Nelson Panciatici (born 26 September 1988) is a French professional racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in

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, Panciatici started his

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career in 1998 and continued until 2004."Nelson Panciatici"
, ''Formula3.cc'', December 3, 2006. Accessed February 19, 2008 His best championship position was 2nd place in 2004 in the French Championship Elite.

Formula Renault 2.0

In 2005 he participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 France championship for the first time with the team Epsilon Sport. He finished 13th overall and was 2nd rookie. In 2006 he raced in both the Formula Renault 2.0 French and Eurocup championships placing 5th in the French championship with 1 win. Since he only raced in 2 of the Eurocup races he was not classified that season. In 2007 Panciatici was selected to be a part of the Renault Driver Development and continued to race in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and French championships. He was very quick in the pre-season testing, but he had a tough season in both the French championship and the Eurocup with only 3 podiums. At the end of the season he switched from the team SG Formula to the team Boutsen-Energy Racing and had some better results there.

Spanish Formula Three

In 2008 he raced in the

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with the

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. He was the runner-up in the overall championship and runner-up in the Spanish Cup (Copa de España), despite scoring more points than champion

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. He also forayed into the

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, appearing at

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, for RC Motorsport. He finished the races in fifteenth and eighteenth places.

GP2 Series

For

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, Panciatici moved up into the

GP2 Series The GP2 Series was a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Eccle ...

, having been announced as the Durango team's second driver on 21 March 2009. Panciatici partnered veteran of the series

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and Stefano Coletti as Durango failed to improve on their 11th-place finish in

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Formula Renault 3.5

Panciatici will move into the

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for the 2010 season, partnering

Daniil Move Daniil Yuryevich Move ( rus, Дании́л Ю́рьевич Мове́ , p=dənʲɪˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈvʲɛ, born on 11 December 1985, in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian race car driver. Daniil holds the title "master of sport on interna ...

at the newly renamed Lotus Racing Junior Team.

Racing record

Career summary

† - Panciatici was ineligible to score points.

Complete GP2 Series results

(

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

Superleague Formula

2009

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

2009 Super Final Results

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

WRC results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

(

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

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

References

External links

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