Christian Pescatori

Christian Pescatori (born December 1, 1971 in Brescia ) is a former Italian racing driver .

Career

Christian Pescatori began his career in karting and became champion in the Italian Formula 3 championship in 1993 . In the mid-1990s, he switched to Formula 3000 .

But he celebrated his greatest successes in the sports car. In 1997 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2001 he became a works driver at Audi and achieved second place in the overall standings at Le Mans in 2001 and 2002. In 2002 he won together with Rinaldo Capello and Johnny Herbert , the 12-hour race at Sebring . In 2005 he secured the GTS classification in the Le Mans Series . He also won together with David Terrien , the 2: 30-hour race at the Nurburgring 2000 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1997	BMS Scuderia Italia	Porsche 911 GT1	Pierluigi Martini	Antonio de Azevedo Hermann	Rank 11
1999	JMB Racing	Ferrari 333SP	Mauro Baldi	Jérôme Policand	failure	Engine failure
2001	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello	Laurent Aïello	Rank 2
2002	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello	Johnny Herbert	Rank 2
2005	BMS Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari GTS Maranello	Fabrizio Gollin	Miguel Ramos	failure	malfunction
2006	BMS Scuderia Ferrari	Aston Martin DBR9	Fabrizio Gollin	Fabio Babini	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2002	Audi Sport North America	Audi R8	Rinaldo Capello	Johnny Herbert	Overall victory
2003	JMB Racing USA	Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT	Stéphan Grégoire	Fabio Babini	Rank 15

Web links

• Christian Pescatori at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2: 20-hour race on the Nürburgring 2000