Christian Pescatori

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Christian Pescatori
Audi R8 - Laurent Aiello, Rinaldo Capello & Christian Pescatori at the 2001 Le Mans (54283307328).jpg
Pescatori racing for Audi in 2001
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1971-12-01) 1 December 1971 (age 54)
Brescia, Italy
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum (until 2014) [1]
FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold (2015–2021)
FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver (2022–)

Christian Pescatori (born 1 December 1971 in Brescia) is a professional racecar driver from Italy.

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Pescatori started his career in single-seater racing, becoming Italian Formula 3 Champion in 1993, before moving up to Formula 3000.

Pescatori later moved on to sports car racing, where he had more success. Pescatori won the Sports Racing World Cup in 2000, and the FIA GT Championship's N-GT class in 2001, both for JMB Racing. In 2002, he became an Audi works driver, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2001 and 2002, he was also second overall in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2005, he was GTS Champion in the Le Mans Endurance Series.

Pescatori spent much of his FIA GT career at Ferrari (pictured in 2004). Ferrari 360 Modena GTC - Fabrizio de Simone & Christian Pescatori at Goddards chased by Porsche 996 GT3 - Stephane Ortelli & Emmanuel Collard at the 2004 FIA GT Championship, Donington (50935687111).jpg
Pescatori spent much of his FIA GT career at Ferrari (pictured in 2004).

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1997 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini
Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Hermann de Azevedo
Porsche 911 GT1 GT13178th4th
1999 Flag of France.svg JB Racing Flag of France.svg Jérôme Policand
Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi
Ferrari 333 SP LMP71DNFDNF
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of France.svg Laurent Aïello
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Audi R8 LMP9003202nd2nd
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert
Flag of Italy.svg Rinaldo Capello
Audi R8 LMP9003742nd2nd
2005 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Gollin
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Ramos
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GT167DNFDNF
2006 Flag of Italy.svg BMS Scuderia Italia Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Gollin
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Babini
Aston Martin DBR9 GT13DNFDNF
Sources: [2] [3]

References

  1. "2014 GT3 Driver Categorisation" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  2. "Christian Pescatori". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. "Christian Pescatori Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 15 August 2023.