Английская Википедия:Alexandre Imperatori

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Alexandre Emmanuel Imperatori (born 19 April 1987 in Châtel-Saint-Denis) is a Swiss racing driver who lives in Shanghai, China.

Career

Karting

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Alexandre Imperatori go-karting at the age of 4

Imperatori started kart racing at the age of four in Spain. He raced karting in Spain and Germany and France until 2002. He was the France Junior Champion in 2000 and also competed in the European Championship in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Formula Racing

In 2003, Imperatori moved to single seater by reaching the final of the Mygale scholarship program. From 2004 to 2007, he competed in the 2006 and 2007 Asian Formula Renault Challenge and came 1st runner-up. He was also the 2006 China Formula Renault Challenge Champion, which earned him a test from Renault Sport in the World Series by Renault.

From December 2007, he joined the Swiss team in the A1 Grand Prix as rookie driver and together with the team won the 2007-2008 championship and came second in the 2008-2009 season.

From 2008 to 2010, Imperatori was competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. In 2008, he came second in the National Class before achieving 3rd rank in 2009. In 2010, he stepped up to the Championship class with TODA Racing and using the single HONDA power unit of the grid, came 5th in the championship. In 2010, Imperatori finished his season with a good performance in the Macau Grand Prix by coming 12th after starting 26th on the grid due to a brake failure in the qualification race.

In 2011, Imperatori stepped up to Formula Nippon, the highest level of single-seater racing in Japan.

GT Racing

In 2011, Imperatori also started becoming involved in GT racing. He replaced Christian Menzel at Team Starchase in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and had a successful season by winning 8 of the 10 races he entered. He finished 3rd in the championship after missing the two races in Singapore due to conflicting racing commitments.

Besides, the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and Formula Nippon, Imperatori was also competing in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2011 with the Lexus IS350 GT300 of SG Changi Racing. Together with teammate Orime, he won at Sugo and climbed on the podium two more times at Fuji and Autopolis.

Imperatori finished the 2011 season with a win in the GTC category at the ILMC 6 Hours of Zhuhai for Audi Sport C Racing China.

Imperatori won the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Championship.

From 2014 to 2021, Imperatori completed Nürburgring 24 Hours with Falken Motorsports(2014-2019) and KCMG(2020-2021), and finished with a 3rd place in 2015.

WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans

In 2013, Imperatori was named as the lead driver for the new endurance racing project from Hong Kong-based KC Motorgroup Ltd (KCMG) which saw him drive a Morgan LMP2 - Nissan at Silverstone and Le Mans.[1] Imperatori was back with KCMG for the 2014 WEC season[2] taking part in all but two races behind the wheel of an Oreca 03R-Nissan, winning LMP2 class at Bahrain and São Paulo.

On 25 March 2015 it was announced that Imperatori had signed with the Swiss Rebellion Racing LMP1 squad for the 2015 WEC season where he piloted the team's second car along with Dominik Kraihamer and Daniel Abt.[3]

Racing record

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Imperatori driving the Lexus IS350 GT300 in 2011 Super GT season.

Complete Super GT results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts
2011 Team SG Changi Lexus IS350 GT300 OKA
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FUJ
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SEP SUG
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SUZ
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FUJ
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AUT
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6th 49
2012 Team SGC Lexus IS350 GT300 OKA FUJ SEP SUG
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SUZ
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FUJ
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AUT MOT NC 0
2014 i-mobile-AAS Porsche 911 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ BUR
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MOT NC 0
2015 Porsche Team KTR Porsche 911 GT3 GT300 OKA
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FUJ
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CHA
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FUJ
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SUZ SUG AUT MOT 23rd 3


24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
2013 Шаблон:Flagicon KCMG Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Howson
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Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 241 DNF DNF
2014 Шаблон:Flagicon KCMG Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Howson
Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Bradley
Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 87 DNF DNF
2015 Шаблон:Flagicon Rebellion Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Dominik Kraihamer
Шаблон:Flagicon Daniel Abt
Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1 336 18th 9th
2016 Шаблон:Flagicon Rebellion Racing Шаблон:Flagicon Dominik Kraihamer
Шаблон:Flagicon Mathéo Tuscher
Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1 200 DNF DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Pts
2014 KCMG LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
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6th 87
Oreca 03R LMS
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COA FUJ
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SHA
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SÃO
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2015 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS
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NÜR
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COA
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FUJ
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SHA
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25th 2.5
2016 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL
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SPA
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LMS
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NÜR
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MEX
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COA
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SHA
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7th 66.5


Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Шаблон:Tooltip Points
2014 Mühlner Motorsports America GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
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SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 129th 1
2022 KCMG GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY
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SEB
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LBH
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LGA
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WGL
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MOS
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LIM
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ELK
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VIR
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PET
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References

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