Pasquale Di Sabatino | |
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Di Sabatino at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
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Nationality | Italian |
Born |
Atri (Italy) |
20 January 1988
World Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Liqui Moly Team Engstler |
Car no. | 8 |
Former teams | bamboo-engineering |
Starts | 27 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 20th in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2011 2010 2006–09 2005–06 2005 |
Auto GP Italian Formula Three Formula Renault 3.5 Series Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Italian Formula Junior 1600 |
Championship titles | |
2005 | Italian Formula Junior 1600 |
Pasquale Di Sabatino (born 20 January 1988 in Atri) is a professional racing driver from Italy. He has previously competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series where he was a race winner. He drove in the World Touring Car Championship for bamboo-engineering in 2012.
After an early career in karting, Di Sabatino stepped up to single–seaters in 2005, racing in the Italian Formula Junior 1600 series. Driving for the Tomcat Racing team, he secured ten podium places in twelve races, including five victories, to comfortably win the title ahead of Mihai Marinescu and former Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One driver Jaime Alguersuari.
In November 2005, Di Sabatino graduated to Formula Renault, taking part in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series held at Adria International Raceway. In the four races he contested he took one podium place to finish tenth in the standings.
The following year, he raced in the full Italian Formula Renault 2.0 championship, but failed to score a point in the twelve races he entered.
In July 2006, Di Sabatino made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, replacing Miloš Pavlović at Italian team Cram Competition. He failed to score a point in the ten races he contested, with his best result being a pair of 16th place finishes.