- Durango (racing team)
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DurangoFull name Durango Automotive Founded 1980 Base Mellaredo di Pianiga, ItalyFounder/s Ivone Pinton
Enrico MagroTeam principal/s Ivone Pinton
Enrico MagroGP2 Series recordDebut 2005 Latest race 2008 Italian GP Races competed 85 Teams' Championships 0 Drivers' Championships 0 Race victories 3 GP2 Asia Series recordDebut 2008 Latest race 2009 Malaysia GP(at 4th April 2009) Races competed 18 (at 4th April 2009) Teams' Championships 0 Drivers' Championships 0 Race victories 2 (at 4th April 2009) Other SeriesCurrent Series Auto GP Former Series International Formula 3000
Italian Formula Azzurra
Italian Formula Renalut 2.0
European Formula Renault 2.0
24 Hours of Le Mans
GP2Drivers' Titles 0 Teams' Titles 0 Durango Automotive SRL is an auto racing team founded in 1980 by Ivone Pinton and Enrico Magro and based in Italy, which currently races in the Auto GP series with Carlos Iaconelli.[1] The team has also been linked to Jacques Villeneuve and his bid to return to Formula One for the 2011 season.[2]
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History
From 1987 to 1992, the Durango team took part in the Italian Formula Three Championship. Between 1991 and 1993, they not only participated in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans but also the International Formula 3000 Championship and the British Formula Two Championship. 1994 saw Durango taking part in the Renault Formula Two championship and Euroseries. It also continued to race in the Formula Three Championship until 1999. In 2003 they participated for the 2nd time in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2005, Durango became part of the GP2 Series, a new series designed to help young drivers enter into Formula One. In 2006, the team participated in Formula Azzurra, a series supported by the Italian Karting Federation.[3]
Due to financial problems the team was forced to withdraw from the 2009-10 GP2 Asia Series season, and the final races of the 2009 GP2 Series season.[4]
Formula One entry bid
Durango announced on 8 April 2010 a bid to become the 13th entry on the Formula One grid for 2011. Regulations allow for a 26 car grid and a place became available after the collapse of the US F1 Team. Durango has also announced former driver Jacques Villeneuve has joined the team and will run under his name.[5]
Results
GP2 Series and Formula 3000
GP2 Series Results[6] Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C. 2005 Dallara-Mecachrome 
Clivio Piccione23 1 0 1 14 15th 11th Ferdinando Monfardini17 0 0 0 5 17th Gianmaria Bruni4 0 1 0 35 10th 2006 Dallara-Mecachrome 
Lucas di Grassi21 0 0 1 8 18th 13th 
Sergio Hernández21 0 0 0 1 23rd 2007 Dallara-Mecachrome Borja García21 0 0 0 28 10th 8th 
Karun Chandhok21 1 0 2 16 15th 2008 Dallara-Mecachrome Davide Valsecchi16 1 0 0 11 15th 11th Marcello Puglisi2 0 0 0 0 33rd 
Ben Hanley2 0 0 0 0 24th Alberto Valerio20 0 0 0 0 26th 2009 Dallara-Mecachrome Davide Valsecchi12 0 0 0 10 17th† 11th Stefano Coletti4 0 0 0 0 25th 
Nelson Panciatici16 0 0 0 0 24th International Formula 3000 Championship Results[6] Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles FLaps Points D.C. T.C. 2001 Lola T99/50-Zytek Gabriele Lancieri12 0 0 0 0 NC 10th Jaime Melo9 0 1 0 8 12th Antonio García†3 0 0 0 0 NC 2002 Lola B2/50-Zytek 
Alexander Müller†5 0 0 0 0 NC 7th 
Derek Hill7 0 0 0 0 NC Rodrigo Sperafico12 1 0 0 20 6th 2004 Lola B2/50-Zytek Yannick Schroeder8 0 0 0 13 9th 7th Matteo Meneghello1 0 0 0 0 NC Michele Rugolo1 0 0 0 0 NC Rodrigo Ribeiro4 0 0 0 1 17th 
Ernesto Viso6 0 0 0 7 12th After the end of FIA Formula 3000 championship Durango participated in various other Formula 3000 series.
- † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and their final place includes all results.
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
Sports car
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Class No Tyres Car Drivers Pole Fast
lapLaps Pos. Class
Pos.2003 LMP900 19 D Durango LMP1
Judd GV4 4.0L V10 Sylvain Boulay
Michele Rugolo
Jean-Bernard Bouvetno no 277 25th 9th Series Year Drivers Car Notes Italian Formula 3000 2005 Lola-Zytek As technical part of Fisichella Motor Sport Euroseries 3000 2006 Lola-Zytek As technical part of Fisichella Motor Sport Euroseries 3000 2007 Omar Julian Leal, Luiz Razia Lola-Zytek Other Series History
Series Year Drivers Car Notes European Formula Renault 2000 2002 European Formula Renault 2000 2003 Italian Formula Renault 2000 2004 Italian Formula Renault 2000 2006 Italian Formula Azzurra 2006 Endurance GT Series 2007 Niccolò Valentini, Enrico Moncada, Matteo Meneghello Porsche 911 GT3 References
- ^ "Entry List". AUTOGP.org. http://www.autogp.org/en/entry_list.php. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "F1 News: Villeneuve confirms Durango tie-up". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85401. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ "Origin and History". Durango. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20070826190509/http://www.durango.it/en/team/origini.php. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ "Durango pulls out of Asia Series". gpupdate.net. GPUpdate. 2009-10-22. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/gp2-news/222258/durango-pulls-out-of-asia-series/. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
- ^ "Formula 1 - The Official F1 Website". Formula1.com. 2010-04-08. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/4/10646.html. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
- ^ a b GP2 and Formula 3000 entry list and complete results speedsportmag.com
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