18 Facts About Alex Caffi

Alessandro Giuseppe "Alex" Caffi was born on 18 March 1964 and is an Italian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1986 to 1992.

Alex Caffi currently serves as the team owner of Academy Motorsport in the NASCAR Euro Series, and acted as an owner-driver whilst it operated as Alex Caffi Motorsport.

Alessandro Giuseppe Alex Caffi was born on 18 March 1964 in Rovato, Brescia, Northern Italy.

Alex Caffi spent three years in Italian Formula Three from 1984 to 1986, finishing runner-up in 1984 and 1985, then third in 1986.

Alex Caffi was handed his Formula One debut by Osella, at his, and the team's home race, the Italian Grand Prix, in place of Canadian Allen Berg.

Qualifying 27th and last in his FA1H Alex Caffi drove sensibly and steadily to stay out of trouble and come home last of the runners, albeit six laps down and unclassified.

The Alfa Romeo-powered FA1I was uncompetitive and unreliable; Alex Caffi finished no races out of 16 and failed to qualify twice, though he was classified once.

At the opening round, the Brazilian Grand Prix, Alex Caffi retired after 21 laps due to exhaustion as the heat and physically demanding nature of the car proved too much.

The new car arrived in time for San Marino, but fortunes failed to improve as Alex Caffi retired and an excellent 17th in qualifying at Monaco was ruined when he crashed all alone on the opening lap, the first blot on his career copybook.

Alex Caffi was signed to drive the second A11 alongside another Italian, 1985 World Drivers' Championship runner-up Michele Alboreto.

Injury caused by a pre-season cycling accident forced Alex Caffi to sit out the opening race in the United States, with German Bernd Schneider filling the gap.

The latter would be best remembered for a huge crash in practice, when Alex Caffi slid off line and into the barriers at the Swimming Pool series of corners.

Alex Caffi managed to regain his seat via a legal injunction, but the struggles re-commenced with failure to qualify in Belgium compounded by pre-qualification failures in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Footwork signed Aguri Suzuki to partner Michele Alboreto ahead of the 1992 season and Alex Caffi was, rather abruptly, shown the door.

However, registration problems with the FIA meant that Alex Caffi managed no more than a few exploratory laps at the South African Grand Prix, the opening round of 1992.

Alex Caffi returned to International motorsport in the IRC Rally Monte-Carlo 2011, driving a Skoda Fabia S2000.

Alex Caffi was one of the high-profile winners during the 10th running of the GP Historique when he guided the Kessel Racing Ensign N176 to victory in the Pre 1977 3-litre F1 race.

Alex Caffi Motorsport entered the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series on the same year as its formation, competing on a part-time basis for its debut season before stepping up to full-time competition in 2017.