Are there any Italian drivers in GP2?
There are four in GP2:
- Davide Valsecchi races for DAMS and is currently second overall, but he's in his fifth season. He's not expected to go any further.
- Fabio Onidi is in his first season, but he's out of a job at the end of the year because Coloni are leaving GP2 after an undisclosed dispute with the organisers and other teams.
- Luca Filippi was runner-up last year after some brilliant drives in the last few rounds, but it took him six full seasons to get there and he appears to be focusing on getting a drive in Indycar.
- Fabrizio Crestani raced for Lazarus until Spa (when he was repalced by Austrian Rene Binder), and he was rather slow (though he did score a point in the first race, which was an outstanding acheivement given that the team was a last-minute entry).
There are five more in GP3:
- Kevin Ceccon seems to be the best of the lot. He's picked up regular points for Ocean, who are not a regular points contender, and he won the AutoGP series last year, but he's got some stiff competition from other drivers.
- David Fumanelli races for the Mark Webber-Christian Horner joint effor, MW Arden. Arden have been title contenders this year, but Fuamnelli is probably the weakest of the three drivers in the team.
- Vicky Piria made headlines as the first female driver to join the series. She is yet to score a point.
- Antonio Spavone did four rounds with Trident, but failed to score any points, and has not raced since Silverstone.
- Giovanni Venturini was a last-minute stand-in at Trident, taking their third car, and even managed to score a podium in Germany, but looking at his previous race results, he is wildly inconsistent.
