Ricardo ''Caíto'' Risatti (born September 27, 1986, in

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) is an

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racing driver. He was the 2006

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champion and now competes in the Argentine

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series,

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. Risatti is a fourth-generation racer. His great-grandfather, Ricardo Leopoldo Risatti, won the Campeonato Argentino de Velocidad (predecessor to

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) in 1938, and his grandfather Jesús Ricardo Risatti along with father Ricardo Risatti, Jr. and uncle Gerardo Risatti have competed domestically.

Career history

Risatti began his junior racing career in

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in 1998. After a relatively short period of three seasons, he progressed into formula racing in the B-class of

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, which is based in

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. He entered only three races in 2001, but was one of twelve Argentinians who competed at some point in that year's championship. This was an unusually high number; the 2002 season featured only two Argentine drivers, including Risatti himself. In his first full season, Risatti was placed fourth in the B-class standings. Risatti moved to Europe to compete in the

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in 2003, driving at various times for E.V. Racing and Elide Racing in ten of the thirteen races. After making annual progress with eleventh, fifth and third places in the championship, Risatti secured the 2006 title with TEC Auto. In February 2007, Risatti was announced as a

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driver with

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, but this position was later taken by

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. He instead competed in the World Series by Renault with GD (Great Dane) Racing. Risatti had a second chance to make his GP2 series debut when

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broke his collarbone during training. Risatti competed with

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and

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. During this time,

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substituted for Risatti in the Fórmula Renault 3.5 Series. Since 2008, Risatti has exclusively pursued his career in Argentina. In

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, he served as a factory driver for

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and

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, achieving a victory in 2012. He competed in

between 2009 and 2014 and again in 2023. His best results came in

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, where he finished third in 2015.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Footnotes

External links

Official Site
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