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Italian racing driver
Matteo Grassotto
(born 14 March 1980 in
Asolo
,
Veneto
) is an Italian race car driver.
Career
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Formula Renault
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Grassotto finished as runner-up in the 1998
Formula Renault
Campus Italy series and then moved up to FRenault 2000 for 2000. In the European-wide series he finished a competitive third in the final standings, and he also drove a handful of races in the Italian series, achieving one podium finish.
Formula Three
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Grassotto graduated to German
Formula Three
in 2001, and finished 11th in the final drivers' standings.
Formula 3000
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Grassoto spent 2002 and 2003 in the
Euro Formula 3000
series, in which he was a frontrunner, before moving to the more competitive
FIA-backed series
for the final two races of
2004
as a replacement for compatriot
Raffaele Giammaria
. He scored a point for eighth place on his debut but retired from the next race. Unable to get a drive in the new
GP2 Series
for 2005, he went back to country level and competed in one race in Italian F3000.
Racing record
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Complete International Formula 3000 results
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(
key
) (Races in
bold
indicate pole position; races in
italics
indicate fastest lap.)
References
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- Matteo Grassotto career statistics at
driverdb.com
, retrieved 27 November 2006.