He moved to CART Champ Car racing in 1996 as a replacement for Jeff Krosnoff, who was killed in the previous race in Toronto. When Morbidelli returned, Papis was out of a drive and headed to America for 1996.
However, he only missed out on a point in the restarted race when he was overtaken by Jean-Christophe Boullion's Sauber on the last lap. 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. Despite being a race-winner in Formula 3000, he often struggled with the unfamiliar car, and was occasionally outpaced by his much-maligned teammate, Taki Inoue. Papis made his Formula One debut for Footwork at the 1995 British Grand Prix.Īfter 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.
Papis is a member of the "brat pack", a group of CART drivers that were close friends off the track, that included Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and the late Greg Moore. His sons' godfathers are fellow Italian Alex Zanardi (Marco) and British Dario Franchitti (Matteo). He is married to Tatiana Papis, daughter of the racing driver Emerson Fittipaldi, and has two children, cousins of Pietro Fittipaldi and Enzo Fittipaldi. He was raised in Italy and got an interest in car racing at a young age, winning several go-kart races and several rounds for racing clubs in Italy. Papis was born on 3 October 1969 in Como, Italy. 4.8 IMSA SportsCar Championship results.4.3 Complete American open wheel results.4.1 Complete International Formula 3000 results.Papis also currently drives in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. He is the son-in-law of Emerson Fittipaldi. Massimiliano " Max" Papis (born 3 October 1969) is an Italian professional motorsport driver who has competed in several top-level motorsports events such as Le Mans 24 Hours, Formula One and Champ Car. Moretti Racing, JML Team Panoz, Corvette Racing Statistics current as of November 17, 2013. 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Co-ChampionĢ013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen ( Watkins Glen)Ģ013 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 ( Mid-Ohio)Ģ000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami ( Homestead)Ģ001 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey ( Laguna Seca)
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