(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 02.01.1957 Пьяченца Сезонов в Ф1: 2 Лет в Ф1: 4 Гран При: 17 Старты: 3* *не стартовал: 14 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: Лучший старт: 20 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 79 - лидирования: Километры: 334.53 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1978-1981

Год	Команда	Шасси
1978	Team Surtees	Surtees TS20
1981	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1B

After seven years in karting, this Italian rich kid decided to try his hand at F3 in 1977, immediately winning his first big race at Paul Ricard. Flushed with his success, Beppe was soon in Formula 2 and by the end of the 1978 season he had had a couple of GP drives with Surtees in place of the injured Vittorio Brambilla.

Gabbiani's fortunes dipped in the first part of 1979, when he seemed to crash regularly in Formula 2 and a 'rent-a-drive' in a Shadow in a non-championship F1 race at Imola saw him non-start after an embarrassing practice period. But to be fair he was a quick driver, and he buckled down to rescue his season with second places in F2 at Mugello and Misano.

His next season in F2 with Maurer brought little success after a late start, and for 1981 he joined Osella for a tilt at Grands Prix which found him out of his depth. The Italian's Formula 1 opportunities had undoubtedly come too soon, and he retrenched in 1982, returning to F2 with Maurer, where he faced a stern challenge from gifted team-mate Stefan Bellof. Given a real chance to demonstrate his class in 1983 with the top Onyx March team, Gabbiani started brilliantly, with four wins in the first five races, but the title eventually slipped from his grasp as the Ralt-Hondas of Palmer and Thackwell overwhelmed him. After this disappointment Gabbiani's front-line career dribbled away, a few outings in F2 and F3000 offering little encouragement. In the nineties he continued to make occasional forays onto the circuits, most recently in 1999 at Monza where he raced a Riley & Scott in the International Sports Racing Series.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000