Massimiliano Papis, Max Papis, was a Formula One driver from Italy. He participated in 7 grands prix, debuting on July 16, 1995. He scored 0 championship points, but later won 3 ChampCar races for Bobby Rahal's team, and helped develop Toyota's ChampCar engine. The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Champcar has been the name for the class of cars used in the United States premier open wheel auto racing series for decades. ... Bobby Rahal (born January 10, 1953 in Medina, Ohio) is an auto racing team owner and former driver. ... Toyota redirects here. ...
Massimiliano Papis, MaxPapis, (born October 3, 1969) is a former Formula One driver from Italy.
Papis earned the nickname "Mad Max" at the 1996 24 Hours of Daytona during his last stint at the end of the race.
Although his second-place Ferrari 333SP had been battered due to collisions, some of its bodywork held together by tape, Papis unlapped himself by passing the race leader (the Doyle Racing Oldsmobile driven by Wayne Taylor) and proceeded to bang out some of the fastest laps of the entire race.
MaxPapis talks about his goals in CART, his relationwhiop with new teammate Robby Gordon, and suggests that there may be a podium finish possible still this season.
Max's finish Sunday was his best since eighth at last year's US 500 presented by Toyota, and matched his best on a road or street course since finishing ninth at Road America in 1996.
MaxPapis: I thought we would have been a little bit better than what we are at the moment.
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