Giambattista Busi

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Busi began his Italian Formula 3 career with the Trivalleto Racing Team in 1988, before moving to Benecchi Corse in 1989 and Piemme Motors in 1991 (although he did have an outing with the team in 1990 at the Monaco F3 race, but he did not qualify). His career with the team was very successful, getting 2 wins and 5 podiums and winning the championship, beating rival and eventual Formula One driver Domenico Schiattarella. He also made appearances at the 1991 Monaco F3 race, placing 7th, and the 1991 Macau Grand Prix, not finishing the race.^[8]

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With this success in Formula 3, Busi decided to attempt International Formula 3000 for 1992 with Piemme Motors, although this did not turn out well for him. That season he did not finish a single race, ending up not being classified in the standings. After this attempt he did not return to open-wheel racing and focused on touring cars.^{[citation needed]}

After taking a break in 1993, Busi returned to racing with the Unicorse team in 1994, driving an Alfa Romeo 155 under the newly adopted Super Touring regulations. Despite only competing in the last six rounds and only qualifying for four of them, he managed to get 8 points with a 4th-place finish at the Sendai Hi-Land Raceway during Round 16 of the championship. For 1995 he stayed with the Unicorse team but only competed in two rounds, both held at the TI Circuit Aida, placing 10th and 13th respectively.^[3]

In 1996 he returned to Italy, competing in the Italian Superturismo Championship with a Peugeot 405 into the Motortrend team for three rounds. His only race finish that year also happened to be the race he scored his only point, with a 9th place at the Mugello Circuit.^[3]

Also in 1996, Busi raced an Opel Vectra GT in the Spanish Superturismo Championship for the last round, only finishing one race in 16th.^[3]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)