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Italian racing driver (born 1980)
Alessandro Piccolo
(born October 17, 1980) is an Italian racing driver.
Career
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Formula Renault
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Piccolo finished fourth in the 2003
Formula Renault
2000
Italy
championship, with 131 points.
Euro F3000
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Piccolo competed in the
Euro Formula 3000
championship in both
2001
and
2002
, establishing himself as a frontrunner with one win, two
pole positions
and five podium finishes from 17 race starts.
Formula 3000
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Piccolo moved to the
International Formula 3000
series for
2003
, where he was initially recruited by new team
BCN Competicion
to replace compatriot
Valerio Scassellati
after the first race.
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He impressed by outqualifying his more experienced team-mate
Rob Nguyen
in his second race in the category.
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However, he crashed heavily at the
Casino
corner of the
Circuit de Monaco
in practice for his third race with the team, damaging some of his vertebrae which put him out for most of the rest of the season.
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He eventually managed to return for the season finale at
Monza
, finishing the race in 11th place.
Racing record
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Complete Euro Formula 3000 results
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(
key
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bold
indicate pole position; races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
Complete International Formula 3000 results
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References
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