Nanni Galli

For the football player, see Giovanni Galli.

Giovanni Giuseppe Gilberto "Nanni" Galli (2 October 1940 – 12 October 2019) was an Italian saloon, sports-car and Formula One driver of the 1960s and 1970s.

Nanni Galli

Galli driving Alfa Romeo 33.3 at the Nürburgring in 1971
Born	(1940-10-02)2 October 1940 Bologna, Italy
Died	12 October 2019(2019-10-12) (aged 79) Prato, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1970 – 1973
Team	McLaren, March, Tecno, Ferrari, Williams
Entries	20 (17 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1970 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry	1973 Monaco Grand Prix

Galli driving for Ferrari at the 1972 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand.

Born in Bologna, Galli started his career in endurance racing. He won the Circuit of Mugello race in 1968 and finished second in the Targa Florio (with Ignazio Giunti) the same year. In the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, Galli and Giunti finished 4th in an Alfa Romeo T33/2. The following year at Le Mans, he shared a drive with Robin Widdows and they finished 7th in a Matra. Galli's final appearance at Le Mans was in 1970, where he shared a Alfa Romeo T33/3 with Rolf Stommelen. They did not finish.

Galli driving for Tecno at the 1972 Italian Grand Prix.

Galli moved briefly into Formula One in 1970, debuting in the 1970 Italian Grand Prix with a McLaren-Alfa, and had a handful of drives over the next couple of years, finishing 3rd in the non-championship Grand Prix of the Italian Republic at Vallelunga in 1972 for the small Tecno team.

His one shot at the big time came that year when he drove for Ferrari in the 1972 French Grand Prix at Circuit Charade near Clermont-Ferrand. Galli qualified 20th and finished only 13th. After half a dozen outings in an uncompetitive car for Frank Williams the following year, Galli announced his retirement.

Galli participated in 20 World Championship Grands Prix in total, scoring no championship points.

In 2014 Galli participated in the Le Mans Classic in a Lola T290 finishing 21st. He had not entered a race since he drove in the 1974 World Endurance Championship with an Osella-Abarth.

Galli died on 12 October 2019 in Prato at the age of 79.

Racing record

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(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	DC	Pts	Class
1967	Autodelta S.p.A.	Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA	C	BRH	SNE Ret	SIL	SIL	MAL	SIL	SIL	BRH	OUL	BRH			NC	0	NC
1970	Autodelta S.p.A.	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm	C	BRH	SNE	THR	SIL	CRY	SIL	SIL 4	CRO	BRH	OUL	BRH	BRH	24th	12	8th
Source:

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1970	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M7D	Alfa Romeo V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA DNQ	CAN	USA	MEX			NC	0
1971	STP March	March 711	Alfa Romeo V8	RSA	ESP	MON DNQ	NED Ret			GER 12	AUT 12								NC	0
			Cosworth V8					FRA DNS	GBR 11			ITA Ret	CAN 16	USA Ret
1972	Martini Racing Team	Tecno PA123	Tecno Flat-12	ARG	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL Ret		GBR Ret	GER	AUT NC	ITA Ret	CAN	USA				NC	0
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312B	Ferrari Flat-12						FRA 13
1973	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro FX3B	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	BRA 9	RSA													NC	0
		Iso-Marlboro IR					ESP 11	BEL Ret	MON Ret	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA

Sources

• Profile at www.grandprix.com