Fabio Fabiani (born 12 October 1974 in

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) is an Italian

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driver.

Moto bike career

Fabiani started in the Italian Sport Production Championship in 1994, moving to Italian 125cc in 1995. After

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in 1996 he raced in the Italian 600 Sport Production class, Italian 125cc, European 125cc and 250cc. In 2004 he had a serious road car accident and was in a

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for 12 days. After a long convalescence period, he returned to bikes and had a major accident riding. He retired from bikes after that.

Car racing career

Having previously raced in

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at national and international level, Fabiani began racing cars in 2005. He competed in the

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in 2007 and 2008, winning the Super Production class in 2008 http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/15351/career/ Fabio Fabiani career statistics at Driver Database and was second in 2010 and 2011. He made his

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debut for Proteam Motorsport at the 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Italy and won the WTCC Jay-Ten Trophy in 2011. In 2014 he returned to racing with PAI Tecnosport (Italy), competing in the "Coppa Italia" with Eugenio Pisani in a Seat Leon Supercopa Long Run.

Racing record

Complete WTCC results

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

References

External links

* * 1974 births Living people Italian motorcycle racers Italian racing drivers Sportspeople from Ravenna World Touring Car Championship drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers Engstler Motorsport drivers TCR Europe Touring Car Series drivers TCR Italian Touring Car Championship drivers International GT Open drivers {{italy-autoracing-bio-stub