The effervescent Giancarlo Fisichella turns 44 today, and while he never won a world championship the Italian driver nonetheless seems to have woven his way into the very fabric of modern Formula One with stints at Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India, Ferrari in a career spanning 14 seasons and 231 races. He made his début at the 1996 Australian Grand Prix with Minardi and the following season moved to Jordan where he picked up his first podium position with third place in Canada. Back-to-back runners-up spots came in Monaco and Canada in 1997 with Benetton, and his run of form in Montreal continued with two more podiums there in the following seasons. He had to wait...
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