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Scuderia Coloni
Full name PartyPokerRacing.com Scuderia Coloni Founded 1981 Base Perugia, ItalyFounder/s Enzo ColoniTeam principal/s Paolo ColoniEngineering Head position Alex ZoechlingTechnical director Fidalma Coloni2011 GP2 Series seasonRace drivers 18. 
Michael Herck
19. Davide Rigon
19. Kevin Ceccon
19. Luca Filippi2011 GP2 Asia Series seasonRace drivers 11. Michael Herck
12.
James Jakes
12. Luca FilippiGP2 Series recordDebut 2005 Teams' Championships 0 Drivers' Championships 0 Race victories 6 GP2 Asia Series recordDebut 2008 Teams' Championships 0 Drivers' Championships 0 Race victories 0 Current Series GP2
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Formula BMW EuropeFormer Series Formula 3000
Italian F3
Superleague Formula
Formula OneDrivers' Titles 0 Teams' Titles 0 Coloni Motorsport, also known as Scuderia Coloni, is an auto racing team from Italy. Formed by Enzo Coloni in 1982, the team participated in Formula Three between 1983 and 1986, before racing in Formula One as Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems between 1987 and 1991. They made 82 attempts to take part in a Formula One race but only qualified 14 times. Since then, under the management of Enzo Coloni's son Paolo, the team has been successful in Formula Three, Formula 3000 and GP2 Series. Between 2006 and 2009 the team ran under the name of Fisichella Motor Sport, with support from Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella.
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Formula three
Before their spell in Formula One, Coloni ran in the Italian and European Formula Three Championships. Paolo Colini drove for the team in the Italian Championship between 1991 and 1993, as well as finishing second in the 1993 Masters of Formula 3. Although Paolo left the Italian series to drive elsewhere, the team continued in Italian F3 until the end of 1996, when Esteban Tuero and Dino Morelli drove for them.
Formula 3000
Coloni Motorsport made the switch to International Formula 3000 in 1997. They made a breakthrough year in 2002, when Giorgio Pantano and Enrico Toccacelo drove for the team. Pantano finished the year as runner-up, with Toccacelo in ninth, taking three wins between them. Ricardo Sperafico and Zsolt Baumgartner drove for Coloni in 2003, with Sperafico finishing as series runner-up, while Baumgartner made his Formula One debut for Jordan Grand Prix at his home race - the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.
GP2 Series
The team continued to race in the Formula One feeder series - which was rebranded as the GP2 Series in 2005. Mathias Lauda and Gianmaria Bruni, who had raced in F1 for Minardi in 2004, started the season, although Toni Vilander and Ferdinando Monfardini raced Bruni's car following his departure from the team with three rounds left.
Fisichella Motor Sport International
At the end of 2005, Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella joined forces with Coloni.[1] Fisichella Motor Sport had a team, run by Coloni, racing in the 2005 Italian Formula 3000 season. They won that title with Luca Filippi, who moved across to GP2 with FMSI in 2006. He was joined by Turk Jason Tahinci, who brought sponsorship from Petrol Ofisi. Filippi left the team after three rounds and was replaced by former Coloni driver Giorgio Pantano, who won three races later that season.
Adam Carroll driving for FMSI in Monaco in 2008.
Former F1 driver Antônio Pizzonia joined Tahincioglu at the team for 2007, although he was dropped in favour of Adam Carroll after three rounds. Carroll went on to win two races during 2007.
In 2008 the team ran in the colours of Fisichella's F1 team Force India. Roldán Rodríguez drove one car for the whole season, while driving duties in the second car were shared between Adrián Vallés, Carroll and Marko Asmer. Andy Soucek was initially signed to drive for the team, but was replaced by Rodríguez shortly before the start of the season. Soucek has since launched a legal case against FMSI, which is ongoing.
Coloni buyout
Andreas Zuber and Luiz Razia joined the team for 2009. After the sixth round of the season, the Coloni team took back full control of the team after buying out Fisichella. It also had a new sponsorship deal with PartyPokerRacing.com. The deal also applies to their Formula BMW Europe team.[2]
At the following round of the championship, Coloni's cars were impounded as a result of an injunction obtained by Soucek as part of his dispute with the team in its FMSI guise. The team missed the qualifying session and were thus ruled out of competing in either of the weekend's races.[3]
Results
Superleague Formula
Year Car Teams Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2008 Panoz-Menard A.S. Roma12 0 1 0 307 5th References
- ^ "Confirmed: Fisichella to partner Coloni in GP2". crash.net. 2005-12-12. http://www.crash.net/gp2/news/66952/1/confirmed_fisichella_to_partner_coloni_in_gp2.html. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (2009-08-21). "Coloni takes full control of FMS team". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77820. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (2009-08-28). "Legal row forces Coloni to miss Spa". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78073. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
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Teams and drivers competing in the 2011 GP2 Series season
Other drivers: Ceccon (Coloni), Mirocha (Ocean), Parente (Carlin, Racing Engineering), Rigon (Coloni), Turvey (Carlin)Rapax Addax ART Racing Eng. iSport DAMS Arden Super Nova Coloni Trident Ocean Carlin Air Asia 1 Leimer
2 Leal3 Pic
4 Van der Garde5 Bianchi
6 Gutiérrez7 Clos
8 Vietoris9 Bird
10 Ericsson11 Grosjean
12 Varhaug14 Král
15 Palmer16 Fauzy
17 Carroll18 Herck
19 Filippi20 Coletti
21 González22 Hartley
23 Cecotto, Jr.24 Chilton
25 Aleshin26 Razia
27 ValsecchiTeams and drivers competing in the 2011 GP2 Asia Series season iSport Arden ART Super Nova DAMS Coloni Ocean Addax Trident Rapax Racing Eng. Carlin Air Asia 1 Ericsson
2 Bird3 Král
4 Palmer5 Bianchi
6 Gutiérrez7 Fauzy
8 Cecotto, Jr.9 Grosjean
10 Varhaug11 Herck
12 Jakes14 Turvey
15 Caldarelli16 Pic
17 van der Garde18 Coletti
19 González20 Leimer
21 Leal22 Berthon
23 Clos24 Aleshin
25 Chilton26 Razia
27 ValsecchiSuperleague Formula operating teams Current teams (2011) Alan Docking Racing • Atech GP/Reid Motorsport • Azerti Motorsport • EmiliodeVillota MotorsportFormer teams Alpha Motorsport • Barazi-Epsilon • Delta Motorsport • Drivex • Durango • EuroInternational • FMS International • GTA Motor Competición • GU-Racing International • Laurent Rédon Motorsport • Racing for Holland • Scuderia Playteam • Team Astromega • Team West-Tec • Ultimate Motorsport • ZakspeedA.S. Roma in Superleague Formula Seasons competed 2008 • 2009 • 2010Drivers Enrico Toccacelo (2008) • Franck Perera (2008, 2009) • Jonathan Kennard (2009) • Julien Jousse (2009, 2010)Operating teams FMS International (2008) • Azerti Motorsport (2009) • Alan Docking Racing (2009) • DeVillota.com Motorsport (2010)Categories:- Italian auto racing teams
- Formula 3000 racing teams
- GP2 teams
- Superleague Formula teams
- Formula BMW teams
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