Almo Coppelli

Almo Coppelli (born February 22, 1958 in Milan ) is a former Italian racing driver .

Career

Almo Coppelli began his career in Formula Ford in 1978 . Further monoposto attempts in Formula 3 and Renault were largely unsuccessful.

From 1984 Coppelli competed in sports car races. In the sports car world championship in 1984 he drove an Alba AR2 in the group C2 classification, in which the overall classification also won. In the following years he became a regular starter in international sports car races and competed for various racing teams. In the United States he drove for the team of Giampiero Moretti , in Europe, among others, for Spice Engineering , Kremer Racing and in the 1990s for the racing team of Riccardo Agusta . He competed eleven times in Le Mans ; with the best placement in 1992 when he was eleventh overall.

Coppelli remained active until 2009 (the last few years he competed in the British GT Championship) and retired from racing at the end of the season.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1984	Scuderia Jolly Club	Alba AR2	Guido Daccò	Davide Pavia	Rank 19
1985	Kreepy Krauly Racing	March 85G	Graham Duxbury	Christian Danner	Rank 22
1988	Spice engineering	Spice SE88C	Eliseo Salazar	Thorkild Thyrring	failure	Engine failure
1991	Veneto team	Lancia LC2	Luigi Giorgio		not classified
1992	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	Charles Rickett	Robin Donovan	Rank 11
1993	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	Steve Fossett	Robin Donovan	failure	Defect in the fuel pump
1994	Agusta Racing Team	Venturi 600LM	Riccardo Agusta	Michel Krine	failure	Wagon fire
1995	Agusta Racing Team	Callaway Corvette SuperNatural	Patrick Bourdais	Thorkild Thyrring	failure	accident
1996	Agusta Racing Team Ltd.	Callaway Corvette	Riccardo Agusta	Patrick Camus	failure	Clutch damage
1997	Agusta Racing Team Ltd.	Callaway Corvette LM-GT	Riccardo Agusta	Eric Graham	failure	Ignition damage
1998	Kremer Racing	Kremer K8 Spyder	Riccardo Agusta	Xavier Pompidou	Rank 12

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1991	Spice Engineering USA	Spice SE90P	Jay Hill	Rank 15

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Almo Coppelli at the Driver Database
• Almo Coppelli at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Group C2 ranking of the 1984 World Sports Car Championship