Davide Rigon was born on 26 August 1986 and is an Italian professional racing driver who is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship and other selected GT races for AF Corse.
15 Facts About Davide Rigon
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Davide Rigon is currently part of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One test driver team.
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Davide Rigon won the Formula Azzurra title in 2005, and finished second in Italian Formula Three the following year.
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In 2007, Davide Rigon won the Euroseries 3000 championship, winning three races.
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Guoan were rated amongst the outsiders for the title, but Davide Rigon defied that and led them to the championship, with three wins.
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Davide Rigon scored his first points in the series, with a seventh at the penultimate race in Bahrain.
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Davide Rigon followed that up with a third in the final race, as he finished 17th in the championship.
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Davide Rigon continued with the team into the 2009 GP2 Series season, but was replaced after four rounds by Rodolfo Gonzalez despite outpacing team-mate Ricardo Teixeira all season.
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Davide Rigon did however return for the Hungarian rounds of the championship, and remained with the team for the rest of the season.
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Davide Rigon returned to Superleague Formula, but with the Olympiacos CFP team instead of Beijing Guoan.
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Davide Rigon returned to the GP2 Series for 2011 with the Coloni team.
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Davide Rigon was replaced by compatriot Kevin Ceccon, and later Luca Filippi, and was restricted to 29th in the championship as a result of his injury.
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Davide Rigon switched to sports car racing in 2012, and joined Kessel Racing for the Blancpain Endurance Series.
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Davide Rigon got a win and two second-place finishes, helping the team to win the GTE-Am class championship.
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Davide Rigon drove a GTE-Pro class Ferrari F458 Italia for AF Corse full-time for the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship.