Alessandro Zampedri

Alessandro Zampedri (born 3 October 1969 in Brescia) is an Italian race car driver. He started three Indianapolis 500s (1995, 1996, and 1997).^[1]

Racing career

Zampedri was seriously injured in the 1996 Indianapolis 500, suffering severe foot and leg injuries on the last lap of the race.^[2] While running fourth, Zampedri was collected in a crash with Roberto Guerrero and Eliseo Salazar.^[3] Zampedri's car became airborne and crashed into the fence at the head of the main straightaway. The car came to rest near the pit entry. A portion of Zampedri's left foot and three toes had to be amputated as a result of the accident.^[4]

He returned to Indianapolis in 1997, but he struggled, due to engine failure during the formation laps.

In 1999, he returned to racing in Europe in the Porsche Supercup and became champion in 2005, taking his only victory in the series at Circuit de Catalunya. He was the first Italian to win the Porsche Championship.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
1992	Forti Corse	SIL Ret	PAU Ret	CAT 11	PER 5	HOC 7	NÜR Ret	SPA 7	ALB 8	NOG 5	MAG Ret	12th	4
1993	Nordic Racing	DON Ret	SIL DSQ	PAU DNQ	PER Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR 3	SPA Ret	MAG Ret	NOG 10		11th	4

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points	Ref
1994	Euromotorsport	SRF 22	PHX	LBH 22	INDY	MIL													25th	9	^[5]
1994	Coyne						DET 26	POR 7	CLE 10	TOR 17	MIS DNS	MDO	NHM	VAN 28	ROA 23	NZR 20	LS 16		25th	9	^[5]
1995	Payton/Coyne	MIA 23	SRF 19	PHX 19	LBH 8	NZR 15	INDY 11	MIL 22	DET 26	POR 16	ROA 20	TOR 23	CLE 9	MIS 13	MDO 14	NHM 14	VAN 9	LS 20	22nd	15	^[6]

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points	Ref
1996	Team Scandia	WDW	PHX	INDY 4								28th	31	^[7]
1996–97	Team Scandia	NHM	LVS	WDW	PHX	INDY 35	TXS 12	PPIR	CLT	NH2	LV2	39th	24	^[8]

Partial Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Points
2002	PZ Rhein-Oberberg/Jürgen Alzen	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 4	ESP 2	AUT 9	MON 4	GER 8	GBR 8	GER Ret	HUN 5	BEL 11	ITA 8	USA Ret	USA 11		7th	109
2003	DeWalt Racing/PZRO-JAM	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA Ret	ESP 8	AUT 8	MON Ret	GER 16	FRA 7	GBR 8	GER 9	HUN 3	ITA Ret	USA 2	USA 4		6th	99
2004	DeWalt Racing-PZRO	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA Ret	ESP 3	MON 5	GER Ret	USA 12	USA 6	FRA Ret	GBR 6	GER 12	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 10		11th	79
2005	Lechner School Racing Team	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA 8	ESP 1	MON 3	GER 2	USA 2	USA 2	FRA 6	GBR 2	GER 8	HUN 2	ITA 3	BEL Ret		1st	173
2006	Lechner School Racing Team	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 12	ITA 8	GER 9	ESP 9	MON 7	GBR 7	USA Ret	USA 2	FRA 6	GER 4	HUN 17	ITA Ret		7th	100
2007	Lechner Racing Bahrain	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 3	BHR 4	ESP 6	MON 22	FRA 4	GBR 17	GER 5	HUN 7	TUR 7	ITA Ret	BEL Ret			7th	90
2008	Lechner Racing Bahrain	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 11	BHR 15	ESP Ret	TUR 11	MON DNS	FRA 12	GBR 9	GER Ret	HUN 12	ESP 20†	BEL 13	ITA 8		15th	48
2009	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON 17	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	ESP	BEL	ITA 9			NC‡	0‡
2009	SPS Automotive	Porsche 997 GT3												UAE 13	UAE 7	NC‡	0‡
2010	Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 9	BHR 7	ESP Ret	MON 5	ESP 17	GBR 20†	GER 11	HUN Ret	BEL 12	ITA 15				14th	46
2011	Team Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3	TUR Ret	ESP 13	MON 8	NNS	GBR 17	GER 13	HUN 8	BEL	ITA Ret	UAE Ret	UAE 8			14th	34
2012	Team Bleekemolen	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	MON 10	ESP 14	GBR 14	GER 11	HUN Ret	HUN Ret	BEL	ITA 12				15th	26
2013	MOMO-Megatron	Porsche 997 GT3	ESP 16	MON 23	GBR 17	GER	HUN 17	BEL	ITA 16	UAE	UAE					22nd	3

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ — Not eligible for points.

References

^ "Indy 500 Career Stats – Alessandro Zampedri". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
^ "Zampedri has second operation". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. 1996-05-29. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
^ Harris, Mike (1997-05-23). "'Pain is a state of mind': After seven operations, Zampedri's back at Indy". Allegheny Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
^ "Doctors Confident Alessandro Zampedri Can Walk _ and Race _ Again". Associated Press.
^ "Alessandro Zampedri – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Alessandro Zampedri – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "Alessandro Zampedri – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^ "Alessandro Zampedri – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Wolf Henzler	Porsche Supercup champion 2005	Succeeded by Richard Westbrook

[1] "Indy 500 Career Stats – Alessandro Zampedri". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

[2] "Zampedri has second operation". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. 1996-05-29. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

[3] Harris, Mike (1997-05-23). "'Pain is a state of mind': After seven operations, Zampedri's back at Indy". Allegheny Times. Associated Press. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

[4] "Doctors Confident Alessandro Zampedri Can Walk _ and Race _ Again". Associated Press.

[5] "Alessandro Zampedri – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[6] "Alessandro Zampedri – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[7] "Alessandro Zampedri – 1996 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

[8] "Alessandro Zampedri – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

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