Valentino Musetti (born 7 January 1943 in Pontremoli, Tuscany, Italy), often known as just Val Musetti, is an Italian-born English[1] film and TV stuntman and retired motor racing driver. Highlights of his career include finishing third in the Shellsport International Series in 1977.[2] In 1978 he finished fifth in the Aurora F1 Championship. In the late 1980s he drove in the FIA World Sportscar Championship. He competed in one round of the 1991 British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park.[3] With a privately entered BMW M3, he finished in thirteenth place. That year he also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but his team failed to qualify.
He has appeared in many TV programmes since the 1960s, such as The Avengers, Callan, Doctor Who (credited in the TV serial The Crusade), , The Professionals, Minder and Dempsey and Makepeace.[4] [5] He has worked as a stuntman on many TV programmes and films such as The Italian Job, The New Avengers, Superman II, An American Werewolf in London, , Alien 3 and Midsomer Murders among others.[6]
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts | ||
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1976 | David Price Racing | March 752 | Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 | MAL | SNE | OUL | BRH | THR | BRH | SNE | BRH | BRH | 6th | 43 | ||||||
Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | MAL | BRH | THR | OUL | ||||||||||||||||
1977 | David Price Racing | March 752 | Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | MAL | SNE | OUL | BRH | MAL | THR | BRH | OUL | MAL | DON | BRH | THR | SNE | BRH | 3rd | 85 |
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pts | ||
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Valentino Musetti | March 74B | Ford | HOC | THR | VAL | SAL | PAU | HOC | ROU | MUG | PER | EST | NOG | HOC | NC | 0 | |||
David Price Racing | March 742 | Ford | SIL | THR | HOC | NÜR | VAL | PAU | MUG | ROU | PER | MIS | EST | DON | NC | 0 |
(key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pts | ||
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1978 | Valentino Musetti | March 752/761 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | OUL | BRH | SNE | MAL | ZAN | DON | THR | OUL | MAL | 7th | 62 | |||||||
Mario Deliotti Racing | Ensign N177 | BRH | THR | SNE | |||||||||||||||||
1979 | Valentino Musetti | March 752/771 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ZOL | 23rd | 1 | |||||||||||||||
March 781 | OUL | BRH | MAL | SNE | THR | ZAN | |||||||||||||||
Theodore Racing Hong Kong | Wolf WR3 | DON | OUL | NOG | MAL | ||||||||||||||||
Wolf WR4 | BRH | THR | SNE | SIL | |||||||||||||||||
1980 | Colin Bennett Racing | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | OUL | BRH | SIL | MAL | THR | MNZ | MAL | SNE | BRH | 8th | 11 | |||||||
Fittipaldi F5B | THR | OUL | SIL | ||||||||||||||||||
1982 | Colin Bennett Racing | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | OUL | BRH | THR | DON | BRH | 7th | 10 |
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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | ||
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1986 | Roy Baker Racing Tiga | C2 | Tiga GC285 | Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L4t | MNZ | SIL | LMS | NOR | BRH | JER | NÜR | SPA | FUJ | NC | 0 | |||
1987 | John Bartlett Racing | C2 | Bardon DB1 | Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 | JAR | JER | SIL | LMS | NOR | NC | 0 | |||||||
Roy Baker Racing | Tiga GC286 | MNZ | ||||||||||||||||
Team Tiga Ford Denmark | Tiga GC287 | Ford Cosworth BDT-E 2.1 L4t | BRH | NÜR | ||||||||||||||
Tiga Team | Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8t | SPA | FUJ | |||||||||||||||
1988 | Roy Baker Racing | C2 | Tiga GC286 | Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8 | JER | JAR | MNZ | SIL | LMS | BRN | BRH | NÜR | SPA | FUJ | SAN | NC | 0 | |
1990 | Team Davey | C | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | SPA | DIJ | NÜR | DON | CGV | MEX | NC | 0 | |||
1991 | Team Salamin Primagaz | C2 | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | LMS | NÜR | MAG | MEX | AUT | NC | 0 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
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1986 | Roy Baker Racing Tiga | Tom Frank Mike Allison | Tiga GC285 | C2 | 95 | DNF | DNF | |
1991 | Team Salamin Primagaz | Katsunori Iketani Mercedes Stermitz | Porsche 962C | C2 | - | DNQ | DNQ | |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)