Davide Rigon

Davide Rigon
Rigon driving for Olympiacos during the third round of the 2009 Superleague Formula season at Donington Park
Nationality	Italian
Born	August 26, 1986 (1986-08-26) (age 25) Thiene (Italy)
2011 GP2 Series
Debut season	2009
Current team	Scuderia Coloni
Car no.	19
Former teams	Trident Racing
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	22nd in 2009
Previous series
2008–09 2008–09 2008 2008 2008 2006–08 2005 2005 2005 2004, 2006 2004–05 2004 2004 2003 2003	Superleague Formula GP2 Asia Series FIA GT Championship International Formula Master Superstars Series Euroseries 3000 Formula One testing World Series by Renault Formula Azzurra Italian F3 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia FRenault Italia Winter Series Formula Gloria Formula BMW ADAC Formula Gloria W. Trophy
Championship titles
2010 2008 2007 2007 2005	Superleague (Anderlecht) Superleague (B. Guoan) Euroseries 3000 Italian Formula 3000 Formula Azzurra

Davide Rigon (born August 26, 1986 in Thiene, Vicenza) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003, he progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three. He won the Formula Azzurra title in 2005, and finished second in Italian Formula Three the following year.

In 2007, Rigon won the Euroseries 3000 championship, winning three races. He also raced for Italy in the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. In 2008, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia, and also in International Formula Master, while also racing for Beijing Guoan in the inaugural 2008 Superleague Formula season. Guoan were rated amongst the outsiders for the title, but Rigon defied that and led them to the championship, with three wins.

During the off-season, Rigon joined up with Trident Racing to compete in the fourth round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season in Qatar.^[1] He scored his first points in the series, with a seventh at the penultimate race in Bahrain. He followed that up with a third in the final race, as he finished 17th in the championship.

He continued with the team into the 2009 GP2 Series season, but was replaced after four rounds by Rodolfo González despite outpacing team-mate Ricardo Teixeira all season.^[2] He did however return for the Hungarian rounds of the championship, and remained with the team for the rest of the season. He returned to Superleague Formula, but with the Olympiacos CFP team instead of Beijing Guoan. He reclaimed the championship in 2010 whilst driving for the R.S.C. Anderlecht team.

Rigon returned to the GP2 Series for 2011 with the Coloni team. During the first round of the season, at Istanbul Park, he was involved in a crash with Julián Leal and suffered multiple fractures to his tibia and fibula.^[3] He was replaced by compatriot Kevin Ceccon, and later Luca Filippi, and was restricted to 29th in the championship as a result of his injury.^[4]

Racing record

Superleague Formula record

2008-2009

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

Year	Team	Operator	1		2		3		4		5		6		Position	Points
2008	Beijing Guoan	Zakspeed	DON		NÜR		ZOL		EST		VAL		JER		1st	413
			1	6	5	3	17	1	5	5	1	5	9	3
2009	Olympiacos CFP	GU-Racing International	MAG		ZOL		DON		EST		MOZ		JAR		6th	300
			18	2	10	4	17	15

2009 Super Final Results

• Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6
2009	Olympiacos CFP GU-Racing International	MAG 6	ZOL N/A	DON DNQ	EST	MOZ	JAR

2010

Year	Team	Operator	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10				NC				11			Position	Points
2010	R.S.C. Anderlecht	Azerti Motorsport	SIL			ASS			MAG			JAR			NÜR			ZOL			BRH			ADR			POR			ORD				BEI †				NAV			1st	699
			9	10	X	1	10	1	7	3	2	10	6	X	2	12	2	2	9	1	13	2	2	1	8	1	2	9	2	5	8	3		13	15	C		2	11	4

† Non-championship event.

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2009	Trident Racing	ESP FEA 17	ESP SPR 21	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 7	TUR FEA 10	TUR SPR 8	GBR FEA 16	GBR SPR 20	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR Ret	VAL FEA 12	VAL SPR 7	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 5	ITA FEA 9	ITA SPR 8	POR FEA 14	POR SPR 9	22nd	3
2011	Scuderia Coloni	TUR FEA 10	TUR SPR Ret	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR			29th	0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2008–09	Trident Racing	CHN FEA	CHN SPR	DUB FEA	DUB SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	QAT FEA 14	QAT SPR 15	MYS FEA Ret	MYS SPR 13	BHR2 FEA 7	BHR2 SPR 3	17th	6

References

1. ^ "Rigon replaces Valles at Trident". autosport.com. 2009-02-10. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73204. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
2. ^ "2009 GP2 Series – Round 5". GP2 Series. 2009-07-07. http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/media_secure/media/news/newsdetail.php?articleid=2425. Retrieved 2009-07-07. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Freeman, Glenn (2011-05-08). "Rigon injured in Istanbul collision". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91260. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
4. ^ Van De Burgt, Andrew (2011-05-17). "Ceccon replaces Rigon at Coloni". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91466. Retrieved 2011-05-21. 

External links

• Official website
• Driver Database information

Sporting positions
Preceded by New Championship	Formula Azzurra 2005	Succeeded by Giuseppe Termine
Preceded by Giacomo Ricci	Euroseries 3000 champion 2007	Succeeded by Nicolas Prost
Preceded by Giacomo Ricci	Italian F3000 champion 2007	Succeeded by Omar Leal
Preceded by New Championship	Superleague Formula champion (Beijing Guoan) 2008	Succeeded by Adrián Vallés (Liverpool F.C.)
Preceded by Adrián Vallés (Liverpool F.C.)	Superleague Formula champion (R.S.C. Anderlecht) 2010	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Rigon, Davide
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Date of birth	August 26, 1986
Place of birth	Thiene (Italy)
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