🇮🇹 Antonio Spavone

Antonio Spavone is an Italian former racing driver rated 4,225; he sits at the professional level, a rating that denotes a driver capable of national-championship pace or the sharp end of a strong feeder series. His career record is built on a single season of motor racing. In 2012, Spavone contested the GP3 Series, a feeder championship, with Trident Racing across six rounds. He failed to score a podium finish or win a race, classified on average in 18th place, and ended the season 22nd in the standings.[1]

The company Spavone kept in that series underscores how much stronger the field was than his pace. He was outfinished in all six races by Mitch Evans, a Platinum-graded professional who went on to race in Formula 1, and by António Félix da Costa, another elite driver who would become Formula E World Champion in 2019 and later win the Le Mans 24 Hours in the top class. He also finished behind every other regular rival in the field. His only victories against stronger drivers came in single races: he beat Conor Daly, a Gold-graded former Star Mazda champion, once, and Patric Niederhauser, a Platinum-graded professional, once. Against Matias Laine, a comparable semi-professional driver, Spavone prevailed twice in six encounters.[2]

Spavone's single campaign in 2012 appears to have ended his racing career. No further starts are recorded in the database, and he is listed as retired. He has not competed in any series since.