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According to AtlasF1, Enrico Toccacelo will become our news Friday-driver. Toccacelo finished the F3000-Chapionsship on place 2 behind Liuzzi last year.
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hope he brings some nice sponsorship :)
what is his nationality?
http://www.formulaone.free-online.co.uk/formula3000/drivers/etoccacelo/
@Biker: But my title was cooler :cool:
If you want to offend a German, you call him Kraut or Nazi. Do better next time.
;)
and what was Tacacelo doing earlier this year?
Kraut comes from "Sauerkraut", a food very typical of Germany-
No idea was taccacelo was doing this year, never heard of him.
TOCCACELO TAKES ON FRIDAY DRIVER ROLE
FAENZA, ITALY, August 11, 2005
The Minardi F1 Team is today pleased to announce that Enrico Toccacelo is to become the Faenza squad’s official Friday Test and Reserve Driver, commencing at next weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix. The Italian born and domiciled racer thus makes the final step to Formula One after a consistent rise through the lower motor racing formulae, his most impressive achievement to date being his second-place ranking in the final standings of the hard-fought 2004 FIA F3000 International Championship.
“This is a great opportunity for me, although it has all come together so quickly, I still can’t quite believe it,” comments Toccacelo. “This is, however, the moment that all young racing drivers are working towards, and I am determined to learn as much as I can as quickly as I can, while doing the best possible job for the team. Minardi has shown many times that it is an excellent place for a driver to start his Formula One career, and I intend to make the most of this opportunity.”
Minardi F1 Team Principal, Paul Stoddart, says, “We are very pleased to have Enrico join us as official Friday test driver. He has a strong track record in a number of formulae, and this will be an excellent way for him to begin to get to grips with Formula One. I’m equally sure he will soon be able to start providing useful data to the team’s technical staff. The Minardi Cosworth PS05 has already shown that it has considerable potential, and I’m sure the inclusion of Enrico in our driver line-up will help to accelerate the development process.”
ENRICO TOCCACELO – Personal Details
Date of birth: December 12, 1978
Born: Rome, Italy
Lives: Rome, Italy
Marital status: Single
Height: 1.83 m
Weight: 72 kg
Sports: Skiing, karting
Hobbies: Cinema, bowling, billiards
Favourite music: Italian, dance, rock
Favourite foods: Pasta, pizza, meat
Race Career
1988-1994 Karting, 35 wins, Italian regional champion
1995 CSAI Federal Driving School
1996 Italian F. Renault Campus Championship, Autosprint and Renault selection, classified 1st
1997 Italian F. Renault Campus Championship, 4th overall (1 win, 3 x 2nd, 2 poles)
1998 Italian Formula 3 Championship, Ravarotto, 11th overall
1999 Italian Formula 3 Championship, Ravarotto, 3rd overall (5 wins, 6 poles)
Six Hours of Vallelunga, 1st classified ELF
2000 German Formula 3 Championship, Prema Power, 7th overall (1 win, 3 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 3 poles)
Macau Grand Prix (F3), 5th overall
Korean Grand Prix (F3), 10th overall
Global Challenge, 4th overall, Top Rookie
2001 European Super Touring Car Championship, Conrero Alfa Romeo 156, 5 races
Russian Formula 3 Championship, Art Line, 3 races
FIA F3000 International Championship, Team Astromega, 4 races
2002 FIA F3000 International Championship, Coloni, 9th overall (1 win, 4 x 6th)
2003 FIA F3000 International Championship, Super Nova, 6th overall (1 win, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 5th)
World Series by Nissan, 2 races
2004 FIA F3000 International Championship, Team BCN, 2nd overall (1 win, 3 x 2nd, 1 pole)
2005 World Series by Renault, Victory Engineering, 5 races (1 win, 3 poles)
FIA Formula One World Championship, Test Driver, Minardi Cosworth (commencing GP of Turkey)
Editors’ Note: Further information concerning Enrico Toccacelo is available at www.enricotoccacelo.com
Don't yoy know the latin for 'third driver'?
I'l have a go.... habemus trientis cisarium. Maybe one of our Italian friends can correct me. :D
1 Vitantonio Liuzzi, Arden International Motorsport, 7 wins, 70 points
2 Enrico Toccacello, BCN Competicion, 1 win, 56 points
3 Robert Doornbos, Arden International Motorsport, 44 points
4 Enge 38
5 Friesacher 33
Interesting names!
BTW: Enrico loves bowling!! I'm an expert on that subject :P
:hehe:
Homer is probably still in ecstasy after the election of Herr Ratzinger.
By the way, he is 183 centimeters tall. I don't think this is a good thing!
Why did we not keep Nissany, I think the boy can have a serious future in F1!:hehe::hehe:
[Edited on 11/8/2005 by manlio27]
This one would have been a great pope.... *sigh*
Habemus tertium conductorem" should be the right version.
Read back the second post on this topic. It's manlio's.
"Toccacelo" in italian sounds like "touches heaven"
"Toccaculo" like manlio wrote means "touches arse"
Manlio, you're hopeless:hehe:
Enge is performing reasonably in the IRL, the series where they go round and round and round and round and get dizzy.
I think manlio is crazy
becomes
Manlium virum delirum habeo
Tomas Enge isn't doing a stellar job like Dan Wheldon, but he isn't doing as badly as A J Foyt IV. Watching the coverage, I'm mystified as to now how to pronounce Enge's name. The commentators prefer 'Toe-mas En-gie' to how I've been used to hearing it, 'Thomas Eng-a'.
Somebody enlighten me. Please.
Enge has much better equiptment than Foyt IV though. Look at Schekter, his teammate. He's fast everywhere.
Helped make him lose the F3000 title, that drugs test.
I remember Enge getting outqualified by Alonso in F1 US 2001 GP. Alonso also outqualified Villeneuve, mind.
Good to have another carnavoir driver.
We don't need any vegetarians on this team.
Glad we got rid of Kiesa.
If I wanted to eat a vegtable, I'll go down to the old folks home.