Ricardo Risatti

Ricardo "Caíto" Risatti III (born September 27, 1986, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He was the 2006 Spanish Formula Three champion and now competes in the Argentine touring car series, TC 2000.

Risatti is a fourth-generation racer. His great-grandfather, Ricardo Leopoldo Risatti, won the Campeonato Argentino de Velocidad (predecessor to Turismo Carretera) in 1938, and his grandfather Jesús Ricardo Risatti along with father Ricardo Risatti, Jr. and uncle Gerardo Risatti have competed domestically.

Career history Risatti began his junior racing career in karting in 1998. After a relatively short period of three seasons, he progressed into formula racing in the B-class of Formula Three Sudamericana, which is based in Brazil. He entered only three races in 2001, but was one of twelve Argentinians who competed at some point in that year's championship. This was an unusually high number; the 2002 season featured only two Argentine drivers, including Risatti himself. In his first full season, Risatti was placed fourth in the B-class standings.

Risatti moved to Europe to compete in the Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2003, driving at various times for E.V. Racing and Elide Racing in ten of the thirteen races. After making annual progress with eleventh, fifth and third places in the championship, Risatti secured the 2006 title with TEC Auto.

In February 2007, Risatti was announced as a GP2 Series driver with BCN Competicion, but this position was later taken by Ho-Pin Tung. He instead competed in the World Series by Renault with GD (Great Dane) Racing. Risatti had a second chance to make his GP2 series debut when Pastor Maldonado broke his collarbone during training. Risatti competed with Trident Racing at Istanbul Park in Turkey and Monza in Italy. During this time, Luiz Razia substituted for Risatti in the Fórmula Renault 3.5 Series.

Since 2008, Risatti has exclusively pursued his career in Argentina. In TC2000, he served as a factory driver for Chevrolet and Honda, achieving a victory in 2012. He competed in Turismo Carretera between 2009 and 2014 and again in 2023. His best results came in Top Race V6, where he finished third in 2015.

Racing record Complete Formula Three Sudamericana results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship 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 Pos Points 2003 EV Racing ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 11th 70 Elide Racing JER CAT1 CAT2 2004 IGI Tec-Auto ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 5th 50 2005 Racing Engineering JAR1 JAR2 VAL1 VAL2 ALB EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 3rd 96 2006 Tec-Auto VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 JAR1 JAR2 EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 1st 118

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 2007 GR Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 35th 0

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 DC Points 2007 Trident Racing BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 28th 1

Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2010 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini MurciélagoLP670 R-SV ABUQR ABUCR SILQR SILCR BRNQR BRNCR PRIQR PRICR SPAQR SPACR NÜRQR NÜRCR ALGQR ALGCR NAVQR NAVCR INTQR INTCR SANQR14 SANCR6 39th 8 2011 Marc VDS Racing Team Ford GT1 ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ALGQR ALGQR SACQR SACCR SILQR SILCR NAVQR NAVCR PRIQR PRICR ORDQR ORDCR BEIQR BEICR SANQRRet SANCR9 35th 2

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