Giuseppe Cipriani (racing driver)

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Giuseppe Cipriani
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Cipriani at the Red Bull Ring in 2023
NationalityFlag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1965-06-09) 9 June 1965 (age 60)
Venice, Italy
Auto GP career
Debut season 2010
Current teamIbiza Racing Team
Car number7
Former teams Durango, Campos Racing
Starts54
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2014
Previous series
2008-09
1989-90
Formula Palmer Audi
Italian Formula Three

Giuseppe Cipriani (born 9 June 1965) is an Italian racing driver and businessman.

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Biography

Cipriani is the grandson of Giuseppe Cipriani, founder of hotel and restaurant chain Cipriani S.A. which includes Harry's Bar. Cipriani today is managing director of the company founded by his grandfather. [1]

Cipriani began his involvement in motorsport in the United States in the late-1980s, competing in the Barber Pro Series. He returned to Italy to compete in domestic Formula 3 in 1990, before moving into team management the following year having founded International Formula 3000 team Il Barone Rampante. Cipriani attempted to buy Tyrrell Racing and enter Formula One in 1992 with IBR, with plans to compete as Benetton's B-team, but was not successful and left motorsport at the end of 1993 in favour of other business interests. [2] Cipriani returned to driving in the late-2000s, which saw him initially compete in open-wheel series including Formula Palmer Audi, Auto GP and Formula V8 3.5 before switching to GT racing in 2018. [3]

Racing record

Complete Auto GP results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2010 Durango BRN
1
BRN
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
NAV
1
NAV
2
MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

13
26th0
2011 Griffitz Durango MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

14
HUN
1

15
HUN
2

13
BRN
1

9
BRN
2

12
DON
1

12
DON
2

Ret
OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

13†
VAL
1

15
VAL
2

12
MUG
1

13†
MUG
2

Ret
20th2
2012 Campos Racing MNZ
1

11
MNZ
2

10
VAL
1

12
VAL
2

14
MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

9
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

6
ALG
1

Ret
ALG
2

Ret
CUR
1

Ret
CUR
2

10
SON
1

Ret
SON
2

Ret
14th18
2013 Ibiza Racing Team MNZ
1

9
MNZ
2

13
MAR
1

10
MAR
2

Ret
HUN
1

13
HUN
2

Ret
SIL
1
SIL
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
DON
1
DON
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
21st3
2014 Ibiza Racing MAR
1

3
MAR
2

7
LEC
1

10
LEC
2

10
HUN
1

12†
HUN
2

Ret
MNZ
1

7
MNZ
2

8
IMO
1

8
IMO
2

Ret
RBR
1

9
RBR
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

9
EST
1
EST
2
11th38
2015 Ibiza Racing Team HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

7
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

4
7th‡24‡

Position when season was cancelled.

Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718Pos.Points
2016 Durango Racing Team ALC
1

13
ALC
2

13
HUN
1

Ret
HUN
2

Ret
SPA
1

9
SPA
2

8
LEC
1

13
LEC
2

13
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

12
RBR
1

13
RBR
2

Ret
MNZ
1

13
MNZ
2

11
JER
1

Ret
JER
2

15
CAT
1

12
CAT
2

14
17th6
2017 Il Barone Rampante SIL
1

11
SIL
2

9
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

12
MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

8
JER
1

10
JER
2

Ret
ALC
1

10
ALC
2

10
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

Ret
MEX
1

10
MEX
2

6
COA
1

Ret
COA
2

9†
BHR
1
BHR
2
15th21

Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. The Trouble with Harry’s Archived 2017-07-26 at the Wayback Machine - Mark Seal, Vanity Fair, 2 November 2009
  2. "Il Barone Rampante's plan to buy Tyrrell". Unraced F1. 3 January 2024. Archived from the original on 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. "Error". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Giulio Borlenghi
Andrzej Lewandowski
International GT Open
Am Champion

2019
Succeeded by
Incumbent