Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961 in Milan, Italy) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. Paolo is one of the heirs of the vast Barilla pasta empire.Barilla started racing in 1975 and won the Italian 100cc karting title in 1976. In 1980 he entered Formula Fiat Abarth, and moved up to Formula 3 in 1981, where he won some races and finished third in the Italian Championship. Barilla then entered Formula 2 in 1982 with Minardi, but between 1983 and 1988 he concentrated in sports car racing, winning 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1985, among other victories, in the Joest Racing Porsche 956.In 1987 Barilla returned to single-seaters and raced in the Japanse Formula 3000 Championship, before returning to Minardi in 1989 for a test. This test gave him the chance to replace Pierluigi Martini at Suzuka that year and afterwards was signed to drive for the team in 1990. Barilla wasn't quick enough to qualify regularly, and was replaced before the end of the year by Gianni Morbidelli.Barilla then retired from racing and joined his family's businesses, but has remained connected to motorsports due to Barilla's sponsorship of Alex Zanardi. Complete Formula One Results(key)

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Fight hunger with a free cookbook. Pasta maker Barilla is offering you a free cookbook and Second Harvest Food Bank free money. For every cookbook downloaded from its site, Barilla will donate a dollar to Second Harvest to fight hunger across America.

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The Celebrity Pasta Lovers' Cookbook is available here, free of charge, through February 2007. For each person who downloads a copy of the cookbook, Barilla will donate $1 to America's Second Harvest - The Nation's Food Bank Network, with a total donation up to $100,000.