Valentino Musetti

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Valentino Musetti (born 7 January 1943 in Pontremoli, Tuscany, Italy), often known as just Val Musetti, is an Italian-born English[1] film and TV stuntman and retired motor racing driver. Highlights of his career include finishing third in the Shellsport International Series in 1977.[2] In 1978 he finished fifth in the Aurora F1 Championship. In the late 1980s he drove in the FIA World Sportscar Championship. He competed in one round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.[3] With a privately entered BMW M3, he finished in thirteenth place. That year he also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but his team failed to qualify.

He has appeared in many TV programmes since the 1960s, such as The Avengers, Callan, Doctor Who (credited in the TV serial The Crusade), Space: 1999, The Professionals, Minder and Dempsey and Makepeace.[4][5] He has worked as a stuntman on many TV programmes and films such as The Italian Job, The New Avengers, Superman II, An American Werewolf in London, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Alien 3 and Midsomer Murders among others.[6]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Batman Napier Hood #4

Racing record[edit]

Complete Shellsport International Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1976 David Price Racing March 752 Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 MAL
NC
SNE
Ret
OUL
6
BRH
11
THR
8
BRH
Ret
SNE
13
BRH
Ret
BRH
15
6th 43
Ford GAA 3.4 V6 MAL
3
BRH
Ret
THR
3
OUL
4
1977 David Price Racing March 752 Ford GAA 3.4 V6 MAL
5
SNE
NC
OUL
3
BRH
1
MAL
2
THR
9
BRH
3
OUL
Ret
MAL
Ret
DON
3
BRH THR SNE BRH
DNS
3rd 85

Complete European Formula Two Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
1976 Valentino Musetti March 74B Ford HOC THR
DNS
VAL SAL PAU HOC ROU MUG PER EST NOG HOC NC 0
1977 David Price Racing March 742 Ford SIL
12
THR
DNQ
HOC NÜR VAL PAU MUG ROU NOG PER MIS EST DON NC 0

Complete British Formula One Championship results[edit]

(key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Pts
1978 Valentino Musetti March 752/761 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
NC
BRH
NC
SNE
Ret
MAL
3
ZAN
7
DON
4
THR
5
OUL
3
MAL
Ret
7th 62
Mario Deliotti Racing Ensign N177 BRH
6
THR
4
SNE
DNS
1979 Valentino Musetti March 752/771 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ZOL
Ret
23rd 1
March 781 OUL
Ret
BRH
6
MAL
NC
SNE
Ret
THR ZAN
Theodore Racing Hong Kong Wolf WR3 DON
13
OUL
DNS
NOG MAL
Wolf WR4 BRH
NC
THR SNE SIL
1980 Colin Bennett Racing Fittipaldi F5A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL BRH SIL MAL THR
6
MNZ
5
MAL
Ret
SNE
6
BRH
4
8th 11
Fittipaldi F5B THR
Ret
OUL
3
SIL
12
1982 Colin Bennett Racing March 811 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
Ret
BRH
3
THR
2
DON BRH 7th 10

Complete Formula One Non-Championship results[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3
1979 Valentino Musetti March 781 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
12
GNM DIN
Source:[7]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1985 Lola Motorsport Lola T950 Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON
15
NC 0

Complete World Sportscar Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1986 Roy Baker Racing Tiga C2 Tiga GC285 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L4t MNZ SIL LMS
Ret
NOR BRH
15
JER NÜR SPA FUJ NC 0
1987 John Bartlett Racing C2 Bardon DB1 Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 JAR JER
DNQ
SIL
Ret
LMS NOR NC 0
Roy Baker Racing Tiga GC286 MNZ
Ret
Team Tiga Ford Denmark Tiga GC287 Ford Cosworth BDT-E 2.1 L4t BRH
14
NÜR
Tiga Team Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8t SPA
NC
FUJ
1988 Roy Baker Racing C2 Tiga GC286 Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 JER JAR MNZ SIL LMS BRN BRH NÜR SPA
Ret
FUJ SAN NC 0
1990 Team Davey C Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t SUZ MNZ SIL SPA DIJ NÜR DON
17
CGV MEX NC 0
1991 Team Salamin Primagaz C2 Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t SUZ MNZ SIL LMS
DNQ
NÜR MAG MEX AUT NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1986 United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing Tiga United States Tom Frank
United States Mike Allison
Tiga GC285 C2 95 DNF DNF
1991 Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz Japan Katsunori Iketani
Austria Mercedes Stermitz
Porsche 962C C2 - DNQ DNQ
Source:[8]

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Pts
1991 BRR Motorsport BMW M3 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL DON
1
DON
2
OUL BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
13
THR SIL 31st 0

Complete British GT Championship results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2000 AC Automotive Chevrolet Camaro GT THR
1

CRO
1

OUL
1

DNS
DON
1

SIL
1

BRH
1

DON
1

CRO
1

SIL
1

SNE
1

12
SPA
1

SIL
1

38th 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship, Rd 14, 1973". Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/1750/ Career at driver database.
  3. ^ "BTCC :: Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2009. Official 1991 BTCC standings.
  4. ^ "Valentino Musetti | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "Valentino Musetti". www.aveleyman.com.
  6. ^ "Valentino Musetti". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Val Musetti - Involvement Non World Championship". statsf1.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. ^ "All Results of Val Musetti". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

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