🇮🇹 Beppe Gabbiani

Beppe Gabbiani was an established professional single-seater and endurance racing driver. His indexed career spans from 1981 to 2004 across Formula 1, International Formula 3000 and the FIA GT Championship, accumulating eight starts over three seasons. He drove for DAMS in the GT series and raced in Formula 1 for Osella.[1]

Gabbiani's most significant racing came in 1981 Formula 1, where he started three rounds and finished 17th in the championship standings. His two International Formula 3000 starts came in 1987 with Genoa Racing, and he made a later return to racing through endurance competition, taking three starts in the 2004 FIA GT Championship. Across his indexed record he scored no victories or podium finishes.[2]

His single-seater career positioned him in fields that included some of the era's strongest drivers. He raced Formula 1 alongside four-time world champion Alain Prost, against whom he typically finished ahead, and three-time world champion Nelson Piquet, who usually out-finished him. His endurance racing placed him in GT grids that featured established professionals such as Michael Bartels, a three-time FIA GT champion whom Gabbiani beat once.