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Biography
Ricardo Héctor Zunino (born 13 April 1949 in San Juan) is a former racing driver from Argentina who participated in Formula One from 1979 to 1981. He competed in 11 World Championship races and two non-Championship Formula One races, the 1980 Spanish Grand Prix and 1981 South African Grand Prix.
At the 1979 Canadian Grand Prix, he replaced Niki Lauda at Brabham after the Austrian abruptly quit the team and Formula One. Zunino, attending the race as a spectator on a weekend off from his regular British F1 Championship drive, was chosen to take over the seat, having recently tested for the team. After the 1980 French Grand Prix he was replaced by Héctor Rebaque.
Racing record
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | AFMP-Euroracing with March | March 772 | Hart | SIL | THR 9 | HOC Ret | NÜR 14 | 20th | 1 | |||||||||
| March Racing Ltd | VAL 11 | PAU 6 | MUG Ret | ROU 10 | NOG Ret | PER Ret | MIS Ret | EST DNQ | DON Ret | |||||||||
| 1978 | March Racing Ltd | March 782 | BMW | THR 14 | HOC Ret | NÜR 13 | PAU Ret | MUG 18 | VAL 6 | ROU 5 | DON 9 | NOG DNS | PER 5 | MIS 7 | HOC 5 | 12th | 8 | |
| 1979 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March 792 | BMW | SIL 9 | HOC Ret | THR Ret | NÜR 10 | VAL | MUG | PAU | HOC | ZAN | PER | MIS | DON | NC | 0 |
Complete British Formula One Championship results
(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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | BS Fabrications | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ZOL | OUL | BRH | MAL | SNE | THR 5 | 6th | 39 | |||||||||
| Arrows A1 | ZAN Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Clowes Racing | DON 4 | OUL Ret | NOG 7 | MAL 2 | BRH 1 | THR 2 | SNE 2 | SIL |
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position / Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN 7 | USA Ret | NC | 0 |
| 1980 | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG 7 | BRA 8 | RSA 10 | USW Ret | BEL Ret | MON DNQ | FRA Ret | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | USA | NC | 0 | |
| 1981 | Tyrrell Racing | Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | USW | BRA 13 | ARG 13 | SMR | BEL | MON | ESP | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | CAN | CPL | NC | 0 |