 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1970 Italian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1973 Monaco Grand Prix |
Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto "Nanni"Galli (2 October 1940 – 12 October 2019) was an Italian saloon, sports-car andFormula One driver of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Born inBologna, Galli started his career inendurance racing. He won theCircuit of Mugello race in 1968 and finished second in theTarga Florio (withIgnazio Giunti) the same year. In the1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, Galli and Giunti finished 4th in anAlfa Romeo T33/2. The following year at Le Mans, he shared a drive withRobin Widdows and they finished 7th in aMatra. Galli's final appearance at Le Mans was in 1970, where he shared anAlfa Romeo T33/3 withRolf Stommelen. They did not finish.
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Galli moved briefly intoFormula One in 1970, debuting in the1970 Italian Grand Prix with aMcLaren-Alfa, and had a handful of drives over the next couple of years, finishing 3rd in the non-championshipGrand Prix of the Italian Republic atVallelunga in 1972 for the smallTecno team.
His one shot at the big time came that year when he drove forFerrari in the1972 French Grand Prix atCircuit Charade nearClermont-Ferrand. Galli qualified 20th and finished only 13th. After half a dozen outings in an uncompetitive car forFrank Williams the following year, Galli announced his retirement.
Galli participated in 20 World Championship Grands Prix in total, scoring no championship points.
In 2014 Galli participated in the Le Mans Classic in a Lola T290 finishing 21st. He had not entered a race since he drove in the 1974 World Endurance Championship with an Osella-Abarth.
Galli died on 12 October 2019 inPrato at the age of 79.[1]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts | Class |
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| 1967 | Autodelta S.p.A. | Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA | C | BRH | SNE Ret | SIL | SIL | MAL | SIL | SIL | BRH | OUL | BRH | NC | 0 | NC | ||
| 1970 | Autodelta S.p.A. | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm | C | BRH | SNE | THR | SIL | CRY | SIL | SIL 4 | CRO | BRH | OUL | BRH | BRH | 24th | 12 | 8th |
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
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| 1970 | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLarenM7D | Alfa RomeoV8 | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA DNQ | CAN | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | ||
| 1971 | STP March | March711 | Alfa RomeoV8 | RSA | ESP | MON DNQ | NED Ret | GER 12 | AUT 12 | NC | 0 | |||||||||
| CosworthV8 | FRA DNS | GBR 11 | ITA Ret | CAN 16 | USA Ret | |||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Martini Racing Team | TecnoPA123 | Tecno Flat-12 | ARG | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL Ret | GBR Ret | GER | AUT NC | ITA Ret | CAN | USA | NC | 0 | ||||
| Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari312B | Ferrari Flat-12 | FRA 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Iso-MarlboroFX3B | CosworthV8 | ARG Ret | BRA 9 | RSA | NC | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Iso-MarlboroIR | ESP 11 | BEL Ret | MON Ret | SWE | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA |