Nationality: Italy
Date of Birth: 14 January 1973
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 3
Races started: 229
Pole positions: 4
Teams:
Force India 2008 - 2009,
Renault 2005 - 2007,
Sauber 2004,
Jordan 1997, 2002 - 2003,
Benetton 1998 - 2001,
Minardi 1996
Giancarlo Fisichella career
Giancarlo Fisichella struggled towards the back of the grid with Jordan and Benetton, before getting a drive with Renault in a car that Alonso won two championships with and was out paced by newcomer Kovalainen in 2007. For 2008 he joined the new Force India team which struggled at the back of the grid during the 2008 season. In 2009 at Spa Giancarlo Fisichella put the car on pole position and then scored the teams first points with a second place.
Previous seasons
2009
Team: Force India / Ferrari
Position: 15
Points: 8
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 The the Belgium GP was took Force India's first pole position and scored their first points. After this he moved to Ferrari for the rest of the season.
2008
Team: Force India
Position: 19
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The move to Force India was not really a success finishing mainly towards the back of the grid.
2007
Team: Renault
Position: 8
Points: 21
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His final season with Renault was less successful with the second half of the season being disappointing.
2006
Team: Renault
Position: 4
Points: 72
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 His second season at Renault was his best season in F1. He had another race win and scored points in all but two races giving him 4th in the championship.
2005
Team: Renault
Position: 5
Points: 58
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 The move to Renault brought him another race win and most of his finishes were in the top 6 places.
2004
Team: Sauber
Position: 11
Points: 22
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His season at Sauber was very consistent with only one retirement and 9 points scoring finishes.
2003
Team: Jordan
Position: 12
Points: 12
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 Overall this was not a successful season but he did win his first GP in Brazil.
2002
Team: Jordan
Position: 11
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His first season back at Jordan was a mix of retirements and mid field results.
2001
Team: Benetton
Position: 11
Points: 8
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 In his final season at Benetton he had only three points paying finishes.
2000
Team: Benetton
Position: 6
Points: 18
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was his most successful season at Benetton finishing 6th in the championship.
1999
Team: Benetton
Position: 9
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was less successful than the previous season with only one second place.
1998
Team: Benetton
Position: 9
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 This was his first season at Benetton and he achieved two second place finishes.
1997
Team: Jordan
Position: 8
Points: 20
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His second season was with Jordan where he had two podium finishes.
1996
Team: Minardi
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 his first season in F1 was with Minardi but was dropped before the end of the season.
