Emanuele Naspetti

Emanuele Naspetti

Born	24 February 1968 Ancona, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1992-1993
Teams	March, Jordan
Entries	6
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1992 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	1993 Portuguese Grand Prix

Emanuele Naspetti (born February 24, 1968 in Ancona^[1]) is a racing driver and entrepreneur from Italy.

Career

Karting

He made his racing debut at the age of 12 and spent seven years in karting (1980-1986), participating in more than 200 races and achieving success in Italian and international events.

Formula 3

In 1987 he joined the Forti Corse Team to compete in the Italian Formula 3 Championship. In 1988, again with the Dallara-Alfa Romeo of Forti Corse, he was crowned Italian Formula 3 Champion.

Formula 3000

In 1989 he competed in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship with the Roni Motorsport Team. He enjoyed an extremely good debut season, resulting in him joining the Eddie Jordan Racing team for the following year to replace the reigning champion Jean Alesi, who had moved to Formula 1. In 1991 he rejoined Forti Corse and came very close to winning the title, taking four race wins. In the meantime he won his debut race (Varano, Class S2) in the Italian Superturismo Championship with the official Peugeot 405 racer.

Formula 1

In 1992 he made his debut in Formula One at the wheel of a March-Ilmor, an important decision that forced him to abandon the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship while leading a few races before the end. His Formula 1 career continued in 1993 with Jordan Grand Prix, also being the team's official test driver. In the same year he took part in some races of the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship.

Touring and GT cars

From 1994 Naspetti focused on racing saloon cars in Super Touring championshps. With 27 wins he became the symbol of BMW’s sporting heritage and in 1997 he won the Italian Superturismo Championship. In the same year he participated in the 24 Hours of Spa, winning the diesel classification and finishing third overall. In 2000 he participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Lola-Judd, while his GT career began in 2001 with a Ferrari 550 Maranello run by the Rafanelli Team in the FIA GT Championship. In 2002 and 2003 he raced in the U.S. in the American Le Mans Series driving a Ferrari 550 Maranello. In 2004 he returned to Europe, again in the FIA GT Championship, at the wheel of a Ferrari 575 run by the GPC Team. In 2005, a call from the legendary Don Panoz, brought him back to the American scene, driving a Panoz in the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2006 he was at the wheel of a BMW in the reborn Italian Superturismo Championship, taking five wins and finishing second in the overall standings, while in 2009 he took part in the Porsche Carrera Cup in Italy, winning the race in Adria.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1989	Roni Motorsport	Reynard 89D	Cosworth	SIL 16	VAL 5	PAU DNQ	JER Ret	PER Ret	BRH 9	BIR Ret	SPA Ret	BUG 10	DIJ 10		17th	2
1990	Jordan Racing	Reynard 90D	Mugen-Honda	DON Ret	SIL 10	PAU Ret	JER	MNZ Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	BRH Ret	BIR 6	BUG DNQ	NOG	22nd	1
1991	Forti Corse	Lola T91/50	Ford Cosworth	VAL 10	PAU 9	JER DNQ									3rd	37
		Reynard 91D	Cosworth				MUG DNS	PER 1	HOC 1	BRH 1	SPA 1	BUG Ret	NOG 6
1992	Forti Corse	Reynard 92D	Cosworth	SIL 6	PAU 1	CAT 16	PER 2	HOC 4	NÜR Ret	SPA	ALB	NOG	MAG		6th	19

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1992	March F1	March CG911	Ilmor V10	RSA	MEX	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL 12	ITA Ret	POR 11	JPN 13	AUS Ret	NC	0
1993	Sasol Jordan	Jordan 193	Hart V10	RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR Ret	JPN	AUS	NC	0

Complete Japanese 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	11	DC	Points
1993	Dome	SUZ 17	FUJ 16	MIN Ret	SUZ Ret	AUT	SUG	FUJ	FUJ	SUZ	FUJ	SUZ	NC	0

Le Mans 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2000	Team Rafanelli SRL	Domenico Schiattarella Didier de Radiguès	Lola B2K/10-Judd	LMP900	154	DNF	DNF

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2006	GDL Racing	BMW 320i	ITA 1 30†	ITA 2 DNS	FRA 1 17	FRA 2 Ret	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0

References

1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.