- Alessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo (born
October 17 1980 ) is an Italian racing driver.Career
Formula Renault
Piccolo finished fourth in the 2003
Formula Renault 2000 Italy championship, with 131 points.Euro F3000
Piccolo competed in the
Euro Formula 3000 championship in both the 2001 and 2002, establishing himself as a frontrunner with one win, twopole position s and five podium finishes from 17 race starts.Formula 3000
Piccolo moved to the International
Formula 3000 series for 2003, where he was initially recruited by new teamBCN Competicion to replace compatriotValerio Scassellati after the first race. [cite news| title =Piccolo replaces Scassellati at BCN| publisher =crash.net| url =http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/63998-0/piccolo_replaces_scassellati_at_bcn.html| date =2003-04-30 | accessdate =2007-12-21] He impressed by outqualifying his more experienced team-mateRob Nguyen in his second race in the category. [cite news| title =Nguyen fails to deliver under pressure| publisher =crash.net| url =http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/65604-0/nguyen_fails_to_deliver_under_pressure.html| date =2003-05-17 | accessdate =2007-12-21] However, he crashed heavily at the "Casino" corner of theCircuit de Monaco in practice for his third race with the team, damaging some of his vertebrae which put him out for most of the rest of the season. [cite news| title =Piccolo out for rest of season?| publisher =crash.net| url =http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/66866-0/piccolo_out_for_rest_of_season.html| date =2003-05-30 | accessdate =2007-12-21] He eventually managed to return for the season finale at Monza, finishing the race in 11th place.Racing record
Complete Formula 3000 results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in "italics" indicate fastest lap.)
References
* [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver450.html Career statistics] from "driverdb.com". Retrieved onDecember 21 2007 .
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