Eliseo Salazar
Eliseo Salazar was a Formula One driver from Chile. He participated in 37 grands prix, debuting on March 15, 1981. He scored a total of 3 championship points. Probably his most famous career moment came when he collided with the over-taking race leader Nelson Piquet in the 1982 German Grand Prix. After both drivers got out of their stricken cars, the angry Piquet started to punch and kick Salazar, to the shock and amazment of the millions of F1 fans watching the race live on TV. [[1]]
Complete Formula One results
(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Marc | USAW | BRA | ARG | SAN | BEL | MON | SPA | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | DUT | ITA | CAN | LAS | Ensi | |
| 1982 | ATS | SAF | BRA | USAW | SAN | BEL | MON | USAE | CAN | DUT | GBR | FRA | DEU | AUT | SWI | ITA | LAS | ATS |
| 1983 | RAM | BRA | USAW | FRA | SAN | MON | BEL | SAE | CAN | GBR | DEU | AUT | DUT | ITA | EUR | SAF | RAM |