Vincenzo Sospiri

Sospiri
Nationality Italian
Date of Birth 7 October, 1966
Team MasterCard Lola (1997)
Races Entered 1
DNQ/DNPQ 1
Best Result DNQ (23rd)
Australia, 1997

A successful karter and F3000 Champion (albeit at the 4th attempt), Sospiri had one embarrassing entry in F1, at the helm of a car 11 seconds off pole pace. He has since bounced back, winning the ISRS and SRWC back-to-back.

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Career Summary
Before F1
1981 • Italian Junior 100cc Karting Championship, 2 wins.
1982 • Italian Junior 100cc Karting Championship, 1st overall, 15 wins.
1983 • Italian Junior 100cc Karting Championship, 1st overall, 12 wins.
1984 • Italian Intercontinental 100cc Karting Championship, 1st overall, 12 wins.
• European Intercontinental 100cc Karting Championship, 1st overall.
1985 • European Intercontinental 100cc Karting Championship, 2nd overall, 9 wins.
1986 • Italian 125cc Karting Championship, 1st overall.
• European 100cc Karting Championship, 1st overall.
• Competed in the World 100cc Karting Championship Final.
1987 • World 100cc Karting Championship, 1st overall, 12 wins.
• World 125cc Karting Championship, 2nd overall, 7 wins.
• Italian 125cc Karting Championship, 2nd overall, 5 wins.
1988 • RAC British Formula Ford Championship, 9 wins.
• Esso Formula Ford Championship, 3 wins.
• Formula Ford Festival, 1st place.
1989 • Competed in British F3 in a Reynard 893 Toyota.
• Opel Lotus Euroseries, 1 win.
1990 • British Vauxhall Lotus championship, 1st overall, 4 wins.
• Opel Lotus Euroseries, 2nd overall, 3 wins.
1991 • F3000, 8th overall, 9 points in a Middlebridge Lola T91/50 Cosworth.
1992 • Italian F3, 5th overall, 23 points, 1 win in a Traini Dallara F392 Mugen Honda.
1993 • F3000, 7th overall, 16 points in a Mythos Reynard 93D Judd.
1994 • F3000, 4th overall, 24 points in a Super Nova Reynard 94D Cosworth.
1995 • F3000, 1st overall, 42 points, 3 wins in a Super Nova Reynard 95D Cosworth.
1996 • Official test driver for the Benetton F1 team.
Formula One
1997 • Lola T97/30 Ford Zetec R V8, 1 entry, 1 DNQ.
After F1
1997 • Indy Racing League, 6 starts, 21st overall, 134 points in a Scandia Dallara Aurora.
• Porsche Supercup, 1 start.
• Formula Nippon, 2 starts.
1998 • International Sports Racing Series, 1st overall, 120 points, 6 wins in a JB Racing Ferrari 333SP with Collard.
• Le Mans 24hrs, retired in a JBS Ferrari 333SP with Boullion and Policand.
• CART World Series, 4 starts in an All American Racers Eagle 98I Toyota.
1999 • Sports Racing World Cup, 1st overall, 104 points, 3 wins in a JB-Giesse Ferrari 333SP with Collard.
• US Road Racing Championship, 1 start at Daytona in a Konrad Lola Lotus B98/10 with Konrad and Lammers.
• Le Mans 24hrs, retired in a works Toyota GT-1 with Brundle and Collard.
2001 • American Le Mans Series, 1 start at Sebring in a Kelly-Moss Porsche 911 GT3-RS with Polk and Wagner.

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