Mirko Venturi

Mirko Venturi
Venturi in 2014
Nationality Italian
Born (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981
Albinea, Italy
Racing licence FIA Gold (until 2013, 2015–2019)
FIA Silver (2014)[1][2]
Championship titles
2016
2010		Italian GT Championship – Super GT3
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro

Mirko Venturi (born 1 May 1981) is an Italian racing driver who last competed in the Italian GT Championship for Black Bull Swiss Racing.

Career

Venturi began his racing career in 1999, racing in Formula Renault Campus Italy. After two years in Formula Renault 2000 Italia for Drumel Motorsport,[3] Venturi drove for Opel Team KMS in the first three rounds of the German Formula Three Championship in 2002, taking a best result of 13th at the Sachsenring.[4] During 2002, Venturi also made his sportscar debut, racing in the first two rounds of the FIA Sportscar Championship for Durango Corse in the SR1 class, taking a best result of sixth at Barcelona.[5]

Following one-off appearances in the Italian Superturismo Championship in 2005 and 2006,[6] Venturi made further one-off appearances in Porsche Carrera Cup Italy amd the Italian Touring Endurance Championship in 2008.[7] The following year, Venturi made select appearances in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for Puresport.[8] Remaining in Super Trofeo Europe for 2010 with Black Bull Swiss Racing,[9] Venturi clinched the Pro title in his only full-time season in the series.[10][11]

Continuing with Black Bull Swiss Racing in 2011, Venturi raced with them in the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza,[12] qualifying his Ferrari F430 on pole and finishing sixth overall and third in GT3 Pro-Am.[13][14] The following year, Venturi raced in all but one rounds of the Endurance Champions Cup for the same team, finishing runner-up in the Gold Cup standings.[15] During 2012, Venturi also made raced in the Pro-Am class of the Blancpain Endurance Series at the Monza and Le Castellet rounds.[16] Continuing with Black Bull Swiss Racing for 2013, Venturi raced with them in the Italian GT Championship,[17] taking three wins as he ended the year third in the GT3 standings.[18][19]

In 2014, Venturi joined AF Corse to race a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 in the LMGTE Am class of the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Marco Cioci and Luis Pérez Companc.[20] Racing in the first four rounds before leaving the team ahead of Fuji,[21] Venturi won at Spa en route to a sixth-place points finish in points.[22] In parallel, Venturi raced in the LMGTE class of the European Le Mans Series for the same team at Imola,[23] and for AT Racing at Le Castellet, where he finished second.[24] During 2014, Venturi also raced at the 12 Hours of Sebring for Spirit of Race,[25] as well as making a one-off appearance in International GT Open for Black Bull Swiss Racing at the Nürburgring.[26] The following year, Venturi raced in select rounds of the Italian GT Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia, taking a lone win in race two at Imola.[27]

Returning to Black Bull Swiss Racing for 2016, Venturi raced with them in the Super GT3 class of the Italian GT Championship alongside Stefano Gai.[28] Starting off the season with wins at Monza and Misano,[29][30] the Ferrari 488 GT3 crew then scored further wins at Imola and Mugello to take the title.[31][32] Venturi remained with the team for 2017, racing in select rounds of the Italian GT Championship, winning both races at Imola and race one at Vallelunga to end the year ninth in the Super GT3 Pro standings.[33][34]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
1991 Torneo Delle Industrie – 60 Minikart 16th
1992 Torneo Delle Industrie – K60 Minikart 6th
1993 Torneo Delle Industrie – Minikart 2nd
1994 Torneo Delle Industrie – 100 Junior 1st
1995 Trofeo Andrea Margutti – 100 Junior 6th
Torneo Delle Industrie – 100 Junior 10th
1996 Trofeo Andrea Margutti – 100 Junior 20th
1998 Karting World Championship – Formula A 29th
Sources:[3]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1999 Formula Renault Campus Italy 3rd
2000 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Drumel Motorsport 10 0 0 0 3 82 7th
2001 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Drumel Motorsport 10 1 1 1 4 140 4th
2002 German Formula Three Championship Opel Team KMS 4 0 0 0 0 0 34th
FIA Sportscar Championship – SR1 Durango Corse 2 0 0 0 0 6 23rd
2006 Italian Superturismo Championship Zerocinque Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 6 15th
2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Centro Porsche Padova 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italian Touring Endurance Championship W&D Racing 2 0 0 0 0 11 20th
Italian GT Championship – GTC Ciesse Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2009 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Puresport 3 0 1 3 0 4 14th
24H Series – A4 PB Racing 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC
2010 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Black Bull Swiss Racing 1st
6 Hours of Vallelunga 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
2011 Winter Series by GT Sport – GTS Black Bull Swiss Racing 6 0 0 3 0 0 NC
Blancpain Endurance Series – GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 1 1 1 15 16th
Belcar Endurance Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 Winter Series by GT Sport – GTS Black Bull Swiss Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Endurance Champions Cup – Gold 3 0 0 0 2 19 2nd
Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro-Am 2 0 1 1 0 0 NC
2013 Winter Series by GT Sport – GTS Black Bull Racing 2 1 1 0 1 0 NC
Italian GT Championship – GT3 14 3 6 7 5 123 3rd
2014 United SportsCar Championship – GTD Spirit of Race 1 0 0 0 0 18 88th
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am AF Corse 4 1 1 0 2 76 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 3rd
European Le Mans Series – LMGTE 1 0 0 0 0 24 13th
AT Racing 1 0 0 0 1
International GT Open – Super GT Black Bull Swiss Racing 1 0 0 0 0 3 14th
2015 Italian GT Championship – GT3 BMS Scuderia Italia 6 1 1 1 2 43 13th
2016 Italian GT Championship – Super GT3 Black Bull Swiss Racing 14 4 2 3 7 147 1st
2017 Italian GT Championship – Super GT3 Pro Black Bull Swiss Racing 6 3 0 0 4 80 9th
Sources:[35][3]

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2011 Black Bull Swiss Racing Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 GT3 Pro-Am MNZ
6 		NAV
 SPA
6H
 SPA
12H
 SPA
24H
 MAG
 SIL
 16th 15
2012 Black Bull Swiss Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Pro-Am MNZ
22 		SIL
 LEC
Ret 		SPA
6H
 SPA
12H
 SPA
24H
 NÜR
 NAV
 NC 0

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Spirit of Race GTD Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 DAY
 SEB
14 		LAG DET WGL
 MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET
 88th 18

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2014 AF Corse LMGTE Am Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5L V8 SIL
6 		SPA
1 		LMS
3 		COA
4 		FUJ
 SHA
 BHR
 SÃO
 6th 76

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 AF Corse Marco Cioci
Luis Pérez Companc 		Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTE
Am 		331 22nd 3rd

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2014 AF Corse LMGTE Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 SIL
 IMO
7 		RBR
 13th 24
AT Racing LEC
2 		EST

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