Matteo Bobbi (born 2 July 1978 in Milan) is an Italian racing driver with experience in several motor sport categories, including three years as a Minardi test driver in Formula One.[1]

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2009
TeamsRacing Box
Best finishDNF
Class wins0

During a brief time with Formula One's Minardi as their test driver, he also began racing in sports cars, winning the 2003 FIA GT Championship with Thomas Biagi in a BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari,[2] and finishing as runner-up in 2004. In 2006, he won the GT2 class with Jaime Melo.

Bobbi began racing karts in 1995 and progressed to Formula Renault in 1998, where he finished on the podium several times. He tested a Formula One car for Minardi in 2000, and became their official test driver the following year. Also that year, he competed in the Spanish Formula Nissan Championship, in which he won at Valencia. He won six races in 2002, finishing as runner-up in the championship standings.

Bobbi continued to work with Minardi until mid-2003, including a Grand Prix weekend test session at the 2003 San Marino Grand Prix. Giovanni Minardi was his manager at the time.[2] He also competed in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Cheever Racing.

Bobbi and Davide Valsecchi, who are currently working as Formula One commentators for Sky Italia, were temporarily suspended by the company for making sexist remarks during an on-air post-race analysis of the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix.[3]

Racing results

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Complete Formula One participations

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2003 European Minardi Cosworth Minardi PS03 Cosworth V10 AUS MAL BRA SMR
TD
ESP AUT MON CAN EUR FRA GBR GER HUN ITA USA JPN - -

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009   Racing Box   Andrea Piccini
  Thomas Biagi
Lola B08/80-Judd LMP2 203 DNF DNF

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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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 Triple H Team Hegersport Maserati ABU
QR

DNS
ABU
CR

7
SIL
QR

16
SIL
CR

4
BRN
QR

10
BRN
CR

11
PRI
QR

14
PRI
CR

11
30th 19
Marc VDS Racing Team Ford SPA
QR
SPA
CR
NÜR
QR
NÜR
CR
ALG
QR
ALG
CR
NAV
QR

12
NAV
CR

10
INT
QR

20
INT
CR

15
SAN
QR

15
SAN
CR

Ret
2011 DKR Engineering Corvette ABU
QR
ABU
CR
ZOL
QR
ZOL
CR
ALG
QR

15
ALG
CR

Ret
SAC
QR
SAC
CR
SIL
QR
SIL
CR
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
PRI
QR
PRI
CR
ORD
QR
ORD
CR
BEI
QR
BEI
CR
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
43rd 0

References

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  1. ^ Bobbi keeps on testing at Minardi. | F1 News | Crash.Net
  2. ^ a b "Motorsport.com: News channel". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  3. ^ Tondo, Lorenzo (2023-06-07). "Sky Italia suspends F1 commentators after sexist remarks on air". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by FIA GT Champion
2003 with:
Thomas Biagi
Succeeded by