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| March 08, 2010 |
| Industry News: Three Drivers Added to Ferrari Driver Academy |
 | Mirko Bortolotti joins the Ferrari Driver Academy as current GP3 Series race pilot
(Photo: MotorSport Vision) |
Ferrari has announced that a trio of new names has been added to its Driver Academy for this year. Joining F3 Euro Series Champion and GP2 driver Jules Bianchi are Mirko Bortolotti, Daniel Zampieri and Raffaele Marciello.
With the school for up and coming drivers having been established by the legendary Maranello manufacturer last year, Frenchman Bianchi continues to be part of the academy following an impressive first GP2 pole position in the on-going Asia Series.
The 20 year-old Bortolotti joins as Italian Formula 3 Champion of 2008, an achievement for which he was awarded a Ferrari Formula One test at the end of that year. The Trento, Italy, driver switched to the new-look Formula Two Championship in 2009, collecting one race win and a total of 50 points on his way to fourth in the final standings. Bortolotti will compete in the new GP3 Series with the Addax team this year.
Zampieri, who hails from Italian capital city Rome, is set to turn 20 in May. He is the latest winner of the Italian F3 championship, having collected five pole positions and four race wins in 2009. He is currently competing in the GP2 Asia Series.
Marciello, who spent many of his own junior years in Italy, has spent recent years in World Championship karting, as well as Formula Abarth, a short stint in Formula Renault and testing in Formula BMW. |
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