Pasquale Di Sabatino (born 20 January 1988, in Atri) is a professional racing driver from Italy. He has previously competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series where he was a race winner. He drove in the World Touring Car Championship for bamboo-engineering in 2012.
| Pasquale Di Sabatino | |
|---|---|
 Di Sabatino at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium. | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | 20 January 1988 Atri (Italy) |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Liqui Moly Team Engstler |
| Car number | 8 |
| Former teams | bamboo-engineering |
| Starts | 27 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 20th in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2010 2006–09 2005–06 2005 | Auto GP Italian Formula Three Formula Renault 3.5 Series Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Italian Formula Junior 1600 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2005 | Italian Formula Junior 1600 |
Career
editFormula Junior
editAfter an early career in karting, Di Sabatino stepped up to single–seaters in 2005, racing in the Italian Formula Junior 1600 series. Driving for the Tomcat Racing team, he secured ten podium places in twelve races, including five victories, to comfortably win the title ahead of Mihai Marinescu and former Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One driver Jaime Alguersuari.[1]
Formula Renault 2.0
editIn November 2005, Di Sabatino graduated to Formula Renault, taking part in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series held at Adria International Raceway. In the four races he contested he took one podium place to finish tenth in the standings.[2]
The following year, he raced in the full Italian Formula Renault 2.0 championship, but failed to score a point in the twelve races he entered.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
editIn July 2006, Di Sabatino made his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, replacing Miloš Pavlović at Italian team Cram Competition.[3] He failed to score a point in the ten races he contested, with his best result being a pair of 16th place finishes.
For 2007, Di Sabatino took part in a full season with another Italian team, GD Racing. He took one points finish during the season, a ninth place at Spa–Francorchamps, to finish 26th in the championship. During the off–season, he tested for both RC Motorsport and Comtec Racing before signing for the latter in January 2008.[4]
At the first race of the 2008 season in Monza, Di Sabatino finished second to Dutchman Giedo van der Garde, scoring his best Formula Renault 3.5 Series finish at the time.[5] He followed that up with a tenth place finish in the second race and then an eighth place at Spa–Francorchamps a week later. However, Di Sabatino was forced to vacate his seat after the Le Mans round after encountering sponsorship issues.[6]
In March 2009, Di Sabatino tested again for RC Motorsport at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain before signing for the team early the following month.[7] After scoring points in three of the first four races, Di Sabatino finally claimed his maiden series victory in the second race of the Hungaroring event in mid–June.[8] Before the end of the season, Di Sabatino ran out of funding and had to give up his seat at RC. Despite this, he finished twelfth in the championship.
Formula Three
editFor the 2010 season, Di Sabatino returned to his native Italy to compete in the Italian Formula Three Championship for Alan Racing.[9] After failing to score a point in any of the opening four races, he left the team after the second round of the year at Hockenheim. He missed the following round of the series at Imola before being signed by RC Motorsport to replace Francesco Castellacci at Mugello, who missed the event due to illness.[10]
However, Di Sabatino, along with his team–mate Frédéric Vervisch, failed to start either race of the meeting after encountering engine problems during practice.[11]
Auto GP
editDi Sabatino competed in the Auto GP series in 2011, replacing Samuele Buttarelli at Ombra Racing,[12] with Buttarelli moving to fellow Italian team TP Formula.[13] Di Sabatino followed him after the first round, he completed the season with TP Formula and finished 12th in the championship.
World Touring Car Championship
edit
In February 2012, it was confirmed that Di Sabatino would switch to touring cars, racing in the World Touring Car Championship for Bamboo Engineering. He raced a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T alongside fellow newcomer Alex MacDowall.[14] He was replaced by Michel Nykjær for the Race of Brazil having suffered from bronchitis and pneumonia and not being able to fly.[15] Di Sabatino did not return to the championship in 2012 and was not classified in the drivers' championship having scored no points.
