Giovanni Lavaggi

Giovanni Lavaggi

Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1995–1996
Teams	Pacific, Minardi
Entries	10 (7 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1995 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1996 Japanese Grand Prix

Giovanni Lavaggi (born February 18, 1958 in Augusta, Sicily) is a racing driver from Italy.

A nobleman by background, Lavaggi raised the money to buy ten Formula One Grand Prix drives, for Pacific and Minardi, debuting on July 30, 1995. In 1995 he was the only driver not to finish any of the F1 races that they started. He scored no championship points and was never close to the car's performance limits, being described as "desperately slow" by Jonathan Palmer, although he did well in his forays in sportscar racing.

His F1 career started in 1992, where he tested for the March team.

Lavaggi was 1993 Interserie champion and won the 1995 Daytona 24 Hours, as well as scoring two wins in the FIA Sportscar Championship. Prior to Formula One Lavaggi made two starts and failed to qualify for two additional races in CART for Euromotorsport and Leader Cards Racing.

Lavaggi races under the banner of his own Lavaggi Sport (fomerly known as GLV Brums) sportscar racing team, which in 2007 started building and racing its own Le Mans Prototype in the Le Mans Series.

He was nicknamed "Johnny Carwash" (a liberal translation of his name from Italian to English, John Washing) by people in the paddock; US talk show host David Letterman helped bring the nickname to popular attention.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1995	Pacific Grand Prix Ltd	Pacific PR02	Ford V8	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	NC	0
1996	Minardi Team	Minardi M195B	Ford V8	AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	HUN 10	BEL DNQ	ITA Ret	POR 15	JPN DNQ		NC	0

External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects
• Driver Website
• Race Team Website