Davide Rigon (born 26 August 1986) is an Italian professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He is also currently part of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One test driver team.[1]
Career[]
Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003, Thiene-born Rigon progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three. He won the Formula Azzurra title in 2005, and finished second in Italian Formula Three the following year.
In 2007, Rigon won the Euroseries 3000 championship, winning three races. He also raced for Italy in the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. In 2008, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia, and also in International Formula Master, while also racing for Beijing Guoan in the inaugural 2008 Superleague Formula season. Guoan were rated amongst the outsiders for the title, but Rigon defied that and led them to the championship, with three wins.
During the off-season, Rigon joined up with Trident Racing to compete in the fourth round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season in Qatar.[2] He scored his first points in the series, with a seventh at the penultimate race in Bahrain. He followed that up with a third in the final race, as he finished 17th in the championship.
He continued with the team into the 2009 GP2 Series season, but was replaced after four rounds by Rodolfo González despite outpacing team-mate Ricardo Teixeira all season.[3] He did however return for the Hungarian rounds of the championship, and remained with the team for the rest of the season. He returned to Superleague Formula, but with the Olympiacos CFP team instead of Beijing Guoan. He reclaimed the championship in 2010 whilst driving for the R.S.C. Anderlecht team.
Rigon returned to the GP2 Series for 2011 with the Coloni team. During the first round of the season, at Istanbul Park, he was involved in a crash with Julián Leal and suffered multiple fractures to his tibia and fibula.[4] He was replaced by compatriot Kevin Ceccon, and later Luca Filippi, and was restricted to 29th in the championship as a result of his injury.[5]
Rigon switched to sports car racing in 2012, and joined Kessel Racing for the Blancpain Endurance Series. In the 2013 season, he won at Monza and ended fourth in the Pro Cup with teammates Daniel Zampieri and César Ramos. Also in 2013, he drove in four rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with 8 Star Motorsports, also in a Ferrari 458 Italia. He got a win and two second-place finishes, helping the team to win the GTE-Am class championship. The Italian also won two races out of four in the International GT Open partnering with Andrea Montermini in a Scuderia Villorba Ferrari.
Rigon drove a GTE-Pro class Ferrari F458 Italia for AF Corse full-time for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.
Racing record[]
Career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Formula BMW ADAC | Team Lauderbach Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17th |
2004 | Italian Formula Three Championship | W.R.C. | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 11th |
2005 | Formula Azzura | Europa Corse | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 71 | 1st |
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia | BVM Minardi | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 113 | 6th | |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Victory Engineering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26th | |
2006 | Italian Formula 3 Championship | Corbetta Competizioni | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 111 | 2nd |
Euroseries 3000 | Minardi by GP Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14th | |
2007 | Euroseries 3000 | Minardi by GP Racing | 16 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 108 | 1st |
2008 | Superleague Formula | Beijing Guoan | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 413 | 1st |
Superstars Series | Racing4You / Ferlito Motors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6th | |
FIA GT Championship | BMS Scuderia Italia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 33.5 | 12th | |||
Euroseries 3000 | TP Formula | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15th | |
International Formula Master | ADM Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | |
2009 | GP2 Series | Trident Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22nd |
GP2 Asia Series | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17th | ||
Superleague Formula | Olympiacos CFP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 6th | |
2010 | Superleague Formula | R.S.C. Anderlecht | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 699 | 1st |
2011 | GP2 Series | Scuderia Coloni | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2012 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Kessel Racing | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 10th |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series | BVM Target | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2013 | Blancpain Endurance Series | Kessel Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 4th |
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | 8 Star Motorsport | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 10th | |
International GT Open | Scuderia Villorba Corse | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10th | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2014 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 94 | 7th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
United SportsCar Championship - GTD | Spirit of Race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 96th | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2015 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 123 | 4th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | ||
United SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26th | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2016 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 134 | 2nd |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 20th | |
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | AT Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16th | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2017 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 139.5 | 4th |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | ||
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | SMP Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 4th | |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Spirit of Race | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 81st | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2018 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | SMP Racing | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20th |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 20th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | |
