Giuseppe Cipriani (racing driver)

Italian racing driver

Giuseppe Cipriani

Cipriani at the Red Bull Ring in 2023

Nationality|  Italian
Born|  (1965-06-09) 9 June 1965 (age 58)
Venice, Italy
Auto GP career
Debut season| 2010
Current team| Ibiza Racing Team
Car number| 7
Former teams| Durango, Campos Racing
Starts| 54
Wins| 0
Poles| 0
Fastest laps| 0
Best finish| 11th in 2014
Previous series
2008-09
1989-90| Formula Palmer Audi
Italian Formula Three

Giuseppe Cipriani (born 9 June 1965) is an Italian racing driver and businessman.

## Biography[edit]

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

## Racing record[edit]

### Complete Auto GP results[edit]

(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  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | Pos  | Points

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2010 | Durango | BRN
1 | BRN
2 | IMO
1 | IMO
2 | SPA
1 | SPA
2 | MAG
1 | MAG
2 | NAV
1 | NAV
2 | MNZ

16 | MNZ

13 |  |  |  |  | 26th  | 0
2011 | Griffitz Durango | MNZ

Ret | MNZ

14 | HUN

15 | HUN

13 | BRN

9 | BRN

12 | DON

12 | DON

Ret | OSC

Ret | OSC

13† | VAL

15 | VAL

12 | MUG

13† | MUG

Ret |  |  | 20th  | 2
2012 | Campos Racing | MNZ

11 | MNZ

10 | VAL

12 | VAL

14 | MAR

Ret | MAR

9 | HUN

6 | HUN

6 | ALG

Ret | ALG

Ret | CUR

Ret | CUR

10 | SON

Ret | SON

Ret |  |  | 14th  | 18
2013 | Ibiza Racing Team  | MNZ

9 | MNZ

13 | MAR

10 | MAR

Ret | HUN

13 | HUN

Ret | SIL
1 | SIL
2 | MUG
1 | MUG
2 | NÜR
1 | NÜR
2 | DON
1 | DON
2 | BRN
1 | BRN
2 | 21st  | 3
2014 | Ibiza Racing  | MAR

3 | MAR

7 | LEC

10 | LEC

10 | HUN

12† | HUN

Ret | MNZ

7 | MNZ

8 | IMO

8 | IMO

Ret | RBR

9 | RBR

Ret | NÜR

Ret | NÜR

9 | EST
1 | EST
2 | 11th  | 38
2015 | Ibiza Racing Team  | HUN

Ret | HUN

7 | SIL

5 | SIL

4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7th‡  | 24‡

‡ Position when season was cancelled.

### Complete World Series Formula V8 3.5 results[edit]

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

Year  | Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | Pos. | Points

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2016 | Durango Racing Team | ALC

13 | ALC

13 | HUN

Ret | HUN

Ret | SPA

9 | SPA

8 | LEC

13 | LEC

13 | SIL

11 | SIL

12 | RBR

13 | RBR

Ret | MNZ

13 | MNZ

11 | JER

Ret | JER

15 | CAT

12 | CAT

14 | 17th  | 6
2017 | Il Barone Rampante | SIL

11 | SIL

9 | SPA

Ret | SPA

12 | MNZ

10 | MNZ

8 | JER

10 | JER

Ret | ALC

10 | ALC

10 | NÜR

12 | NÜR

Ret | MEX

10 | MEX

6 | COA

Ret | COA

9† | BHR
1 | BHR
2 | 15th  | 21

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Trouble with Harry’s \- Mark Seal, Vanity Fair, 2 November 2009
2. ^ "Il Barone Rampante's plan to buy Tyrrell". Unraced F1. 3 January 2024.
3. ^ "Error". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-10-01.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Giuseppe Cipriani on Twitter
* Giuseppe Cipriani career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Giulio Borlenghi
Andrzej Lewandowski

|  International GT Open
Am Champion
2019 |  Succeeded by

Incumbent
*[Best finish]: Best finish in the championship