▁ ▁GP ▁Racing ▁GP ▁Racing ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁by ▁Tan cre di ▁P ag iar o ▁to ▁comp ete ▁in ▁the ▁Italian ▁Formula ▁Three ▁Championship . ▁The ▁team ▁then ▁deb uted ▁in ▁the ▁FI A ▁International ▁Formula ▁ 3 0 0 0 ▁championship ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁with ▁French ▁driver , ▁C yr ille ▁Sau v age , ▁only ▁man aging ▁two ▁points . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁they ▁expanded ▁to ▁two ▁cars ▁with ▁Italian , ▁Fab riz io ▁Gol lin ▁in ▁one ▁car ▁and ▁Giovanni ▁Mont an ari , ▁Gast ón ▁M azz ac ane ▁and ▁Laurent ▁Del ah aye ▁sharing ▁the ▁second . ▁However ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁drivers ▁managed ▁to ▁score ▁points ▁ ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁GP ▁Racing ▁entered ▁the ▁Italian ▁F 3 0 0 0 ▁with ▁just ▁a ▁single ▁car ▁driven ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Bi agi . ▁Despite ▁only ▁compet ing ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁ 3 ▁races , ▁Bi agi ▁scored ▁enough ▁points ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁season ▁ 4 th ▁in ▁points . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Swiss ▁driver ▁Gab rie le ▁Gard el ▁joined ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁a ▁second ▁car ▁alongside ▁Bi agi . ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁somewhat ▁disappoint ing ▁season ▁with ▁Bi agi ▁only ▁ending ▁the ▁season ▁ 5 th ▁with ▁Gard el ▁failing ▁to ▁score . ▁GP ▁Racing ▁came ▁ 6 th ▁in ▁the ▁teams ▁championship . ▁Both ▁Bi agi ▁and ▁Gard el ▁continued ▁with ▁the ▁team ▁in