Giuseppe Cipriani

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Giuseppe Cipriani (born June 9, 1965 ) is an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur. He competed in the Auto GP from 2010 to 2015 . In 2016 he drove in Formula V8 3.5 .

Career in motorsport

Cipriani began his motorsport career in 1988 in the Barber Saab Pro Series , which he finished in tenth place. In 1989 he switched to the Italian Formula 3 championship for two years and competed in a total of eleven races. He was left without points.

After Cipriani had ended his active motorsport career in 1991, he founded the Italian-based racing team Il Barone Rampante , which competed in Formula 3000 from 1991 to 1993 . In their debut year, Cipriani's team won several races and, with Alessandro Zanardi, was runner-up of the year; then the racing team dropped out and ceased racing in the middle of the 1993 season.

In 2008, Cipriani initially returned to motorsport for two Formula Palmer Audi races . He then also took part in three races of the Formula Palmer Audi autumn championship. In 2009, the Italian decided to continue his motorsport career at the age of 43 and started the entire season in the Formula Palmer Audi. With two ninth places as the best results he finished 14th overall. In 2010 Cipriani contested his second season in the Formula Palmer Audi and finished the season with a sixth place as the best result in eleventh place overall.

After Cipriani already the last race weekend of the 2010 season for Durango in the Auto GP had made its debut and has the 26th place in the overall standings, he was 2011 taken by Durango for the full season under contract. While his teammate Giovanni Venturini scored 76 points with wins, Cipriani scored 2 points. He finished the season in 20th place in the drivers' championship. In 2012 , Cipriani moved to Campos Racing within the series that has now been renamed the Auto GP World Series . On the Hungaroring he was in the lead for a few laps in the sprint race, but did not manage to stay in the top group for a long time. This weekend he achieved his best Auto-GP result with two sixth places. He was 14th in the drivers' championship.

In 2013 , Cipriani stayed in the Auto GP. He was given a cockpit with the Ibiza Racing Team , a new racing team that he was also a co-owner. After the third race weekend, Cipriani paused until the end of the season for health reasons. He was in 21st place overall. He also took part in two races in the Superstars Series and completed test drives in the IndyCar Series for Dale Coyne Racing . In 2014 Cipriani drove again for Ibiza Racing in the Auto GP. With a third place at the season opener, he achieved his only Auto-GP podium. He finished eleventh in the drivers' championship. He also completed two races in the Euro V8 Series . In the 2015 Auto GP season , Cipriani contested all four races for the Ibiza Racing Team. He finished seventh in the championship. In addition, he competed in the Italian GT Championship and the Boss GP .

In 2016 Cipriani switched to the Durango Racing Team in Formula V8 3.5 . Eighth place was his best result and he finished 17th in the drivers' championship.

Personal

Together with his father Arrigo , he runs the luxury hotel and restaurant group "Cipriani".

statistics

Career stations

  • 1988: Barber Saab Pro Series (10th place)
  • 1989: Italian Formula 3
  • 1990: Italian Formula 3
  • 2008: Formula Palmer Audi (28th place)
  • 2008: Formula Palmer Audi, autumn series (25th place)
  • 2009: Formula Palmer Audi (14th place)
  • 2010: Formula Palmer Audi (11th place)
  • 2010 : Auto GP (26th place)
  • 2011 : Auto GP (20th place)
  • 2012 : Auto GP (14th place)
  • 2013 : Auto GP (21st place)
  • 2013: Superstars Series (21st place)
  • 2014 : Auto GP (11th place)
  • 2014: Euro V8 Series (20th place)
  • 2015 : Auto GP (7th place)
  • 2015: Italian GT Championship, GT3

Individual results in Formula V8 3.5 / World Series Formula V8 3.5

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2016 Durango Racing Team SpainSpain ALC HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LEC United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL AustriaAustria SPI ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain JER SpainSpain CAT 6th 17th
13 13 DNF DNF 9 8th 13 13 11 12 13 DNF 13 11 DNF 15th 12 14th
2017 Il Barone Rampante United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain JER SpainSpain ALC GermanyGermany ONLY MexicoMexico MEX United StatesUnited States COA BahrainBahrain BRN 21st 15th
11 9 DNF 12 10 8th 10 DNF 10 10 12 DNF 10 6th DNF 9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Valsecchi, Leo and Cipriani to race in Monza” (autogp.com on September 30, 2010)
  2. ↑ “Venturini and Cipriani join Durango” (autogp.org on February 9, 2011)
  3. ↑ “Campos Racing confirms 2012 line-up for Auto GP World Series” (autosport.com on February 22, 2012)
  4. ^ Peter Mills: “Auto GP announces 21-car field for 2013 season”. autosport.com, March 15, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Jamie O'Leary: “New Ibiza team to enter Auto GP in 2013”. autosport.com, February 5, 2013, accessed February 7, 2013 .
  6. ^ "Coyne a Sebring con Hawksworth e Cipriani". (No longer available online.) Italiaracing.net, December 16, 2013, archived from the original on April 13, 2014 ; Retrieved April 10, 2014 .
  7. ↑ “Giuseppe Cipriani - Bio” ( Memento from March 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (formulapalmeraudi.com; accessed on October 2, 2010)

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personal data
SURNAME Cipriani, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1965