Francesco Cantando - 24
Beginning his 15th season in F1...Is the fifth all-time winningest driver in the sport with 11 victories...His first win was in Poland in 2000 and his latest in Singapore in 2005...Finished sixth in the drivers championship with 87 points...Had four runner-up's on the season finishing second in Portugal, Liuzhou, Shenzhen and Doha...Had 10 top ten finishes last year...Builds and drives his own BLAZE boat...Has finished second in the drivers championship three times (2000, 2001 & 2004)...Has 119 race starts...37 podiums and 39 DNF's...First F1 race was in Wuxi, China in 1996...One time was studying to be a lawyer...married...two children....lives in Milan, Italy...35 years old.
2009 - 6th F1 World Championship
2008 - 11th F1 World Championship
2007 - 11th F1 World Championship
2006 - 17th F1 World Championship
2005 - 7th F1 World Championship
2004 - 2nd F1 World Championship
2003 - 3rd F1 World Championship
2002 - 7th F1 World Championship
2001 - 2nd F1 World Championship
2000 - 2nd F1 World Championship
1999 - 14th F1 World Championship
1998 - 5th F1 World Championship and 3rd F1 European Championship
1997 - 7th F1 World Championship
1995 - 3rd Eu Championship F4 and 4th Italian Championship S850
1994 - Eu Champion T400 and 1st European Cup T850
1994 - 3rd European Championship F4
1993 - Eu Champion T400 and World Champion T400
1993 - 2nd Italian Championship and 3rd World Championship PHR 500
1992 - 3rd World Championship T400
1992 - 3rd European Championship T400
1992 - 1st in the Italian Championship A1
