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2017 Italian GT Championship
The 2017 Italian GT Championship was the 26th season of the Italian GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the Italian automobile club (ACI). The Championship consisted of seven Sprint race events. At each event there were held two races. The Season started on 29 April in Imola and ended on 8 October in Mugello The Mugello () is a historic region and valley in northern Tuscany, Italy, corresponding to the course of the River Sieve. It is located to the north of the city of Florence and includes the northernmost portion of the Metropolitan City of Fl .... Calendar All races were held in Italy. Teams and Drivers Super GT3 GT3 Super GT Cup GT Cup GT4 References {{Italian GT seasons Italian Motorsports Championships 2017 in Italian motorsport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian GT Championship
The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a previous supercar-based championship which ran from 1992 until 2002 when it was folded due to a lack of entrants. The series borrowed heavily from the international FIA GT Championship in its first few seasons, although additional entries from Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Supercup, and Maserati Trofeo competitors were allowed. Following the 2006 season, the top GT1 class was dropped from the championship, leaving competitors in the GT2, GT3, and GT Cup classes. GT2 competition is dominated by the Ferrari F430, with several Porsche 911 GT3s as well. The GT3 class features a variety of machines from the FIA GT3 European Championship, from Aston Martin, Chrysler and Lamborghini, while the GT Cup class is once again made up of Ferrari Challeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ROAL Motorsport
ROAL Motorsport (previously known as Ravaglia Motorsport) is an Italian auto racing team, which operated the BMW Team Italy-Spain team in the World Touring Car Championship, and currently competes as BMW Team Italia in the Italian GT Championship. It was founded in 2001 by 1987 World Touring Car champion Roberto Ravaglia and Aldo Preo (Roberto + Aldo = ROAL). Team History at roal-motorsport.com History Ravaglia Motorsport began competing in the Superproduction class of the European Super Touring Championship in 2001 as BMW Team Germany with Peter Kox and Norman Simon as drivers, with Kox winning the class. In 2002, they competed in the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) as BMW Team Spain with Jordi Gené and Fabrizio de Simone as drivers. In 2003, they became BMW Team Italy-Spain and had Antonio García and Fabrizio Giovanardi as drivers, with Alex Zanardi driving a third car at the season finale in Monza, using special controls following his serious accident in 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Zampieri
Daniel Zampieri (born 22 May 1990, in Rome) is an Italian racing driver. Career Formula Renault After a two-year international karting career, Zampieri moved up to Formula Renault with BVM Racing in 2006. Making his debut in Italian Formula Renault Championship, Italian Formula Renault at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa–Francorchamps, Zampieri finished 17th and 18th on début. His best finish of the championship came at another Formula One venue, Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, when he finished eleventh in the opening race. He also took part in six Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Eurocup races for BVM, again with a best finish of eleventh in Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. To gain more Formula Renault experience, Zampieri committed to a campaign in the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series. He finished the championship in ninth place, tied on fifty points with Nicola de Marco. Zampieri moved to Cram Motorsport, Cram Competition for the 2007 season, competing in the European and It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Veglia
Lorenzo Veglia (born 7 October 1996) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the Italian GT Championship. He made his debut in 2015. Racing career Veglia began his career in 2013 in the European Touring Car Cup, he raced in the Super 1600 division. Finishing 4th in the standings that year. During his time in the European Touring Car Cup he raced under the pseudonym Romeo Luciano. He switched to the SEAT León Eurocup for 2014, he finished the season 12th in the standings. In March 2015, it was announced that Veglia would make his TCR International Series The TCR International Series was an international Touring car racing, touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was ma ... debut with Liqui Moly Team Engstler driving a SEAT León Cup Racer. Racing record Career summary Complete TCR International Series results ( key) (Races in bol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Rugolo
Michele Rugolo (born 31 August 1982 in Montebelluna) is an Italian racing driver. Career Formula Renault After competing in karting championships from 1992 to 1999, Rugolo competed in the Formula Renault 2000 Italy from 2000 to 2002, and then switched to Formula Nissan part-way through 2002. Sports Cars Rugolo competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003, finishing 11th overall in a Durango- Judd. In 2005, he competed in the American Le Mans Series, driving a Dodge Viper GTS-R. For 2007, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship, and moved into the International GT Open championship the following year. He joined Krohn Racing in 2011 for its Intercontinental Le Mans Cup GTE-Am class effort, which saw class wins at the Twelve Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Rugolo, Tracy Krohn and Nic Jonsson helped take the team to a second-place finish in the class championship. In 2012, Rugolo will return to Krohn Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. On Wedne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Target Racing
Target Racing is an auto racing team based in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ... and is sometimes known as BVM – Target Racing. Also the team run Malta Formula Racing, Glorax Racing, F & M and Black Bull Swiss Racing entries. History Target Racing was born in January 1997 from the experience gained in the highest categories of sports motoring (F.1, F.Indy, F.3000), combined with entrepreneurial spirit and passion, by Roberto Venieri. Target Racing debuted in 1997 in the Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 Federal Championships remaining there until 2002,the year in which the Ravenna team won the F.3 Tricolor with Milos Pavlovic and the CSAI F.Renault Monza Under 19 Trophy with Luca Persiani. 2003 saw the confirmation of Target Racing at the top of Formula 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AF Corse
