Fabio Babini

Fabio Babini
Babini during the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1969-11-03) 3 November 1969 Faenza, Italy
Categorisation	FIA Platinum (until 2016) FIA Gold (2017–2025) FIA Silver (2026–)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2000 – 2001, 2003, 2006 – 2009. 2018
Teams	Haberthur Racing, Seikel Motorsport, JMB Racing, BMS Scuderia Italia
Best finish	6th (2001)
Class wins	1 (2001)

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

Babini's No. 100 Aston Martin DBR9 during the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans

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	Pos.	Pts
1999	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT2	GT	MNZ Ret	SIL	HOC	HUN	ZOL	OSC	DON	HMS	WGL	ZHU		NC	0
2000	Haberthur Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	N-GT	VAL	EST	MNZ Ret	SIL	HUN	ZOL	A1R	LAU	BRN	MAG		NC	0
2001	ART Engineering	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	N-GT	MNZ 4	BRN 9	MAG Ret	SIL 2	ZOL 1	HUN 3	SPA 5	A1R 7	NÜR Ret	JAR 3	EST 5	6th	33
2002	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT	MAG Ret	SIL 1	BRN 5	JAR 11	AND Ret	OSC 3	SPA 4	PER 3	DON 3	EST 6		6th	33
2003	JMB Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello	GT	CAT Ret	MAG Ret	PER Ret	BRN Ret	DON 10	SPA Ret	AND 8	OSC DNS	EST 1	MNZ 4		8th	25
2004	GPC Giesse Squadra Corse	Ferrari 575 GTC	GT	MNZ 3	VAL Ret	MAG 6	HOC 6	BRN 4	DON 3	SPA 2	IMO 5	OSC 7	DUB 5	ZHU 8	4th	51
2005	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12 GT1	GT1	MNZ 3	MAG 3	SIL 1	IMO 3	BRN Ret	SPA Ret	OSC 1	IST 2	ZHU 4	DUB 5	BHR 9	4th	63
2006	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	SIL 3	BRN 3	OSC 5	SPA 4	LEC 5	DIJ 6	MUG 5	HUN 3	ADR 4	DUB 4		6th	51
2007	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	ZHU 4	SIL 7	BUC 7	MNZ 6	OSC 3	SPA Ret	ADR 3	BRN 11	NOG 4	ZOL Ret		8th	30
2008	Scuderia Ecosse	Ferrari F430 GTC	GT2	SIL 10	MNZ 4	ADR 4	OSC 10	SPA 8	BUC1 7	BUC1 4	BRN 8	NOG 6	ZOL 8	SAN 7	12th	24.5
2009	BMS Scuderia Italia	Ferrari F430 GTC	GT2	SIL	ADR	OSC	SPA Ret	HUN	POR	LEC	ZOL				NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Babini's No. 97 Ferrari F430 GT2 during the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans

Babini at the wheel of a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 at Monza in 2016

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2000	Haberthur Racing	Gabrio Rosa Michele Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT	310	DNF	DNF
2001	Seikel Motorsport	Gabrio Rosa Luca Drudi	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	283	6th	1st
2003	JMB Racing	David Terrien Fabrizio de Simone	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	GT	273	25th	7th
2006	BMS Scuderia Italia	Fabrizio Gollin Christian Pescatori	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	3	DNF	DNF
2007	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Jamie Davies Matteo Malucelli	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	336	11th	6th
2008	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	318	22nd	2nd
2009	BMS Scuderia Italia	Matteo Malucelli Paolo Ruberti	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	327	19th	2nd
2018	Ebimotors	Christina Nielsen Erik Maris	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Am	332	31st	6th
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External links

• Fia GT – Fabio Babini