Fisi with Gascoyne

By Karl King
May 16 2008

With Rubens Barrichello becoming the most experienced F1 racer ever in Turkey last weekend, it is easy to forget that another veteran of the sport will soon hit a milestone. In Monaco next weekend Giancarlo Fisichella will start his 200th Grand Prix - only the ninth person in the history of the sport to acheive this feat.

Classifying Monaco as his 200th start doesn't include the infamous Indy 2005 race where the Michelin runners pulled off before the start, nor France 2002 where Fisi crashed in practice and didn't qualify.

He'll be wearing a new set of Alpinestars overalls and a special '200' helmet by Arai in the Principality.

Giancarlo, whose first race came with Minardi 12 years ago, is still as motivated as ever: "I don't think I've changed much, but I hope I am a better driver than when I started. I've learned quite a lot, how to manage the race, how to manage the qualifying session, and to put more attention on testing and talking with the engineers and mechanics.

"I still feel young, I still feel happy to work in F1, to be an F1 driver. The only problem is travelling around the world all the time! But apart from that, I still enjoy F1. I wouldn't still be here if I didn't."

Fisi hits 200 starts in Monaco

Discussion started by Force India (IP Logged), 16/05/2008 14:26

Force India
16/05/2008 14:26

Fisi hits 200 starts in Monaco

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weirdlife
16/05/2008 15:33

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This is an interesting article on Fisi ..just shows what kinda history and experience he brings to FI... reading this actually brought a smile on my face cuz this was when i started to follow and watch f1..early days for me...

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Kinger
16/05/2008 16:45

Yeah that article published on the F1 site was written by the Force India Press guys so well done to them it is a good article - very informative.

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Alianora La Canta
17/05/2008 12:18

That was a really good summary of Giancarlo's career. Reminds me of how lucky Force India is to have him on the team. Thank you, FIF1 PR office

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gordons
20/05/2008 12:59

Fisi is an asset. without him the team would not move an inch forward. He is being payed to move this team forward.

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Kristien
23/05/2008 09:36

hes been great, always done well in dificult cars, its just a shame it did not work for him at renault. a difficult first season with renault when he had a load of failures and then alonso had grown into a world class driver by the second season

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maccaf1
23/05/2008 10:16

I always thought Fisi did a great job at Renault. Obviously he was supposed to play second fiddle to Alonso and he did that beautifully. In fact I think he contributed immensely to FA winning two championships. Obviously very much a team man.
In stark contrast to JPM. Had JPM played a similar role at macca, I think Kimi would have won the championship in 2005 and/or 2006.

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