Andrea de Adamich

Andrea Lodovico de Adamich[1] (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his début on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of six championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races.

Andrea de Adamich
Born (1941-10-03) 3 October 1941
Trieste, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Italian
Active years1968, 19701973
TeamsFerrari, McLaren, March, Surtees, Brabham
Entries36 (30 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points6
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1968 South African Grand Prix
Last entry1973 British Grand Prix

Career

De Adamich driving for March in the 1971 German Grand Prix
Andrea de Adamich 1974 at Nürburgring driving Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12

De Adamich was born in Trieste, from a family originally from Croatia. One of his ancestors, Andrija Ljudevit Adamić, had been the wealthiest and most powerful merchant in Rijeka in the 18th Century.[2] Andrea de Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in F1 where he was one of the few drivers to have worn glasses to race.

He won the 1966 European Touring Car Championship at the start of a long relationship with Alfa Romeo and made his GP debut in the 1968 South African race when his Ferrari spun off on oil. Later in the season he won the South American Temporada F2 Championship in Argentina with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian team and he returned to the Alfa Romeo fold as they entered F1 supplying engines to a third works McLaren. De Adamich only finished once in 1970 in the McLaren-Alfa and the following year was no more successful when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.

In 1972 De Adamich joined the Surtees team and scored his first Formula One points when he finished fourth in the Spanish GP at Jarama. In 1973 he moved to Brabham. After a promising start of the season, when he finished again fourth in the Belgian GP at Zolder, De Adamich career was ended abruptely due to injuries sustained in a multiple-car pile-up at the British GP. The accident happened when Jody Scheckter, running fourth in his McLaren, spun across the track at Woodcote Corner at the end of the first lap, causing many other cars to collide and crash. The incident eliminated nine cars, including all three works Surtees cars.

De Adamich retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012 he hosted the TV sport program Grand Prix on Italia 1.

He is currently the vice-president of N.Technology which prepares race cars for Alfa Romeo.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Pts
1967 Lola Racing Lola T100 Ford SNE SIL NÜR HOC TUL JAR ZAN PER
NC
BRH VAL NC 0
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166 Ferrari HOC THR JAR PAL TUL ZAN PER HOC VAL
2
10th 6
1969 Roy Winkelmann Racing Lotus 59 Ford THR HOC NÜR JAR TUL PER VAL
7
NC 0
1970 Scuderia Jolly Club Brabham BT30 Ford THR HOC BAR ROU
14
PER TUL IMO HOC NC 0
1972 Team Surtees Surtees TS10 Ford MAL THR HOC PAU
Ret
PAL
DNS
HOC ROU ÖST
Ret
IMO
4
MAN PER
Ret
SAL ALB HOC
17
19th 4
1973 Fina Brabham BT40 Ford MAL HOC THR NÜR PAU KIN NIV
Ret
HOC
Ret
ROU MNZ MAN KAR PER SAL NOR ALB VAL NC 0
Source:[3]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Pts
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 RSA
Ret
ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX NC 0
1970 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7D Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 RSA ESP
DNQ
MON
DNQ
BEL FRA
NC
GBR
DNS
NC 0
McLaren M14D NED
DNQ
GER
DNQ
AUT
12
ITA
8
CAN
Ret
USA
DNQ
MEX
1971 STP March March 711 Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 RSA
13
ESP
Ret
MON NED FRA
Ret
GBR
NC
GER
Ret
AUT ITA
Ret
CAN USA
11
NC 0
1972 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret
RSA
NC
ESP
4
MON
7
BEL
Ret
FRA
14
GBR
Ret
GER
13
AUT
14
ITA
Ret
CAN
Ret
USA
Ret
17th 3
1973 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA
8
16th 3
Ceramica Pagnossin MRD Brabham BT37 ESP
Ret
BEL
4
MON
7
SWE FRA
Ret
Brabham BT42 GBR
Ret
NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA
Source:[3]

Non-championship Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6
1967 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 ROC SPC INT SYR OUL ESP
9
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 ROC
DNS
INT OUL
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC INT MAD OUL
3
1972 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC BRA INT OUL REP
2
VIC
3
Source:[3]

Complete European F5000 Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 OUL
DNS
BRH
7
BRH
12
MAL
4
SIL
DNS
MON
13
KOK
4
ZAN SNE HOC OUL BRH 12th 625
Source:[3]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1970 Autodelta SpA Piers Courage Alfa Romeo 33/3 P 3.0 222 DNF DNF
1972 Autodelta SpA Nino Vaccarella Alfa Romeo 33/3 S 3.0 307 4th 4th
Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 34. ISBN 0-85059-195-3.
  2. Avakumovic, Ivan. "An Episode In The Continental System in the Illyrian Provinces", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 14. No 3 (Summer, 1954), pp. 254–261.
  3. "Andrea de Adamich – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. "All Results of Andrea de Adamich". RacingSportCars. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
"Geki"
Italian Formula Three Champion
1965
Succeeded by
Ernesto Brambilla
Preceded by
John Whitmore
European Touring Car Championship champion (Div.2)
1966-1967
Succeeded by
John Rhodes
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