Marco Apicella

Marco Apicella (born 7 October 1965 near Bologna, , Emilia-Romagna, Italy) is an Italian former racing driver who had an extremely short Formula One career in at the .
Prior to F1, Apicella was mostly successful in International Formula 3000, driving from 1987 to 1991. During these years he failed to win a single race, despite seven second places. He moved to Japanese Formula 3000 in 1992, finally winning a race.
After a series of test driver roles during his Formula 3000 days, Apicella finally got an opportunity to make his F1 début at his home race, the 1993 Italian GP, in a after Thierry Boutsen's retirement. However, it was not a fairy-tale event; his career lasted less than 800 metres as he was taken out by JJ Lehto in a collision that also took out Apicella's teammate Rubens Barrichello. From the next race, Emmanuele Naspetti replaced Apicella.
It would turn out to be Apicella's only race in F1, and he returned back to Japan, where he won the Japanese F3000 title in 1994. In , Apicella was announced as one of the test drivers for the project; however, the project never came to fruition and Apicella's final chance to make it in F1 was gone.
After racing in GT cars and endurance racing, Apicella eventually retired from motor racing and currently serves as a racing instructor and sales representative for the Stilo race helmet company.
==Formula One Career==
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	Points 	Pos.
 	Minardi Team SpA	 	Test driver 	Test driver
 	SCM Minardi Team	 	Test driver 	Test driver
 	Modena Team SpA 	 	Team pre-entry test driver	Team pre-entry test driver
 	Modena Team SpA 	 	Test driver 	Test driver
 	Sasol Jordan 	 	0 	NC
 	Dome Company 	 	Team pre-entry test driver	Team pre-entry test driver
===Career Statistics===
===Career Results===
==Notes==
==External links==
* Official website
* Wikipedia article
* STATS F1 profile
* OldRacingCars.com Where Are They Now profile
* DriverDB profile
* 8W article on Apicella
Category:Living people
Category:1965 births
Category:1993 Début Drivers
Category:Jordan Drivers
Category:Italian Drivers