Campionato Italiano

Campionato Italiano

Category	Formula Junior
Country	Italy
Inaugural season	1958
Folded	1963
Last Drivers' champion	”Geki”
Last Teams' champion	Scuderia Madunina

The Campionato Italiano, (Italian Championship), was a domestic championship which took place in Italy for between 1958 and 1963, for Formula Junior cars. From 1964 onwards, the championship ran Formula Three specification cars instead.

History

Formula Junior was the traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls, before the introduction of Formula Three - it is typically the first point in a driver's career at which most drivers in the series are aiming at professional careers in racing rather than being amateurs and enthusiasts.

Most notably in the latter years of the Campionato Italiano, it was dominated by one driver, who won three successive titles. Between 1961 and 1963, ”Geki”, won three titles, before taking the first Italian Formula Three title the following season, in 1964

Champions

Season	Champion	Team	Car
1958	Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Bardahl	Bardahl-Stanguellini-Fiat
1959	Raffaele Cammarota	Scuderia Bardahl	Stanguellini-Fiat
1960	Renato Pirocchi	Scuderia Pescara	Stanguellini-Fiat
1961	"Geki"	Scuderia Madunina	Stanguellini-Fiat Lotus-Ford 18
1962	"Geki"	Scuderia Madunina	Lotus-Ford 18 Lotus-Ford 22
1963	"Geki"	Scuderia Madunina Scuderia Junior Italia	de Sanctis-Ford Lotus-Ford 27

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References

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4. "Formula Junior 1961 - World". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
5. "Formula Junior 1962 - Championship Tables". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
6. "Formula Junior 1963 - Championship Tables". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-01-05.