Vitantonio Liuzzi won the 1993 Italian Karting Championship, and in 1995 took second in the Karting World Championship and placed fifth in the European Championship.
37 Facts About Vitantonio Liuzzi
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Vitantonio Liuzzi beat Formula One champion Michael Schumacher at Kerpen, Schumacher's 'home' track.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi then moved to cars, finishing second in the 2001 German Formula Renault Championship.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi moved to the Arden team for the following F3000 season, where he won seven of the ten races, securing the title with one race left.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi did have a test drive with Sauber in September 2004, but shortly before he tested they announced they had signed former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve to a two-year contract.
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In November 2004 Vitantonio Liuzzi was given a test drive by Red Bull, who hired him for 2005 in January.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi would replace Klien for the San Marino, Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi scored his maiden point on his debut after both BAR drivers were disqualified at San Marino.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi was confirmed with the team for the 2007 season at the launch of the STR2 on 13 February 2007.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi seemed likely to score his first points of the season at Canada, but instead he crashed into the infamous "Wall of Champions" at the exit of the final chicane.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi faced constant speculation over keeping his seat, as the team openly courted both Sebastian Vettel and Champcar series champion Sebastien Bourdais.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi had been linked to a test drive role with Williams, but it eventually went to Nico Hulkenberg.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi then secured the role of test driver for the Force India F1 team on 10 January 2008.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi stated he hoped to move up to a race seat in 2010 as he is contracted until 2011, but the contracts of his teammates Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella would not expire until the end of 2009.
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On 7 September 2009, Force India announced that Vitantonio Liuzzi would drive for them in the remaining five races of the 2009 Formula One season.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi made his race debut for Force India at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix and qualified an impressive seventh, given the fact he started the race with a heavier fuel load than his younger teammate Sutil.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi was running solidly in the points, before retiring after 22 laps with a transmission problem.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi achieved his first-points scoring finish since the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix in the season-opening 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi finished ninth in the race, picking up two points due to the introduction of a new points system in Formula One in 2010.
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In Monaco Vitantonio Liuzzi finished ninth, scoring another two points for Force India.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi scored another point at Spa-Francorchamps, after Jaime Alguersuari was penalised post-race for gaining an advantage from cutting the Bus Stop chicane in the closing laps.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi matched his career best finish of sixth at the Korean Grand Prix, and eventually finished 15th in the championship with 21 points, a career best.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi was considered as a possible replacement for Robert Kubica at Lotus Renault GP for the 2011 season, after Kubica sustained life-threatening injuries in a rally crash in Italy on 8 February.
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However, despite rumours suggesting that Kubica wanted Vitantonio Liuzzi to be his replacement, the team opted to employ Nick Heidfeld to fill the role instead.
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Subsequently, Vitantonio Liuzzi was announced that he would be testing for Hispania Racing at Circuit de Catalunya, as the Spanish team evaluated him for their second race seat alongside Narain Karthikeyan.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi did not qualify for the Australian Grand Prix and retired in Malaysia after the team withdrew him for safety reasons.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi recorded his first finishes with the team with a pair of 22nd-place finishes in China and Turkey but retired in Spain with a gearbox issue.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi took a 16th-place finish in Monaco, and a 13th place in Canada, Hispania's best finish to date.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi finished as the final classified finisher in Hungary, and Belgium, before a first-lap retirement in Italy after contact with Heikki Kovalainen.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi finished as the final classified finisher in Singapore, Japan and Korea.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi returned to his race seat in Abu Dhabi however, and again finished as the final classified finisher, in twentieth place.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi stated in January 2012 that, while he had a contract to continue with the team in 2012, his position within the team was uncertain.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi eventually joined the International Superstars Series for the 2012 season, driving for CAAL Racing in a Mercedes C63 AMG.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi took his first podium finish at the first race during the first round in Monza, and he took his first win of the season during the second race of that round.
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In 2014, Vitantonio Liuzzi moved to Japan and competed in Super GT and Super Formula.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi was previously known for his piercings in his left upper ear, left eyebrow and left lower ear.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi is married to Francesca Caldarelli which made Liuzzi a brother-in-law of Andrea Caldarelli.