Gianmaria Bruni

Gianmaria Bruni
Gianmaria Bruni in 2012
Born	(1981-05-30) 30 May 1981 Rome, Italy
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	2004
Teams	Minardi
Entries	18
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2004 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2004 Brazilian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2008–2016, 2018 Teams Risi Competizione, AF Corse Best finish 13th (2011) Class wins 3 (2008, 2012, 2014)

Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni (born 30 May 1981) is an Italian Porsche factory auto racing driver who drove in the 2004 Formula One World Championship for Minardi. He is a GP2 Series race winner and is now racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, in which he gained the 2013 and 2014 GT Drivers' Titles whilst driving as a factory Ferrari driver. He won the 2008 FIA GT Championship, 2011 Le Mans Series and 2012 International GT Open and took three class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 2008, 2012 and 2014. He also was successful at the 2009 and 2015 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, 2010 12 Hours of Sebring and 2011 Petit Le Mans.

Career

First wins in single-seaters

Born in Rome, at age ten Bruni lied about his age to the director of La Pista d'Oro, a Go kart track in Italy, in order to begin an amateur Karting career (twelve was the minimum age to compete). His first experience with racing cars was in the Italian Formula Renault Campus in 1997; he won the Title in 1998. For the following season he moved on to the European Formula Renault Eurocup 2.0, taking another Title. Then he entered the British Formula 3, where he came fifth in 2000 and fourth in 2001. After he had raced in various similar European series like the Euro Formula 3000, finishing third in 2003, he caught the attention of Minardi.

Formula 1

Bruni driving for Minardi during the 2004 British Grand Prix.

Bruni started testing for Minardi in 2003. However the biggest struggle of his career was finding enough sponsorship to compete for them in Formula 1 in 2004.

In fact Bruni did join Minardi for the 2004 Formula 1 season, though he struggled in a car which was considerably less developed than the rest of the grid. He was one of only two drivers to contest the majority of the season without scoring any points.

GP2 Series

In 2005 Bruni competed in the GP2 Series, the single-seater Championship which is part of the Formula 1 support package and which is intended to be its feeder series. He won Race 1 at Barcelona and took second at Monaco driving for Coloni. The Italian left the Team in September before the Monza weekend. Joining up with Durango, he started on pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and finished tenth in the Drivers' Classification.

In 2006 Bruni competed again in the GP2 Series, this time with the new Trident Racing squad. He scored two victories, the first at Imola and the second at Hockenheim. At the end of the season he was seventh in the Drivers' Classification.

GT competitions

Bruni driving in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

For 2007, he switched to the sportscar racing as he joined the FIA GT Championship with Team AF Corse MOTOROLA in a Ferrari 430 GT3. He and his teammate Stéphane Ortelli finished the season 2nd in the GT2 class with 3 wins.

After competing in the American Le Mans Series for Risi Competizione, Bruni shifted focus to Europe for 2011, teaming with Giancarlo Fisichella in an AF Corse Ferrari F458 Italia, winning the driver's and team's championship in the LM GTE Pro class of the Le Mans Series and helping win the team's championship in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Bruni finished 2nd at the Le Mans 24hrs and won the Petit Le Mans.

At the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, Bruni disqualified his car by attempting to shunt off the BMW M3 GT of Joey Hand on the last lap to help the sister car of Olivier Beretta to win the overall grand touring classification, though the BMW was in a different class and the car would not have classified anyway because it did not make 70% of the race leader's distance.

In the 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Bruni and the AF Corse Team scored first place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers Toni Vilander and Giancarlo Fisichella; their Ferrari 458 Italia covered a total of 336 laps (2,845.53 miles) of the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Bruni scored three wins and two second places at the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, so he won the GTE-Pro teams trophy and the GTE drivers and manufacturers cups.

In February 2017, Ferrari and Gianmaria Bruni announce that, by mutual consent, they have early terminated their relationship. After a collaboration started in 2007, Bruni will leave Ferrari at the end of June of this year. Bruni signed a contract with Porsche.

As a result of the contract termination settlement he sat out the first half of the 2017 racing season, making his Porsche debut in July at Watkins Glen. In 2018, he raced for Porsche in the WEC replacing Frédéric Makowiecki.

