Emanuele Pirro is most closely associated with Audi due to his five Le Mans 24 Hours victories between 2000 and 2007 coming with its R8 and R10 machines. Those followed touring car successes for the brand during the previous decade, claiming successive titles across the Italian and German super touring series from 1994 to 1996. But it’s from Pirro’s prior spell with BMW at the Schnitzer team he raced for on-and-off between 1985 and 1993 that he chooses his favourite team-mate.
Roberto Ravaglia, his old rival from karting, Formula Fiat Abarth and Formula 3, had made the move into touring cars in 1984 with Schnitzer while Pirro continued on the single-seater ladder in Formula Two. Pirro shared a car with Ravaglia for the first time at the Nurburgring the following year, placing fourth in their 635CSi after two outings with Dieter Quester, and the duo went on to forge a successful partnership over the coming years.
