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🇮🇹 Vincenzo Sospiri

Racing driver from Italy. IndyCar, Team Scandia. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Vincenzo Sospiri
Born
7 October 1966(b. 1966)
Nationality
Italy
Current team
Team Scandia
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Championships
11995
Career wins
3
Career podiums
12
Career starts
41
Career DNFs
9
Racer Rating
5,869
Vincenzo Sospiri
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,869
Rank 337 of 38,983 indexed, -344 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Vincenzo Sospiri is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in IndyCar for Team Scandia. Sospiri is a one-time champion (1995), with 3 wins and 12 podiums from 41 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,869 ranks Sospiri 337th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1997 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1997-10-11Las Vegas 500KIndyCarP22−115
1997-08-17Pennzoil 200IndyCarP2+90
1997-07-26Visionaire 500IndyCarP20−164
1997-06-29Samsonite 200IndyCarP6+26
1997-06-07True Value 500IndyCarP9−3
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+139Mediterraneo 1993International Formula 3000P2
+130Hockenheim 1991International Formula 3000P2
+113Hockenheim 1993International Formula 3000P3
+112Estoril 1994International Formula 3000P2
+111Pau 1994International Formula 3000P2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Hockenheim4 starts+14
Struggles
Spa-Francorchamps4 starts-12
Mediterraneo4 starts-7
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1997▸IndyCarTeam Scandia601000P16−2186,213
1995▸International Formula 3000Super Nova Racing835100P1+4346,431
1994▸International Formula 3000Super Nova Racing803200P4+2645,997
1993▸International Formula 3000Mythos Racing902300P6+2405,733
1991▸International Formula 3000Jordan901300P11−895,492
1990▸International Formula 3000Jordan100000P25+4,2325,582
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Sospiri finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇫🇷 Jérôme PolicandFIA Bronze4,8762518772%
🇮🇹 Paolo delle Piane4,6032418675%
🇸🇪 Kenny Bräck5,5832114767%
🇬🇧 Allan McNish6,1431712571%
🇧🇷 Gil de Ferran6,0991771041%
🇫🇷 Jean-Christophe Boullion5,985179853%
🇮🇹 Massimiliano Papis5,7421711665%
🇧🇷 Pedro Diniz5,7911613381%
🇬🇧 Paul Stewart5,493168850%
🇫🇷 Didier Cottaz5,4931613381%
🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated6,49761517%
🇧🇷 Christian FittipaldiFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,29093633%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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330🇩🇪 Hans HerrmannFormula 15,881
331🇮🇹 Lamberto LeoniInternational Formula 30005,880
332🇺🇸 Layne RiggsNASCAR Truck5,880
333🇩🇰 Tom KristensenWEC5,879
334🇺🇸 Pat O'ConnorFormula 15,876
335🇬🇧 Alan BrownFormula 15,870
336🇦🇺 Alan JonesFormula 15,869
337🇮🇹 Vincenzo SospiriIndyCar5,869
338🇦🇷 Carlos MenditeguyFormula 15,868
339🇦🇷 Onofre MarimónFormula 15,866
340🇺🇸 Carroll ShelbyFormula 15,861
341🇫🇷 Olivier PanisFIA GT Championship5,859
342🇫🇷 Philippe StreiffFormula 15,857
343🇦🇷 Ricardo ZuninoFormula 15,855
344🇬🇧 Chris IrwinFormula 15,854
345🇮🇹 Bruno GiacomelliFormula 15,852
347🇫🇷 Érik ComasFormula 15,852
346🇳🇱 Larry ten VoordeGT World Challenge Europe5,852
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Vincenzo Sospiri is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in IndyCar for Team Scandia. Sospiri is a one-time champion (1995), with 3 wins and 12 podiums from 41 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,869 ranks Sospiri 337th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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