Christian Pescatori

Christian Pescatori
Christian Pescatori
	Pescatori racing for Audi in 2001
Nationality	Italian
Born	1 December 1971 (age 54); Brescia, Italy
Categorisation	FIA Platinum (until 2014); FIA Gold (2015–2021); FIA Silver (2022–)

Christian Pescatori (born 1 December 1971 in Brescia) is a professional racecar driver from Italy.

Pescatori started his career in single-seater racing, becoming Italian Formula 3 Champion in 1993, before moving up to Formula 3000.

Pescatori later moved on to sports car racing, where he had more success. Pescatori won the Sports Racing World Cup in 2000, and the FIA GT Championship's N-GT class in 2001, both for JMB Racing. In 2002, he became an Audi works driver, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2001 and 2002, he was also second overall in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2005, he was GTS Champion in the Le Mans Endurance Series.

Pescatori is currently team manager of Italian GT team Nova Race,^[2] having previously held a similar role at Villorba Corse.^[3]

Pescatori spent much of his FIA GT career at Ferrari (pictured in 2004).

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	BMS Scuderia Italia	Pierluigi Martini Antônio Hermann de Azevedo	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	317	8th	4th
1999	JB Racing	Jérôme Policand Mauro Baldi	Ferrari 333 SP	LMP	71	DNF	DNF
2001	Audi Sport North America	Laurent Aïello Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	LMP900	320	2nd	2nd
2002	Audi Sport North America	Johnny Herbert Rinaldo Capello	Audi R8	LMP900	374	2nd	2nd
2005	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Miguel Ramos	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GT1	67	DNF	DNF
2006	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Fabio Babini	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	3	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "2014 GT3 Driver Categorisation" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
↑ Goodwin, Graham (1 March 2023). "Nova Race Confirm GT World Challenge Sprint Cup With Pair of Honda NSX GT3". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
↑ "Christian Pescatori (Dallara): "The LMP2 class will be the most competitive [at Le Mans]."". 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
↑ "Christian Pescatori". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
↑ "Christian Pescatori Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

External links

Official website
Christian Pescatori career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Max Angelelli	Italian Formula Three Champion 1993	Succeeded by Giancarlo Fisichella
Preceded by Emmanuel Collard Vincenzo Sospiri	FIA Sportscar Championship Champion 2000 with: David Terrien	Succeeded by Marco Zadra

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[1] "2014 GT3 Driver Categorisation" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2026.

[2] Goodwin, Graham (1 March 2023). "Nova Race Confirm GT World Challenge Sprint Cup With Pair of Honda NSX GT3". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 27 February 2026.

[3] "Christian Pescatori (Dallara): "The LMP2 class will be the most competitive [at Le Mans]."". 24 Hours of Le Mans. Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2026.

[4] "Christian Pescatori". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

[5] "Christian Pescatori Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

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Six-time	Tom Kristensen
Five-time	Rinaldo Capello
Four-time	Frank Biela Pipo Derani Allan McNish
Three-time	Mario Andretti Felipe Nasr Hans-Joachim Stuck Marco Werner
Two-time	Bob Akin Sébastien Bourdais Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Loïc Duval Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson Nicolas Lapierre JJ Lehto Alex Lynn Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Jordan Taylor Eric van de Poele Johannes van Overbeek Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters
One-time	Aïello Aitken Alboreto Andlauer Baker Baldi Bamber Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bomarito Bonnier Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Curran Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Delétraz Dumas Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Heinrich Helmick Herbert Herta Heyer Hunter-Reay Jani Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul Jr. Paul Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Sims Surtees Tandy R. Taylor W. Taylor Theys Tincknell Tréluyer Vaccarella Vanthoor Vautier Wollek Woods Wurz