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Italian racing driver (1940–2019) For the football player, see Giovanni Galli.

Nanni Galli
A man wearing a yellow helmet driving a red racecarGalli driving Alfa Romeo 33.3 at the Nürburgring in 1971
Born(1940-10-02)2 October 1940
Bologna, Italy
Died12 October 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 79)
Prato, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityItaly Italian
Active years1970 – 1973
TeamMcLaren, March, Tecno, Ferrari, Williams
Entries20 (17 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1970 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry1973 Monaco Grand Prix

Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto "Nanni" Galli (2 October 1940 – 12 October 2019) was an Italian saloon, sports-car and Formula One driver of the 1960s and 1970s.

Galli driving for Ferrari at the 1972 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand.

Born in Bologna, Galli started his career in endurance racing. He won the Circuit of Mugello race in 1968 and finished second in the Targa Florio (with Ignazio Giunti) the same year. In the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, Galli and Giunti finished 4th in an Alfa Romeo T33/2. The following year at Le Mans, he shared a drive with Robin Widdows and they finished 7th in a Matra. Galli's final appearance at Le Mans was in 1970, where he shared a Alfa Romeo T33/3 with Rolf Stommelen. They did not finish.

Galli driving for Tecno at the 1972 Italian Grand Prix.

Galli moved briefly into Formula One in 1970, debuting in the 1970 Italian Grand Prix with a McLaren-Alfa, and had a handful of drives over the next couple of years, finishing 3rd in the non-championship Grand Prix of the Italian Republic at Vallelunga in 1972 for the small Tecno team.

His one shot at the big time came that year when he drove for Ferrari in the 1972 French Grand Prix at Circuit Charade near Clermont-Ferrand. Galli qualified 20th and finished only 13th. After half a dozen outings in an uncompetitive car for Frank 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 in Prato at the age of 79.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Pts Class
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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Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points
1970 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7D Alfa Romeo V8 RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER AUT ITA
DNQ 		CAN USA MEX NC 0
1971 STP March March 711 Alfa Romeo V8 RSA ESP MON
DNQ 		NED
Ret 		GER
12 		AUT
12 		NC 0
Cosworth V8 FRA
DNS 		GBR
11 		ITA
Ret 		CAN
16 		USA
Ret
1972 Martini Racing Team Tecno PA123 Tecno
Flat-12 		ARG RSA ESP MON BEL
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER AUT
NC 		ITA
Ret 		CAN USA NC 0
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312B Ferrari
Flat-12 		FRA
13
1973 Frank Williams Racing Cars Iso-Marlboro FX3B Cosworth V8 ARG
Ret 		BRA
9 		RSA NC 0
Iso-Marlboro IR ESP
11 		BEL
Ret 		MON
Ret 		SWE FRA GBR NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA

References

  1. "E' morto Nanni Galli, imprenditore e pilota". lanazione.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

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