Alexandre Emmanuel Imperatori (born 19 April 1987 in Châtel-Saint-Denis) is a Swiss racing driver who lives in Shanghai, China.
Career
Karting
Imperatori started kart racing at the age of four in Spain. He raced karting in Spain and Germany and France until 2002. He was the France Junior Champion in 2000 and also competed in the European Championship in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Formula Racing
In 2003, Imperatori moved to single seater by reaching the final of the Mygale scholarship program. From 2004 to 2007, he competed in the 2006 and 2007 Asian Formula Renault Challenge and came 1st runner-up. He was also the 2006 China Formula Renault Challenge Champion, which earned him a test from Renault Sport in the World Series by Renault.
From December 2007, Imperatori joined the Swiss team in the A1 Grand Prix as rookie driver and together with the team won the 2007-2008 championship and came second in the 2008-2009 season.
From 2008 to 2010, Imperatori was competing in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. In 2008, he came second in the National Class before achieving third rank in 2009. In 2010, he stepped up to the Championship class with TODA Racing and using the single HONDA power unit of the grid, came fifth in the championship. In 2010, Imperatori finished his season with a good performance in the Macau Grand Prix by coming 12th after starting 26th on the grid due to a brake failure in the qualification race.
In 2011, Imperatori stepped up to Formula Nippon, the highest level of single-seater racing in Japan.
GT Racing
In 2011, Imperatori also started becoming involved in GT racing. He replaced Christian Menzel at Team Starchase in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and had a successful season by winning eight of the ten races he entered. He finished third in the championship after missing the two races in Singapore due to conflicting racing commitments.
Besides, the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and Formula Nippon, Imperatori was also competing in the GT300 class of Super GT in 2011 with the Lexus IS350 GT300 of SG Changi Racing. Together with teammate Orime, he won at Sugo and climbed on the podium two more times at Fuji and Autopolis.
Imperatori finished the 2011 season with a win in the GTC category at the ILMC 6 Hours of Zhuhai for Audi Sport C Racing China.
Imperatori won the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Championship.
From 2014 to 2021, Imperatori completed Nürburgring 24 Hours with Falken Motorsports(2014-2019) and KCMG(2020-2021), and finished with a 3rd place in 2015.
WEC and 24 Hours of Le Mans In 2013, Imperatori was named as the lead driver for the new endurance racing project from Hong Kong-based KC Motorgroup Ltd (KCMG) which saw him drive a Morgan LMP2 - Nissan at Silverstone and Le Mans. Imperatori was back with KCMG for the 2014 WEC season taking part in all but two races behind the wheel of an Oreca 03R-Nissan, winning LMP2 class at Bahrain and São Paulo.
On 25 March 2015, it was announced that Imperatori had signed with the Swiss Rebellion Racing LMP1 squad for the 2015 WEC season where he piloted the team's second car along with Dominik Kraihamer and Daniel Abt.
Racing record
Complete Super GT results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts 2011 Team SG Changi Lexus IS350 GT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT6th49 2012 Team SGC Lexus IS350 GT300OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOTNC0 2014 i-mobile-AAS Porsche 911 GT3 GT300OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOTNC0 2015 Porsche Team KTR Porsche 911 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 23rd 3
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2013 KCMG Matthew Howson Ho-Pin Tung Morgan LMP2-Nissan LMP2 241 DNF DNF 2014 KCMG Matthew Howson Richard Bradley Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 87 DNF DNF 2015 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Daniel Abt Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1 336 18th 9th 2016 Rebellion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Mathéo Tuscher Rebellion R-One-AER LMP1 200 DNF DNF
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Pts 2014 KCMG LMP2 Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA 6th 87 Oreca 03R LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 2015 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 25th 2.5 2016 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Rebellion R-One AER P60 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 7th 66.5
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 2014 Mühlner Motorsports America GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 129th 1 2022 KCMG GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET -* 0*
References
External links
Official website