Nicolas Hülkenberg (] , born 19 August 1987) is a German professional racing driver currently racing for the Renault Sport F1 Team.
 In 2015, he also contested in two rounds of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season for Porsche, winning the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in his first attempt.
 He was the 2009 champion of the GP2 Series, and is a previous champion of both the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1 Grand Prix, as part of A1 Team Germany.
 He is one of three drivers since 2005 to win the GP2 series championship in his debut season, the others being Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
 s of September 2017 , Hülkenberg holds the record for the most Formula One career starts without a podium finish, a record he broke when he failed to finish in his 129th race (the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix) and in so doing passed Adrian Sutil's previous record of 128.
James Rossiter (born 25 August 1983) is a professional racing driver from England.
 He is currently driving for TOM'S in Super GT and in Super Formula.
 Previously he was an F1 test driver for the Honda, Super Aguri and Force India Formula One teams.
 He has participated in karting, Formula Renault, British Formula 3 and Formula 3 Euro Series.
 His father, Jeremy, was also a racing driver.
The 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the sixth championship year of Europe’s premier Formula Three series.
 The season was dominated by 21-year-old German Nico Hülkenberg, who won seven of the season's ten feature races amassing 76 of his total of 85 championship points on Saturday afternoons.
 He won the championship by 35.5 points from early frontrunner Edoardo Mortara as the 2007's rookie cup winner's season somewhat tailed off after the Norisring, scoring just 9.5 points in the final twelve races compared to Hülkenberg's 60.
 Jules Bianchi's strong finish to the season, including a win in the final race at Hockenheim and coupled with Renger van der Zande's fifth place and Mika Mäki's ninth place, it allowed the 2008 Ultimate Masters winner to finish third in the championship, a point ahead of both van der Zande and Mäki.
Stefano Proetto (born March 8, 1985 in Gräfelfing, Bavaria, Germany) is an Italian racing driver.
 He has competed in such series as Formula Renault 3.5 Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup.
 He won the race at Germany's Norisring on the way to finishing fifth overall in the 2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season.
The 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the eighth championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series.
 It began on 10 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 17 October at Hockenheim after eighteen races at nine meetings.
 Grids for the 2010 season were substantially down on the previous season; with a maximum of sixteen drivers taking part in any of the season's meetings, after teams Manor Motorsport, SG Formula, Carlin Motorsport, HBR Motorsport and Kolles & Heinz Union all pulled out to focus on other series.
The 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the seventh championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series.
 The series consisted of ten double-header meetings beginning at Hockenheim on 16 May and ending at the same venue on 25 October.
 Jules Bianchi claimed the title for ART Grand Prix, winning his eighth race of the season at Dijon-Prenois.
The 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the ninth championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series.
 It began on 2 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and finished on 23 October at Hockenheim after 21 races at nine meetings.
Edoardo Mortara (born 12 January 1987) is a professional Italian racing driver.
 He is a former Formula Three Euroseries champion and one of two drivers in the Formula Three era to win the prestigious Macau Grand Prix twice having achieved back-to-back victories in 2009 and 2010.
 Born in Geneva, Switzerland, he holds dual nationality from France and Italy.
Jo Zeller (born 17 July 1955 in Männedorf) is a Swiss racing driver.
 He has raced in such series as Austria Formula 3 Cup and is a twelve-time Swiss Formula Three champion.
 In the early 1990s, he set up his own racing team, Jo Zeller Racing, which has raced in series such as Formula 3 Euro Series, Formula Lista Junior, Austria Formula 3 Cup and the German Formula Three Championship.
The 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the tenth and the last championship year of the Formula 3 Euro Series.

Question: What is the birth date of this professional Italian racing driver, who was bested by 35.5 points to lose the 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series championship?
Answer: 12 January 1987