Alessandro Balzan

Alessandro Balzan
Balzan in his IMSA title-winning Ferrari in 2017
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1980-10-17) October 17, 1980 (age 45) Rovigo, Italy
Racing licence	FIA Gold

Alessandro Balzan (born 17 October 1980 in Rovigo) is an Italian auto racing driver.

Racing career

Balzan in a Honda Accord Euro R during the 2004 European Touring Car Championship.

In 1998, Balzen stepped up from Kart racing, by competing in Italian Formula Campus and the Italian Renault Megane Cup Winter Series. A year later, he drove in the Italian Renault Clio V6 Cup Winter Series, along with selected rounds of the Italian Renault Megane Cup. 2000 saw him finish the season fourth on points in the Renault Clio V6 Eurocup. That year, he also became champion in the Italian Renault Clio Cup Winter Series. Another title followed in 2002, winning the Italian Alfa 147 Cup.^{[ citation needed ]}

Balzan progressed up to the European Touring Car Championship for the 2003 season. He raced an Alfa Romeo for the Bigazzi Team, and in 2004 he drove a JAS ran Honda. In 2005 and 2006, he drove in the Italian Superturismo Championship. ^[1]

Balzan competed in the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Championship in 2005, for the independent Scuderia del Girasole Team in a SEAT Toledo. Competing in five rounds, his best finish was an eleventh place in round two of the opening event at Monza. He returned to the WTCC in 2006 for the opening four rounds, this time in an Alfa Romeo 156 for DB Motorsport. Balzan managed a fourth-place finish, in race two at Monza.^{[ citation needed ]}

For 2007, Balzan competed in the Superstars Series in a Jaguar S-Type. In 2008, he drove a Ferrari F430 in the Italian GT Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

In the 2008, Balzan drove the Ferrari 430 GT2 in the Italian Gt championship, he won two races and several times he finished on the podium.^{[ citation needed ]}

Balzan won the Porsche Carrera Cup from 2009 to 2011. In the 2011, he set the world fastest lap ever during the Porsche Supercup qualifying at Monza, during the Formula One Grand Prix.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2012, Balzan was the Ferrari 458 Challenge WORLD and EUROPEAN Champion with Ferrari team Moscow.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2013, Balzen competed in the GRAND AM Season 458 GT3. He also competed in that years 24 hours of Daytona, where he finished in fourth. After a long season, he won the last Rolex Gt Grand Am championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	European Touring Car Championship	Scuderia Bigazzi	20	0	0	0	1	10	14th
2004	European Touring Car Championship	JAS Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	3	17th
2005	World Touring Car Championship	Scuderia del Girasole	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	World Touring Car Championship	DB Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	5	22nd
2009	Porsche Supercup	Ebimotors	2	0	0	0	0	0‡	NC‡
2010	Porsche Supercup	Ebimotors	1	0	0	0	0	0‡	NC‡
2011	Porsche Supercup	Ebimotors	1	0	1	0	1	0‡	NC‡
2014	Blancpain Sprint Series	Scuderia Villorba Corse	4	0	0	0	0	6	24th
	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	11	2	0	0	3	240	13th
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	11	2	0	0	7	332	1st
2017	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	12	1	0	0	8	340	1st
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	3	0	0	0	1	76	30th
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	4	1	0	0	1	111	23rd
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Cetilar Racing	1	0	0	0	0	103	71st
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Conquest Racing	1	0	0	0	1	325	3rd*

‡ Not eligible for points

Complete European 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	Pts
2003	Scuderia Bigazzi	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 12	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 Ret	PER 1 8	PER 2 3	BRN 1 7	BRN 2 Ret	DON 1 16†	DON 2 15	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 10	AND 1 13	AND 2 8	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 10	EST 1 9	EST 2 11	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 11	14th	10
2004	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 12	VAL 1 12	VAL 2 13	MAG 1 14	MAG 2 10	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	BRN 1 13	BRN 2 10	DON 1 15	DON 2 11	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 10	IMO 1 10	IMO 2 6	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 DNS	DUB 1 Ret	DUB 2 DNS	17th	3
Source: [2]

