Forti  

Active Years in Formula One:                    1995-1996

Statistics:

Attempted	Started	Finished	Best Result	Points
54	45	17	7th	0

Driver Info

Driver	Years	Attempts	Races	Qualifying %
Pedro Diniz	1995	17	17	100%
Roberto Moreno	1995	17	17	100%
Luca Badoer	1996	10	6	60%
Andrea Montermini	1996	10	5	50%

The Forti team was formed in 1995. That year, it was fighting hard for the honor of "best of the worst" with Pacific and Simtek. They won this hard fought battle, which in itself was impressive, given that this was their first year, and both of the other teams had raced in 1994. Simtek did not last past Monaco, and Forti's best finish of 7th was better than that of Pacific, whose best result was an eighth. Their 7th came at Adelaide and was achieved by Pedro Diniz in a race of attrition. They were one retirement away from a points placing, but it was not to be.
In 1996, Pacific were also out of business, and Forti were alone at the back of the grid. They suffered through eleven races with their 1995 chassis, which had been modified for the 1996 regulations, but this, coupled with their ancient underpowered Ford V8, made them notoriously slow. They could not even keep up with the Minardis, Tyrrells, and Arrows, and they often failed to qualify. After a double DNQ at Silverstone, the money ran out, and the Forti team folded.
 
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