Giancarlo Rigamonti

Fiat-Abarth Zagato RM

Giancarlo Rigamonti is a former Italian racing car driver .

Career in motorsport

Giancarlo Rigamonti was active as a racing driver in the 1950s and 1960s. His first appearance was in the Mille Miglia , a street race that was very popular in Italy at the time . 1952 , 1953 and 1954 he could not classify himself in the top field; In 1955 he failed.

In the next, further road races followed and in 1960, together with Giancarlo Sala, overall victory in a Fiat-Abarth Zagato RM at the Coppa Ascari in Monza . In the same year he became a works driver for Abarth , competed in the 24-hour race of Le Mans and in 1962 for Scuderia Sant 'Ambroeus in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring . After finishing ninth overall in 1963 in the Italian Formula Junior Championship , he ended his career in 1964 after a few guest starts in the Italian Formula 3 Championship .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Abarth & Cie	Fiat-Abarth 750S	Remo Cattini	failure	Engine failure
1961	Abarth & Cie	Fiat-Abarth 700S	Giorgio Bassi	failure	alternator

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1953		Panhard Dyna	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
				206
1954		Crepaldi-Panhard X86 Dyna Coli	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
					129
1955		Panhard Dyna	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
					DNF
1957		Osca S750	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					58
1959	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Osca S750S	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				20th
1960	Abarth	Fiat-Abarth 750S	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
							DNF
1961	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus Abarth	Osca S1000 Fiat-Abarth 700S	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
				15th		DNF
1962	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF

literature

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

Web links

• Results at Racing Sports Cars
• Giancarlo Rigamonti at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Coppa Ascari 1960
2. ^ Italian Formula Junior Championship 1963