Giorgio Pantano

Giorgio Pantano (born 4 February 1979) is an Italian former professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. He also raced in Formula 3000. He retired from racing at the end of 2014.

Pantano raced in the GP2 Series from its inaugural year in 2005 until his championship campaign in 2008, holding the record for most races competed, and most races won in the series. As of 2011, these records have been taken over by Luca Filippi (86 starts) and Pastor Maldonado (10 wins) respectively.

Career

Early years Born in Conselve, near Padua, Pantano is the holder of one of the best records ever in karting, where he started at age nine. Nico Rosberg grew up with a poster of Pantano on his bedroom wall and later would describe the Italian as being "probably the best of all time in karts." Fernando Alonso once called Pantano "invincible" and that in karting he had looked up to him as being "a really incredible talent."

Superleague Formula Unable to find a drive in Formula One and unable to return to GP2 as former champions are not permitted, Pantano joined up with Superleague Formula to drive the A.C. Milan entry. Pantano won one race for A.C. Milan at the Magny-Cours round.

After 2010

Pantano was linked to a return to the IndyCar Series in 2010, driving a Panther Racing entry. He instead signed on to drive in Auto GP for Super Nova Racing, finishing thirteenth in the championship.

Pantano returned to the IndyCar Series in 2011 as an injury replacement for Justin Wilson in races at Sonoma and Baltimore, and did not consider to racing again in Europe in the near future.

Pantano made a brief return to IndyCar in 2012, racing at the 2012 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio for Chip Ganassi Racing. He finished fourteenth after qualifying in 24th place. In 2013, Pantano competed in the International GT Open GTS class and won the championship with three wins and five podium finishes in thirteen races. He also secured a drive at the 2014 Spa 24 Hours for Thierry Boutsen's Boutsen Ginion team, sharing a McLaren with Frédéric Vervisch, Olivier Grotz and Karim Ojjeh.

Racing record Career summary

Complete Euro Open by Nissan results (key)

Complete German Formula Three Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2000 Opel Team KMS Dallara F300 Opel ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC11 HOC12 OSC11 OSC12 NOR1 NOR2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR11 NÜR12 LAU1 LAU2 OSC21 OSC22 NÜR21 NÜR22 HOC21 HOC22 1st 205

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (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 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points 2005 Super Nova International IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 6th 49 2006 Petrol Ofisi FMS International VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 5th 44 2007 Campos Grand Prix BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 3rd 59 2008 Racing Engineering CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 1st 76center|small|Sources: 2011 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 22 Dallara Honda STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO NHM SNM BAL MOT KTY LVS 36th 37 2012 Chip Ganassi Racing 83 Dallara DW12 STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS MIL IOW TOR EDM MDO SNM BAL FON 31st 16

Complete Superleague Formula results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts2009 A.C. MilanAzerti Motorsport MAG1 MAG2 ZOL1 ZOL2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JAR1 JAR2 7th 286center|small|Source: