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Italian racing driver
Giuseppe Cipriani
(born 9 June 1965) is an Italian
racing driver
and businessman.
Biography
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Cipriani is the grandson of
Giuseppe Cipriani
, founder of hotel and restaurant chain
Cipriani S.A.
which includes
Harry's Bar
. Cipriani today is managing director of the company founded by his grandfather.
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Cipriani began his involvement in motorsport in the
United States
in the late-1980s, competing in the
Barber Pro Series
. He returned to Italy to compete in domestic
Formula 3
in 1990, before moving into team management the following year having founded
International Formula 3000
team
Il Barone Rampante
. Cipriani attempted to buy
Tyrrell Racing
and enter
Formula One
in
1992
with IBR, with plans to compete as
Benetton
's
B-team
, but was not successful and left motorsport at the end of 1993 in favour of other business interests.
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Cipriani returned to driving in the late-2000s, which saw him initially compete in open-wheel series including
Formula Palmer Audi
,
Auto GP
and
Formula V8 3.5
before switching to GT racing in 2018.
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Racing record
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Complete Auto GP results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
‡
Position when season was cancelled.
Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
†
Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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Sporting positions
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Preceded by
Giulio Borlenghi
Andrzej Lewandowski
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International GT Open
Am Champion
2019
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Succeeded by
Incumbent
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