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Fabrizio Giovanardi

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Career BTCC Results

Above: Fabrizio Giovanardi in 2007.		Nationality: Italian Date of birth: 14 December 1966 Place of birth: Sassuolo, Modena, Italy Status: Married, one son Website: www.fabriziogiovanardi.com BTCC Debut: Brands Hatch, 9 April 2006, VX Racing, Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch BTCC Race Starts: 104* BTCC Wins: 19* BTCC Podiums: 45* BTCC Points: 845* BTCC Seasons: 4* * after Round 15 2009
Fabrizio Giovanardi is the regining BTCC Drivers champion, and has taken back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008 for Vauxhall. Born in 1966, he is one of Touring Car Racing's most successful racers having won multiple major championships. He first won the Italian Touring Car Championship in 1992, before going on to win again in 1998 and 1999. A switch to the European Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo saw the Italian clinch consecutive titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002, before swtiching unsuccessfully to BMW for the following season. He returned to Alfa Romeo for two more seasons, before leaving the championship. He added to his list of Touring Car Titles in 2007 by taking the BTCC in his second season, quickly following it up with another in 2008.
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In the BTCC, VXRacing managed to lure him into one of their cars to replace the exiting Yvan Muller for the 2006 season. As the season went on Giovanardi progressively learnt the car, circuits and the driving style required for the BTCC and earned himself two wins by the end of the year, although he was close to victory on many more occasions. Giovanardi himself explained before the season began that he had only ever raced on Silverstone, Donington Park and Brands Hatch, and therefore spent much of the season learning the circuits and car.		Above: Fabrizio Giovanardi in his debut year in the BTCC.
The Italian's second year in the BTCC was much more competitive, scoring ten wins in the new Vauxhall Vectra, one third of all the races. For much of the year Giovanardi was behind main championship rival Jason Plato, as for each race he won he seemed to suffer bad luck and misfortunes in the others. However the Italian finally beat Plato to the title by a mere 3 points at the final meeting of the year at Thruxton.
2008 was to prove similar to 2007 in many respects for Giovanardi. On his way to his second British title, the Italian may have notched up fewer wins but he still displayed the consistency and exceptional car control to take the championship. Beating SEAT's Jason Plato for the second year in a row is no mean feat, especially when up against a car and team that took more wins than any other.
Giovanardi will be aiming in 2009 to be the first driver since Andy Rouse to take three consecutive drivers championships.
Left: Fabrizio Giovanardi racing in the European Touring Car Championship at Donington Park in 2004, a championship that he has won 3 times in a row and been one of the most successful drivers ever in.

Career Rundown

2009:	British Touring Car Championship, VX Racing, Vauxhall Vectra
2008:	British Touring Car Championship, VX Racing, Vauxhall Vectra Champion, 5 wins
2007:	British Touring Car Championship, VX Racing, Vauxhall Vectra Champion, 10 wins
2006:	British Touring Car Championship, VX Racing, Vauxhall Astra Sport Hatch 5th overall, 2 wins
2005:	World Touring Car Championship, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, Alfa Romeo 156 3rd overall, 4 wins
2004:	European Touring Car Championship, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, Alfa Romeo 156 5th overall, 1 win
2003:	European Touring Car Championship, BMW Team Italy-Spain, BMW 320i 9th overall
2002:	European Touring Car Championship, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, Alfa Romeo 156 Champion, 9 wins
2001:	European Touring Car Championship, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, Alfa Romeo 156 Champion, 3 wins
2000:	European Touring Car Championship, Alfa Romeo Racing Team, Alfa Romeo 156 Champion, 5 wins
1999:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 156 Champion, 7 wins German Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 156 1 win, selected races
1998:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 156 Champion, 9 wins
1997:	Spanish Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 155 Ts Champion, 3 wins Italian Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 2nd overall, 5 wins
1996:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 5th overall, 2 wins Spanish Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 6th overall, 3 wins
1995:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Alfa Romeo 155 Ts 3rd overall, 1 win
1994:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Peugeot 405 Mi16 3rd overall
1993:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Peugeot 405 Mi16 2nd overall, 5 wins
1992:	Italian Super Touring Championship, Peugeot 405 Mi16 Champion Class S2, 8 class wins
1991:	FIA Formula 3000, Reynard 91D-Mader 13th overall Italian Super Touring Championship, Peugeot 405 Mi16 4th overall Class S2, 5 class wins
1990:	FIA Formula 3000, March 90D-Mugen 10th overall
1989:	FIA Formula 3000, March 89D-Judd 10th overall, 1 win
1988:	Italian Formula 3, Reynard 883-Alfa Romeo 3rd overall, 2 wins
1987:	Italian Formula 3, Reynard 873-Alfa Romeo
1986:	World Karting Championship, Formula C 125 Champion Italian Karting Championship, Formula C 125 Champion

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