Matteo Bobbi

Matteo Bobbi ( born July 2, 1978 in Milan, Italy ) is an Italian racing driver. He won the GT class of the FIA GT Championship in 2003.

Career

Junior classes

Matteo Bobbi began his career in karting in 1994. He was able to win many victories and podiums and belonged to the Dunlop test team. In this context, he could retract the runner-up of the Asian Karting Championship once. 1998 Bobbi then goes from karting to Formula racing. He drove in Formula Renault European Championship and was at the end of the season the best rookie of the year. Between 1998 and 1999 he drove in Formula Renault Winter Series in England for the Team JD Motorsport and was able to win the race at Brands Hatch. For the upcoming Formula Renault season Bobbi stayed with JD Motorsport and drove it twice on the podium at Hockenheim and Estoril.

The road to Formula 1

In 2000, Bobbi went into the European Open Telefonica by Nissan Championship, where he was able to prove himself as the best rookie at the end of the season. This did not go unheard even at the Formula 1 teams and Bobbi could test after the season for the Minardi team.

In 2001, Bobbi was in the European Open Championship Telefonica by Nissan and drove for the team of Adrian Campos. Here Bobbi could win a race in Valencia and finished fifth in the championship.

2002 Bobbi went into the Formula Nissan 2000, which was located under the now renamed Telefonica World Series. He took six pole positions, six fastest laps and six race wins and finished second in the championship.

In addition, Bobbi 2003 official test driver was from 2002 to mid-season care for the Minardi Formula 1 team and with the development of the car. Then parted ways and Bobbi's Formula 1 plans were destroyed.

The GT sports

Bobbi took place in 2003 his debut in the GT racing and the same highly successful. In the FIA ​​GT Championship in 2003 he went with Thomas Biagi in the Ferrari 550 Maranello for the championship. The two Italians brought it six wins this season for BMS Scuderia Italia team.

A year later, Bobbi had gotten a new partner in the FIA ​​GT. With Gabriele Gardel he was at the end of the season second in the championship, again jumped out two wins this season. He also put a first foot to America, in which he denied the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

This step continued in 2005. Bobbi drove in the Grand Am for the team Doran and was able to finish a race on the podium.

But a year later, pulled the Italians back to Europe again in the FIA GT. Here he drove a Ferrari 430 GT for the superior team AF Corse in the GT2 class. Together with Jaime Melo, he was able to pull two class wins and a second class rank at the 24 Hours of Spa- Francorchamps. But Bobbi had to skip the last two races, so Melo import the championship alone.

For the 2007 season, Bobbi went to the International GT Open, an emerging series with GT2 and GT3 cars. He drove for the team GPC Squadra Corse in a Ferrari 430 GT and could take several podium ranks. Only for the 24 Hours of Spa -Francorchamps Bobbi went back to the FIA GT and drove for the Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 one.

In the 2008 season, Bobbi went back to the Grand Am in America for the Cheever Racing team in the prototype class. However, the contract between the team and the driver was put on hold recently. Currently he runs again for GPC in the Italian GT championship and the International GT Open.

Le Mans results

  • Drivers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans
  • Racers (Italy )
  • Italian
  • Born in 1978
  • Man
Dunlop Tyres Autódromo do Estoril Campos Racing Circuit Ricardo Tormo 2003 FIA GT Championship season Rolex Sports Car Series Ferrari F430 Group GT3 Sports prototype 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans Andrea Piccini
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