Paolo Barilla

Paolo Barilla
Born	(1961-04-20) April 20, 1961
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, Racing driver
Known for	1985 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, Deputy Chairman of Barilla Group

Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961) is a prominent entrepreneur and the victor of the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans. Formerly a Formula One competitor with the Minardi squad, Barilla currently holds the position of Deputy Chairman at the Barilla Group. As of January 2017, his estimated net worth was US$1.39 billion.

Racing career

Barilla's motorsport journey commenced in 1975, and by the following year, he secured the Italian 100cc karting championship. His career advanced through Formula Fiat Abarth in 1980 and then to Formula 3, where he achieved third place in the Italian Championship. In 1982, he stepped into Formula 2 with Minardi but shifted his focus primarily to sports car racing from 1983 until 1988. A highlight of this period was his triumph at the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving a Joest Racing Porsche 956, alongside teammates including Klaus Ludwig and Paul Belmondo.

In 1987, Barilla participated in Japanese Formula 3000 before conducting test sessions for Minardi in 1989. This led to him replacing Pierluigi Martini for the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix. He continued racing for Minardi through 1990 but was substituted mid-season due to difficulties in qualifying.

In 2014, Barilla claimed victory in the Formula 3 category at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix piloting a Chevron B34. Additionally, he appeared in a 2017 documentary centered on restoring a historic Formula 1 car, the Ferrari 312B.

Business career

After retiring from professional racing in 1990, Barilla transitioned into his family enterprise. He briefly held the CEO role between 1999 and 2000 before assuming the role of Deputy Chairman at the Barilla Group.

In 2010, he was named President of AIDEPI (Associazione delle Industrie Dolciarie e Pastaie Italiane). Later, in 2014, he became Vice-President of the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation, which concentrates on sustainable food initiatives.

Barilla was elected President of the International Pasta Organization (IPO) in 2016, where he advocates for pasta consumption and nutritional education. From March 2017 until December 2018, he served as Chairman of the Italian Food Association (Unione Italiana Food), subsequently taking on the role of Deputy Vice-Chairman in January 2019 to support industry interests both domestically and internationally.

Since July 2020, he has been a member of the Executive Council (Consiglio Direttivo) of Confindustria.

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Entries in bold represent pole positions; entries in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
Template:F2	Minardi Team	Minardi Fly 281	Ferrari	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER Ret	SPA					NC	0
			BMW										DON 10	MIS	MAN
Template:F2	Minardi Team Srl	Minardi Fly 281B	BMW	SIL 7	HOC Ret	THR 7	NÜR 15	MUG Ret	VAL 11	PAU DNQ	SPA 12	HOC 12	DON DSQ	MAN Ret	PER Ret	MIS 8	NC	0

(key) (Entries in bold indicate pole positions; entries in italics denote fastest laps.)

rownspan=3 |1988

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1986	San Remo Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	SIL	VAL	PAU	SPA	IMO	MUG	PER	ÖST	BIR	BUG DNQ	JAR	NC	0
[[1987 International Formula 3000 Championship	1987]]	Pavesi Racing	[[Ralt	Ralt RT21]]	rowspan=2 Cosworth	style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[Silverstone Circuit	SIL]]	style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit	VAL]]	style="background:#EFCFFF;" [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	SPA]]	style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[Pau Grand Prix	PAU]]	style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[Donington Park	DON]]		style="background:#EFCFFF;" [[Brands Hatch	BRH ]]	style="background:#EFCFFF;" [[Birmingham Superprix	BIR ]]	style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	IMO ]]	style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[Bugatti Circuit	BUG ]]		rowspan=2 NC	rowspan=2 0
	nowrap [[Ralt		Ralt RT20 ]]						style="background:#CFCFFF;" [[Autodromo di Pergusa	PER ]]					style="background:#FFCFCF;" [[Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	JAR ]]
nowrap Cobra International	nowrap March Engineering March 88B	rowspan=3 Cosworth style="background:#EFCFFF;" Jerez Ret colspan=10 rowspan=3 "17th" rowspan=3 "3"
nowrap Spirit TOM's Racing	rowspan=2 nowrap Reynard Motorsport Reynard 88D	style="background:#FFCFCF;" Vallelunga DNQ style="background:#EFCFFF;" Pau Ret style="background:#EFCFFF;" Silverstone Ret style="background:#EFCFFF;" Monza Ret style="background:#FFCFCF;" Pergusa DNQ style="background:#DFFFDF;" Brands Hatch Fourth Birmingham Superprix colspan=3
nowrap Jordan Racing colspan=8 style="background:#EFCFFF;" Bugatti Ret style="background:#EFCFFF;" Zolder Ret style="background:#CFCFFF;" Dijon-Prenois Seventh
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Full Japanese Formula 3000 Championship Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races in italics signify fastest laps)

Year	Team	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Position	Points
1989	PIAA Nakajima Racing	Mugen Honda	SUZ 8th	FUJ Retired	NIS 2nd	SUZ Retired	SUG Retired	FUJ Retired	SUZ 10th	SUZ Retired	11th	6

Complete Formula One Results

(key)

Year	Team Entrant	Chassis Model	Engine Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
Template:F1	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN Retired	AUS	NC	0
Template:F1	SCM Minardi Team	Minardi M189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8	USA Retired	BRA Retired															NC	0
		Minardi M190				<style="background:#CFCFFF;">SMR 11th</style> <style="background:#EFCFFF;">MON Retired</style> <style="background:#FFCFCF;">CAN Did Not Qualify</style> <style="background:#CFCFFF;">MEX 14th</style> <style="background:#FFCFCF;">FRA Did Not Qualify</style> <style="background:#CFCFFF;">GBR 12th</style> <style="background:#FFCFCF;">GER Did Not Qualify</style> <style="background:#CFCFFF;">HUN 15th</style> <style="background:#EFCFFF;">BEL Retired</style> <style="background:#FFCFCF;">ITA Did Not Qualify</style> <style="background:#FFCFCF;">POR Did Not Qualify</style> <style="background:#FFCFCF;">ESP Did Not Qualify</style>

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Laps Completed	Pos.	Class Pos.
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Martini Racing	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Alessandro Nannini Template:Country data FRATemplate:Namespace detect showall Jean-Claude Andruet	Lancia LC2-Ferrari	C	135	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Martini Racing	Template:Country data ITATemplate:Namespace detect showall Mauro Baldi Hans Heyer	Lancia LC2-Ferrari	C1	275	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall New-Man Joest Racing	Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Klaus Ludwig Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Louis Krages	Porsche 956B	C1	374	1st	1st
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Joest Racing	Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Klaus Ludwig Template:Country data FRGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Louis Krages	Porsche 956B	C1	196	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Country data UKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Tiff Needell Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 88C	C1	283	24th	15th
Template:24hLM	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Country data JPNTemplate:Namespace detect showall Hitoshi Ogawa Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V	C1	45	DNF	DNF