ADAC GT Masters | HB Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30th | |
Blancpain GT Series Asia | HubAuto Corsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30th | |
Blancpain GT Series Asia - Silver Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 18th | ||
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2018–19 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54.5 | 12th |
2019 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | SMP Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 2nd |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 23rd | |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2019–20 | FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 8th |
Asian Le Mans Series - GT | HubAuto Corsa | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 7th | |
2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | SMP Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16th | |
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Iron Lynx | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 11th |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Rinaldi Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 3rd | |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Risi Competizione | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 308 | 13th | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver | |||||||
2022 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Rinaldi Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 3rd |
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro | Risi Competizione | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1213 | 8th | |
European Le Mans Series - LMGTE | Iron Lynx | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 4th | |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 3rd | ||
Intercontinental GT Challenge | Iron Lynx | ||||||||
AF Corse - Francorchamps | |||||||||
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 12th | |
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24th | ||
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | ||
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Simulator driver |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results[]
(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 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Victory Engineering | ZOL 1 |
ZOL 1 |
MON 1 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
LMS 1 |
LMS 2 |
BIL 1 |
BIL 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
EST 1 16 |
EST 2 10 |
MNZ 1 8 |
MNZ 2 14 |
26th | 4 |
2012 | BVM Target | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
MON 1 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
MSC 1 |
MSC 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
LEC 1 19 |
LEC 2 13 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
33rd | 0 |
Superleague Formula results[]
2008–2009[]
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Beijing Guoan | Zakspeed | DON | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | JER | 1st | 413 | ||||||
1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 | |||||
2009 | Olympiacos CFP | GU-Racing International | MAG | ZOL | DON | EST | MOZ | JAR | 6th | 300 | ||||||
18 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 15 |
2009 Super Final results[]
- Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Olympiacos CFP GU-Racing International |
MAG 6 |
ZOL N/A |
DON DNQ |
EST | MOZ | JAR |
2010[]
Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NC | 11 | Position | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | R.S.C. Anderlecht | Azerti Motorsport | SIL | ASS | MAG | JAR | NÜR | ZOL | BRH | ADR | POR | ORD | BEI † | NAV | 1st | 699 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 10 | X | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | X | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 15 | C | 2 | 11 | 4 |
- † Non-championship event.
Complete GP2 Series results[]
(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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Trident Racing | CAT FEA 17 |
CAT SPR 21† |
MON FEA 9 |
MON SPR 7 |
IST FEA 10 |
IST SPR 8 |
SIL FEA 16 |
SIL SPR 20 |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA 8 |
HUN SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 12 |
VAL SPR 7 |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 5 |
MNZ FEA 9 |
MNZ SPR 8 |
ALG FEA 14 |
ALG SPR 9 |
22nd | 3 |
2011 | Scuderia Coloni | IST FEA 10 |
IST SPR Ret |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
NÜR FEA |
NÜR SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
29th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results[]
(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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008–09 | Trident Racing | SHI FEA |
SHI SPR |
DUB FEA |
DUB SPR |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
LSL FEA 14 |
LSL SPR 15 |
SEP FEA Ret |
SEP SPR 13 |
BHR2 FEA 7 |
BHR2 SPR 3 |
17th | 6 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | AF Corse | Pierre Kaffer Olivier Beretta |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Pro |
28 | DNF | DNF |
2015 | AF Corse | James Calado Olivier Beretta |
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE Pro |
332 | 21st | 2nd |
2016 | AF Corse | Andrea Bertolini Sam Bird |
Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Pro |
143 | DNF | DNF |
2017 | AF Corse | Sam Bird Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Pro |
339 | 21st | 5th |
2018 | AF Corse | Sam Bird Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro |
338 | 24th | 9th |
2019 | AF Corse | Sam Bird Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro |
140 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | AF Corse | Sam Bird Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro |
340 | NC | NC |
2022 | AF Corse | Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina |
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro |
349 | 30th | 3rd |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
Complete European Le Mans Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | AT Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL | IMO 3 |
RBR | LEC | SPA | EST | 16th | 15 |
2022 | Iron Lynx | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 7 |
IMO 5 |
MNZ 1 |
CAT 6 |
SPA 9 |
ALG 4 |
4th | 63 |
References[]
- ↑ "Davide Rigon". Ferrari. http://formula1.ferrari.com/en/team/davide-rigon/.
- ↑ "Rigon replaces Valles at Trident". autosport.com. 2009-02-10. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73204.
- ↑ "2009 GP2 Series – Round 5". GP2 Series. 2009-07-07. http://www.gp2series.com/en//website/2009gp2series/media_secure/media/news/newsdetail.php?articleid=2425.
- ↑ Freeman, Glenn (2011-05-08). "Rigon injured in Istanbul collision". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91260.
- ↑ Van De Burgt, Andrew (2011-05-17). "Ceccon replaces Rigon at Coloni". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91466.
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