Silverstone 2010 - AC Milan Superleague Formula car

AC Milan Superleague Formula team was a racing team representing Italian

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club

AC Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons ...

in Superleague Formula.

2008 season

In the 2008 Superleague Formula season AC Milan hired the services of ex

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driver

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. Robert won 2 races and AC Milan finished 3rd overall in the standings. Doornbos did not return to the series in 2009. He now drives in the

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2009 season

AC Milan returned for the

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with former Formula One racer and current

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champion

Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano (born 4 February 1979) is an Italian professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. He also raced in Formula 3000. He retired from racing at t ...

. In having Pantano as their driver, AC Milan are the first Superleague Formula team in history to have had two Formula One drivers to drive their car. In Giorgio's first round for AC Milan he had gearbox problems in qualifying, putting him 16th on grid for the first race. AC Milan won the 2nd race of the opening round of the season.

2010 season

Yelmer Buurman Yelmer Evert Frans Buurman (born 19 February 1987) is a Dutch professional racing driver. He was 3rd in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2013, and second in the FIA GT1 Championship in 2012. Besides achieving victories in those categories, also ...

will be the driver of the ATECH Grand Prix run team for the 2010 season.

Record

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2008

2009

*Super Final results in 2009 did not count for points towards the main championship.

2010

References

External links

A.C. Milan Superleague Formula team minisite

Official A.C. Milan football club website
{{A.C. Milan AC Milan Superleague Formula club teams 2008 establishments in Italy