Raffaele Pinto

Raffaele "Lele" Pinto (13 April 1945 – 8 December 2020) was a rally driver, who won the 1974 Rally Portugal.

Raffaele Pinto

Pinto testing the Lancia Stratos Turbo (1974)
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1945-04-13)13 April 1945 Casnate, Italy
Died	8 December 2020(2020-12-08) (aged 75) Cecina, Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1973 – 1978
Co-driver	Arnaldo Bernacchini Fabio Penariol
Teams	Fiat, Lancia
Rallies	19
Championships	0
Rally wins	1
Podiums	3
Stage wins	42
Total points	0
First rally	1973 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	1974 Rally Portugal
Last rally	1978 Rally Sanremo

Career

Pinto began rallying in 1968.^[1] In 1972, he won the European Rally Championship in a Fiat 124 Sport Spider. The following year, the World Rally Championship was run for the first time, and Pinto competed with Fiat, winning the 1974 Rally Portugal. For 1975, he moved to Lancia, where he remained until the end of 1977, driving the legendary Lancia Stratos HF.

WRC victories

#	Event	Season	Co-driver	Car
1	8th Rally de Portugal	1974	Arnaldo Bernacchini	Fiat Abarth 124 Rallye