Alexandre Imperatori

Alexandre Imperatori
Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Born (1987-04-19) April 19, 1987
Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season 2011
Current team PICC Team Starchase
Car no. 99
Starts 19
Wins 14
Poles 5
Fastest laps 10
Best finish 1 in 2012
Previous series
2012, 2011
2011
2007–08, 2008–09
2010,2009,2008
2007,2006
Super GT
Formula Nippon
A1 Grand Prix
All-Japan Formula Three Championship
Asian Formula Renault Challenge
Championship titles
2012
2006
2000
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
China Formula Renault Challenge
Franch Junior Karting Championship

Alexandre Imperatori (born April 19, 1987 in Châtel-Saint-Denis) is a Swiss racing driver but lives in Shanghai, China.

Career

Karting

Alexandre Imperatori go-karting at the age of 4

Imperatori started kart racing at the age of four in Spain. He raced karting in Spain and Germany and France until 2002. He was the France Junior Champion in 2000 and also competed in the European Championship in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Formula Racing

In 2003, Imperatori moved to single seater by reaching the final of the Mygale scholarship program. From 2004 to 2007, he competed in the 2006 and 2007 Asian Formula Renault Challenge and came 1st runner-up. He was also the 2006 China Formula Renault Challenge Champion, which earned him a test from Renault Sport in the World Series by Renault.

From December 2007, he joined the Swiss team in the A1 Grand Prix as rookie driver and together with the team won the 2007-2008 championship and came second in the 2008-2009 season.

From 2008 to 2010, Imperatori was competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. In 2008, he came second in the National Class before achieving 3rd rank in 2009. In 2010, he stepped up to the Championship class with TODA Racing and using the single HONDA power unit of the grid, came 5th in the championship. In 2010, Imperatori finished his season with a good performance in the Macau Grand Prix by coming 12th after starting 26th on the grid due to a brake failure in the qualification race.

In 2011, Imperatori stepped up to Formula Nippon, the highest level of single-seater racing in Japan.

GT Racing

In 2011, Imperatori also started becoming involved in GT racing. He replaced Christian Menzel at Team Starchase in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and had a successful season by winning 8 of the 10 races he entered. He finished 3rd in the championship after missing the two races in Singapore due to conflicting racing commitments.

Besides, the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and Formula Nippon, Imperatori was also competing in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2011 with the Lexus IS350 GT300 of SG Changi Racing. Together with team-mate Orime, he won at Sugo and climbed on the podium two more times at Fuji and Autopolis.

Imperatori finished the 2011 season with a win in the GTC category at the ILMC 6 Hours of Zhuhai for Audi Sport C Racing China.

Imperatori won the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Championship.

WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans

In 2013, Imperatori was named as the lead driver for the new endurance racing project from Hong Kong-based KC Motorgroup Ltd (KCMG) which saw him drive a Morgan LMP2 - Nissan at Silverstone and Le Mans.[1] Imperatori was back with KCMG for the 2014 WEC season[2] taking part in all but two races behind the wheel of an Oreca 03R-Nissan, winning LMP2 class at Bahrain and São Paulo.

On March 25, 2015 it was announced that Imperatori had signed with the Swiss Rebellion Racing LMP1 squad for the 2015 WEC season where he is set to pilot the team's second car along with Dominik Kraihamer and Daniel Abt.[3]

Racing record

Imperatori driving the Lexus IS350 GT300 in 2011 Super GT season.

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2011 Team SG Changi Lexus IS350 GT300 OKA
15
FUJ
16
SEP
SUG
1
SUZ
8
FUJ
2
AUT
3
MOT
Ret
6th 49
2012 Team SGC Lexus IS350 GT300 OKA
FUJ
SEP
SUG
13
SUZ
13
FUJ
12
AUT
MOT
NC 0
2014 i-mobile-AAS Porsche 911 GT3 GT300 OKA
FUJ
AUT
SUG
FUJ
SUZ
BUR
6
MOT
NC 0
2015 Porsche Team KTR Porsche 911 GT3 GT300 OKA
14
FUJ
12
CHA
8
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
SUG
AUT
MOT
23rd 3

* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 China KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
China Ho-Pin Tung
Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 241 DNF DNF
2014 Hong Kong KCMG United Kingdom Matthew Howson
United Kingdom Richard Bradley
Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 87 DNF DNF
2015 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Germany Daniel Abt
Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1 336 18th 9th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL
3
SPA
LMS
NÜR
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
3rd 15

References

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Keita Sawa
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Earl Bamber
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