Alessandro Zampedri

Alessandro Zampedri (born 3 October 1969 in Brescia) is an Italian race car driver. He started three Indy 500s (1995, 1996, and 1997).^[1]

Zampedri was seriously injured in the 1996 Indianapolis 500, suffering severe foot and leg injuries on the last lap of the race.^[2] While running fourth, Zampedri was collected in a crash with Roberto Guerrero and Eliseo Salazar.^[3] Zampedri's car became airborne and crashed into the fence at the head of the main straightaway. The car came to rest near the pit entry.

He returned to Indianapolis in 1997, but he struggled, due to engine failure during the formation laps.

He returned to racing in Europe in 1999 in the Porsche Supercup and became champion in 2005, taking his only victory in the series at Circuit de Catalunya. He was the first Italian to win the Porsche Championship.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
1992	Forti Corse	SIL Ret	PAU Ret	CAT 11	PER 5	HOC 7	NÜR Ret	SPA 7	ALB 8	NOG 5	MAG Ret	12th	4
1993	Nordic Racing	DON Ret	SIL DSQ	PAU DNQ	PER Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR 3	SPA Ret	MAG Ret	NOG 10		11th	4

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1994	Euromotorsport	SRF Ret	PHX	LBH Ret	INDY	MIL													25th	9
	Coyne						DET Ret	POR 7	CLE 10	TOR Ret	MIS DNS	MDO Ret	NHM	VAN Ret	ROA Ret	NZR 20	LS 16
1995	Payton/Coyne	MIA Ret	SRF 19	PHX 19	LBH 8	NZR 15	INDY 11	MIL 22	DET Ret	POR 16	ROA 20	TOR Ret	CLE 9	MIS Ret	MDO 14	NHM 14	VAN 9	LS 20	22nd	15

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
1996	Team Scandia	WDW	PHX	INDY 4								28th	31
1996–1997	Team Scandia	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY 35	TXS 12	PPIR	CLT	NH2	LV2	39th	24

Partial Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Points
2002	PZ Rhein-Oberberg/Jürgen Alzen	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 4	ESP 2	AUT 9	MON 4	GER 8	GBR 8	GER Ret	HUN 5	BEL 11	ITA 8	USA Ret	USA 11		7th	109
2003	DeWalt Racing/PZRO-JAM	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA Ret	ESP 8	AUT 8	MON Ret	GER 16	FRA 7	GBR 8	GER 9	HUN 3	ITA Ret	USA 2	USA 4		6th	99
2004	DeWalt Racing-PZRO	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA Ret	ESP 3	MON 5	GER Ret	USA 12	USA 6	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER 12	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 10		11th	79
2005	Lechner School Racing Team	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA 8	ESP 1	MON 3	GER 2	USA 2	USA 2	FRA 6	GBR 2	GER 8	HUN 2	ITA 3	BEL Ret		1st	173
2006	Lechner School Racing Team	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 12	ITA 8	GER 9	ESP 9	MON 7	GBR 7	USA Ret	USA 2	FRA 6	GER 4	HUN 17	ITA Ret		7th	100
2007	Lechner Racing Bahrain	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 3	BHR 4	ESP 6	MON 22	FRA 4	GBR 17	GER 5	HUN 7	TUR 7	ITA Ret	BEL Ret			7th	90
2008	Lechner Racing Bahrain	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 11	BHR 15	ESP Ret	TUR 11	MON DNS	FRA 12	GBR 9	GER Ret	HUN 12	ESP 20†	BEL 13	ITA 8		15th	48
2009	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON 17	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	ESP	BEL	ITA 9			NC‡	0‡
	SPS Automotive													UAE 13	UAE 7
2010	Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 9	BHR 7	ESP Ret	MON 5	ESP 17	GBR 20†	GER 11	HUN Ret	BEL 12	ITA 15				14th	46
2011	Team Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3	TUR Ret	ESP 13	MON 8	NNS	GBR 17	GER 13	HUN 8	BEL	ITA Ret	UAE Ret	UAE 8			14th	34
2012	Team Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	MON 10	ESP 14	GBR 14	GER 11	HUN Ret	HUN Ret	BEL	ITA 12				15th	26
2013	MOMO-Megatron	Porsche 997 GT3	ESP 16	MON 23	GBR 17	GER	HUN 17	BEL	ITA 16	UAE	UAE					22nd	3

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ — Not eligible for points.

References

1. "Indy 500 Career Stats – Alessandro Zampedri". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
2. "Zampedri has second operation". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. 1996-05-29. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
3. Harris, Mike (1997-05-23). "'Pain is a state of mind': After seven operations, Zampedri's back at Indy". Allegheny Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

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