General Information:

• Date Of Birth: 05/10/1992

• Age 26 years

• Born: Bristol

• Lives: Bristol

• Height: 178cm (5 foot 10)

• Weight: 80 KG

• Favourite Circuit: Spa, Belgium

Race Stats:

• Races entered: 190

• Wins: 29

• Podiums: 78

• Pole Positions: 22

• Fastest Laps: 30

• Race Win Percentage: 15.3%

• Podium Percentage: 41.1%

Fun Facts:

• Dino enjoys playing the piano in his spare time, despite never having any lessons.

• He achieved 4 A*, 5 A’s and 1 C grade in his GCSEs.

• Dino went to school at QEH Bristol – the same school as Bristol City player Joe Bryan and Bristol City director Jon Lansdown.

• Dino’s favourite sport other than racing is tennis.

• He plays in a weekly 5-a side football competition in Bristol with his friends.

• Dino can speak 3 languages fluently: English, French and Italian. He also speaks some Spanish.

• His favourite animal is a cat and he has two of them.

• On the weekends, when he’s not racing, Dino enjoys watching Bristol City Football Club play at the Ashton Gate stadium in Bristol.

• Dino’s Father is Italian and his Mother English. He has spent more time in England in his life, but admits to feeling a ‘connection’ with Italy, having spent 7 years on the French/Italian border, and racing in Italy for 3 of those years.

• Dino’s favourite quote is: ‘It’s Hard to Beat Somebody Who Never Gives Up’ – and is painted onto the back of his racing helmet.

"2012 was a tough year but it was a solid first year in European racing. I naturally expected a lot more from myself, more challenges for podiums and potential wins. However, I couldn't be too upset with one the one day of testing pre season. The car was a lot different to the Formula Renault BARC, so whilst it was tough, it was a solid start."

"What Formula 2 did allow me to do, was start to work off track commercially and pick up some sponsors. I started getting some profile and building the social media platforms - all of which allowed me to move up into the GP3 Series for the following year."

2013 GP3 Series - 18th

It was to be another character building year in 2013 as the move up to GP3 proved to be a difficult one. With the competition being some of, if not the best junior challengers all aiming for Formula 1, Zamparelli would have to take the year as a learning one. There were opportunities to take podiums and wins but rookie errors from both the driver and team, and luck would desert him. Several top 10 finishes did occur and qualifying in 7th at the Spanish round was the highlight out of 27 drivers.

Despite a tough year on track, Zamparelli would continue to work on the commercial  side of racing and learn crucial points for the following years.

2014 GP3 Series - 7th

2014 allowed Zamparelli to return to the GP3 Series and showcase immediately his underlying pace. With 6 podiums overall in 9 events, 1 fastest lap and finishing 7th overall out of 24 drivers, Zamparelli was pleased to have a strong year. With the top 8 drivers being really close, it was to be a year of what ifs potentially by the end. 

At the season's end, Zamparelli was invited to test a GP2 car at the Abu Dhabi circuit and impressed with posting 7th fastest lap out of 24 experienced drivers. However, this was to be the last action in a single seater as for 2015, the 22 year old would move into sports car racing.

"2014 was a good year for me and I can look back and be proud of what we achieved. It wasn't an amazing year because we weren't quite able to win a GP3 race, but with four second places and two third places, it was a season of more great memories than not."

"We were in 2nd place in Russia as well, which would have secured a top 3 place overall, but it didn't materialise and we lost all the points. Nonetheless, I loved my last year of single seaters and I learned a great deal with an amazing racing team who have run some great drivers."

"I tested a GP2 car straight after my last GP3 race and I think I did a great job by ending up 7th overall against way more experienced guys. So I have fond memories of 2014."

