Dino's Profile

Dino Zamparelli was born in 1992 and attended The Downs School in Bristol between the ages of three and seven. He started go-karting at the early age of five, encouraged by his father, Mike Zamparelli, who was a very successful Formula One Powerboat racer from 1986 until 1996. So there is plenty of inherited speed in the Italian/English family genes.

At the age of seven Dino went with his family to live in the South of France. During this period he carried on Kart racing in the category Minime aged 9, moving up to Junior category for one year, before progressing on to racing Karts in Italy (JICA Series).

Dino then raced in the Stars of Tomorrow Series and the JICA Super 1 Series, getting regular top ten finishes. Even at this early age he already had many race wins under his belt.

Dino attended the Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Boys School from 2006 until 2010. It was here that he took and passed all of his GCSE exams, gaining four A*, five A's and a C grade.

Dino's ambition has always been to be a Formula One Grand Prix racing driver, and with his early racing pedigree and fluency in four languages (english, italian, french and spanish), he certainly has all the markings of making it to the very top in motor sport.

Dino moved from driving karts to cars when he joined the Ginetta Championship Junior Series. This Series was introduced in 2003 for racers aged 14 – 16 years old as a natural progression route from kart racing.

Dino's former engineer and the team boss, Stef Matuszak says it all: 'He shows great promise. To come in and race a car like you have been racing for years is a fantastic achievement. I was impressed by his pure racing talent and the will to win. Which no doubt he will be doing regularly in 2008'.

In 2008 Dino proved just that and was the 2008 Ginetta Junior Champion with 10 wins, 4 second places and 1 third place. He achieved 8 pole positions and 9 fastest laps, setting numerous lap records as well.

In 2009, at the age of sixteen, Dino moved into single seaters. He competed in the Formula Renault BARC Championship with MTECH racing. In his debut season, Dino impressed many who watched by winning 3 races. He also achieved 4 second places and 2 third places, ending the season in 3rd position overall. He also had 3 pole positions and 1 fastest lap.