AF Corse is an Italian auto racing team founded by former racing driver Amato Ferrari in 1995 in Piacenza. Strongly linked to the Maserati and Ferrari brands, AF Corse currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship, GT World Challenge Europe, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series, and International GT Open, and are four-time champions of the GT2 class of the former FIA GT Championship. The team has also entered cars under Advanced Engineering, AT Racing, PeCom Racing, Spirit of Race, Formula Racing, 8Star Motorsports and MR Racing, and in association with Michael Waltrip Racing (AF Waltrip). History In 1995, Amato Ferrari (no relation to the family of Enzo Ferrari and his Ferrari car company) retired from driving and chose to concentrate on team management, initially entering the Italian Superturismo Championship. Following the series' demise in 1999, Ferrari launched a new team known as AF Corse (in English, "AF Racing"), named for his initials. The te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Cheever III
Edward Mackay Cheever III (born 5 June 1993) is an Italian-American Auto racing, racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Triarsi Competizione in the GTD class. He is the son of retired Formula One driver and 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner Eddie Cheever. Career Karting Born in Rome, Cheever began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Europe for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2009 and finishing 15th in the CIK-FIA European Championship. Formula Renault Cheever graduated to open-wheel car, single-seaters in 2009 Formula Renault seasons, 2009. He competed with Jenzer Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, Swiss and Italian Formula Renault Championship, Italian championships, finishing eleventh and fourteenth in the final standings, respectively. Formula Abarth In 2010 Formula Abarth season, 2010, Cheever moved into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matteo Malucelli
Matteo Malucelli (born 20 October 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2015 : 1st Stage 3 Rás Tailteann : 1st Stage 10 Volta a Portugal : 3rd Circuito del Porto : 6th Trofej Umag ;2016 : Tour du Maroc ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3, 4 & 6 : 1st Stage 1 Okolo Slovenska : 8th GP Kranj ;2017 : 1st Stage 2 Okolo Slovenska : Tour of Bihor ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 ;2018 : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Aragón : 1st Stage 1 Tour of China I : Vuelta al Táchira ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Bretagne : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Bihor : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Venezuela ;2019 : 1st Points classification, Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine ;2021 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta al Táchira : 10th Cholet-Pays de la Loire ;2022 : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Antalya : 1st Stage 1 Giro di Sicilia ;2023 : 7th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré : 9th Paris–Chauny : 9th Heistse Pijl : 10th Omloop van het Houtland ;2024 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrari 488 GT3
The Ferrari 488 (Type F142M) is a mid-engine sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. The car replaced the 458, being the first mid-engine Ferrari to use a turbocharged V8 since the F40. It was succeeded by the Ferrari F8. The car is powered by a 3.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine, smaller in displacement but generating a higher power output than the 458's naturally aspirated engine. The 488 GTB was named "The Supercar of the Year 2015" by car magazine ''Top Gear'', as well as becoming ''Motor Trend''s 2017 "Best Driver's Car". Jeremy Clarkson announced the 488 Pista as his 2019 Supercar of the Year. Specifications Engine The 488 GTB is powered by a (488 cc per cylinder, thus the name) all-aluminium dry sump unit of the Ferrari F154 V8 engine family. Turbocharged with two parallel ball-bearing twin-scroll turbochargers supplied by IHI/Honeywell and two air-to-air intercoolers, the turbine wheels are made of low-density TiAl alloy often used i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-AMG GT
The Mercedes-AMG GT is a series of 2-door sports cars produced by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-AMG. The car was introduced on 9 September 2014 and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show. While not directly replacing the SLS AMG (competing in a different segment), it is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. The Mercedes-AMG GT went on sale in two variants (GT and GT S) in March 2015, while a GT3 racing variant of the car was introduced in 2015. A high performance variant called the GT R was introduced in 2016. A GT4 racing variant, targeted at semi-professional drivers and based on the GT R variant, was introduced in 2017. In 2021, a new variant called the AMG GT Black Series was released. All variants are assembled at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. The first-generation AMG GT in October 2021. That same month, Mercedes-Benz announced the new Mercedes-AMG R232 SL-Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Mapelli
Marco Mapelli (born 1 August 1987 in Seregno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver. He is part of the Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. ( , ), usually referred to as Lamborghini or colloquially Lambo, is an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its su ... factory stable, with whom he has won the overall 2019 Blancpain GT Series title. After spending numerous years in Italian and Australian lower formulae, Mapelli made a gradual switch to the GT racing scene at the end of the 2000s, eventually taking part in and winning the Italian GT Sprint Championship's GTC class in 2010. Following a runner-up finish in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, the Italian made a permanent move towards GT3 competition, spending two seasons in the International GT Open and four years in Italian GT, where he finished second in the standing on two occasions. In 2017, Mapelli was added to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
