Adriano de Micheli

Adriano de Micheli (born June 20, 1975) is an Italian auto racing driver.

Adriano De Micheli
Born (1975-06-20) 20 June 1975
Genova, Italy
Nationality Italian

Personal life

Adriano De Micheli was born on June 20, 1975. After receiving his high school diploma he went on to study Economics at the University of Genova before dedicating himself full-time to the automobile world. In over 10 years he participated in more than 100 races, taking 27 pole positions, 44 podiums and 26 victories.

Career

de Micheli competed in the Italian Super Touring Championship in 1999 with a Peugeot, winning the championship. He also participated in the Italian Super Production Championship between 2000 and 2004, winning the championship in 2004 in an Alfa Romeo 147.[1]

He was class winner in the 24 hour race in Spa and Nurburgring and in 2005 he raced a Honda Accord for JAS Motorsport in the World Touring Car Championship.,[1] where he had two wins amongst the “Independents”.

Adriano De Micheli driving the Honda Accord in the World Touring Car Championship 2005

In parallel to his racing career, in 1999 de Micheli began working as an instructor at the official Ferrari, Maserati and Alfa Romeo schools. He then continued to evolve in his teaching career representing the Ferrari and Maserati schools in various worldwide locations and directing various prestigious courses and receiving the prestigious “Best Instructor” award in 2006.

In 2012 he opened Dream Racing an Exotic car driving experience based within the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(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
2005 JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R ITA
1
21		 ITA
2
14		 FRA
1
22		 FRA
2
21		 GBR
1
20		 GBR
2
15		 SMR
1
Ret		 SMR
2
DNS		 MEX
1
DNS		 MEX
2
DNS		 BEL
1		 BEL
2		 GER
1
15		 GER
2
18		 TUR
1
15		 TUR
2
16		 ESP
1
11		 ESP
2
19		 MAC
1
15		 MAC
2
Ret		 NC 0

References
  1. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/960/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Salvatore Tavano		 Italian Touring Car Champion
2004		 Succeeded by
Alessandro Zanardi
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