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Alexandre Imperatori
Imperatori atFuji Speedway in 2012
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (age 38) Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia career
Debut season	2011
Current team	PICC Team Starchase
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	99
Starts	19
Wins	14
Poles	5
Fastest laps	10
Best finish	1 in 2012
Previous series
2012,2011 2011 2007–08,2008–09 2010,2009,2008 2007,2006	Super GT Formula Nippon A1 Grand Prix All-Japan Formula Three Championship Asian Formula Renault Challenge
Championship titles
2012 2006 2000	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia China Formula Renault Challenge French Junior Karting Championship

Alexandre Emmanuel Imperatori (born 19 April 1987 inChâtel-Saint-Denis) is aSwiss racing driver who lives inShanghai, China.

Imperatori startedkart racing at the age of four in Spain. He raced karting in Spain and Germany and France until 2002. He was the France Junior Champion in 2000 and also competed in the European Championship in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

In 2003, Imperatori moved to single seater by reaching the final of the Mygale scholarship program. From 2004 to 2007, he competed in the 2006 and 2007Asian Formula Renault Challenge and came 1st runner-up. He was also the 2006 China Formula Renault Challenge Champion, which earned him a test from Renault Sport in theWorld Series by Renault.

From December 2007, he joined the Swiss team in theA1 Grand Prix as rookie driver and together with the team won the 2007-2008 championship and came second in the 2008-2009 season.

From 2008 to 2010, Imperatori was competing in theAll-Japan Formula Three Championship. In 2008, he came second in the National Class before achieving 3rd rank in 2009. In 2010, he stepped up to the Championship class with TODA Racing and using the single HONDA power unit of the grid, came 5th in the championship. In 2010, Imperatori finished his season with a good performance in theMacau Grand Prix by coming 12th after starting 26th on the grid due to a brake failure in the qualification race.

In 2011, Imperatori stepped up toFormula Nippon, the highest level of single-seater racing in Japan.

In 2011, Imperatori also started becoming involved in GT racing. He replaced Christian Menzel at Team Starchase in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and had a successful season by winning 8 of the 10 races he entered. He finished 3rd in the championship after missing the two races in Singapore due to conflicting racing commitments.

Besides, the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and Formula Nippon, Imperatori was also competing in the GT300 class ofSuper GT in 2011 with theLexus IS350 GT300 of SG Changi Racing. Together with teammate Orime, he won at Sugo and climbed on the podium two more times at Fuji and Autopolis.

Imperatori finished the 2011 season with a win in the GTC category at the ILMC6 Hours of Zhuhai for Audi Sport C Racing China.

Imperatori won the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Championship.

From 2014 to 2021, Imperatori completed Nürburgring 24 Hours with Falken Motorsports(2014-2019) and KCMG(2020-2021), and finished with a 3rd place in 2015.

In 2013, Imperatori was named as the lead driver for the new endurance racing project fromHong Kong-basedKC Motorgroup Ltd (KCMG) which saw him drive aMorgan LMP2 -Nissan atSilverstone andLe Mans.^[1] Imperatori was back with KCMG for the2014 WEC season^[2] taking part in all but two races behind the wheel of anOreca 03R-Nissan, winning LMP2 class atBahrain andSão Paulo.

On 25 March 2015 it was announced that Imperatori had signed with the SwissRebellion Racing LMP1 squad for the 2015WEC season where he piloted the team's second car along withDominik Kraihamer andDaniel Abt.^[3]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	KCMG	Matthew Howson Ho-Pin Tung	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	241	DNF	DNF
2014	KCMG	Matthew Howson Richard Bradley	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	87	DNF	DNF
2015	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Daniel Abt	Rebellion R-One-AER	LMP1	336	18th	9th
2016	Rebellion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Mathéo Tuscher	Rebellion R-One-AER	LMP1	200	DNF	DNF

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

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