Enzo Calderari (born 18 April 1952,

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, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and former car racing driver.

Career

Enzo Calderari is the son of Jacques Calderari, who was active as a sports car driver in the 1960s. The son, a real estate agent in his day job, can look back on a racing career spanning almost 30 years. He began GT and touring car racing in the 1970s and, together with Marco Vanoli, finished sixth overall in the 1980 European Touring Car Championship (overall winner Helmut Kelleners and Siegfried Müller junior). In addition to further appearances in the European Touring Car Championship, he competed in the German Racing Championship and the

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. In 1992, he secured the overall championship of the 1992 Porsche Carrera Trophy ahead of Stefan Oberndorfer and was runner-up in the Porsche Supercup in 1993 behind Altfrid Heger. He celebrated further successes in the FIA GT Championship, where he finished fifth overall in the 2004 championship in a Ferrari 550 Maranello entered by BMS Scuderia Italia. That year he also celebrated overall victory in the Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours. The competed five times in the

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. He made his debut in 1985 and his best finish in the final classification was in 1994 with his then regular co-driver Lilian Bryner and the Italian

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, when he finished ninth overall. He had his last active season in 2009 in the

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, then retired from active racing.

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Enzo Calderari
career summary at DriverDB.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderari, Enzo Swiss businesspeople Swiss racing drivers 12 Hours of Sebring drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers FIA GT Championship drivers Living people 1952 births 24H Series drivers