Luciano Pucci Burti (born 5 March 1975) is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced in Formula One in 2000 and 2001. He was later a commentator for TV Globo.
Early career Burti's early career saw him graduate through the usual channels and he found himself in British Formula 3 driving for the crack Stewart Racing team. In his second season of F3 in 1999 he finished runner-up to Marc Hynes, but it was third-placed Jenson Button who would go on to achieve stardom in Formula One. Burti impressed when testing the Stewart F1 car that season and became Jaguar's tester for 2000, mainly down to the lobbying of Jackie Stewart, the outgoing team-boss.
Formula One career 2000–2001 A surprise Grand Prix début came on 16 July 2000 at the Austrian Grand Prix, when he was called up at short notice as a replacement for the ill Eddie Irvine. Having tested consistently well for Jaguar in the 2000 Formula One season and with a race start already under his belt, he was promoted to the race team alongside Irvine in 2001, replacing the retiring Johnny Herbert. However, he fell out of favour after just four races, and was replaced by ex-Arrows driver Pedro de la Rosa.
Burti found a seat immediately at Prost, where the underperforming Gastón Mazzacane had been sacked. Burti raced competently for Prost and recorded his highest finish - eighth place - at the Canadian Grand Prix; he also occasionally qualified ahead of his highly experienced teammate Jean Alesi. However, his most notable moment in the first half of the season was an accident at the German Grand Prix - unable to avoid the slowing Ferrari of Michael Schumacher, whose gearbox had failed seconds after the race start, Burti struck the back of Schumacher's car, launching his Prost into a destructive cartwheel over the Arrows of Enrique Bernoldi. None of the three drivers were injured and all took the restarted race, from which Burti spun out on the 23rd lap.
Crash at 2001 Belgian Grand Prix Two races later he had a more serious crash at the Belgian Grand Prix when his car touched with Eddie Irvine as he attempted to overtake the Northern Irishman. The front wing became lodged under Burti's front wheels, leaving him unable to brake or steer into the 190 mph Blanchimont corner; the impact with the tire barrier was so great that segments of the barrier were thrown into the air, landing on Burti's cockpit and knocking him unconscious. Irvine, after suffering a sizeable impact himself, subsequently helped the marshals in their attempt to extract Burti from his car. The crash forced him to sit out the rest of the season with facial bruising and a concussion. His seat was taken by Czech rookie Tomáš Enge.
2002–2004 Burti subsequently signed to test for the Ferrari team, but that came to an end at the end of his contract in 2004. Over the course of his Formula One career, he scored no championship points. He has since returned to Brazil, where he competes in Stock Car Brasil and commentates on Formula One races for TV Globo.
Karting record
Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 1994 World Championship — Formula A 8th 2006 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 10th 2007 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas2nd 2008 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 18th 2009 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 23rd 2010 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 12th 2011 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 8th
Racing record
Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1996 Formula Vauxhall Junior Martin Donnelly Racing 15 4 ? ? 4 1163rd Formula Vauxhall Winter Series Paul Stewart Racing21????? 1997 Formula Vauxhall PSR124??7841st 1998 British Formula Three Championship Stewart Racing1523171323rd Masters of Formula 3Paul Stewart Racing10000N/A9th Macau Grand PrixPaul Stewart Racing10000N/ANC† Formula One HSBC Stewart Ford Test driver 1999 Formula One HSBC Stewart Ford Test driver British Formula Three ChampionshipStewart Racing15554132092ndMacau Grand PrixPaul Stewart Racing10000N/A19thKorea Super PrixStewart Racing10000N/A8th 2000 Formula OneJaguar Racing F1 Team100000NC† 2001 Formula OneJaguar Racing F1 Team40000020thProst Acer90000 2002 Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Test driver 2003 Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Test driver FIA GT Championship - N-GT JMB Racing10000633rd 2004 Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Test driver 2005 Formula One BMW Williams F1 Team Test driver Stock Car BrasilEurofarma RC120002795th TC2000 Argentina Ford-YPF111010NC† Maserati Trofeo World Finals200000NC† 2006 TC2000 Argentina Toyota Team Argentina100000NC† Stock Car Brasil Petrobras-Action Power1202111825th Porsche Supercup Morellato Stars Team100000NC 2007 GT3 Brasil Championship Boni Sports100000NC† Stock Car Brasil Cimed Racing1200014517th 2008 Stock Car Brasil Sky Racing1200015212th 2009 Stock Car Brasil Boettger Competições1210022585th 2010 Stock Car Brasil Itaipava Racing Team1200004118th 2011 Stock Car Brasil1211112269th 2012 Stock Car Brasil12002111711th 2013 Stock Car Brasil Boettger Competições1200009412th 2014 Stock Car Brasil Vogel Motorsport2000129119th 2015 Stock Car Brasil RZ Motorsport2100019319th 2016 Stock Car Brasil300001133rd Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge 100002121st 2018 Copa Truck RM Competições200123422nd Stock Car Brasil Texaco Racing100000NC†
† As Burti was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Racing results
Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) YearTeamChassisEngineClass12345678910111213141516DCPoints 1998 Stewart Racing Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda A DON THR SIL BRH BRH OUL SIL CRO SNE SIL PEM PEM DON THR SPA SIL 3rd 137 1999 Stewart Racing Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda A DON SIL THR BRH BRH OUL CRO BRH SIL SNE PEM PEM DON SPA SIL THR 2nd 209
Complete Formula One results (key) YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617WDCPoints Jaguar Racing Jaguar R1 Cosworth CR2 V10AUSBRASMRGBRESPEURMONCANFRAAUTGERHUNBELITAUSAJPNMAL23rd0 Jaguar Racing Jaguar R2 Cosworth CR3 V10AUSMALBRASMR20th0 Prost Grand Prix Prost AP04 Acer V10ESPAUTMONCANEURFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAUSAJPN
Complete Stock Car Brasil results
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021RankPoints2005Eurofarma RCChevrolet AstraINTCTBRIOINTCTBLONBSBSCZTARARGRIOINT5th792006 Petrobras-Action Power Volkswagen BoraINTCTBCGDINTLONCTBSCZBSBTARARGRIOINT25th182007Cimed-Action PowerVolkswagen BoraINTCTBCGDINTLONSCZCTBBSBARGTARRIOINT17th452008Sky-Action PowerPeugeot 307INTBSBCTBSCZCGDINTRIOLONCTBBSBTARINT12th522009Boettger CompetiçõesChevrolet VectraINTCTBBSBSCZINTSALRIOCGDCTBBSBTARINT5th2572010Itaipava Racing TeamPeugeot 307INTCTBVELRIORBPSALINTCGDLONSCZBSBCTB18th412011Itaipava Racing TeamPeugeot 408CTBINTRBPVELCGDRIOINTSALSCZLONBSBVEL9th2262012Itaipava Racing TeamPeugeot 408INTCTBVELRBPLONRIOSALCGDTARCURBRAINT11th1172013Boettger CompetiçõesPeugeot 408INTCURTARSALBRACASRBPCASVELCURBRAINT12th942014Vogel MotorsportChevrolet SonicINT1SCZ1SCZ2BRA1BRA2GOI1GOI2GOI1CAS1CAS2CUR1CUR2VEL1VEL2SCZ1SCZ2TAR1TAR2SAL1SAL2CUR119th852015RZ MotorsportChevrolet SonicGOI1RBP1RBP2VEL1VEL2CUR1CUR2SCZ1SCZ2CUR1CUR2GOI1CAS1CAS2MOU1MOU2CUR1CUR2TAR1TAR2INT119th93 2016 RZ MotorsportChevrolet CruzeCUR1VEL1VEL2GOI1GOI2SCZ1SCZ2TAR1TAR2CAS1CAS2INT1LON1LON2CUR1CUR2GOI1GOI2CRI1CRI2INT133rd112018Full Time BassaniChevrolet CruzeINT1CUR1CUR2VEL1VEL2LON1LON2SCZ1SCZ2GOI1MOU1MOU2CAS1CAS2VCA1VCA2TAR1TAR2GOI1GOI2INT1NC†0† † As Burti was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
References
Sources Profile at www.grandprix.com
External links
Luciano Burti official website