Diego Romanini (born 30 December 1978 in Pietrasanta) is an Italian auto racing driver. He has competed in the World Touring Car Championship and was the Austria Formula 3 Cup champion in 2001 and 2003.
| Diego Romanini | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 30 December 1978 Pietrasanta (Italy) |
| European Touring Car Cup career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Proteam Racing |
| Car number | TBA |
| Former teams | Maurer Motorsport |
| Starts | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 12th (S1600 class) in 2012 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2011 2010–11 2010–11 2009 2008 2008 2007 2006 2004 2003, 2005 2002 2002 2000–01, 2003 | Italian GT Championship Ferrari Challenge Italy Rolex Sports Car Series Superstars Series FIA GT Championship Euroseries 3000 International GT Open Eurocup Mégane Trophy WTCC Produktionswagen Meisterschaft Recaro Formel 3 Cup British F3 Championship French F3 Championship Austria Formula 3 Cup |
| Championship titles | |
| 2001, 2003 | Austria Formula 3 Cup |
Career
editAfter starting his career in karting, he first started circuit racing in 1998 with Italian Formula Renault, before racing in the Italian Formula Campus Series. In 2000 he competed in Austrian Formula Three, becoming champion in 2001. He spent one year in the British Formula 3 Championship, then returned to the Austrian series in 2003, where he regained his title. Also that year, he won the Centraleurop Formula Three Championship, and drove in the German Formula Three Championship. 2004 saw him first drive in Touring cars, with a season in the German Touring Car Challenge, finishing sixth on points. He competed in selected races in German Formula Three and the FIA GT Championship in 2005.
For 2006 he got a drive in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for the independent Wiechers-Sport Team, in a BMW 320i. He finished sixth in the Yokohama Independent Trophy, with a best placed race finish of thirteenth in round twelve at Puebla.
In 2008 Romanini raced in the International GT Open and selected rounds of the Euroseries 3000.[1]
In 2011 Diego Romanini raced 5 VLN races and the 24h race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the BMW 325i E92 from Motorsport Team Sorg Rennsport. He took 3 VLN and the 24h victory in class!
Romamini will drive for Proteam Racing from the second round of the 2013 European Touring Car Cup season in Slovakia in a BMW 320si with the option of joining the team for future WTCC events.[2]
Racing record
editComplete World Touring Car Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Wiechers-Sport | BMW 320i | ITA 1 20 |
ITA 2 24† |
FRA 1 27 |
FRA 2 22 |
GBR 1 15 |
GBR 2 Ret |
GER 1 22 |
GER 2 25† |
BRA 1 22 |
BRA 2 17 |
MEX 1 20 |
MEX 2 13 |
CZE 1 23 |
CZE 2 19 |
TUR 1 18 |
TUR 2 18 |
ESP 1 22 |
ESP 2 23 |
MAC 1 18 |
MAC 2 15 |
NC | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete International Superstars Series/EuroV8 Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | FR Competition | BMW 550i (E60) | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 Ret |
IMO 1 14 |
IMO 2 12 |
ALG 1 9 |
ALG 2 11 |
HOC 1 16 |
HOC 2 15 |
22nd | 10 | ||||||||
| CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | CPR 1 5 |
CPR 2 12 |
VAL 1 Ret |
VAL 2 Ret |
KYA 1 11 |
KYA 2 Ret |
|||||||||||||
| 2011 | MN Motorsport | Lexus IS-F | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
VNC 1 |
VNC 2 |
ALG 1 |
ALG 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 1 |
MIS 1 DNS |
MIS 2 DNS |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MUG 1 |
MUG 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
NC | 0 |
| 2013 | MRT by Nocentini | Lexus IS-F 500 | MNZ R1 |
MNZ R2 |
BRN R1 |
BRN R2 |
SVK R1 |
SVK R2 |
ZOL R1 |
ZOL R2 |
ALG R1 |
ALG R2 |
DON R1 9 |
DON R2 DNS |
IMO R1 |
IMO R2 |
VAL R1 |
VAL R2 |
31st | 3 |
| 2014 | CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | MNZ R1 13† |
MNZ R2 9 |
VAL R1 6 |
VAL R2 Ret |
MUG R1 4 |
MUG R2 Ret |
BRN R1 8 |
BRN R2 6 |
SAC 1 |
HOC 1 3 |
8th | 82 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete TCR International Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Proteam Racing | Ford Focus ST | MYS 1 DNS |
MYS 2 DNS |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
AUT 1 |
AUT 2 |
RUS 1 |
RUS 2 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 Ret |
SIN 1 |
SIN 2 |
THA 1 |
THA 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
NC | 0 |
References
edit- ^ http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/Diego-Romanini-,2058.html Career at Speedsport Magazine.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (10 April 2013). "Diego Romanini to join the grid at Slovakia". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
External links
edit- Official website
- Diego Romanini career summary at DriverDB.com