10/03/01 - Raimondo sets his sights on F1, Wheels.ca
St. Catharines teen to race in Italian F3 series this season, aims for test with Ferrari F1 team
By Norris McDonald, Toronto Star Wheels
Most Canadian parents are used to seeing their children leave home for any number of the usual reasons: summer camp, school trips, university and so on.
Some parents send their children off for longer periods, whether it's to boarding school (for their education) or - in the case of teenage boys - to some small Canadian community for the start of what everybody in the family hopes will be a successful professional hocky career.
And then there is the Raimondo family of St. Catharines, father Emilio and mother Anna Maria, who in the last 10 days have sent their 19-year-old son Gianmarco to Italy where he'll soon take the first step in a journey that he - and they - hope takes him to the summit of motor racing, the Formula One Grand Prix circuit.
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10/02/24 - GMO Posts third quickest time in pre-season testing, italiaracing.net
Third in fact concluded the Canadian Gianmarco Raimondo with a time of 1'32 "890. David has also shot with Michelin tires. Lucidi explains: "The French tires more grip so I have preferred him to travel several miles with this kind of rubber, to become familiar better driving the car. Then we switched to the Kumho and was even faster than a tenth. Richelmi is a very skilled pilot, but we are down to earth. It is only a test, others have tried in different conditions of rubber and certainly not thrilled at this result."
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10/02/04 - Gianmarco Raimondo 2010 season preview, Official Release
Gianmarco Raimondo, the 2008 Formula BMW Americas Rookie Champion, continued to impress in 2009 and now takes another step in the formula car racing ladder system as he heads to Europe to take on the very challenging Formula 3 Italia Series. The series offers competitive racing every weekend at some of Europe’s best tracks and provides one of the most coveted prizes in all of formula car racing. The top three drivers in the championship receive an official test day with the Ferrari F1 team at the end of the season. The series has been operating since 1964 and has had such drivers as Giancarlo Fisichella as series champion in 1994.
"Last year was a great year for me. Even though the year didn't go as well as I planned, I still have no regrets and have learned from all of my results," comments Raimondo. "Winning in Mosport on home turf ended the season on a high note and is also a plus to my motivation for the following year. Formula BMW was a great learning and competitive series from which I have gained a lot of experience."
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10/01/13 - Gianmarco Raimondo with Lucidi Motors in Italian Formula 3, Lucidi Motors
Team Lucidi Motors reached an agreement with the driver Gianmarco Raimondo for the 2010 season of the Italian Formula 3 Championship.
Raimondo, Canadian class 1990, after several successes in karting, won the rookies title in Formula BMW Americas in 2008 championship that saw him protagonist in 2009 too, season ended with the victory in the concluded round at Mosport.
Gabriele Lucidi (Team Principal):
"Raimondo is a promising young driver: he acquired a good technical preparation during the two years in Formula BMW Americas and this will allow him to face in the best possible way a competitive championship like Italian Formula 3. The work during pre-season tests will be very important but I am confident Gianmarco will do good things since the beginning".
10/01/01 - Canadian Raimondo to race in Italian F3 in 2010, Wheels.ca
Here's a quick follow-up on my item regarding the 2010 racing plans of talented St. Catharines teenager Alex Ellis.
Ellis had a teammate at Toronto's Team Autotecnica, Gianmarco Raimondo, who finished third in the 2009 Formula BMW Americas championship and who also hails from St. Catharines. Raimondo and Ellis, besides racing on the same team, also attended the same high school in St. Kitts.
Raimondo is in Italy as we speak, signing a contract to race in the Italian Formula 3 series this season with the Lucidi Motors team, whose driver, Mirko Bortolotti, won the '09 championship.
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