Raimondo Abbondanzieri

Abbondanzieri at the start of his test driver duties

Raimondo Abbondanzieri is an Italian driver currently employed as a test and reserve driver for Motor Racing Developments Brabham in MMS F1 Season 5. He currently looks to make his MMS race debut, the promising 20-year-old Italian has been widely praised by critics for his calm-mindedness and his composure when under the steering wheel, his junior career statistics in his home continent has made the Italian one of the talents to watch, as he looks to cement his place into one of the 3 open-wheel championships in MMS

## Early Life and Education

*See also: Murder of Donatella Mazzanti*

Raimondo was born in the small town of Porto Cesareo in Italy, his father was Silvano Abbondanzieri; the Prime Minister of Italy at the time of his birth, conceived from a one-night-stand. He was brought up by his mother, Donatella Mazzanti in his hometown, at the age of 11 when his racing talents were beginning to show and the Italian motorsport scene were taking note, he was forcibly moved to Milan, Italy to live with his father, who was now no longer Prime Minister, he moved due to the murder of his mother in Lecce, the Sacra Corona Unita mafia admitted responsibility however they pinpointed their orders were taken from a government official. The police investigation regarding the murder is still ongoing, continuously halted by bribery from undisclosed government officials, his father, the police themselves and mafia members of the SCU. The case regarding the murder has increased in Europe popularity due to Raimondo’s performances with even the European Union starting their own investigation of the murder

## Junior Racing Career

### Italian Karting Championship

Raimondo start competing in the junior categories of the Italian Karting Championship at the young age of 8, he showed much promise against the field who were all nearly twice as old as the Sicilian. He achieved 4 race wins in his debut season, his dedication towards towards the Italian motorsport scene and from his dad, who by the age of 10 was an ever-growing figure to his life after neglecting him for the first 10 years because apparently he didn’t fit the “Abbondanzieri” name. After having his legal and racing name changed from Mazzanti to Abbondanzieri immediately after his mother’s passing. His dominance still continued, winning the Junior Championship at the age of 11 by a substantial margin. Little did he know where he would end up next.

### Russian Karting Championship

An agreement made by his father and a group of oligarchs based in St. Petersburg saw Raimondo’s racing career sealed, on the strict condition that he must compete in the agreeing parties’ home countries’ Karting championship. Annoyed but accepted, he competed in the RKC’s main championship, his dominant display in the first two races pleased his father but annoyed the Russians, in a private discussion between them, Raimondo’s incredible form suddenly dipped being in P1 down to P22, skeptics argue that this might be on the request of his father, or the oligarchs or if his talent was quickly fainting. He somewhat manage to salvage his season in the remaining races to finish 4th in the championship behind 3 Russian Natives. Worried about his future career, unsure if this was the right path. He mentioned this to his father and he said that it won’t happen again.

### International Karting Championship

With now newfound backing towards his racing career in the form of Russian Investment Consortium of St. Petersburg (also known as ICSP). He miraculously qualified and allowed into the pinnacle of junior karting at the age of 13, mainly from riding off the coattails of his dominant Italian Karting performances, while he was already a talented driver, his sudden backing allowed him to completely destroy the rest of the field, being on average, 7 seconds faster a lap than the rest, unsurprisingly, he won the junior championship, winning all but no-showing the last race. Immediately, debates sprung around regarding mechanical cheating from Raimondo’s team, the governing body refused to investigate, inciting that Raimondo was just too quick compared to everyone else. Amazed from their words, researchers conducted that at that rate, he might reach into a primary open wheel seat by the age of 17 if he was that fast. He wouldn’t defend his crown the next season, instead forced to race in a higher class but this time in another country…

### American Racing Series (Indy Lights)

After a standstill racing the year before, competing in Britain, Spain and France respectively, encouraged by his father and a new group of millionaires this time based in New York, Chicago and Atlanta. His career once again took an unprecedented move in father of his father than his own gains. The new CART feeder series; American Racing Series, recently started and Raimondo Abbondanzieri became one of the biggest stars to watch in the American motorsport scene, in his first two races, he started with a pole and race win at the beginning, then behind the scenes, his father juggled between the two groups of investors, without letting them know that another investor group is involved in Raimondo’s career. To satisfy his new American stakeholders, his performances once again dipped in recent forms, which annoyed the young Italian, he finished 2nd and was eligible to continue onto the CART series, however after a test run in Chicagoland Speedway indicated his end towards his American Open Wheel progress…

### European Formula 3000 Championship

Abbondanzieri posing for a KOOL advertisement, this would later gain criticism as he was only 15 at the time of the photoshootMarch-88P in the Team Green livery. This was the car Abbondanzieri tested in Chicagoland before rejecting a full contract with the team.