AUSTRALIA 
Steve Pizzati - Top Gear Australia host
Thursday, 29 May, 2008
Top Gear Australia host Steve Pizzati
Steve is an advanced driving instructor and race driver for Porsche Australia and is part of the International Audi driver training team. He is a freelance motoring journalist and stunt driver for photography.
Asked to describe himself, Steve says that “Eat + sleep + incessant travel + seriously cool driving = my life, but I’m currently trying to remove the first three parts of the equation.”
Born in Melbourne to Sicilian parents in 1974, it was not until the age of four that Steve learnt to speak English.
In 1985 Steve fell in love with fast cars, fast machines, after watching Ayrton Senna race in the Australian Grand Prix.
Steve joined the Airforce cadets, dreaming of a life flying jets for a living. Making it to the final round, Steve was knocked back due to his poor eyesight, so he turned his attention to driving fast cars. Steve made a living zipping around the city delivering hot pizza in record time while he studying Engineering and Science at university.
A self confessed science geek, Steve always has on hand his subscription science magazines, featuring his favourite topic of Astronomy, and is proud to talk about his watch collection.
Steve balances his nerdy activities with a keen interest in the outdoors, cycling and rock climbing and names Australian cycling hero, Cadel Evans, as a good friend.
His first car was a “very cool” 1971 Mk1 Cortina GT and names his ultimate car is the Viper green 911 GT3RS for the right blend of bling and brawn.
Top Gear Australia Executive Producer, Peter Abbott says: “Steve Pizzatti looks great in Lycra - which will appeal to certain parts of our audience - and he's such a great driver, we're convinced The Stig must have mated with Steve's grandmother in Sicily and he's inherited the genes. He's got a Pythonesque sense of humour and he's young and energetic enough to keep the other Top Gear Australia cast focussed on the present, not the past. His catchcry - "could we have that in colour please?”
Source: SBS
Asked to describe himself, Steve says that “Eat + sleep + incessant travel + seriously cool driving = my life, but I’m currently trying to remove the first three parts of the equation.”
Born in Melbourne to Sicilian parents in 1974, it was not until the age of four that Steve learnt to speak English.
In 1985 Steve fell in love with fast cars, fast machines, after watching Ayrton Senna race in the Australian Grand Prix.
Steve joined the Airforce cadets, dreaming of a life flying jets for a living. Making it to the final round, Steve was knocked back due to his poor eyesight, so he turned his attention to driving fast cars. Steve made a living zipping around the city delivering hot pizza in record time while he studying Engineering and Science at university.
A self confessed science geek, Steve always has on hand his subscription science magazines, featuring his favourite topic of Astronomy, and is proud to talk about his watch collection.
Steve balances his nerdy activities with a keen interest in the outdoors, cycling and rock climbing and names Australian cycling hero, Cadel Evans, as a good friend.
His first car was a “very cool” 1971 Mk1 Cortina GT and names his ultimate car is the Viper green 911 GT3RS for the right blend of bling and brawn.
Top Gear Australia Executive Producer, Peter Abbott says: “Steve Pizzatti looks great in Lycra - which will appeal to certain parts of our audience - and he's such a great driver, we're convinced The Stig must have mated with Steve's grandmother in Sicily and he's inherited the genes. He's got a Pythonesque sense of humour and he's young and energetic enough to keep the other Top Gear Australia cast focussed on the present, not the past. His catchcry - "could we have that in colour please?”
Source: SBS
