Gianmaria Bruni

Gianmaria Bruni (b. May 30, 1981) is a Formula One racing driver currently in the employ of the Minardi team.

Bruni was born in Rome, Italy; at age ten, he told the director of La Pista d'Oro, a kart racetrack in Rome, that he was twelve, the minimum age for competition, and began an amateur karting career.

His first true racing was in Italian Formula Renault in 1997; he won the title in 1998 and moved on to European Formula Renault. He won the European title in 1999 and moved on to British Formula 3, where he came fifth in 2000 and fourth in 2001. After racing in various similar European series, he caught the attention of Minardi, for whom he tested in 2003; the biggest struggle of his career, however, was finding enough sponsorship to compete for Minardi in 2004.

Bruni did, in fact, join Minardi for the 2004 season, though he struggled considerably in a car which was considerably less developed than the rest of the grid.

Constructors and drivers currently competing in the Formula One championship:
Ferrari	Williams	McLaren	Renault	BAR	Sauber	Jaguar	Toyota	Jordan	Minardi
1 M Schumacher 2 Barrichello	3 Montoya 4 R Schumacher	5 Coulthard 6 Räikkönen	7 Villeneuve 8 Alonso	9 Button 10 Sato	11 Fisichella 12 Massa	14 Webber 15 Klien	16 Zonta 17 Panis	18 Heidfeld 19 Glock	20 Bruni 21 Baumgartner