Andrea Piccini

Andrea Piccini (born 12 December 1978 in Sansepolcro) is an Italian racing driver, currently competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Hexis AMR.[1]

Andrea Piccini
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1978-12-12) 12 December 1978 Sansepolcro, Italy
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Hexis AMR
Car number	4
Starts	9
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2010
Previous series
1999-2001 2003-08 2004, 09-10 2006 2009 2010	International Formula 3000 FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series International GT Open French GT Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2006, 2008 - 2009 Teams Aston Martin Racing, Racing Box Best finish 6th (2006) Class wins 0

Single Seaters

Piccini began his single seater career in 1994, when he began competing in go-kart races. In 1997, he started competing in Formula Opel Europe. He finished third in the 1998 standings. He went on to race in International Formula 3000 in 1999 up until 2001, picking up only six points in the three seasons. In 2001, he was signed as a test driver for the European Minardi Formula One.

Sports Cars

After a disappointing single-seater career, he went on to race in sports car racing. In 2003, he was signed by Lister Racing to compete in the FIA GT Championship. He picked up three podiums for the team along with Swiss co-driver Jean-Denis Délétraz. He was signed by Aston Martin Racing in 2006 who wanted to race their new GT1-spec DBR9. He raced two rounds of the American Le Mans Series, scoring in one of those events, being round five. He then went on to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished second in the GT1 class with teammates Tomáš Enge and Darren Turner. He reunited with his 2003 FIA GT teammate Jean-Denis Délétraz for the 2006 season. They raced for Phoenix Racing who ran a DBR9. Piccini finished third in the championship, taking a win at the final round of the season.

Piccini driving a Lola B08/80-Judd at the 2010 1000 km of Spa.

2007 was a slightly quieter year for Piccini, he did not race at Le Mans or in ALMS but did contest the FIA GT, this time for Scuderia Playteam who ran a Maserati MC12 GT1. His teammate was reigning FIA GT co-champion Andrea Bertolini. The pair finished fifth place with only one win during the season. In 2008, Piccini raced six of the ten rounds of the FIA GT Championship, four races in the GT1 class for RBlmmo Racing and two in the GT2 class for CR Scuderia Racing. He did not earn a point for RBlmmo Racing but finished in good points scoring places for CR Scuderia, finishing fourth at the Spa 24 Hours and second place in round eight at Nogaro. He was called upon again by Aston Martin Racing to compete at the years 24 Hours of Le Mans. He managed to finish the #007 car fourth place in class with veteran teammates Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger.

He moved on from FIA GT and in 2009, he raced for Italian team Racing Box in the Le Mans Series, who ran a LMP2-spec Lola B08/80-Judd. He was joined by fellow Italian compatriots and former FIA GT champions Matteo Bobbi and Thomas Biagi for the season. They picked up a class win in the opening round at Catalunya but the success was short-lived. Piccini finished fifth in the standings. Racing Box then entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the same car but unfortunately retired after 203 laps. 2010 saw Piccini contest only the first two rounds of the Le Mans Series season for Racing Box, before returning to GT racing in the form of the FIA GT1 World Championship. He was reunited with Phoenix Racing who he raced with in FIA GT in 2006, but raced a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R rather than the DBR9. He contested three of the ten rounds, earning an impressive podium finish at the opening round in Abu Dhabi alongside Mike Hezemans. He is now back behind the wheel of an Aston DBR9 for Hexis AMR for the 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1999	Kid Jensen Racing	IMO Ret	MON Ret	CAT DNQ	MAG 13	SIL 8	A1R 5	HOC DNQ	HUN Ret	SPA DNQ	NUR DNQ			19th	2
2000	Kid Jensen Racing	IMO Ret	SIL DNQ	CAT 11	NUR 9	MON Ret	MAG 12	A1R Ret	HOC 4	HUN 16	SPA 13			20th	3
2001	European Minardi F3000	INT 11	IMO Ret	CAT 13	A1R 6	MON Ret	NÜR 9	MAG Ret	SIL Ret	HOC Ret	HUN 8	SPA Ret	MNZ 8	18th	1

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Aston Martin Racing	Tomáš Enge Darren Turner	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	350	6th	2nd
2008	Aston Martin Racing	Heinz-Harald Frentzen Karl Wendlinger	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	339	16th	4th
2009	Racing Box	Thomas Biagi Matteo Bobbi	Lola B08/80-Judd	LMP2	203	DNF	DNF
2019	Kessel Racing	Claudio Schiavoni Sergio Pianezzolla	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	324	46th	13th

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Phoenix Racing / Carsport	Corvette	ABU QR 16	ABU CR 3	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR	BRN CR	PRI QR 6	PRI CR 5	SPA QR Ret	SPA CR Ret	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	NT CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	25th	25
2011	Hexis AMR	Aston Martin	ABU QR 9	ABU CR 4	ZOL QR 10	ZOL CR 2	ALG QR 11	ALG CR 8	SAC QR 5	SAC CR 1	SIL QR 10	SIL CR Ret	NAV QR 5	NAV CR 5	PRI QR 6	PRI CR 5	ORD QR 8	ORD CR 4	BEI QR 3	BEI CR 10	SAN QR 14	SAN CR 5	3rd	111

References

1. English, Steven (27 January 2011). "Piccini joins Hexis Aston Martin team". Autosport. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Andrea Piccini career summary at DriverDB.com