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Italian Formula Junior 1600 | Tomcat Racing | 12 | 5 | 3 | ? | 10 | 268 | 1st |
| Italian Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10th | ||
| 2006 | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 | Tomcat Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | 36th |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Cram Competition | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39th | |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | GD Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26th |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Comtec Racing | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 20th |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | RC Motorsport | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 12th |
| 2010 | Italian Formula Three Championship | Alan Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
| RC Motorsport | |||||||||
| 2011 | Auto GP | Ombra Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12th |
| 2012 | World Touring Car Championship | bamboo-engineering | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
edit(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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Cram Competition | ZOL 1 |
ZOL 2 |
MON 1 |
IST 1 |
IST 2 |
MIS 1 |
MIS 2 |
SPA 1 16 |
SPA 2 19 |
NÜR 1 20 |
NÜR 2 18 |
DON 1 24 |
DON 2 20 |
LMS 1 25 |
LMS 2 16 |
CAT 1 24 |
CAT 2 Ret |
39th | 0 |
| 2007 | GD Racing | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 20 |
NÜR 2 14 |
MON 1 18 |
HUN 1 13 |
HUN 2 11 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 9 |
DON 1 19 |
DON 2 15 |
MAG 1 11 |
MAG 2 12 |
EST 1 15 |
EST 2 21 |
CAT 1 16 |
CAT 2 Ret |
26th | 2 |
| 2008 | Red Devil Comtec Racing | MNZ 1 2 |
MNZ 2 10 |
SPA 1 13 |
SPA 2 8 |
MON 1 Ret |
SIL 1 11 |
SIL 2 14 |
HUN 1 11 |
HUN 2 11 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 15 |
LMS 1 12 |
LMS 2 14 |
EST 1 |
EST 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
20th | 16 |
| 2009 | RC Motorsport | CAT 1 11 |
CAT 2 8 |
SPA 1 8 |
SPA 2 8 |
MON 1 Ret |
HUN 1 14 |
HUN 2 1 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 Ret |
LMS 1 2 |
LMS 2 8 |
ALG 1 14 |
ALG 2 18 |
NÜR 1 10 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
12th | 39 |
Complete Auto GP results
edit(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 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ombra Racing | MNZ 1 7 |
MNZ 2 12 |
12th | 38 | ||||||||||||
| TP Formula | HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 8 |
BRN 1 5 |
BRN 2 13 |
DON 1 10 |
DON 2 Ret |
OSC 1 7 |
OSC 2 4 |
VAL 1 11 |
VAL 2 10 |
MUG 1 9 |
MUG 2 10 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | bamboo-engineering | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | ITA 1 14 |
ITA 2 19 |
ESP 1 22 |
ESP 2 16 |
MAR 1 17 |
MAR 2 15 |
SVK 1 13 |
SVK 2 12 |
HUN 1 12 |
HUN 2 15 |
AUT 1 12 |
AUT 2 15 |
POR 1 15 |
POR 2 17 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
USA 1 |
USA 2 |
JPN 1 |
JPN 2 |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | BMW 320 TC | MAR 1 13 |
MAR 2 9 |
FRA 1 17 |
FRA 2 17 |
HUN 1 15 |
HUN 2 16 |
SVK 1 18 |
SVK 2 C |
AUT 1 17 |
AUT 2 12 |
RUS 1 17 |
RUS 2 14 |
BEL 1 21 |
BEL 2 17 |
ARG 1 |
ARG 2 |
BEI 1 |
BEI 2 |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
JPN 1 |
JPN 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
20th | 2 |
References
edit- ^ "Formula Junior 1600 Italy 2005". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter series 2005". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Musical chairs continues at Spa". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
Pavlovic's berth at Cram has been subsequently filled by 18-year-old Pasquale di Sabatino, who makes the substantial leap from Italian Formula Renault 2.0.
- ^ "First signing for Comtec". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 January 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
- ^ "van der Garde keeps on rolling". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "Tappy back at RC, Comtec down to one". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "Pasquale Di Sabatino al via del campionato con RC Motorsport". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 8 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "Hard-working di Sabatino lucks in". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ "Alan Racing annuncia l'ingaggio di Pasquale Di Sabatino". alanracing.com (in Italian). Alan Racing. 1 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Di Sabatino al Mugello con RC Motorsport". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Mancini, Antonio (24 July 2010). "Italia – Mugello – Update: Di Sabatino non parteciperà alle gare per problemi al motore". stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ "Pasquale Di Sabatino joins Ombra Racing". autogp.org. Auto GP. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Esclusivo: Buttarelli con TP Formula e Di Sabatino con Ombra!". stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Bamboo sign MacDowall and Di Sabatino". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hudson, Neil (19 July 2012). "Michel Nykjaer to replace Di Sabatino in Brazil". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
External links
edit
- Official website
- Pasquale Di Sabatino on Twitter
- Pasquale Di Sabatino career summary at DriverDB.com
