Fabrizio Crestani

Fabrizio Crestani (born 17 December 1987) is an Italian racing driver.

Fabrizio Crestani
NationalityItalian
Born (1987-12-17) 17 December 1987
GP2 Series career
Debut season2010
Current teamVenezuela GP Lazarus
Car number18
Former teamsDavid Price Racing
Starts29
Wins0
Poles11
Fastest laps21
Best finish24th 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

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 3 Championship Corbetta 2 0 0 0 0 10 13th
2006 Italian Formula 3 Championship Corbetta Competizioni 16 0 1 2 5 76 5th
British Formula 3 Championship - National Class 2 0 0 0 1 20 17th
2007 Italian Formula 3 Championship 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 GP2 Series David Price Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 30th
Auto GP DAMS 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
Trident Racing 2 0 0 0 0
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
2015 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Team Lazarus 11 0 0 1 5 84 4th
2016 International GT Open Orange 1 Team Lazarus 14 2 0 0 9 114 1st
International GT Open - Pro-Am 14 1 3 2 8 78 1st
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Orange 1 Team Lazarus 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Silver Cup 4 0 0 0 2 34 7th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge Lamborghini 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 International GT Open Daiko Lazarus Racing 14 0 0 0 1 28 16th
International GT Open - Pro-Am 14 0 0 0 8 78 2nd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 4 1 0 0 1 49 6th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 1 0 0 0 0 7 19th
2019 International GT Open SPS Automotive Performance 14 1 0 2 5 92 5th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Daiko Lazarus Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020 International GT Open Team Lazarus 10 1 2 2 4 80 4th

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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Orange 1 Team Lazarus Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro MIS
QR
15		 MIS
CR
17		 BRH
QR
21		 BRH
CR
15		 ZOL
QR		 ZOL
CR		 NC 0
Silver HUN
QR
23		 HUN
CR
23		 NÜR
QR
25		 NÜR
CR
23		 7th 34

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. "Formula Junior 1600 Italy 2005". driverdb.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  2. "2005 Italian Formula 3 Championship". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
  3. "2006 Italian Formula 3 Championship". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  4. "Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series – Rounds 17 & 18 – Mugello, Italy" (PDF). Mike Conway. 16 September 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  5. "2007 Italian Formula 3 Championship results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  6. "2007 Italian Formula 3 Championship standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  7. "2008 International Formula Master – Pau, Race 2" (PDF). International Formula Master. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  8. "2008 International Formula Master standings" (PDF). International Formula Master. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  9. "Tiago Monteiro confirms the acquisition of GP2 team". tiagomonteiro.com. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
  10. "Spa: Official Preview". pitpass.com. Pitpass. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
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