Giambattista Giannoccaro (born 22 October 1960 in

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) is an Italian racing driver and

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. He owns his own racing team,

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, which he has competed for. He is an Italian GT Champion and Spanish GT Champion. He also competed in the

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in the 2007 season with his own team. He finished first in the GT2 Class in the 2006 Mil Milhas. He tested for his own team for

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in the

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. He won the Spanish GT Championship in 2006 with the Ferrari 360 GTC and the Italian GT Championship with the Maserati MC12 pairing with the Finnish car mate Tony Vilander.

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