15 Facts About Carlo Facetti

Carlo Giovanni Facetti was born on 26 June 1935 and is a former racing driver from Italy, mainly known for his success in touring car and sports car racing.

Carlo Facetti explained his success: "We work from seven in the morning until eight at night with the sole desire to makes engines unrivaled".

Carlo Facetti learned to drive at the age of 11, with Alberto Ascari, a friend of his father, Piero Facetti, who in turn was a mechanic and a racer, who finished 4th in the 1947 Mille Miglia.

Carlo Facetti used a Lancia Flaminia to fight with the best from around Europe, at the circuits such as Nurburgring, Brands Hatch and Nepliget Park, Budapest.

Carlo Facetti took their Lotus-Ford 22 to a series best of fifth place in the Gran Premio Internacional Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Carlo Facetti was hired to help development their sportscars and race in the European Touring Car Championship.

Carlo Facetti tried to qualify for the Gran Premio d'Italia in a Scuderia Finotto prepared Brabham-Cosworth BT42.

Carlo Facetti was entered in the place of Helmut Koinigg, but neither driver, despite their best efforts were simply not enough to qualify the car.

Carlo Facetti between 1975 and 1976, was a racer and designer for Lancia, participating in the European Championship for Grand Touring cars.

Carlo Facetti was leading the Giro d'Italia Automobilistico when he retired with Gearbox problems.

Carlo Facetti continued in the lead until Fitzpatrick retook it during a tyre stop.

Carlo Facetti threw away the front and rear subframes and went to Giorgio Stirano, who ran Alba Engineering to build lighter subframes that were merged with the Ferrari center tub.

Only Carlo Facetti could wring a performance out of the car, that Finotto could not, yet both driver would have fear a trip to the Nurburgring.

Finotto and Carlo Facetti, who prepared the overhead camshaft Ferrari engines, joined forces with Gaston Andrey Racing and enrolled fellow Italian, Ruggero Melgrati, who proved to be pace-setter in the Lights division.

Carlo Facetti then retire full-time from International motor sport, albeit bar a one-off outing in a Ferrari F355, where he finished fourth in a round of the Coppa GT Special at Mugello in 1995.