Durango (racing team)

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Durango is an auto racing team founded in 1980 by Ivone Pinton and Enrico Magro and based in Italy, currently fielding teams in the GP2 Series, Formula 3000, and EGTS (Endurance GT Series championship).

From 1987-1992, the Durango team partook in the Formula 3 Italian Championship. Between 1991 and 1993, they not only participated in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans but also the Formula 3000 International Championship and the Formula 2 English Championship. 1994 saw Durango taking part in the Renault Formula 2 championship and Euroseries. It also continued to race in the Formula 3 Championship until 1999. In 2003 they participated for the 2nd time in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2005, Durango became part of the GP2 Series, a new series designed to help young drivers enter into Formula One. In 2006, the team participated in Formula Azzurra, a series supported by the Italian Karting Federation.^[1]

Contents 1 GP2 Series History 1.1 2007 1.2 2006 1.3 2005 2 Formula 3000 History 2.1 2005 and ongoing 2.2 2004 FIA Formula 3000 2.3 2003 FIA Formula 3000 2.4 2002 FIA Formula 3000 2.5 2001 FIA Formula 3000 3 Other Series History 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] GP2 Series History

[edit] 2007

Position	Driver	Car
10th	Borja Garcia	Dallara-Renault
15th	Karun Chandhok	Dallara-Renault

Classified 8th in teams championship.

[edit] 2006

Position	Driver	Car
17th	Lucas Di Grassi	Dallara-Renault
23th	Sergio Hernandez	Dallara-Renault

Classified 13th in teams championship.

[edit] 2005

Position	Driver	Car
10th	Gianmaria Bruni	Dallara-Renault
16th	Clivio Piccione	Dallara-Renault
17th	Ferdinando Monfardini	Dallara-Renault

Classified 11th in teams championship.

[edit] Formula 3000 History

[edit] 2005 and ongoing

After the end of FIA Formula 3000 championship Durango participated in various other Formula 3000 series.

Series	Year	Drivers	Car	Notes
Italian Formula 3000	2005		Lola-Zytek	As technical part of Fisichella Motor Sport
Euroseries 3000	2006		Lola-Zytek	As technical part of Fisichella Motor Sport
Euroseries 3000	2007	Omar Julian Leal, Luiz Razia	Lola-Zytek

[edit] 2004 FIA Formula 3000

Position	Driver	Car
9th	Yannick Schroeder	Lola B2/50-Zytek
12th	Ernesto Jose Viso	Lola B2/50-Zytek
17th	Rodrigo Ribeiro	Lola B2/50-Zytek
NC	Matteo Meneghello	Lola B2/50-Zytek
NC	Michele Rugolo	Lola B2/50-Zytek

Classified 7th in teams championship.

[edit] 2003 FIA Formula 3000

Position	Driver	Car
3rd	Giorgio Pantano	Lola B2/50-Zytek
10th	Raffaele Gianmaria	Lola B2/50-Zytek

Classified 3rd in teams championship.

[edit] 2002 FIA Formula 3000

Position	Driver	Car
6th	Rodrigo Sperafico	Lola B2/50-Zytek
NC	Alexander Müller	Lola B2/50-Zytek
NC	Derek Hill	Lola B2/50-Zytek

Classified 7th in teams championship.

[edit] 2001 FIA Formula 3000

Position	Driver	Car
12th	Jamie Melo	Lola T99/50-Zytek
NC	Gabriele Lancieri	Lola T99/50-Zytek
NC	Antonio Garcia	Lola T99/50-Zytek

Classified 10th in teams championship.

[edit] Other Series History

Series	Year	Drivers	Car	Notes
24 Hours of Le Mans	2002	Gianmaria Bruni, Leonardo Maddalena, Michele Rugolo	Durango-Judd	1st in class
24 Hours of Le Mans	2003	Michele Rugolo, Sylvain Boulay, Jean-Bernard Bouvet	Durango-MG	2nd in class
European Formula Renault 2000	2002
European Formula Renault 2000	2003
Italian Formula Renault 2000	2004
Italian Formula Renault 2000	2006
Italian Formula Azzurra	2006
Endurance GT Series	2007	Niccolò Valentini, Enrico Moncada, Matteo Meneghello	Porsche 911 GT3

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Euroseries 3000