Fabrizio Crestani
| Fabrizio Crestani | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 17 December 1987 |
| GP2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Venezuela GP Lazarus |
| Car no. | 18 |
| Former teams | David Price Racing |
| Starts | 29 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 11 |
| Fastest laps | 21 |
| Best finish | 24th in 2013 |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–10, 13 2008–09 2008 2005–07 2006 2005 |
Auto GP GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Italian F3 British F3 National Class Formula 1600 Junior Italia |
Fabrizio Crestani (born 17 December 1987) is an Italian racing driver.
Career
Having competed in karts until 2005, Crestani moved up to the Formula Junior 1600 Italia championship, finishing in 4th place in the championship, driving for PSR Motorsport. Crestani had one win and finished behind Pasquale Di Sabatino, Mihai Marinescu and Jaime Alguersuari in the championship.[1] He also made his debut in the Italian Formula Three Championship for Corbetta Competizioni at the final round at the Misano World Circuit. Having qualified 7th for both races, Fabrizio recorded a sixth and a seventh from the two races, allowing him to finish 13th in the championship.[2]
Crestani moved up full-time to Italian F3 for 2006, continuing with Corbetta Competizioni. Over the course of the season, he recorded one pole position at Vallelunga, and five podiums (four of which being second places) on his way to fifth in the championship.[3] He also made an appearance in the British Formula 3 Championship when the series visited Mugello. Driving in the Invitational Class, he finished both races outside of the points recording a 15th and a 14th with lap times matching the National Class runners.[4]
A third season of Italian F3 followed, again with Corbetta. Having recorded two more pole positions at Misano, Crestani finally recorded his first wins in the championship at Mugello, leading home 2008 champion Mirko Bortolotti in both races.[5] A third win would follow later in the year at Vallelunga, but Crestani could not improve on his championship position from 2006 by again finishing fifth, 41 points behind champion Paolo Maria Nocera.[6]
Crestani would not return to the series for 2008, instead moving to the Euroseries 3000 championship for GP Racing. Again, a fifth place championship position was the net result of the season including wins at Mugello, and a double at the Magione season finale. He finished 8th in the counterpart Italian series, which ran at the same time as the Euro series, at four of the first five rounds. He also forayed into the International Formula Master series, racing at Valencia, Pau and Brno for Euronova Racing. His best finish was first in the race at Pau – holding off champion Chris van der Drift by 0.058 seconds,[7] giving him a total of 0.5 points in the championship.[8]
After Tiago Monteiro acquired the former BCN Competición team and renamed it as Ocean Racing Technology,[9] Monteiro replaced both drivers from round one (Hiroki Yoshimoto and Luca Filippi), hiring Yelmer Buurman and Crestani to be the drivers to replace them from round two of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season onwards. He scored no points and finished 28th in the championship. He resumed his Euroseries career with the TP Formula team, although he then switched to the Emmebi Motorsport outfit for the final round of the championship. He took six podium finishes, a pole position and a fastest lap from the 13 races to finish fourth in the championship and fifth in the concurrent Italian F3000 championship.
Crestani had a fragmented 2010, competing four races in Auto GP for the DAMS and Trident teams, and six races for David Price Racing in the main GP2 Series after replacing Giacomo Ricci in the team.[10] Due to lack of sponsorship, Fabrizio Crestani then undertook a full 2011 season in Auto GP with the Lazarus team alongside compatriot Fabio Onidi; he finished fourth in the championship.
Crestani remained with Lazarus as the team made its GP2 Series début in 2012, and was partnered by Giancarlo Serenelli. He has since scored his best series points with a second-place finish in the season-opening feature race in 2013. Reputed by racing insiders to be one of the fastest drivers who is already ready to compete in the Formula One category, Fabrizio Crestani who is presently racing with Team Lazarus is nonetheless very busy looking for a potential sponsor given that his dream is to compete for a Formula One team.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Formula Junior 1600 Italy | PSR Motorsport | 12 | 1 | ? | ? | 4 | 141 | 4th |
| Italian Formula Three | Corbetta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13th | |
| 2006 | Italian Formula Three | Corbetta Competizioni | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 76 | 5th |
| British Formula 3 National Class | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 17th | ||
| 2007 | Italian Formula Three | Corbetta Competizioni | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 73 | 5th |
| 2008 | Euroseries 3000 | GP Racing | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 5th |
| Italian Formula 3000 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9th | ||
| International Formula Master | Euronova Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 27th | |
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Ocean Racing Technology | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th |
| 2009 | Euroseries 3000 | TP Formula | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 4th |
| Italian Formula 3000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5th | ||
| 2010 | Auto GP | DAMS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd |
| Trident Racing | |||||||||
| GP2 Series | David Price Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th | |
| 2011 | Auto GP | Lazarus | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92 | 6th |
| 2012 | GP2 Series | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24th |
| 2013 | GP2 Series | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd |
| Auto GP | Ibiza Racing Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17th |
Complete GP2 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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | David Price Racing | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
IST FEA |
IST SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 14 |
MNZ FEA 10 |
MNZ SPR 15 |
YMC FEA 13 |
YMC SPR 14 |
30th | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | Venezuela GP Lazarus | SEP FEA 10 |
SEP SPR 21 |
BHR1 FEA 14 |
BHR1 SPR 19 |
BHR2 FEA Ret |
BHR2 SPR 23 |
CAT FEA 17 |
CAT SPR 10 |
MON FEA 19 |
MON SPR Ret |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR DNS |
SIL FEA 11 |
SIL SPR 22 |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MRN FEA |
MRN SPR |
24th | 1 |
| 2013 | Venezuela GP Lazarus | SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
SIL FEA 18 |
SIL SPR 17 |
NÜR FEA 19 |
NÜR SPR 21 |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MRN FEA |
MRN SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
33rd | 0 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Bold indicates pole position, * indicates fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Ocean Racing Technology | SHI FEA |
SHI SPR |
DUB FEA 14 |
DUB SPR C |
BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 17 |
LSL FEA 10 |
LSL SPR 21 |
SEP FEA 15 |
SEP SPR 16 |
BHR FEA 18 |
BHR SPR 15 |
28th | 0 |
Complete Auto GP results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | DAMS | BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 7 |
22nd | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Trident Racing | SPA 1 11 |
SPA 2 8 |
MAG 1 DNS |
MAG 2 DNS |
NAV 1 |
NAV 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
|||||||||||
| 2011 | Lazarus | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 9 |
HUN 1 7 |
HUN 2 14 |
BRN 1 2 |
BRN 2 4 |
DON 1 3 |
DON 2 3 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 9 |
VAL 1 4 |
VAL 2 5 |
MUG 1 7 |
MUG 2 3 |
6th | 92 | ||
| 2013 | Ibiza Racing Team | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MAR 1 |
MAR 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SIL 1 5 |
SIL 2 10 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
17th | 11 |
References
- ↑ "Formula Junior 1600 Italy 2005". driverdb.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ↑ "2005 Italian Formula 3 Championship". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ↑ "2006 Italian Formula 3 Championship". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series – Rounds 17 & 18 – Mugello, Italy" (PDF). Mike Conway. 2006-09-16. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "2007 Italian Formula 3 Championship results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "2007 Italian Formula 3 Championship standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "2008 International Formula Master – Pau, Race 2" (PDF). International Formula Master. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "2008 International Formula Master standings" (PDF). International Formula Master. 2008-10-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "Tiago Monteiro confirms the acquisition of GP2 team". tiagomonteiro.com. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ↑ "Spa: Official Preview". pitpass.com. Pitpass. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
External links
- Official website
- Fabrizio Crestani career summary at DriverDB.com