Dino Zamparelli

Armando Roberto "Dino" Zamparelli (born 5 October 1992) is a British former racing driver, born to English parents and with Italian ancestry. His father Mike was a F1 Powerboat World Championship racer.

Career

Early career Zamparelli began karting at the age of seven, and spent seven years in the various classes around the United Kingdom and Europe.

In 2007, Zamparelli debuted in Ginetta Junior Championship with Muzz Racing, finishing in thirteenth position. He stayed in series for the next year, and amassed ten wins and another five podiums on his way to the championship title.

Formula Renault and Formula Three Zamparelli's next step was Formula Renault BARC in 2009, where he finished in third place, scoring three wins. In 2010, due to a lack of funding, he competed only in two races of the BARC championship and two races of the Italian Formula Three Championship with Corbetta Competizioni. Zamparelli returned full-time to Formula Renault BARC in 2011, winning four races and the championship title. He was also a finalist in the 2011 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

FIA Formula Two Championship In 2012, Zamparelli graduated to the FIA Formula Two Championship. Zamparelli was involved in an extraordinary incident during the race meet at Spa. In heavy rain and under safety car conditions, Zamparelli was driving along the Kemmel Straight when a car in front spun. Unable to see the spinning car, he was forced to take evasive action at the very last second. The video of the incident quickly went viral and was viewed over 600,000 times within the first two weeks after being uploaded to YouTube.

GP3 Series Following the decision to discontinue the running of the Formula Two Championship following the 2012 season, Zamparelli signed for the Marussia Manor Racing F1 Team Young Driver Programme and entered into the 2013 GP3 Series season. He finished the season in 18th place after an indifferent debut year. Zamparelli finished in the points in half of the season's 16 races but was excluded from race 2 in Italy after causing an accident in race 1 of the same event that had a significant impact on the championship standings.

Prior to the 2014 season, Zamparelli joined ART Grand Prix. He finished seventh in the standings with six podiums.

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Zamparelli, at the Knockhill round of the 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. In January 2015, Zamparelli announced that he was switching from single seaters to sports cars, joining Parr Motorsport to race in the 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain.

British GT Championship

Zamparelli entered the 2019 championship at Snetterton with Chris Car in a Porsche Cayman GT4. The car was uncompetitive in every round and failed to score any points.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2007 Ginetta Junior Championship Muzz Racing 9 0 0 0 0 115 13th Ginetta Junior Winter Series 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship Muzz Racing 24 10 8 9 15 611 1st Formula Renault 2.0 Portugal Winter Series Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 2 25th 2009 Formula Renault BARC Reon Motorsport 13 3 3 1 9 286 3rd Formula Renault UK Winter Cup Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 70 6th 2010 Italian Formula 3 Championship Corbetta Competizioni 2 0 0 0 0 0 41st Formula Renault BARC Antel Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 40 18th 2011 Formula Renault BARC Antel Motorsport 11 4 6 5 8 295 1st 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship Motorsport Vision 16 0 0 0 2 106.5 8th 2013 GP3 Series Marussia Manor Racing 15 0 0 0 0 12 18th 2014 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 18 0 0 2 6 126 7th German Formula 3 Championship ADM Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2015 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Parr Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 180 6th GT Marques 4 2 0 2 4 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup GB GT Marques 16 3 2 5 11 257 2nd Porsche Supercup MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup GB JTR 15 3 1 2 12 228 2nd 2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB Redline Racing 16 4 2 4 10 115 2nd Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2019 British GT Championship - GT4 GT Marques 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2020 Porsche Sprint Challenge GB Redline Racing 2 0 1 1 1 0 NC† 2021 GT Cup Open Europe J. Morcillo/E2P Racing 4 0 1 0 0 20 17th GT Cup Open Europe - Pro-Am 4 0 1 0 1 15 9th International GT Open 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† † As Zamparelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2012 SIL1 SIL2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 8th 106.5

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2013 Marussia Manor RacingCATFEACATSPRVALFEAVALSPRSILFEASILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPRYMCFEAYMCSPR 18th 12 2014 ART Grand Prix CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 126

Complete Britcar results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class – 1 point awarded all races)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points 2017 DMS & FF Corse Ferrari 458 Challenge E2 SIL1 SIL2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OUL1 OUL2 SIL BRH1 BRH2 16th 3rd 76

Complete British GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2019 GT Marques Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport GT4 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SIL1 DON1 SPA1 BRH1 DON1 NC 0