2015 Porsche Carrera Cup - 6th

In his debut year, Zamparelli was expecting to be competing in the Top 3 despite no previous sports car experience. Pre season pace was positive but the races were not spectacular. With no particular result to write home about, after 6 rounds out of 8, Zamparelli moved teams and decided another car/team would help him show his pace more. There was an instant reward when he turned up at round 7 at Silverstone with his new team, GT Marques, and claimed two wins and a new lap record. Round 8 was positive with a brace of podiums and another fastest lap, further underlying the potential of top 3 in the right car, despite it being the first year in sports car racing.

"2016 I worked really hard to get lots of sponsors and partners on board my journey. We had a lot of fun, won some races, got lots of podiums and finished up as vice champion. Obviously I wanted to go and win, and I feel half way through the championship we had the pace and the car to go and win. Indeed we were only 3 points off at the half way point. However, we endured some issues with the set up of the car, of which we never recovered from, and so I never got a win or a fastest lap after the half way point. In other words, we just couldn't compete as fast or as much as we did in the first part of the season.

"However, that's life, I thanked the team for their efforts and moved teams for 2017. I have a strong feeling for 2017 and we'll be looking to continue our form all year."

2017 Porsche Carrera Cup - 2nd (tied with Champion)

2017 saw the return for the third time to the Porsche Carrera Cup Championship with the JTR Race Team, headed by Le Mans Winner Nick Tandy. It was a brand new Porsche outfit and small team mistake at the start of the campaign at Donington Park Round 3, saw Zamparelli's 2nd place taken away due to a technical infringement, which would ultimately prove to be the difference in winning and not winning the title in 2017.
 

3 victories, 12 podiums out of 14 races, 1 pole position and 2 fastest laps was the return from 2017, and would see Zamparelli claim 2nd place overall, tied on points with the eventual champion Charlie Eastwood. It was then decided on count-back of wins, and with Eastwood claiming 4 to Zamparelli's 3, the crown would be handed to Eastwood in a dramatic last race encounter. 

"It was an amazing year - so many good memories from it. It's definitely up there as my best year to date in my career. The highlight came at Le Mans when I claimed Carrera Cup GB pole, which was 2nd overall out of 60 cars and then went on to finish 2nd in the race. I led the race at the start and it was just such an amazing experience. Winning both races at Silverstone in front of 100 of my sponsors and partners, was also amazing.

Of course it was gutting not to win the title; and there are points you can look at in the season which cost us a lot of points. But we can hold our heads up high for a spectacular season with lots of good moments. A big thank you to the team and Nick Tandy for a great season."

2018 - Porsche Carrera Cup - 2nd

2018 saw Zamparelli return to the Porsche Carrera Cup Championship and into his fourth consecutive season. Having finished twice as runner up in previous seasons, the Bristol racer was keen to go one better. A strong season was in store as a switch to Redline Racing (team champions) would make Zamparelli a consistent race winner and podium sitter once again. Unfortunately, luck was not on the 25 year olds side in 2019, as a radiator issue causing a DNF for Round 5 whilst in 2nd place, and a spin out on some oil for the penultimate round whilst leading the race, meant that the Nationwide car of Zamparelli would finish 2nd place overall and 2 points behind the Champion.

4 wins, 10 podiums, 5 fastest laps and 2 pole positions was not enough to take the title, despite his rival only scoring one win…2 DNF’s would hurt the season.

“It’s a great shame really. The season was super strong and with the introduction of the reverse grid for race 2, it meant that any DNF in race 1 was twice as punishing compared to previous years. Oulton was so silly. A loose bollard speared into my radiator whilst in 2nd and that meant we lost a whole chunk of points. We were still leading the championship going into the final race weekend at Brands, and all I really had to do was finish. I was leading going into lap 5 or 6 and as we know, some oil or coolant was put down from a backmarker and off I went.”

“Sometimes it goes like that. I recovered to 13th and then in race 2 I recovered from 13th to 5th but it was not enough, 2 points was the gap in the end. However, I look back on a hugely successful season and great year with sponsors and the team. My time in Carrera Cup is almost certainly done. Close but no cigar.”