Pantano was linked to returning to Formula One in 2010 with Campos Meta but the team confirmed that Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok would be joining the team.Īfter his unsuccessful season in Formula One, he left the series. Pantano later divulged that it had been his own choice to stop racing with Jordan due to the financial burden placed on his family and his own feelings that the team was favouring his teammate Heidfeld over him. He continued with more disappointing results until the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, after which he was replaced by Timo Glock for the remaining three races of the season. Pantano returned to his seat in the team for the next race in Indianapolis, but went out at the first corner after colliding with other drivers. He was replaced for a one-off by German debutant Timo Glock (due to financial reasons) at the Canadian Grand Prix, who scored two points finishing seventh, ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld who was eighth. He continued racing, never managing to qualify or finish any higher than around the back of the field, and retiring on several occasions, failing to grab much attention. He finished last in his first race in Melbourne, while his more experienced teammate Nick Heidfeld, retired with a transmission problem. The Italian instead signed for the Jordan Formula One team in early 2004, and after minimal testing his season proved troublesome. Pantano had been all set to make his Formula One debut for Jaguar, however two days before he was due to sign with the squad they concluded a deal with Christian Klien, who was able to bring $10million of funding from Red Bull. He nearly spent 2003 in Champ Car, but the BC Motorsports team with whom he believed he had a contract proved to be fake. In 2002 he tested for Williams and Minardi, but was unable to break into Formula One, so he signed for the Durango team and won two races in the International Formula 3000 series in 2003, which earned him third place in the championship. However, he joined Astromega in Formula 3000 in 2001 and won at Monza. His first taste of Formula One came in 2000, when he was tested by Benetton. Pantano driving for Jordan at the 2004 French Grand Prix. He won his first race and went on to win the title. He entered the winter series of Palmer Audi in 1999 and tested for the Astromega Formula 3000 team before signing for the KMS team that would take him to race in Formula Three in his first year of single-seater racing. In 1996 he was signed by AMG-Mercedes, from where he went through a difficult patch to enter Formula One racing. In 1994 he won the Italian and World titles in Junior karting and in 19 won the European Formula A title. In his first year in Cadet karting he achieved the Italian and European titles. Nico Rosberg grew up with a poster of Pantano on his bedroom wall and later would describe the Italian as being "probably the best of all time in karts." Fernando Alonso once called Pantano "invincible" and that in karting he had looked up to him as being "a really incredible talent." 2.7 Complete Blancpain Sprint Series resultsīorn in Padua, Pantano is the holder of one of the best records ever in karting, where he started at age nine.2.1 Complete International Formula 3000 results.As of 2011, these records have been taken over by Luca Filippi (86 starts) and Pastor Maldonado (10 wins) respectively. He raced in the GP2 Series from its inaugural year in 2005 until his championship campaign in 2008, holding the record for most races competed and most races won in the series. Giorgio Pantano (born 4 February 1979) is an Italian professional racing driver who drove for the Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock. Chip Ganassi Racing ( 2005 & 2012), Dreyer & Reinbold Racing ( 2011)
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