Dino Zamparelli | |
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Nationality | British |
Born |
Bristol, England |
5 October 1992
GP3 Series career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | ART Grand Prix |
Car no. | 3 |
Former teams | Marussia Manor Racing |
Starts | 33 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 7th in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2012 2009–11 2007–08 |
FIA Formula Two Championship Formula Renault BARC Ginetta Junior Championship |
Championship titles | |
2011 2008 |
Formula Renault BARC Ginetta Junior Championship |
Dino Zamparelli (born 5 October 1992) is a British racing driver, born to English parents and with Italian ancestry. He currently drives for ART Grand Prix in the GP3 Series. His father Mike was a F1 Powerboat World Championship racer.
Zamparelli began karting at the age of seven, and spent seven years in the various classes around the United Kingdom and Europe.
In 2007 he debuted in Ginetta Junior Championship with Muzz Racing, finishing in thirteenth position. He stayed in series for the next year, and amassed ten wins and another five podiums on his way to the championship title.
Zamparelli's next step was Formula Renault BARC in 2009, where he finished in third place, scoring three wins. In 2010, due to a lack of funding, he competed only in two races of the BARC championship and two races of the Italian Formula Three Championship with Corbetta Competizioni. Zamparelli returned full-time to Formula Renault BARC in 2011, winning four races and the championship title. He was also a finalist in the 2011 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.
In 2012, Zamparelli graduated to the FIA Formula Two Championship. Zamparelli was involved in an extraordinary incident during the race meet at Spa. In heavy rain and under safety car conditions, Zamparelli was driving along the Kemmel Straight when a car in front spun. Unable to see the spinning car, he was forced to take evasive action at the very last second. The video of the incident quickly went viral and was viewed over 600,000 times within the first two weeks after being uploaded to YouTube.