Elio de Angelis

Elio de Angelis was an Italian racing driver, born in Rome on 26 March 1958, who competed in Formula One from 1979 to 1986. The son of a wealthy property developer and powerboat racer, he won the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1977 and the Monaco Formula Three race before moving up. In Formula One he drove for Shadow, Lotus and Brabham, won two Grands Prix across eight seasons and finished third in the 1984 World Drivers' Championship with Lotus. At the age of 21 he became the youngest Grand Prix podium finisher of all time, and he was often called the last gentleman player of Formula One. He died on 15 May 1986 after an accident while testing the Brabham BT55 at Paul Ricard.