[LM24] Christian Pescatori to drive for Audi at Le Mans

[Heeltoe6]

http://www.theracesite.com/index.cfm...m_article=1865

He will share the cockpit with Aiello and Capello, taking the late Michele Alboreto's seat

[Craig]

From Audi:

>Subject: Pescatori Joins Audi for Le Mans
>Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 11:55:22 EDT
>
>Immediate Release
>May 28, 2001
>
>Pescatori Completes Audi Driver Line-up for Le Mans
>
>Auburn Hills, Mich, -- Audi has completed its driver line-up for the Le
>Mans
>24 Hour race on June 16 and 17. The 29-year-old Italian Christian
>Pescatori
>will share the cockpit of the number two Infineon Audi R8 with Laurent
>Aiello
>and Rinaldo Capello. Pescatori takes over the place of his compatriot
>Michele
>Alboreto who was fatally injured during testing in April.
>
>Last years winners Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro will
>drive
>the number one Infineon Audi R8.
>
>Christian Pescatori
>Nationality: Italian
>Date of Birth: December 1, 1971
>Profession: Professional Driver
>Marital Status: Married
>Children: Two
>Hobbies: Skiing, Video Games
>
>Racing History:
>2000 - SportsRacing World Cup Champion with JMB Giesse Ferrari (5 wins at
> Barcelona,Brno, Donington,Magny Cours and Nurburgring)
>1999 - 2nd in SportsRacing World Cup Drivers Championship with BMS Scuderia
> Italia
>1998 - Italian SuperTouring Championship - 6 wins & 5 pole positions
>1997 - FIA GT and 24H Le Mans (Porsche GT1)
>'94 - '96 - F3000
>1993 - Italian F3 Champion
>1987 - Italian Champion Go-Kart 100cc - 3rd Place Junior World Championship
>
>Christian is one of the most popular figures in the pit lane as well as one
>of the fastest and the diminutive Italian capped his two year World Cup
>career recently by taking the title with team mate David Terrien and the
>crack JMB Giesse Ferrari team. It was his first championship success since
>1993 when he took the Italian Formula Three title, beating the likes of
>Max
>Angelelli and Giancarlo Fisichella.
>
>Widely touted as one of Italy's biggest racing hopes, Christian then
>embarked
>on a three year Formula 3000 career that saw him sometimes shaking up the
>well established teams with his Reynard that was run by the under financed
>Durango team. Despite points finishes and some superb qualifying
>performances, Christian turned his attentions to sportscars and in
>particular
>the Le Mans 24 Hours that he competed in for the first time in 1996 at the
>wheel of a Scuderia Italia Porsche GT1.
>
>More outings in the BPR GT series followed and then in 1998 he switched to
>the Italian Touring Car series winning more races as he did so.A year later
>and he was back in sportscars with a Ferrari 333SP run by former team BMS
>Scuderia Italia. The combination of 'Pesca' the ex F1 team and team mate
>Emmanuele Moncini brought success at Enna Pergusa and the title was only
>lost
>at the final round.
>
>Kyle Chura
>Press Officer
>Audi Sport North America
>Tel. (248) 360-1086
>Fax (248) 360-0175
>E-mail: chura@aol.com
>www.audiusa.com/press
>www.audi-sportpress.com

[TimD]

Good luck to Christian, a chap who I discover shares a birthday with me, although I've got a few years on him.

So what have I been doing while he's been building a race career, and raising two children....? I guess I must have been working late a lot...

Ah well, here's to a good result for the Audi team, and may they not be beaten by too many laps by the Bentleys.

[pink69]

A bit of a surprise choice! I would have thought they would have got another Audi driver in , perhaps Tomyzk , as he is showing potential and could do with the experience. or even Nissen [ Kris ]as he drove for them last year!

[Mekola]

Pescatori, an usual SRWC frontrunner and title defender, finally get a ride on the Audi Joest for Le Mans.
Really, a good replacement for Alboreto, with all respect to him.