Roberto di Persio

Roberto di Persio
Roberto di Persio at the Granada-Dakar 1999
Born	(1957-10-05) October 5, 1957 (age 67) Genova, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Years active	1991 – 2011
Honours	"Dakar Legends Priority Co-Driver"
Racing licence	FIA International C Licence IT 45929d
Dakar Rally career Years active 1991 Paris-Tripoli-Dakar 1992 Paris-Sirte-Cape Town 1993 Paris-Dakar 1995 Granada-Dakar 1999 Granada-Dakar 2000 Paris-Dakar-Cairo 2001 Paris-Dakar 2002 Arras-Madrid-Dakar 2003 Marseille-Valencia-Sharm El Sheik 2004 Clermont Ferrand-Dakar 2005 Barcellona-Dakar 2006 Lisboa-Dakar 2007 Lisboa-Dakar 2010 Dakar Rally 2011 Dakar Rally 2012 Dakar Rally Teams Mercedes Benz Nissan France Nissan Motorsport Nismo Mitsubishi Motors Ralliart Nissan Promotech Macmoter Chery Automobile Nissan Tecnosport Starts 16 Best finish 14th Overall in the Granada-Dakar 1999

Roberto di Persio (born 5 October 1957) in Genoa Italy, is an Italian Rally raid Co-driver who competed in the Dakar Rally and in rally raid events.

He studied veterinary medicine at the University of Genoa, he lived for many years in the city of Diano Marina in Liguria and then at the end of the 90s moved to the city of Quartu Sant'Elena in the province of Cagliari in Sardinia.

He has participated in 16 ^{[1] [2] [3]} editions of the Dakar Rally from 1991 to 2007 and is on the priority list of co-drivers with more than 10 participation in the Dakar Rally, called Dakar Legend Priority. ^[4] created by the organization of the race A.S.O. Amaury Sport Organisation ^[5]

Racing Career

His first participation was in the 1991 Paris–Dakar Rally, with the Sardinian female driver Claudia Zuncheddu ^[6] in a Mercedes-Benz G-Class 240 GD, from 1991 to 2003 for 8 editions of the Dakar rally he was the co-driver of the Italian driver Gianni Lora Lamia, with whom he achieved his best overall result 14th ^{[7] [8]} at the Granada-Dakar 1999.

Since 2004 he has been the co-driver of other Italian and international drivers, such as Marco Tempestini ^[9] and Maurizio Traglio ^{[10] [11]} , he was the co-driver ^[12] of the Japanese Kenjiro Shinozuka at the 2006 and 2007 Dakar Rally and in his last races before his final retirement. He was the co-driver ^{[13] [14]} of the Chinese driver Lu Ningjun ^{[15] [16]} at the Rally Dakar 2010 and 2011 Dakar Rally with the Chinese Chery Automobile team.

References

1. "Dakar Rally Historic Book 2025". www.dakar.com. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
2. "eWRC results Profile Roberto di Persio". www.ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
3. "History of Dakar - RETROSPECTIVE 1979-2007" (PDF). Dakar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
4. "About competitors". www.dakar.com.
5. "All Motorsports events - ASO.fr". www.aso.fr. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
6. "Claudia Zuncheddu Paris Dakar" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2025.
7. "ewrc results Total Granada-Dakar - Cars Final Results 1999" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
8. "www.dakar.fr/99fr/etapes/16/classements/Géneral/Autos". Archived from the original on 14 July 2001.
9. "ewrc results Telefonica-dakar-cars-2004" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
10. "Team Tecnosport pronto per la Dakar 2012" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2025.
11. "Dura solo due tappe la Dakar di Traglio" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2025.
12. "ewrc results Euromilhões Lisboa-Dakar - Cars 2006" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
13. "ewrc results Dakar Argentina-Chile - Cars 2010 Finals Results" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
14. "ОБА ЭКИПАЖА CHERY ПРОШЛИ ДАКАР" (in Russian). Retrieved 14 March 2025.
15. "ewRC results Profile Lu Ning jun" . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
16. Chery Automobile. "ОБА ЭКИПАЖА CHERY ПРОШЛИ ДАКАР" (in Russian). Retrieved 16 March 2025.

External links

• eWRC results profile Roberto di Persio