Valentino Scorchio

Valentino Scorchio has been Italy's greatest driver in Furmula One this century but since 2007, he has been fighting for that elusive fourth title and a lot of pundits believe that his time has come and it is time for Valentino to move on. Debuting in Furmula One in 2001 as a young 21 year old, Valentino showed promise but was unable to show his true greatness due to lackluster machinery. In 2003, Valentino finally got called up to a top team after another former World Champion retired and Scorchio put up a good fight for the Championship that year thanks to the much better machinery. He would also get his first win in Furmula One in-front of a home crowd at Monza that year. After a disappointing 2004, Scorchio was ready to take the world by storm. Valentino would win 9 out of the 17 races in 2005 and he would take home his first World Driver Championship. Then he would do it again in 2006, winning 10 races and finally, after a tight title fight, he would go Back-To-Back-To-Back and win the 2007 World Drivers Championship after a well deserved victory in Brazil.

Then came 2008... It started well for the Italian Tiger as he would pick up from where he left off from the previous year but Scorchio would be tied in a scandal along with his team as it was revealed that the Team Owner and the Head Engineer used insiders rights after the 2007 season ended to steal secret info from opposition teams about their 2008 cars to not only get a competitive edge on their opponents but to also make their car unbeatable. The team was forced to use their now outdated 2007 car, had all of their points deducted for the season and both the Team Owner and Head Engineer were barred from ever being involved in Furmula One again. (The Team Owner was able to appeal his sentence down to five years.) After 2008, Scorchio left the team and has since been fluctuating between Contender teams and Midfield teams and despite some close title fights and the hunger for a 4th title, Valentino has not been able to clam a 4th World Drivers Championship. 2019 will be his 12th year since his last title win, but Valentino has shown the world that he still has the skills needed to be world champion but only time will tell if he can find the team that can get him to a 4th World Championship before he rides off into the sunset.