Racing record

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Pts
2003	Trust Minardi Cosworth	Minardi PS03	Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER TD	HUN TD	ITA TD	USA TD	JPN TD			–	–
2004	Wilux Minardi Cosworth	Minardi PS04B	Cosworth CR-3L 3.0 V10	AUS NC	MAL 14	BHR 17	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	MON Ret	EUR 14	CAN Ret	USA Ret	FRA 18†	GBR 16	GER 17							25th	0
	Minardi Cosworth															HUN 14	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	CHN Ret	JPN 16	BRA 17
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^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	Coloni Motorsport	IMO FEA 4	IMO SPR 4	CAT FEA 1	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 2	NÜR FEA 8	NÜR SPR Ret	MAG FEA 18	MAG SPR 11	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 11	HOC FEA NC	HOC SPR 14	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 8	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 9	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR					10th	35
	Durango																				SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 16	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 14
2006	Trident Racing	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 5	IMO FEA 1	IMO SPR Ret	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR 16	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 17	MON FEA Ret	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 15	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR Ret	HOC FEA 1	HOC SPR 6	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 8	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 15	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 9			7th	33
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Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2007	Virgo Motorsport	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	MNZ	VAL	NÜR	SPA	SIL 1	INT	12th	10
2008	Virgo Motorsport	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	CAT 1	MNZ Ret	SPA 1	NÜR 1	SIL		3rd	30
2009	JMW Motorsport	GT2	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	CAT 2	SPA 2	ALG 1	NÜR 9	SIL 1		2nd	35
2010	AF Corse	GT2	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0 L V8	LEC Ret	SPA 2	ALG 1	HUN	SIL 1		4th	50
2011	AF Corse	GTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	LEC 2	SPA 1	IMO 2	SIL 1	EST Ret		1st	60
2012	Pecom Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	LEC 7	DON	PET				14th	6
2018	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC	MNZ 5	RBR	SIL	SPA	ALG	12th	10
2021	WeatherTech Racing	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	CAT 2	RBR	LEC 4	MNZ 9	SPA	ALG 5	12th	43
2022	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	LEC 2	IMO Ret	MNZ 2	CAT 1	SPA 5	ALG 5	1st	82
2023	Proton Competition	LMP2 Pro-Am	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 6	LEC 6	ARA 5	SPA Ret	ALG	ALG	15th	26
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	SEB EX	SPA 2	LMS 1	SIL 1	SÃO 1	BHR	FUJ 2	SHA Ret		62nd	3
2013	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	SIL 5	SPA 1	LMS 5	SÃO 1	COA 2	FUJ 2	SHA 4	BHR 1		1st	145
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 4	SPA 1	LMS 1	COA 3	FUJ 1	SHA Ret	BHR 1	SÃO 4		1st	168
2015	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 4	LMS 4	NÜR 14	COA 7	FUJ 1	SHA 2	BHR 2		2nd	131.5
2016	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 2	SPA Ret	LMS Ret	NÜR 1	MEX 2	COA 2	FUJ 3	SHA 3	BHR 2	3rd	128
2018–19	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SPA 4	LMS 2	SIL DSQ	FUJ 5	SHA 2	SEB 1	SPA 8	LMS 2		3rd	131
2019–20	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SIL 1	FUJ 6	SHA 3	BHR 5	COA 8	SPA 5	LMS 9	BHR 2		7th	111
2021	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SPA 4	ALG 4	MNZ 3	LMS 3	BHR 2	BHR 4				3rd	111
2022	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEB 3	SPA 5	LMS 1	MNZ 5	FUJ 4	BHR 4				4th	125
2023	Proton Competition	Hypercar	Porsche 963	Porsche 4.6 L Turbo V8	SEB	ALG	SPA	LMS	MNZ Ret	FUJ 9	BHR 10			20th	4
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2008	Risi Competizione	Mika Salo Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	326	19th	1st
2009	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	317	26th	6th
2010	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	116	DNF	DNF
2011	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	314	13th	2nd
2012	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	336	17th	1st
2013	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	311	21st	6th
2014	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	339	13th	1st
2015	AF Corse	Giancarlo Fisichella Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Pro	330	25th	3rd
2016	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	179	DNF	DNF
2018	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	343	16th	2nd
2019	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	342	21st	2nd
2020	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	335	31st	5th
2021	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	343	23rd	4th
2022	Porsche GT Team	Richard Lietz Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	350	28th	1st
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	DAY 11	SEB 11	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	33rd	42
2015	AF Corse	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	DAY 10	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	27th	22
2016	SMP Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L V8	DAY 10	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	28th	22
2017	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	WGL 6	MOS 6	LIM 2	ELK 2	VIR 7	LGA 7	PET 5	10th	186
2018	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 6	SEB 3	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	15th	55
2021	WeatherTech Racing	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 6	SEB	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET	15th	280
2023	Proton Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 1†	SEB		LGA	WGL							NC†	0†
		GTP	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8			LBH			MOS	ELK 8	IMS 9	PET 3			15th	814
2024	Proton Competition Mustang Sampling	GTP	Porsche 963	Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8	DAY 5	SEB 8	LBH 5	LGA 10	DET 9	WGL 7	ELK 5	IMS 5	PET 6			9th	2372
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^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Risi Competizione	Olivier Beretta Giancarlo Fisichella Matteo Malucelli	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTLM	88	DNF	DNF
2015	AF Corse	Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTLM	211	DNF	DNF
2016	SMP Racing	Andrea Bertolini James Calado Viktor Shaytar	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTLM	557	DNF	DNF
2018	Porsche GT Team	Earl Bamber Laurens Vanthoor	Porsche 911 RSR	GTLM	774	17th	6th
2021	WeatherTech Racing	Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Cooper MacNeil	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTLM	760	17th	6th
2023	Proton Competition	James Allen Francesco Pizzi Fred Poordad	Oreca 07	LMP2	761	7th	1st
2024	Proton Competition Mustang Sampling	Romain Dumas Neel Jani Alessio Picariello	Porsche 963	GTP	791	5th	5th

External links

• Official website (Italian)