Thomas Biagi (born 7 May 1976, in

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), is an Italian professional racing driver. Biagi started his career in

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, driving in Formula Alfa Boxer and

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,FIA GT Championship - Driver Biography : Thomas Biagi
/ref> where he was 5th best in 1995, with two wins. From there, he moved up to the FIA

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Championship from 1995 to 1998, without major results. His debut race in

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saw him collide with Marco Campos on the last lap, resulting in a crash that caused fatal injuries to Campos. Biagi switched to the "second division", the Italian F3000 Championship, in 1999, taking 4th place, which he repeated in 2000 (after the series had become Euro F3000), this time with a win, before taking a 2nd overall in 2001, in his second season with GP Racing. In 2003, Thomas Biagi made a successful move to the

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, which he won in a

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Ferrari 550 Maranello (co-driven with Matteo Bobbi). After a year in the

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, he returned to the FIA GT with

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, helping the squad take two Team titles before winning the Drivers title himself in 2007. In spite of having won the drivers title in the GT1 class, Biagi downgraded to GT2 in 2008, to drive a Ferrari 430 for AF Corse.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

24 Hours of Daytona

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Complete International Superstars Series results

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Complete Porsche Supercup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

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