A1 Team Italy is the

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team of

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, an international racing series.

Management

''A1 Team Italy'' owner is

Piercarlo Ghinzani Piercarlo Ghinzani (born 16 January 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. He currently manages his own racing team, Team Ghinzani, which was created in 1992 and is currently involved in several Formula Three championships. Early career Be ...

History

2008–09 season

''Drivers:

Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo (born 4 February 1988) is an Italian racing driver. Career Formula BMW After previously competing in karting, Piscopo began his single seater career in Formula BMW USA in 2005, where despite missing the first rounds he fini ...

Fabio Onidi Fabio Onidi (born 9 March 1988 in Milan) is a professional racing driver from Italy. Career Karting Prior to starting his racing career, Onidi raced in karting for a number of years, finishing sixth in the European Championship ICA Junior categ ...

'' For the 2008–09 season, Edoardo Piscopo will be returning to drive for the team, and will be joined by Fabio Onidi, a

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racer. The traditional dark blue livery of the car has also been changed to a red, white and green livery.

2007–08 season

''Drivers:

Enrico Toccacelo Enrico Toccacelo (born 14 December 1978 in Rome) is an Italian auto racer with karting, GT and Formula 3000 experience. He won three F3000 events and briefly led Vitantonio Liuzzi in the 2004 championship before Liuzzi went on to win the next thr ...

'' Team Italy scored on just five occasions, finishing 18th in the championship with 12 points.

2006–07 season

''Drivers:

Alessandro Pier Guidi Alessandro Pier Guidi (born December 18, 1983) is a racing driver from Italy. He drove two races for the Italian A1 Team. A Ferrari factory driver since 2017, he won LMGTE-PRO 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, a ...

'' The season was moderately successful for the team, with three podiums and a victory, scoring 52 points, and finishing 7th in the championship.

2005–06 season

''Drivers: Massimiliano Busnelli,

Max Papis Massimiliano "Max" Papis (born 3 October 1969) is an Italian professional motorsport driver who has competed in several top-level motorsports events such as Le Mans 24 Hours, Formula One and Champ Car. He has three Champ Car victories. He is the ...

'' In the inaugural season, Team Italy scored two podiums en route to 14th place in the championship with 46 points.

Drivers

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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), "spr" indicate a Sprint Race, "fea" indicate a Main Race.

References

External links

A1gp.com Official A1 Grand Prix Web Site
* {{Italian national teams Italy A1 team Italian auto racing teams National sports teams of Italy Auto racing teams established in 2005 Auto racing teams disestablished in 2009