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	Pts
2005	Scuderia del Girasole	SEAT Toledo Cupra	ITA 1 18	ITA 2 11	FRA 1 Ret	FRA 2 DNS	GBR 1	GBR 2	SMR 1 12	SMR 2 DSQ	MEX 1	MEX 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	GER 1	GER 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0
2006	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	ITA 1 9	ITA 2 4	FRA 1 Ret	FRA 2 17	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	22nd	5
Sources: [3] [2]

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Pts
2009	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	ESP	BEL	ITA	UAE 18†	UAE 5	NC‡	0‡
2010	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON	ESP	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 6				NC‡	0‡
2011	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3	TUR	ESP	MON	GER	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 3	UAE	UAE			NC‡	0‡

‡ Not eligible for points

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points	Ref
2012	Scuderia Corsa	GT	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY	BAR	HOM	NJ	DET	LEX	ELK	WGI	IMS	WGI	MON	LAG 4	LRP 3	34th	58	[4]
2013	Scuderia Corsa	GT	Ferrari 458 Italia	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY 4	COA 11	BAR 2	ATL 3	DET 2	MOH 6	WAT 5	IMS 5	ELK 6	KAN 1	LAG 3	LRP 2		1st	341	[5]

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2014	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Pro	NOG QR	NOG CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZAN QR 17	ZAN CR DNS	SVK QR	SVK CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 7	BAK QR	BAK CR	24th	6	[6]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY 11	SEB 18	LGA 7	DET 1	WGL 5	MOS 17†	IND 1	ELK 16†	VIR 2	COA 11	PET 9		13	240	[7]
2016	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 6	SEB 1	LGA 2	BEL 3	WGL 1	MOS 4	LIM 11	ELK 3	VIR 7	AUS 3	PET 2		1st	332	[8]
2017	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 16	SEB 2	LBH 3	AUS 2	DET 2	WGL 2	MOS 3	LIM 6	ELK 5	VIR 12	LGA 1	PET 9	1st	340	[9]
2018	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 10	SEB 2	MOH 8	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		30th	76	[10]
2020	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8	DAY 7	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MOH	CLT	PET 1	LGA 7	SEB 4		23rd	111	[11]
2023	Cetilar Racing	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6	DAY 23	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		71st	103	[12]
2024	Conquest Racing	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6	DAY 3	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			50th	325	[13]
2025	Triarsi Competizione	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL 12	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			75th	207
Source: [3]

^† Balzan did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Scuderia Corsa	Christina Nielsen Bret Curtis	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	314	44th	14th
2022	Iron Lynx	Raffaele Giammaria Claudio Schiavoni	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	289	NC	NC
Sources: [3] [14]

References

1. http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/Alessandro-Balzan-,2485.html Career at Speedsport Magazine.
2. "Alessandro Balzan race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
3. "Alessandro Balzan Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
4. "Alessandro Balzan – 2012 NASCAR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
5. "Alessandro Balzan – 2013 NASCAR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
6. "Blancpain Sprint Series – Season 2014: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
7. "Alessandro Balzan – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
8. "Alessandro Balzan – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
9. "Alessandro Balzan – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
10. "Alessandro Balzan – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
11. "Alessandro Balzan – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
12. "Alessandro Balzan – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
13. "Alessandro Balzan – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
14. "Alessandro Balzan". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

• Alessandro Balzan at the official IMSA website
• Alessandro Balzan at Driver Database
• Alessandro Balzan at Racing Reference

External links

• Official site (Italian).
• Alessandro Balzan career summary at DriverDB.com
• Alessandro Balzan driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Alessandro Balzan at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Luigi Ferrara	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Champion 2009-2011	Succeeded by Vito Postiglione