Arturo Merzario

Arturo Merzario in 1978.

Arturo Merzario (born March 11, 1943) is a former Formula One driver from Italy.

Career

Born in Chiavenna, province of Como, he participated in 84 grands prix, debuting on July 15, 1972. He scored 11 championship points.

When he could no longer find a drive with established teams, he set up his own Merzario team which competed in Formula One for two years, before moving down to Formula Two.

Merzario is perhaps most renowned for being one of the drivers, along with Guy Edwards, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl who saved Niki Lauda from his burning car during the 1976 German Grand Prix.

In his time in Formula One in the 1970s he was often photographed wearing a cowboy hat with sponsorship patches from Marlboro.

Complete Formula One results

(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Team
1972	Ferr	ARG	SAF	SPA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA						Ferr
1973	Ferr	ARG	BRA	SAF	SPA	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	DUT	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			Ferr
1974	Iso	ARG	BRA	SAF	SPA	BEL	MON	SWE	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			Iso
1975	Will	ARG	BRA	SAF	SPA	MON	BEL	SWE	DUT	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	ITA	USA				Fitt
1976	Marc	BRA	SAF	USAW	SPA	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		Wolf
1977	Marc	ARG	BRA	SAF	SAW	SPA	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	USA	CAN	JPN	Marc
1978	Merz	ARG	BRA	SAF	USAW	MON	BEL	SPA	SWE	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	USA	CAN		Merz
1979	Merz	ARG	BRA	SAF	USAW	SPA	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	DEU	AUT	DUT	ITA	CAN	USA			Merz