Davide Rigon

Davide Rigon (born 26 August 1986) is an Italian professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He is also currently part of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One test driver team.

Career

Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003, Thiene-born Rigon progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three. He won the Formula Azzurra title in 2005, and finished second in Italian Formula Three the following year.

In 2007, Rigon won the Euroseries 3000 championship, winning three races. He also raced for Italy in the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season. In 2008, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia, and also in International Formula Master, while also racing for Beijing Guoan in the inaugural 2008 Superleague Formula season. Guoan were rated amongst the outsiders for the title, but Rigon defied that and led them to the championship, with three wins.

During the off-season, Rigon joined up with Trident Racing to compete in the fourth round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season in Qatar. He scored his first points in the series, with a seventh at the penultimate race in Bahrain. He followed that up with a third in the final race, as he finished 17th in the championship.

He continued with the team into the 2009 GP2 Series season, but was replaced after four rounds by Rodolfo González despite outpacing team-mate Ricardo Teixeira all season. He did however return for the Hungarian rounds of the championship, and remained with the team for the rest of the season. He returned to Superleague Formula, but with the Olympiacos CFP team instead of Beijing Guoan. He reclaimed the championship in 2010 whilst driving for the R.S.C. Anderlecht team.

Rigon returned to the GP2 Series for 2011 with the Coloni team. During the first round of the season, at Istanbul Park, he was involved in a crash with Julián Leal and suffered multiple fractures to his tibia and fibula. He was replaced by compatriot Kevin Ceccon, and later Luca Filippi, and was restricted to 29th in the championship as a result of his injury.

Rigon switched to sports car racing in 2012, and joined Kessel Racing for the Blancpain Endurance Series. In the 2013 season, he won at Monza and ended fourth in the Pro Cup with teammates Daniel Zampieri and César Ramos. Also in 2013, he drove in four rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with 8 Star Motorsports, also in a Ferrari 458 Italia. He got a win and two second-place finishes, helping the team to win the GTE-Am class championship. Rigon also won two races out of four in the International GT Open partnering with Andrea Montermini in a Scuderia Villorba Ferrari.

Rigon drove a GTE-Pro class Ferrari F458 Italia for AF Corse full-time for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Racing record

Career summary Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2005 Victory Engineering ZOL1 ZOL1 MON1 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 26th 4 2012 BVM Target ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 33rd 0Sources:

Superleague Formula results

2008–2009 (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 AF Corse Pierre Kaffer Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEPro 28 DNF DNF 2015 AF Corse James Calado Olivier Beretta Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEPro 332 21st 2nd 2016 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini Sam Bird Ferrari 488 GTE GTEPro 143 DNF DNF 2017 AF Corse Sam Bird Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE GTEPro 339 21st 5th 2018 AF Corse Sam Bird Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEPro 338 24th 9th 2019 AF Corse Sam Bird Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEPro 140 DNF DNF 2020 AF Corse Sam Bird Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEPro 340 NC NC 2022 AF Corse Antonio Fuoco Miguel Molina Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEPro 349 30th 3rd 2023 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 312 31st 5th 2024 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 296 GT3 LMGT3 30 DNF DNF 2025 Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 296 GT3 LMGT3 192 DNF DNF Vista AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo LMGT3 110 DNF DNFSources:

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2015 AF Corse Michele Rugolo Steve Wyatt Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 AA 163 DNF DNF 2026 Arise Racing GT Jaxon Evans Daniel Serra Ferrari 296 GT3 Pro 262 9th 7th

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)