motorcycle racer racecar driver
In 1968, driving for Alfa Romeo, he was second in the Targa Florio and fourth in the Le Mans 24 Hours race co-driving with Nanni Galli. His success earned him a Formula One chance and he debuted well, finishing fourth in the Belgian General Practice at Spa and raced three more times that year. Ferrari were also trialling the Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni and he put in some excellent drives to restrict Giunti"s chances though he was re-signed by Ferrari for 1971.
Tragedy struck in his first drive in 1971 whilst racing in the 1000 km Buenos Aires race, when his Ferrari 312PB prototype ploughed into the back of the Matra 660 of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, who was pushing the car along the track after it had run out of fuel.
The impact and the subsequent fire gave the popular Italian no chance of survival.