Giampiero Simoni (born 12 September 1969 in Porto San Giorgio) is an Italian former racing driver who made his name in Touring Car racing.
Racing career
Simoni's racing career started in karting, becoming world kart champion in 1987. In 1990, he entered the Italian Formula Three Championship. After driving for two years in Formula 3000 (1992–93), he spent two years in the British Touring Car Championship (1994–95), driving for the Alfa Romeo works team in an Alfa Romeo 155.http://www.btccpages.com/rounds/1994/ BTCC Pages In his first year, he finished fifth in the championship in a dominant team alongside eventual champion Gabriele Tarquini, winning one race in the season. In 1995, the car no longer had the aerodynamic advantage over other teams and he finished a lowly 17th after only driving a part season. 1995 was also spent driving selected races in the DTM. Afterwards, 1996 saw him race in the All Japan GT Championship in a GT500 Toyota Supra. Thereafter his racing activities were sporadic, including a couple of appearances in the 1997 Belgian Procar Championship.
Racing record
Complete British 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 21 22 23 24 25 Pos Pts 1994 Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 TS THR11 BRH12 BRH2DSQ SNE3 SIL1Ret SIL2DNS OULWD DON1Ret DON2DNS BRH12 BRH22 SILRet KNO1Ret KNO29 OUL4 BRH13 BRH23 SIL16 SIL23 DON13 DON21 5th 156 1995 Alfa RomeoOld Spice Racing Alfa Romeo 155 TS DON110 DON29 BRH110 BRH212 THR16 THR210 SIL1Ret SIL29 OUL15 OUL27 BRH19 BRH212 DON1Ret DON2Ret SIL11 KNO1 KNO2 BRH1 BRH2 SNE1 SNE2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL1 SIL2 17th 27
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 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 Pts 1995 Alfa Corse 2 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC1 HOC2 AVU1 AVU2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1Ret DIE2DNS NÜR1 NÜR2 ALE1 ALE2 HOC1 HOC2 NC 0
Complete Spanish 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 Pts 1995 Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 TS JER1JER2 JAR1 JAR2 BAR1 BAR2 EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 CAL1CAL2 ALB1 ALB2JER15†JER23†BAR16†BAR26†JAR1JAR2 NC 0 † Not eligible for points.
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