Daniel Zampieri

Daniel Zampieri
Nationality	Italian
Born	22 May 1990 (1990-05-22) (age 21) Rome (Italy)
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Debut season	2010
Current team	BVM–Target
Car no.	25
Former teams	Pons Racing
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	9th in 2010
Previous series
2009–10 2009 2006–08 2006–08 2006–07	GP2 Asia Series Italian Formula Three Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Italian FR2.0 Winter Series
Championship titles
2009	Italian Formula Three

Daniel Zampieri (born 22 May 1990 in Rome^[1]) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

After a two-year international karting career, Zampieri moved up to Formula Renault with BVM Racing in 2006.^[2] Making his debut in Italian Formula Renault at Spa–Francorchamps, Zampieri finished 17th and 18th on début. His best finish of the championship came at another Formula One venue, Hockenheim, when he finished eleventh in the opening race. He also took part in six Eurocup races for BVM, again with a best finish of eleventh in Barcelona. To gain more Formula Renault experience, Zampieri committed to a campaign in the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series. He finished the championship in ninth place, tied on fifty points with Nicola de Marco.

Zampieri moved to Cram Competition for the 2007 season,^[3] competing in the European and Italian series once again. Zampieri broke into the top ten of a Eurocup race for the first time, finishing tenth at Magny–Cours, giving him a final championship placing of 22nd, tied on points with Jules Bianchi. He added consistent finishes in the Italian series, ending up with three top tens, including a sixth at Spa, and finished fifteenth overall in the championship. He returned for another shot at the Winter Series title, and finished as runner–up (edging out Fabio Onidi on a tie–break) behind César Ramos, who recorded a perfect score for the four–race series.^[4]

He returned to BVM for the 2008 season; his third season in each category, teaming up with his rival from the Winter Series, Ramos and British driver Adrian Quaife-Hobbs. In the Eurocup, Zampieri again recorded his best results in Belgium, at Spa. A fourth place in race one was followed by his first (and ultimately, only) podium with third in the second race. After Spa, he scored only one more point as he tailed off to tenth in the championship. He finished one place higher in the Italian standings, but again failed to win a race, with a best result of second coming at the opening race at Vallelunga.

Formula Three

Zampieri moved up to Formula Three in 2009, staying with BVM for a campaign in the Italian Formula Three Championship.^[5] Zampieri won the championship by fifteen points from Marco Zipoli. He won four races, amassed five poles and set three fastest laps over the course of the season. He also competed in the non–championship Masters of Formula 3 event at Zandvoort,^[6] finishing 21st.^[7]

GP2 Series

Zampieri raced in the 2009–10 season of the GP2 Asia Series for the Rapax Team, who took over his original Piquet GP team after the first round of the season.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Zampieri driving for Pons Racing at the Spa–Francorchamps round of the 2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Zampieri graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2010 season, partnering Federico Leo at Pons Racing.^[8] He finished the season in ninth place after securing podium places at both Motorland Aragón and Spa–Francorchamps.^[9] His season, however, was not without incident. He was disqualified from the second races at both Hockenheim and Barcelona and banned from starting the opening race at Silverstone after an altercation with ISR Racing team boss Igor Salaquarda after Zampieri felt that their driver Filip Salaquarda had blocked him during qualifying.^[10]

After testing extensively for the team during the off–season, Zampieri will join new team BVM–Target for the 2011 season, racing alongside Sergio Canamasas.^[11]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	BVM Minardi	6	0	0	0	0	1	28th
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series		4	0	0	?	0	50	9th
2007	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Cram Competition	14	0	0	0	0	4	22nd
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	0	1	0	80	15th
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series		4	0	0	0	1	86	2nd
2008	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	BVM Minardi	12	0	0	1	1	20	12th
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	0	0	2	158	9th
2009	Italian Formula Three	BVM – Target Racing	16	4	5	3	9	173	1st
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	21st
	Macau Grand Prix	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Piquet GP	6	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
		Rapax Team
2010	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	16	0	0	1	2	51	9th
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	BVM–Target	2	0	0	0	0	2*	14th*

• * Season in progress.

Complete GP2 Series results

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	DC	Points
2009–10	Piquet GP	ABU1 FEA 15	ABU1 SPR Ret							22nd	0
	Rapax Team			ABU2 FEA Ret	ABU2 SPR 15	BHR1 FEA 11	BHR1 SPR 8	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR

References

1. ^ "Daniel Zampieri - Profilo". danielzampieri.com. http://www.danielzampieri.com/index.php/sitedefault/profilo. Retrieved 2009-09-28. 
2. ^ "Daniel Zampieri - Curriculum". danielzampieri.com. http://www.danielzampieri.com/curriculum.php. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
3. ^ "Back to the grindstone". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2007-04-13. http://www.renault-sport.com/en/world_series/eurocup_2000/news.php?news=46094.html. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
4. ^ "Vallelunga: Poker di Ramos alla Winter Series". nuvolari3000.com (Nuvolari3000). 2007-11-18. http://www.nuvolari3000.com/ren2000/news.php?year=2007&id=464. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
5. ^ "2009 Season opener at Adria: declarations of the eve". f3italia.it (Italian Formula Three Championship). 2009-05-07. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=316&anno_n=2009. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
6. ^ "Masters of Formula 3 line-up revealed". gpupdate.net (GPUpdate). 2009-06-05. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f3-news/213922/masters-of-formula-3-line-up-revealed/. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
7. ^ "2009 Tango Masters of Formula 3" (PDF). cpz.nl. Circuit Park Zandvoort. 2009-06-14. http://www.cpz.nl/results/2009-masters/run-971.pdf. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
8. ^ Wilkinson, Andy (11 March 2010). "Pons Racing sign Zampieri". motorstv.com (Motors TV). http://www.motorstv.com/car/single-seater/world-series-by-renault/11032010/wsr-pons-racing-sign-zampieri. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
9. ^ "World Series by Renault 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/68-2010/. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
10. ^ Weeks, James (20 September 2010). "Guerrieri and Ricciardo set up three–way title decider with Aleshin". motorstv.com (Motors TV). http://www.motorstv.com/car/single-seater/world-series-by-renault/20092010/wsr-guerrieri-and-ricciardo-set-three-way-title-d. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
11. ^ "First meeting of season promises high drama". World Series by Renault (Renault Sport). 8 April 2011. http://www.worldseriesbyrenault.fr/en/tv_news/news/Pages/Firstmeetingofseasonpromiseshighdrama.aspx. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Career statistics from Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mirko Bortolotti	Italian Formula Three Champion 2009	Succeeded by César Ramos

Persondata
Name	Zampieri, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Italian racecar driver
Date of birth	22 May 1990
Place of birth	Rome (Italy)
Date of death
Place of death