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Massimiliano Papis Born (1969-10-03) October 3, 1969 (age 42) Como, Italy Achievements 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Co-Champion NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career 35 race(s) run over 3 year(s) Best finish 43rd - 2009, 2011 First race 2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma) Last race 2010 Carfax 400 (Michigan) Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0 NASCAR Nationwide Series career 10 race(s) run over 6 year(s) Car no., team No. 33 (Richard Childress Racing) 2011 position 123rd Best finish 74th - 2008 First race 2006 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen) Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 0 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career 44 race(s) run over 4 year(s) 2011 position 18th Best finish 18th – 2011 First race 2008 Chevy Silverado 350K (Texas) Last race 2011 Ford 200 (Homestead) Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0 Statistics current as of January 26, 2012.

Formula One World Championship career Nationality Italian Active years 1995 Teams Footwork Races 7 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1995 British Grand Prix Last race 1995 European Grand Prix

Massimiliano "Max" Papis (born October 3, 1969 in Como, Italy)^[1] is a racing driver who has competed in several top-level motorsports events such as Le Mans 24 Hours, Formula One and Champ Car. He has three Champ Car victories. He is the son-in-law of Emerson Fittipaldi. His son's godfather is fellow Italian Alex Zanardi. He currently drives the #9 Geico Toyota Tundra for Germain Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Formula One[link]

Papis made his Formula One debut for Footwork at the 1995 British Grand Prix.

After a spell as the Lotus team's test driver in 1994, Papis replaced Gianni Morbidelli in the Footwork team for seven races in the middle of the 1995 Formula One season, as he brought valuable sponsorship to the cash-strapped outfit. Despite being a race-winner in Formula 3000, he often struggled with the unfamiliar car, and was occasionally outpaced by his much-maligned team-mate, Taki Inoue. He also proved to be an unlucky driver, suffering a spectacular puncture and suspension failure on his début race at Silverstone due to clipping the pit lane wall after a tire change, being left on the grid at Hockenheim due to a transmission failure, and spinning on dust and oil kicked up by David Coulthard at the Ascari Chicane on the first lap of the Italian GP, causing a pile-up and a restart. However, he only missed out on a point in the restarted race when he was overtaken by Jean-Christophe Bouillon's Sauber on the last lap. When Morbidelli returned, Papis was out of a drive and headed to America for 1996.

Champ Car[link]

He moved to CART Champ Car racing in 1996 as a replacement for Jeff Krosnoff who was killed in the previous race in Toronto. In 1999 he joined the more competitive Rahal team, almost winning the US 500 before running out of fuel, and finishing 5th in the series. He broke his duck by winning the 2000 season-opener, but failed to finish in the championship top 10. In 2001 he won twice and finished 6th overall, but was dropped by the team, mainly due to two collisions with team-mate Kenny Bräck. He started 2002 with the Sigma team before they folded, and did a partial season with PK Racing in 2003, but has mostly concentrated on sportscars since 2001, remarking that "Champ Car needs me more than I need it" as the series struggled to fill its grid for 2003 after many teams defected to the IRL. Papis also raced in the 2002 and 2006 Indianapolis 500 races for Cheever Racing.

NASCAR[link]

2011 Nationwide car at Road America

He made his NASCAR debut in August 2006, competing in the Busch Series race at Watkins Glen International Raceway for McGill Motorsports.^[2] He attempted to qualify for the NEXTEL Cup race but failed to make the race. He is also credited with having helped develop Toyota's Champ Car engine.

In 2007 he drove the #36 car in the NASCAR Busch Series for McGill Motorsports following the release of Tim Sauter from the ride. Papis made his Sprint Cup Series debut at Infineon Raceway in 2008, piloting the #66 Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet in place of regular driver Scott Riggs. He was also scheduled to drive the #64 car for Rusty Wallace, Inc. on three road course races in the 2008 Nationwide Series. Haas CNC Racing hired Papis to drive the #70 Chevrolet Monte Carlo at the course at Watkins Glen in the Sprint Cup Series in August 2008. He was announced as the driver of the #13 Geico Toyota in 18 races in the 2009 Sprint Cup.

In his first Cup season with a dedicated ride, Papis recorded a career best 8th place finish at Watkins Glen and 15th starting position at Fontana. He also recorded 12th place finish at Infineon Raceway. After Watkins Glen, the team announced that Papis would be replaced by Casey Mears and would compete in the team's Truck Series entry.

"Mad Max"[link]

Papis earned the nickname "Mad Max" at the 1996 24 Hours of Daytona during his last stint at the end of the race. Although his second-place Ferrari 333SP had been battered due to collisions, some of its bodywork held together by tape, Papis unlapped himself by passing the race leader (the Doyle Racing Riley & Scott-Oldsmobile driven by Wayne Taylor) and proceeded to set some of the fastest laps of the entire race. Taylor was nursing his car around the track due to an overheating problem and otherwise would have been able to cruise to a win, but Papis' pace and the slowing Oldsmobile suggested that Papis could theoretically take the win from him. Papis' speed was achieved at the cost of maximum fuel consumption and although he drove down the pit lane at full speed to re-fuel (pit lane speed limits were imposed the next year), Taylor was still ahead by 64 seconds at the end of the race.

Career results[link]

Complete International Formula 3000 results[link]

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

Complete Formula One results[link]

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Complete American open wheel results[link]

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CART[link]

IndyCar Series[link]

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Team Cheever	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 23	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI						43rd	16
	Team Penske															TX2 21
2006	Cheever Racing	HMS	STP	MOT	INDY 14	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI						26th	16
2008	Rubicon Race Team	HMS	STP	MOT1	LBH1	KAN	INDY DNQ	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2	NC	-

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Indy 500 results[link]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results[link]

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	LMP	3	Y	Ferrari 333 SP Ferrari F310E 4.0L V12	Moretti Racing Inc.	Gianpiero Moretti Didier Theys	321	6th	3rd
2003	LMP900	11	M	Panoz LMP01 Evo Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	JML Team Panoz	Olivier Beretta Gunnar Jeannette	360	5th	3rd
2004	LMGTS	63	M	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	334	8th	2nd
2005	LMGT1	63	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	347	6th	2nd
2006	LMGT1	63	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	327	12th	7th
2007	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	22	DNF	DNF
2008	LMGT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	341	15th	3rd

References[link]

External links[link]

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