Renzo Zorzi

From WOI Encyclopedia Italia

Renzo Zorzi
Nationality	Italian
Years	1975 - 1977
Team(s)	Williams, Shadow
Races	7
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Points	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1975 Italian Grand Prix
First win
Last win
Last race	1977 Spanish Grand Prix

Renzo Zorzi (born December 12, 1946, near Turin) is a former racing driver from Italy who participated in 7 Formula One Grands Prix between 1975 and 1977.

Between odd races for Williams in Formula One, Zorzi raced in Formula 3. After his 1977 season with Shadow came to a premature end due to financial problems, he later raced in the Aurora AFX F1 series, driving an Arrows.

Zorzi was indirectly involved in a horrific accident during the 1977 South African Grand Prix, when he retired his car with an engine failure, which resulted in a small fire. Despite Zorzi dealing with the fire with his on-board extinguisher, two fire marshals ran across the track and one, Jansen Van Vuuren, was struck and killed by the car of Zorzi's team-mate Tom Pryce, who was also killed.

Zorzi now runs a Pirelli driving school in southern Italy.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1975	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Williams FW03	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA 14	USA				-	0
1976	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Williams FW04	Cosworth V8	BRA 9	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		-	0
1977	Shadow Racing Team	Shadow DN5	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	BRA 6																19th	1
		Shadow DN8				RSA Ret	USW Ret	ESP Ret	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN