Gianluca de Lorenzi (born February 21, 1972 in

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) is an Italian

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driver and team owner.

Career

After previously competing in

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, de Lorenzi began competing in the

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in 1991.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/963/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He moved to touring cars in 1996, competing in the

Italian Super Touring Championship The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italy's national Auto racing, motorsport series for Touring car racing, touring cars. It was established in 1987 and its drivers' title has been held by such notable drive ...

. de Lorenzi raced for the works

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team, Alfa Team Nordauto in the European Super Touring Championship in 2000, finishing the season in seventh place. In 2001, he formed his own team, GDL Racing to compete in the championship, finishing seventh again as a driver for the team. He finished runner-up to

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in the Italian Super Touring Championship in 2003 with GDL Racing, and finished third in 2004. In 2005 the Italian championship was part of the new

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for three rounds, as de Lorenzi finished runner-up once again in the Italian series, this time beaten by

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. After concentrating on team management in 2006, de Lorenzi returned to the cockpit in 2007, finishing as runner-up in the

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Italy.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(

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

NASCAR

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1

References

External links

Career statistics at Driver Database
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