Drivers » Fabrizio Giovanardi - Airwaves Racing, British Touring Car Championship
Name: Fabrizio Giovanardi
From: Sassuolo
Date of birth:14th December 1966
Car Number: 7
Sponsors: Airwaves
Racing career/highlights:
2008 – British Touring Car Champion
2007 – British Touring Car Champion
2002 – European Touring Car Champion
2001 – European Super Touring Champion
2000 – European Super Touring Champion
1999 – Italian Superturismo Champion
1998 – Italian Superturismo Champion
1997 – Spanish Touring Car Champion
1992 – Italian Superturismo Class S2 Champion
1986 – Karting World Champion
Favourite track:
Thruxton. I love the high speed that makes the difference between the fast and slow driver. The fast corners put adrenaline into yourself and make a big challenge for the driver, and when you do make a mistake the risks are big!
Most memorable racing moment:
2008 BTCC Championship; fighting with Jason Plato at Thruxton where we played a good season until the last round where we used all the tricks in the book to beat each other!
Fabrizio is one of the most successful touring car drivers in the world with no less than nine titles to his name. Following his four year break from the championship, twice-crowned BTCC champion Giovanardi is delighted to be joining the Airwaves Racing squad for 2014 and is relishing his highly-anticipated return to the illustrious BTCC grid. "I am really looking forward to coming back to this special championship. For the last four years I have done long distance racing and for me, it's quite boring! I need to be fighting for championships and this is the best place to find that, so I'm really happy to be back. I want to come here and try to win another championship; I need to win the third one! Obviously, I have to respect the other guys out there but I'm still tough, I'm fierce tough!"
"In 2008 and 2009 I had a big battle with this team and they were one of the teams to beat then. After four years I believe they've got good experience and they've grown up and they are right at this time to give me the winning chance. It's a small team but with people that work well together. Good people and the right people make the right target and I believe straight away that we can be one of the team's fighting for the championship."
