Il Barone Rampante

Il Barone Rampante (Benetton Junior) was a Formula 3000 team, created br Giuseppe Cipriani.

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The team runned at International Formula 3000 from 1991 to 1993 with drivers like Alessandro Zanardi (vice-champion in 1991), Rubens Barrichello (third in 1992), Andrea Montermini (vice-champion in 1992), Jan Lammers, Max Angeleli and Pedro Chaves.

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The team never win a title. Its better results was two second places by Zanardi in 1991 and Montermini in 1992. The team left the races with no money.

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They tried to join Formula One as a "Benetton Two" in 1992, through the trying to buy Fondmetal and Tyrrell, with no success.

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