Fabio Babini (born 3 November 1969) is an Italian professional racing driver and entrepreneur.
Born in Faenza, Babini started his career in single-seaters in Italian F3, becoming a test driver for the Reynard brand before moving on to the Italian GT Series (1995–1997) and Russian Formula Three (1997–1999).
Upon switching to sports car racing, Babini won the 2000 24 Hours of Daytona and 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans in class and soon became a mainstay of the FIA GT Championship. He raced prominently for Porsche, Chrysler, Ferrari, Maserati and Aston Martin from 2001 to 2009. Babini later served as a Lamborghini works driver, winning titles in Super Trofeo Europe (2009, 2011) and Le Mans Cup (2017), as well as the 2015 Blancpain Endurance Series opener.
Racing record
Complete FIA GT Championship results (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 9 10 11 Pts 1999 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT2 GT MNZ SIL HOC HUN ZOL OSC DON HMS WGL ZHU NC 0 2000 Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R N-GT VAL EST MNZ SIL HUN ZOL A1R LAU BRN MAG NC 0 2001 ART Engineering Porsche 911 GT3-RS N-GT MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN SPA A1R NÜR JAR EST 6th 33 2002 Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT MAG SIL BRN JAR AND OSC SPA PER DON EST 6th 33 2003 JMB Racing Ferrari 550 Maranello GT CAT MAG PER BRN DON SPA AND OSC EST MNZ 8th 25 2004 GPC Giesse Squadra Corse Ferrari 575 GTC GT MNZ VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC DUB ZHU 4th 51 2005 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 GT1 GT1 MNZ MAG SIL IMO BRN SPA OSC IST ZHU DUB BHR 4th 63 2006 Aston Martin Racing BMS Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 SIL BRN OSC SPA LEC DIJ MUG HUN ADR DUB 6th 51 2007 Aston Martin Racing BMS Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 ZHU SIL BUC MNZ OSC SPA ADR BRN NOG ZOL 8th 30 2008 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari F430 GTC GT2 SIL MNZ ADR OSC SPA BUC1 BUC1 BRN NOG ZOL SAN 12th 24.5 2009 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari F430 GTC GT2 SIL ADR OSC SPA HUN POR LEC ZOL NC 0
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Haberthur Racing Gabrio Rosa Michele Ligonnet Porsche 911 GT3-R GT 310 DNF DNF Seikel Motorsport Gabrio Rosa Luca Drudi Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 283 6th 1st JMB Racing David Terrien Fabrizio de Simone Ferrari 360 Modena GT GT 273 25th 7th BMS Scuderia Italia Fabrizio Gollin Christian Pescatori Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 3 DNF DNF Aston Martin Racing BMS Jamie Davies Matteo Malucelli Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 336 11th 6th BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 318 22nd 2nd BMS Scuderia Italia Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti Ferrari F430 GT2 GT2 327 19th 2nd Ebimotors Christina Nielsen Erik Maris Porsche 911 RSR GTEAm 332 31st 6th
References
External links Fia GT – Fabio Babini