Vincenzo Sospiri

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vincenzo Sospiri
Occupation	Racing Automobile Driver
Date Of Birth	Oct 7, 1966(1966-10-07)
Age	58
Birthplace	Forlì
Country	Italy
Birth City	Emilia-Romagna
Horoscope	Libra

Vincenzo Sospiri Biography

Vincenzo Sospiri is one of the most popular and richest Racing Automobile Driver who was born on October 7, 1966 in Forlì, Emilia- Romagna, Italy. Vincenzo Sospiri (born 7 October 1966) is an Italian former racing driver.

Following the fall of Mastercard-Lola Sospiri focused his attention on his first race in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series in which he enlisted to Team Scandia to race in the 1997 Indianapolis 500. Sospiri placed the Scandia Dallara Oldsmobile third on the grid for his first IndyCar race and placed 17th during the race. The following year, he placed 2nd at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He was 21st overall in the championship despite participating in six of the 10 races of the 1996-1997 season. In 1998, Sospiri was named for Dan Gurney’s All American Racers team as an in-season replacement in place of P. J. Jones and raced in the final 4 races for the All American Racers team. He finished with a top finish of 15th both in Houston as well as Surfers Paradise and failed to finish among the top points, when the team’s struggle continued. He was chosen to be the ISM Racing entry for the 1999 Indianapolis 500 but the car was driven by Brian Tyler instead, who was unable to get into the race.

In 1998 and 1999, he won the Sports Racing World Cup with a Ferrari 333 SP, teaming up with Emmanuel Collard. This resulted in a drive in the lead Toyota at the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans with Collard and Martin Brundle. Unfortunately, frequent gearbox problems and a puncture while Brundle was driving took the polesitter out of the race. He retired from racing in 2001 and is now the team manager for the Euronova team in Italian Formula 3000.

Sospiri was a major inspiration for Michael Schumacher. In a Q&A session with F1 Racing readers in 2012, when asked about his racing heroes, Schumacher replied: “To start with, it was Vincenzo Sospiri. Then it was Ayrton Senna. Those two guys inspired me big time while I was karting”.

He was a test driver in his Simtek Formula One team at Estoril in 1994, but was not able to raise the funds needed to get a race seat in the time. Although he had won the Formula 3000 title in 1995 there were very few options available to Sospiri and he decided to assume the role of the official Benetton Test driver throughout the season.

Vincenzo Sospiri Net Worth

Vincenzo Sospiri is one of the richest Racing Automobile Driver from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vincenzo Sospiri 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At 15 years old, Sospiri started racing in the Italian 100cc Karting championship. In a career in karting that was described by Michael Schumacher as ‘dominating’, Sospiri won several Italian and European Karting championships, and was second in a few others, before winning the 100cc World Karting Championship in 1987.

In 1988, Sospiri moved in 1988 to Formula Ford, before working towards Formula 3000 in 1991, as a teammate of Damon Hill in the Middlebridge Lola T91/50 Cosworth. With a non-competitive car Sospiri only managed 9 points throughout the season long, and finished in second-place finish in the German race of the championship held at the Hockenheimring. He returned to Formula 3000 in 1992. Italian F3 Series in the 1992 season. He then made an appearance in Formula 3000 in 1993, driving in a Reynard 93D Judd for the Mythos team. He joined Super Nova for 1994. Super Nova team for 1994 and put up a fight for the championship , despite never winning any races, ultimately coming in fourth. He remained with Super Nova for 1995 where he took home three races and beat colleague Ricardo Rosset to the F3000 title.

Sospiri finally got his chance to race in Formula One with the MasterCard Lola project in 1997. Unfortunately it was clear from the first race, where both Sospiri and his former F3000 teammate Ricardo Rosset were more than 10 seconds off the pace and failed to qualify after being well outside the 107% rule, that the car was not capable of making the grid in a world championship race. Sospiri hoped to return to the grid in Brazil, but the team was withdrawn due to the massive debts incurred by its failing Formula One effort.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Vincenzo Sospiri height Not available right now. Vincenzo weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Vincenzo Sospiri Dating?

According to our records, Vincenzo Sospiri is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Vincenzo Sospiri’s is not dating anyone.

Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Vincenzo Sospiri. You may help us to build the dating records for Vincenzo Sospiri!

Facts & Trivia

Vincenzo Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Automobile Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Vincenzo Sospiri celebrates birthday on October 7 of every year.