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Trulli's parents were motorsport fans, and named their son after Jarno Saarinen , the Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion who had been killed at Monza in 1973. This Finnish forename caused a certain amount of confusion when he first entered Formula One, with many not initially realising that he was Italian. His father's enthusiasm also meant that, like many successful racers, he was involved in karting from an early age.

After winning the Italian and then European Go-Karts championships he won the German Formula Three championship in 1996 and in 1997 made his debut in F1 with Minardi. After 7 races he replaced Olivier Panis at Prost where he stayed for the next two seasons and where he scored his first podium at the 1999 European Grand PrixThe European Grand Prix is a Formula One event that was held during the mid- 1980s and has been held mostly regularly since 1993. Both incarnations of the event were developed as stopgaps. In 1983, the Formula One schedule initially planned on a race in N. In 2000 he moved to JordanGiancarlo Fisichella driving for the Jordan Grand Prix team at Indianapolis in 2002 Jordan Grand Prix is a Formula One racing team that debuted in 1991. The team is named after Irish-born owner Edmund "Eddie" Jordan. Jordan had a brief stint as a race dri; after two irregular seasons he moved to Renault, and in 2003 he a good season scoring 33 points and 1 podium at the German Grand PrixThe German Grand Prix Grosser Preis von Deutschland is an automobile race. In 1907, Germany staged the first of the Kaiserpreis races at the Taunus Circuit, with entries limited to touring cars with engines of less than eight litres. A precusor to the Ger. In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co the Renault was more competitive still and he won his first Grand Prix race at MonacoThe principality of Monaco holds one of the oldest races on the Formula One automobile racing circuit. The Monaco Grand Prix held there annually, was first organized by Antony Noghes, a well-to-do cigarette manufacturer and a resident of Monte Carlo, unde. However, after he agreed to race for Toyota in the 2005 and 2006 seasons in September 2004, his relationship with Renault deteriorated and he left the team early, driving the Toyota in the last two races of the season.