Fabrizio Giovanardi | |
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Giovanardi at the Donington round of the 2014 British Touring Car Championship season.
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Nationality | Italian |
Born |
Sassuolo (Italy) |
14 December 1966
British Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2006 |
Current team | Airwaves Racing |
Car no. | 7 |
Former teams | Uniq Racing with Triple Eight |
Starts | 152 |
Wins | 24 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 17 |
Best finish | 1st in 2007, 2008 |
Previous series | |
2011 2010, 2013 2008 2006 2005–06 2002–04 2000–01 1998–99 1996–97 1995 1991–99 1989–91 1989 1989 1987–88, 1990 |
STCC Superstars Series V8 Supercars TC 2000 Championship WTCC ETCC European Super Touring Super Tourenwagen Cup Spanish Touring Cars DTM Italian Superturismo International Formula 3000 IMSA GT Championship Renault 21 European Cup Italian Formula Three |
Championship titles | |
2007–08 2002 2000–01 1998–99 1997 1992 |
BTCC ETCC European Super Touring Italian Superturismo Spanish Touring Cars Italian Superturismo Class S2 |
Fabrizio Giovanardi (born 14 December 1966 in Sassuolo) is an Italian racing driver. During his career he has won ten touring car titles, including European and British crowns making him the most successful touring car driver worldwide. He has spent the majority of his career racing for Alfa Romeo and Vauxhall.
After winning both the Italian and World Formula C karting titles for 125cc karts in 1986, Giovanardi stepped up to the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1987, driving a Reynard 873 powered by Alfa Romeo for PreMa Racing, where he scored a podium en route to thirteenth position in the championship. He stayed in the series in 1988, where he secured two wins at Vallelunga and Enna-Pergusa and finished third overall in the championship, a point behind runner-up Mauro Martini and two points behind season champion Emanuele Naspetti. He returned to the series in 1990, competing in a single round.
In 1989, Giovanardi switched to International Formula 3000 to compete with First Racing and won the race at Vallelunga. Those were his only points however, as he ended up tenth in the final championship standings; failing to qualify for races at Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Le Mans. He continued in the series in 1990 with First Racing, and again ended up tenth in the championship with a best result of second place at Pau. 1991 was his final season, and finished in a three-way tie for eleventh place.