  jarno trulli (; born 13 july 1974) is a former formula one racing driver from italy. he was a regular in formula one from 1997 to 2011, driving for minardi, prost, jordan, renault, toyota and lotus racing. he won the 2004 monaco grand prix for renault, his only grand prix victory. ==career== ===early days=== his parents were motorsport fans and named their son after jarno saarinen, the finnish grand prix motorcycle racing champion who was killed at monza in 1973. he started racing in karts at an early age. ===formula 3, minardi (1997) and prost (1997â1999)===  after winning the karting world championship in 1991, the italian and several karting championships in different categories up to 1995, he won the german formula three championship in 1996, and in 1997 made his debut in f1 with minardi. after 7 races he replaced the injured olivier panis at prost and impressed immediately, finishing fourth in germany and even leading in austria, looking set to finish second until his engine blew. he stayed at the prost team for the next two seasons and eventually scored his first podium in wet conditions at the 1999 european grand prix. however, this was a rare highlight in a race few of the main front-runners finished, and the poor performance of the prost team convinced him that a switch to [[jordan grand prix|jord
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