Michaël Rossi
Michaël Rossi | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Chambéry (France) | 12 April 1988
SEAT León Eurocup career | |
Current team | SUNRED Engineering |
Car number | 32 |
Starts | 8 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2010 |
Previous series | |
2009 2009 2008 2007–09 2006 2006 2006 | SEAT León Supercopa Spain Formula Le Mans THP Spider Cup Eurocup Mégane Trophy French Formula Renault FR2.0 UK Winter Series Formula Renault 2.0 Italy |
Championship titles | |
2008 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy |
Michaël Rossi (born 12 April 1988 in Chambéry) is a French racing driver.
Career
[edit]After racing in karting, Rossi raced in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006 driving for both SG Formula and Hexis Racing.[1] However he only scored one point in 11 races, placing him 21st in the standings.[1]
In 2007, Rossi raced in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy with the Racing for Belgium team, finishing ninth in the standings with one victory.[1] For 2008 he moved to the TDS Racing team, taking four wins on the way to the championship title.[1]
In 2009 Rossi moved to the SEAT León Eurocup, a support series for the World Touring Car Championship, driving a SUNRED Engineering-prepared car.[1] He scored a victory at Brno and at Imola.[1] He finished sixth in the standings after missing two of the six rounds in mid-season.[1] He did a few races of the Spanish series, and scored a podium in his one-off Mégane Trophy return.[1]
As the overall winner of the León Eurocup weekend in Imola,[2] Rossi made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama driving for SR-Sport.
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2006 | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 | CO2 Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | NC |
French Formula Renault 2.0 | Hexis Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st | |
SG Formula | |||||||||
British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series | SL Formula Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A† | N/A† | |
2007 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Racing for Belgium | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 9th |
2008 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | TDS Racing | 14 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 170 | 1st |
THP Spider Cup | RBA Sport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22nd | |
2009 | SEAT León Eurocup | SUNRED Engineering | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 6th |
SEAT León Supercopa Spain | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | NC‡ | ||
Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Boutsen Energy Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9th | |
Formula Le Mans | Exagon Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23rd |
† - Unlicensed driver: allowed to race without scoring. ‡ - As Rossi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete WTCC 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 |
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2010 | SR-Sport | SEAT León TDI | BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
MAR 1 |
MAR 2 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
BEL 1 |
BEL 2 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
CZE 1 |
CZE 2 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
JPN 1 Ret |
JPN 2 12 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
25th | 0 |
Complete GT1 World Championship results
[edit]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 |
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2011 | DKR Engineering | Corvette | ABU QR Ret |
ABU CR 13 |
ZOL QR 9 |
ZOL CR Ret |
ALG QR 15 |
ALG CR Ret |
SAC QR |
SAC CR |
SIL QR 9 |
SIL CR Ret |
NAV QR 8 |
NAV CR 7 |
PRI QR 8 |
PRI CR 10 |
23rd | 17 | ||||||
Exim Bank Team China | ORD QR 15 |
ORD CR 16 |
BEI QR 8 |
BEI CR 5 |
SAN QR 11 |
SAN CR Ret |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Michaël Rossi | Racing career profile | Driver Database".
- ^ "SEAT Leon Eurocup". www.seatleoneurocup.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Michaël Rossi career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chambéry
- French racing drivers
- Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- World Touring Car Championship drivers
- SEAT León Eurocup drivers
- Eurocup Mégane Trophy drivers
- FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
- European Touring Car Cup drivers
- TDS Racing drivers
- SG Formula drivers
- Cupra Racing drivers
- Boutsen Ginion Racing drivers