Giuseppe Rainieri

Giuseppe Rainieri 250px Nationality Italian Year Joined 2013 First Race 2013 Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix Series Entered Superleague, Supercup, International Touring Cup Current Team(s) Kernow Sport Championships {{{Championships}}} Wins {{{Wins}}} Podiums {{{Podiums}}} Poles {{{Poles}}} Fastest Laps {{{Fastest Laps}}}

Superleague Career (up to June 2014) Debut Year 2013 Associated Teams Nijo Racing, Midnight Motorsports, Kernow Sport Races 10 Championships 0 Race Wins 2 Podium Finishes 6 Pole positions 3 Fastest laps 5 First Race 2013 Italian Grand Prix

Superleague Career (up to 2013) Debut Year 2013 Associated Teams Scuderia Basilea Races 15 Championships 1 (2013) Race Wins 8 Podium Finishes 13 Pole positions 6 Fastest laps 9 First Race 2013 Supercup Hungarian Grand Prix

International Touring Cup Career (up to June 2014) Debut Year 2014 Associated Teams CSG Racing Races 3 Championships 0 Race Wins 0 Podium Finishes 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First Race 2014 Bahrain Touring Cup

Giuseppe Rainieri is an Italian simracer currently competing in the Superleague and is also the reigning Supercup champion. He currently drives for Kernow Sport, having started the season for Midnight Motorsport.

GPVWC career

Rainieri joined the GPVWC after the start of the 2013 season but immediately took the series by force. Finishing on the podium in Spain at only his second race, Rainieri went on to win at his 6th race in Turkey; from that point one the Italian went on to win all but two of the remaining rounds; the two he missed out on he finished second in.

Rainieri therefore took the driver's championship with 298 points to Oscar Hardwick's 267.

For 2014 Rainieri moved up into the Superleague, full-time, having previously made a one-off appearance for Nijo Racing at the 2013 Italian Grand Prix, in which he finished second. Amid much excitement, Rainieri was signed by reigning Superleague Constructors' champions Midnight Motorsport as their #2 driver. When reigning champion driver Lukas Euler withdrew from competing, Rainieri was effectively promoted to team-leader.

In the first few races, Rainieri was right on the pace, finishing third at Australia right behind David Fidock of CSG Racing. Rainieri followed this by a 4th and another 3rd-place finish before finally winning his first Superleague race at China in a race where he also took pole and fastest lap. Rainieri then repeated this success at Spain and looked set to be the main driver taking the fight to the two otherwise-dominant CSG drivers, Fidock and Lewis Redshaw. Following Spain, Rainieri was only two points off the lead of the championship, but then suffered a double retirement at Monaco and Canada, the latter of which saw him suffer a catastrophic disconnection when he looked on the verge of challenging CSG once again.

Worse was to follow however, when at the following round at Austria, Rainieri, who was leading at the time with around 11 laps to go, was deemed to have forced Redshaw clean off the road whilst trying to defend his position. Rainieri went on to win the race, but was subsequently handed a 5-second post-race penalty which saw his victory handed to Redshaw instead, much to Rainieri's anger. This led to an unpleasant exchange of views within the team and resulted in Rainieri leaving Midnight.

Rainieri, his undoubted skills as a driver still very much in demand, found a seat at Kernow Sport for the subsequent round at Silverstone. However, now in an inferior car, his quest for the driver's crown now looks much more difficult.

Racing Career Results

Supercup

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

Year	Team	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2013	Scuderia Basilea	SC-013	AUS	MYS	AUT	HUN 10	ESP 3	MON Ret	CAN 2	KOR 3	TUR 1	GBR 1	ITA 1	BEL 1	FRA 1	GER 1	USA 1	UAE 2	JPN 2	BRA 1	1st	298

Superleague

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2013	Nijo Racing	Nijo NR-13	Trinity TRIN001	AUS	MYS	AUT	HUN	ESP	MON	CAN	KOR	TUR	GBR	ITA 2	BEL	FRA	GER	USA	UAE	JPN	BRA	21st	20
2014	Simcraft Midnight Motorsport	Midnight MM-04	Potentia PGE-02	AUS 3	MYS 4	BAH 3	CHN 1	ESP 1	MON Ret	CAN Ret	AUT 2											3rd*	121*
	Kernow Sport	Kernow MW3	Krevder SA14									GBR 10	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	USA	UAE	JPN	BRA

* Season in progress

International Touring Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	WDC	Points
2014	CSG Racing	Mercedes C200	BAH 1 34	BAH 2 29	BAH 3 31	NZL 1	NZL 2	NZL 3	AUS 1	AUS 2	AUS 3	RUS 1	RUS 2	RUS 3	AUT 1	AUT 2	AUT 3	GBR 1	GBR 2	GBR 3	GER 1	GER 2	GER 3	CZE 1	CZE 2	CZE 3	ITA 1	ITA 2	ITA 3	USA 1	USA 2	USA 3	JPN 1	JPN 2	JPN 3	BRA 1	BRA 2	BRA 3	NC*	0*

* Season in progress