Fabrizio Crestani (born 17 December 1987) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Having competed in karts until 2005, Crestani moved up to the Formula Junior 1600 Italia championship, finishing in 4th place in the championship, driving for PSR Motorsport. Crestani had one win and finished behind

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in the championship. He also made his debut in the

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for Corbetta Competizioni at the final round at the

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. Having qualified 7th for both races, Fabrizio recorded a sixth and a seventh from the two races, allowing him to finish 13th in the championship. Crestani moved up full-time to Italian F3 for 2006, continuing with Corbetta Competizioni. Over the course of the season, he recorded one pole position at Vallelunga, and five podiums (four of which being second places) on his way to fifth in the championship. He also made an appearance in the

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when the series visited

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. Driving in the Invitational Class, he finished both races outside of the points recording a 15th and a 14th with lap times matching the National Class runners. A third season of Italian F3 followed, again with Corbetta. Having recorded two more pole positions at Misano, Crestani finally recorded his first wins in the championship at Mugello, leading home 2008 champion Mirko Bortolotti in both races. A third win would follow later in the year at Vallelunga, but Crestani could not improve on his championship position from 2006 by again finishing fifth, 41 points behind champion

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. Crestani would not return to the series for 2008, instead moving to the Euroseries 3000 championship for GP Racing. Again, a fifth place championship position was the net result of the season including wins at Mugello, and a double at the Magione season finale. He finished 8th in the counterpart Italian series, which ran at the same time as the Euro series, at four of the first five rounds. He also forayed into the

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series, racing at

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, Pau and Brno for Euronova Racing. His best finish was first in the race at Pau – holding off champion

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by 0.058 seconds, giving him a total of 0.5 points in the championship. After

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, Monteiro replaced both drivers from round one (

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and

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), hiring

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and Crestani to be the drivers to replace them from round two of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season onwards. He scored no points and finished 28th in the championship. He resumed his Euroseries career with the TP Formula team, although he then switched to the Emmebi Motorsport outfit for the final round of the championship. He took six podium finishes, a pole position and a fastest lap from the 13 races to finish fourth in the championship and fifth in the concurrent Italian F3000 championship. Crestani had a fragmented 2010, competing four races in

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for the

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and

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teams, and six races for

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in the main

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after replacing

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in the team. Due to lack of sponsorship, Fabrizio Crestani then undertook a full 2011 season in Auto GP with the Lazarus team alongside compatriot

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; he finished fourth in the championship. Crestani remained with Lazarus as the team made its GP2 Series début in 2012, and was partnered by Giancarlo Serenelli.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

( key) (Bold indicates pole position, * indicates fastest lap)

Complete Auto GP results

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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crestani, Fabrizio 1987 births Living people Italian racing drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Auto GP drivers International Formula Master drivers GP2 Asia Series drivers GP2 Series drivers International GT Open drivers Italian Formula Renault 1.6 drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers Euronova Racing drivers Ocean Racing Technology drivers David Price Racing drivers DAMS drivers Trident Racing drivers Team Lazarus drivers Piquet GP drivers