Dino Zamparelli

Dino Zamparelli
Nationality	British
Born	5 October 1992 Bristol, England
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Car no.	3
Former teams	Marussia Manor Racing
Starts	33
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	7th in 2014
Previous series
2012 2009–11 2007–08	FIA Formula Two Championship Formula Renault BARC Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2011 2008	Formula Renault BARC Ginetta Junior Championship

Dino Zamparelli (born 5 October 1992) is a British racing driver, born to English parents and with Italian ancestry.^[1] He currently drives for ART Grand Prix in the GP3 Series. His father Mike was a F1 Powerboat World Championship racer.

Career

Early career

Zamparelli began karting at the age of seven, and spent seven years in the various classes around the United Kingdom and Europe.

In 2007 he debuted in Ginetta Junior Championship with Muzz Racing, finishing in thirteenth position. He stayed in series for the next year, and amassed ten wins and another five podiums on his way to the championship title.^[2]

Formula Renault and Formula Three

Zamparelli's next step was Formula Renault BARC in 2009, where he finished in third place, scoring three wins. In 2010, due to a lack of funding, he competed only in two races of the BARC championship and two races of the Italian Formula Three Championship with Corbetta Competizioni.^[3] Zamparelli returned full-time to Formula Renault BARC in 2011, winning four races and the championship title.^[4] He was also a finalist in the 2011 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2012, Zamparelli graduated to the FIA Formula Two Championship.^[5] Zamparelli was involved in an extraordinary incident during the race meet at Spa. In heavy rain and under safety car conditions, Zamparelli was driving along the Kemmel Straight when a car in front spun. Unable to see the spinning car, he was forced to take evasive action at the very last second. The video of the incident quickly went viral and was viewed over 600,000 times within the first two weeks after being uploaded to YouTube.^[6]

GP3 Series

Following the decision to discontinue the running of the Formula Two Championship following the 2012 season,^[7] Zamparelli signed for the Marussia Manor Racing F1 Team Young Driver Programme and entered into the 2013 GP3 Series season.^[8] He finished the season in 18th place after an indifferent debut year. Zamparelli finished in the points in half of the season's 16 races but was excluded from race 2 in Italy after causing an accident in race 1 of the same event.^[9]

Prior to the 2014 season Zamparelli joined ART Grand Prix.^[10] ART will be attempting to continue their record of winning every GP3 series Team Championship since its inception in 2010.

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

In January 2015 Zamparelli announced that he was switching from single seaters to sports cars, joining Parr Motorsport to race in the 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.^[11]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Ginetta Junior Championship	Muzz Racing	9	0	0	0	0	115	13th
	Ginetta Junior Winter Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2008	Ginetta Junior Championship	24	10	8	9	15	611	1st
	Portugal Winter Series Formula Renault 2.0	Fortec Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	2	25th
2009	Formula Renault BARC	Reon Motorsport	13	3	3	1	9	286	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Cup	Fortec Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	70	6th
2010	Italian Formula Three Championship	Corbetta Competizioni	2	0	0	0	0	0	41st
	Formula Renault BARC	Antel Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	40	18th
2011	Formula Renault BARC	11	4	6	5	8	295	1st
2012	FIA Formula Two Championship	Motorsport Vision	16	0	0	0	2	106.5	8th
2013	GP3 Series	Marussia Manor Racing	15	0	0	0	0	12	18th
2014	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	18	0	0	2	6	126	7th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	Parr Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	180	6th
		GT Marques	4	2	0	2	4
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup GB	GT Marques	4	1	0	3	4	77	2nd*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2012	18	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 6	ALG 1 8	ALG 2 5	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 7	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 10	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 3	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 6	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 3	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 7	8th	106.5

Complete GP3 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	Pos	Points
2013	Marussia Manor Racing	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 17	VAL FEA 9	VAL SPR 10	GBR FEA 10	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 9	GER SPR 7	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 21	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR 7	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR EX	ABU FEA 9	ABU SPR 8			18th	12
2014	ART Grand Prix	ESP FEA 6	ESP SPR 3	AUT FEA 15	AUT SPR 8	GBR FEA 8	GBR SPR 7	GER FEA 6	GER SPR 2	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR 2	BEL FEA 2	BEL SPR 7	ITA FEA 2	ITA SPR 9	RUS FEA 18	RUS SPR 13	ABU FEA 3	ABU SPR 4	7th	126

References

1. "BACKGROUND". dinozamprelli.com. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
2. "Formula Renault BARC Drivers". Renault Sport UK (Renault Sport). Retrieved 30 March 2012.
3. "Test ACI-CSAI: Classifica Riepilogativa" (PDF). F3Italia.it (Italian Formula Three Championship; Misano World Circuit). 13 April 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
4. Paice, Simon (16 October 2011). "Maiden win for Mason as Zamparelli secures BARC title". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia Network). Retrieved 30 March 2012.
5. "F2 2012 Driver line-up". FIA Formula Two Championship. MotorSport Vision. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
6. "Amazing Reactions by Dino Zamparelli in a Racing Car!!". Dino Zamparelli. YouTube. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
7. "MSV and FIA agree not to run F2 in 2013". FIA Formula Two Championship. MotorSport Vision. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
8. "Marussia Manor Racing GP3 signs Zamparelli to F1 Team Young Driver Programme". Marussia F1 Team. marussiaf1team.com. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
9. "Monza Post Race 1 Penalties". GP3 Series. gp3series.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
10. "Dino Zamparelli signs for GP3 champions". Bristol Sport. bristol-sport.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
11. "Bristol Sport racing driver Dino Zamparelli ready to take on Porsche Carrera Cup challenge". Bristol Post. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Dino Zamparelli career summary at DriverDB.com