- Thomas Biagi
Thomas Biagi is a professional racecar driver from
Italy . Biagi was born inBologna , in7 May 1976 .Biagi started his career in single seaters, driving in
Formula Alfa Boxer andItalian Formula Three Championship [http://www.fiagt.com/driverinfo.php?drivername=Thomas+Biagi FIA GT Championship - Driver Biography : Thomas Biagi ] ] , where he was 5th best in 1995, with two wins. From there, he moved up to the FIAFormula 3000 Championship from 1995 to 1998, without major results. His debut race in 1995 saw him collide withMarco Campos on the last lap, resulting in a crash which inflicted fatal injuries on the Brazilian driver.Biagi switched to the "second division", the Italian F3000 Championship, in 1999, taking 4th place, which he repeated in 2000 (after the series had become Euro F3000), this time with a win, before taking a 2nd overall in 2001, in his second season with GP Racing.
In 2003, Thomas Biagi made a successful move to the
FIA GT Championship , which he won in aBMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550 Maranello (co-driven withMatteo Bobbi ). After a year in theLe Mans Endurance Series , he returned to the FIA GT withVitaphone Racing , helping the squad take two Team titles before winning the Drivers title himself in 2007.In spite of having won the drivers title in the GT1 class, Biagi downgraded to GT2 in 2008, to drive a
Ferrari 430 for AF Corse.ources
External links
* [http://www.thomasbiagi.com/eng/ Official website]
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