Emanuele Moncini | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | Breno | 13 October 1973
FIA GT1 World Championship career | |
Debut season | 2010 |
Current team | Sunred |
Car number | 11 |
Previous series | |
2011 2008, 2010 2009 2007 2001 1999 1997–98 | International GT Open Italian GT Championship Trofeo Abarth 500 Europe Porsche Carrera Cup Italy FIA GT Championship Sports Racing World Cup Italian Superturismo Championship |
Emanuele Moncini (born 13 October 1973 in Breno, Italy) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Sunred. [1]
Moncini raced in the Italian Superturismo Championship before embarking on an international career. In 1999 he raced in the Sports Racing World Cup where he won one round at Enna-Pergusa. [2]
He was vice-champion in the Italian GT Championship in 2008 and won the European Abarth 500 Trophy the following year. [3]
Moncini returned to the Italian GT Championship in 2010 and won the championship in a Villorba Corse Ferrari 430 alongside ex-Formula 1 driver Andrea Montermini, with five wins. [4] He graduated to the International GT Open in 2011.
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