Introduction
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.
Career
After 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Wiechers-Sport | BMW 320i | ITA1 20 |
ITA2 |
FRA1 27 |
FRA2 22 |
GBR1 15 |
GBR2 Ret |
GER1 22 |
GER2 |
BRA1 22 |
BRA2 17 |
MEX1 20 |
MEX2 13 |
CZE1 23 |
CZE2 19 |
TUR1 18 |
TUR2 18 |
ESP1 22 |
ESP2 23 |
MAC1 18 |
MAC2 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
(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) | MNZ1 Ret |
MNZ2 Ret |
IMO1 14 |
IMO2 12 |
ALG1 9 |
ALG2 11 |
HOC1 16 |
HOC2 15 |
22nd | 10 | ||||||||
| CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | CPR1 5 |
CPR2 12 |
VAL1 Ret |
VAL2 Ret |
KYA1 11 |
KYA2 Ret |
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| 2011 | MN Motorsport | Lexus IS-F | MNZ1 | MNZ2 | VNC1 | VNC2 | ALG1 | ALG2 | DON1 | DON1 | MIS1 DNS |
MIS2 DNS |
SPA1 | SPA2 | MUG1 | MUG2 | VAL1 | VAL2 | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | MRT by Nocentini | Lexus IS-F 500 | MNZR1 | MNZR2 | BRNR1 | BRNR2 | SVKR1 | SVKR2 | ZOLR1 | ZOLR2 | ALGR1 | ALGR2 | DONR1 9 |
DONR2 DNS |
IMOR1 | IMOR2 | VALR1 | VALR2 | 31st | 3 |
| 2014 | CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | MNZR1 13† |
MNZR2 9 |
VALR1 6 |
VALR2 Ret |
MUGR1 4 |
MUGR2 Ret |
BRNR1 8 |
BRNR2 6 |
SAC1 | HOC1 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
(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 | MYS1 DNS |
MYS2 DNS |
CHN1 | CHN2 | ESP1 | ESP2 | POR1 | POR2 | ITA1 | ITA2 | AUT1 | AUT2 | RUS1 | RUS2 | RBR1 Ret |
RBR2 Ret |
SIN1 | SIN2 | THA1 | THA2 | MAC1 | MAC2 | NC | 0 |