Alessandro Piccolo (born October 17, 1980) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Piccolo finished fourth in the 2003

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2000

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championship, with 131 points.

Euro F3000

Piccolo competed in the

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championship in both

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, establishing himself as a frontrunner with one win, two

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s and five podium finishes from 17 race starts.

Formula 3000

Piccolo moved to the

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series for

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, where he was initially recruited by new team

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to replace compatriot

Valerio Scassellati Valerio Scassellati (born 24 July 1979 in Gualdo Tadino) is an Italian racing driver. Career Euro F3000 Scassellati competed in the Euro Formula 3000 championship in both 2001 and 2002, starting fourteen races and scoring one point overall. For ...

after the first race. He impressed by outqualifying his more experienced team-mate Rob Nguyen in his second race in the category. However, he crashed heavily at the ''Casino'' corner of the

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in practice for his third race with the team, damaging some of his vertebrae which put him out for most of the rest of the season. He eventually managed to return for the season finale at

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, finishing the race in 11th place.

Racing record

Complete Euro Formula 3000 results

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

Complete International Formula 3000 results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piccolo, Alessandro 1980 births Living people Italian racing drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Auto GP drivers International Formula 3000 drivers Karting World Championship drivers Piquet GP drivers Euronova Racing drivers