Formula and sportscar racing driver, two-time Superleague Formula champion
Davide Rigon (born 26 August 1986) is an Italian professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse . He is also currently part of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One test driver team.[ 1]
Career
Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003 , Thiene -born Rigon progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three . He won the Formula Azzurra title in 2005, and finished second in Italian Formula Three the following year.
Rigon driving for Olympiacos at Donington Park in the 2009 Superleague Formula season In 2007, Rigon won the Euroseries 3000 championship, winning three races. He also raced for Italy in the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season . In 2008, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia , and also in International Formula Master , while also racing for Beijing Guoan in the inaugural 2008 Superleague Formula season . Guoan were rated amongst the outsiders for the title, but Rigon defied that and led them to the championship, with three wins.
Rigon testing for Ferrari in 2013. During the off-season, Rigon joined up with Trident Racing to compete in the fourth round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season in Qatar .[ 2] Bahrain . He followed that up with a third in the final race, as he finished 17th in the championship.
He continued with the team into the 2009 GP2 Series season , but was replaced after four rounds by Rodolfo González despite outpacing team-mate Ricardo Teixeira all season.[ 3] Olympiacos CFP team instead of Beijing Guoan. He reclaimed the championship in 2010 whilst driving for the R.S.C. Anderlecht team.
Rigon returned to the GP2 Series for 2011 with the Coloni team. During the first round of the season, at Istanbul Park , he was involved in a crash with Julián Leal and suffered multiple fractures to his tibia and fibula .[ 4] Kevin Ceccon , and later Luca Filippi , and was restricted to 29th in the championship as a result of his injury.[ 5]
Rigon racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone . Rigon switched to sports car racing in 2012, and joined Kessel Racing for the Blancpain Endurance Series . In the 2013 season, he won at Monza and ended fourth in the Pro Cup with teammates Daniel Zampieri and César Ramos . Also in 2013, he drove in four rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with 8 Star Motorsports, also in a Ferrari 458 Italia . He got a win and two second-place finishes, helping the team to win the GTE-Am class championship. The Italian also won two races out of four in the International GT Open partnering with Andrea Montermini in a Scuderia Villorba Ferrari.
Rigon drove a GTE-Pro class Ferrari F458 Italia for AF Corse full-time for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship .
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
2009 Super Final results
Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
2010
† Non-championship event.
Complete GP2 Series results
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Complete GP2 Asia Series results
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
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Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
^ "Davide Rigon" . Ferrari. Retrieved 25 March 2015 .^ "Rigon replaces Valles at Trident" . autosport.com. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2009 .^ "2009 GP2 Series – Round 5" . GP2 Series . 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009 .^ Freeman, Glenn (8 May 2011). "Rigon injured in Istanbul collision" . autosport.com . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 9 May 2011 . ^ Van De Burgt, Andrew (17 May 2011). "Ceccon replaces Rigon at Coloni" . autosport.com . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 21 May 2011 . ^ a b c "Davide Rigon" . Motor Sport . Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ a b c d e f "Davide Rigon Results" . Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon" . FIA World Endurance Championship . Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon" . Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .^ "Davide Rigon – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results" . Racing-Reference . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 March 2024 .
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