Giuseppe Cipriani (racing driver) (original) (raw)

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Italian racing driver

Giuseppe Cipriani
Cipriani at the Red Bull Ring in 2023
Nationality Italian
Born (1965-06-09) 9 June 1965 (age 59)Venice, Italy
Auto GP career
Debut season 2010
Current team Ibiza Racing Team
Car number 7
Former teams Durango, Campos Racing
Starts 54
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 11th in 2014
Previous series
2008-091989-90 Formula Palmer AudiItalian Formula Three

Giuseppe Cipriani (born 9 June 1965) is an Italian racing driver and businessman.

Cipriani is the grandson of Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of hotel and restaurant chain Cipriani S.A. which includes Harry's Bar. Cipriani today is managing director of the company founded by his grandfather.[1]

Cipriani began his involvement in motorsport in the United States in the late-1980s, competing in the Barber Pro Series. He returned to Italy to compete in domestic Formula 3 in 1990, before moving into team management the following year having founded International Formula 3000 team Il Barone Rampante. Cipriani attempted to buy Tyrrell Racing and enter Formula One in 1992 with IBR, with plans to compete as Benetton's B-team, but was not successful and left motorsport at the end of 1993 in favour of other business interests.[2] Cipriani returned to driving in the late-2000s, which saw him initially compete in open-wheel series including Formula Palmer Audi, Auto GP and Formula V8 3.5 before switching to GT racing in 2018.[3]

Complete Auto GP results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2010 Durango BRN 1 BRN 2 IMO 1 IMO 2 SPA 1 SPA 2 MAG 1 MAG 2 NAV 1 NAV 2 MNZ 116 MNZ 213 26th 0
2011 Griffitz Durango MNZ 1Ret MNZ 214 HUN 115 HUN 213 BRN 19 BRN 212 DON 112 DON 2Ret OSC 1Ret OSC 213† VAL 115 VAL 212 MUG 113† MUG 2Ret 20th 2
2012 Campos Racing MNZ 111 MNZ 210 VAL 112 VAL 214 MAR 1Ret MAR 29 HUN 16 HUN 26 ALG 1Ret ALG 2Ret CUR 1Ret CUR 210 SON 1Ret SON 2Ret 14th 18
2013 Ibiza Racing Team MNZ 19 MNZ 213 MAR 110 MAR 2Ret HUN 113 HUN 2Ret SIL 1 SIL 2 MUG 1 MUG 2 NÜR 1 NÜR 2 DON 1 DON 2 BRN 1 BRN 2 21st 3
2014 Ibiza Racing MAR 13 MAR 27 LEC 110 LEC 210 HUN 112† HUN 2Ret MNZ 17 MNZ 28 IMO 18 IMO 2Ret RBR 19 RBR 2Ret NÜR 1Ret NÜR 29 EST 1 EST 2 11th 38
2015 Ibiza Racing Team HUN 1Ret HUN 27 SIL 15 SIL 24 7th‡ 24‡

‡ Position when season was cancelled.

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2016 Durango Racing Team ALC 113 ALC 213 HUN 1Ret HUN 2Ret SPA 19 SPA 28 LEC 113 LEC 213 SIL 111 SIL 212 RBR 113 RBR 2Ret MNZ 113 MNZ 211 JER 1Ret JER 215 CAT 112 CAT 214 17th 6
2017 Il Barone Rampante SIL 111 SIL 29 SPA 1Ret SPA 212 MNZ 110 MNZ 28 JER 110 JER 2Ret ALC 110 ALC 210 NÜR 112 NÜR 2Ret MEX 110 MEX 26 COA 1Ret COA 29† BHR 1 BHR 2 15th 21

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

  1. ^ The Trouble with Harry’s Archived 2017-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - Mark Seal, Vanity Fair, 2 November 2009
  2. ^ "Il Barone Rampante's plan to buy Tyrrell". Unraced F1. 3 January 2024. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Error". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
Sporting positions
Preceded byGiulio BorlenghiAndrzej Lewandowski International GT OpenAm Champion 2019 Succeeded byIncumbent