Daniel Mancinelli (born 23 July 1988, in

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) is a professional

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from

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Career

Karting

Mancinelli enjoyed a long

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career prior to stepping up to

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racing. In 2003, he finished fourth in the

Italian Open Masters The Karting Italian Championship is a kart racing series based in Italy. Until 2010 it was called Italian Open Masters. Champions Formula A/KF1 Intercontinental A/KF2 Intercontinental A Junior/KF3 OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top driv ...

ICA Junior class, behind

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and Miguel Molina. The following year, he finished fourth in the European Championship ICA class and fifth in the Italian Open Masters ICA. 2005 saw Mancinelli finish fourth in the same competition, one place behind

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. In 2007, he won the Copa Campeones Trophy ICA class, whilst also taking top three positions in the South Garda Winter Cup ICA and Italian Open Masters ICA.

Formula Azzurra

Mancinelli began his

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career in 2006, driving in the Italian Formula Azzurra series. He secured one podium position in his four races, although he was unclassified in the final standings.

Formula Renault

In 2007, he moved up to race in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Championship with CO2 Motorsport. In his first season in the category, he scored 78 points to finish in sixteenth place. Mancinelli remained in the series the following year, although he only took part in the final six races of the season. He finished fifteenth in the championship after taking two podium places, including his first win at

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. In November 2008, Mancinelli took part in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, which was contested over two races at the

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circuit. He won the first race and finished fifth in the second event to take the title ahead of

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. Mancinelli stayed in the main championship for a third season in 2009, joining the One Racing team. After securing six race wins, he comfortably won the title at Mugello with a round to spare. Mancinelli also took part in eight races of the 2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season, taking a best result of sixth at the opening round in

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to be classified in nineteenth place in the final standings. He returned to the Eurocup at the 2010 season-opening round at

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, finishing the races in seventh and ninth places.

International Formula Master

For

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, Mancinelli stepped up to the

International Formula Master International Formula Master, also known as Formula Super 2000, was a European-based junior single seater formula. The series was conceived as a competitor for Formula Three and made its debut at Valencia in 2007. European television channel Euros ...

series. He began the season with Euronova Racing, but switched to the Scuderia Famà team after the fourth round of the season at

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. He took his maiden podium finish in the fifth round at

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and eventually finished the year in thirteenth place.

Formula Three

In October 2008, Mancinelli made his

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debut, racing for the BVM - Target Racing team in the final round of the Italian Formula Three season at

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. He finished the first race in sixth place before taking third in race two, behind

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and series champion

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. He scored enough points in the two races to be classified thirteenth in the standings. He will return to the series in

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, partnering Vittorio Ghirelli at

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Other Series

In 2008, Mancinelli also competed in two races of the

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Cup Italy, taking a podium position at

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. In October 2009, Mancinelli tested a

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car at

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for newly crowned team champions

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. He completed a total of 62 laps during the test, recording a best time of 1:44.027 on the second day of running.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress

Complete GP3 Series results

(

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

* Season still in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancinelli, Daniel 1988 births Living people Italian racing drivers Formula Azzurra drivers International Formula Master drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Italian GP3 Series drivers Sportspeople from the Province of Macerata Audi Sport drivers BVM Target drivers Euronova Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers RP Motorsport drivers Conquest Racing drivers 24H Series drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Italy drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers Ferrari Challenge drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers