Andrea Belicchi | |||||||||||
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![]() Belicchi at the 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone | |||||||||||
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Born | Parma, Italy | 18 December 1976||||||||||
Porsche Supercup career | |||||||||||
Current team | Centro Porsche Padova | ||||||||||
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Car number | 30 | ||||||||||
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1998 2002 2003 | Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy Russian Formula 3 Finnish Formula 3 | ||||||||||
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Andrea Belicchi (born 18 December 1976) is an Italian professional racing driver. He has competed in such series as the Porsche Supercup, Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship.
He won the Russian Formula Three Championship in 2002 and Finnish Formula Three Championship in 2003 with Lukoil Racing and previously the Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy in 1998. He also competed in Italian Formula 3000 and Formula Renault V6 Eurocup before switching to sports car racing.
He was the GTS class champion in 2006 International GT Open along with Stefano Zonca. Also in 2006 he got a GT2 class win at the 2006 1000 km of Nürburgring on a GPC Ferrari. In 2007 he drove a Spyker at the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he switched to the LMP2 class, finishing second in class at the 1000 km of Catalunya. In 2009 he progressed to the LMP1 class, where he took a 2nd overall finish at the 1000 km of Silverstone.
For the 2010 Le Mans Series, Belicchi switched to Rebellion Racing. Driving a Lola-Judd, he finished third overall at the 2010 8 Hours of Castellet. After several teams defected to the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Belicchi took two second-place finishes in the Le Mans Series with Jean-Christophe Boullion as partner, and was runner-up in the LMP1 class.
As the LMP1 class was dropped from the 2012 Le Mans Series program, Belicchi stayed with Rebellion at the new FIA World Endurance Championship, driving a Lola-Toyota with Harold Primat. With two fourth-place finishes at Silverstone and Shanghai, he was 16th in the drivers standings. In 2013, he continued with Rebellion at the LMP1 class, finishing third at Fuji and fourth at Shanghai. In 2014 he finished sixth overall at Bahrain and eighth at Shanghai. With three class wins, he ended as LMP1 Private Teams runner-up behind his teammates.
In 2015, Belicchi switched to touring cars, as he joined the TCR International Series with a SEAT León.
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2006 | GPC Sport | GT2 | Ferrari F430GT | Ferrari 4.0L V8 | IST | SPA | NÜR 1 | DON Ret | JAR | 13th | 10 | |
2007 | Speedy Racing Team | GT2 | Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R | Audi 3.8 L V8 | MNZ 7 | VAL Ret | NÜR 5 | SPA 8 | SIL 4 | INT 7 | 13th | 14 |
2008 | Speedy Racing Team | LMP2 | Lola B08/80 | Judd DB 3.4 L V8 | CAT 2 | MNZ 9 | SPA NC | NÜR 9 | SIL Ret | 15th | 8 | |
2009 | Speedy Racing Team Sebah Automotive | LMP1 | Lola B08/60 | Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 | CAT 7 | SPA 8 | ALG Ret | NÜR 6 | SIL 2 | 10th | 14 | |
2010 | Rebellion Racing | LMP1 | Lola B10/60 | Rebellion (Judd) 5.5 L V10 | LEC 3 | SPA 6 | ALG 4 | HUN Ret | SIL 10 | 10th | 44 | |
2011 | Rebellion Racing | LMP1 | Lola B10/60 | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | LEC 2 | SPA 9 | IMO 5 | SIL 4 | EST 2 | 2nd | 47 | |
2017 | Cetilar Villorba Corse | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 6 | MNZ 5 | RBR Ret | LEC 10 | SPA 7 | ALG 5 | 14th | 35 |
2018 | Cetilar Villorba Corse | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 14 | MNZ | RBR | SIL | SPA | ALG | 32nd | 0.5 |
2019 | Cetilar R. Villorba Corse | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | MNZ Ret | CAT | SIL | SPA | ALG | 36th | 0 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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2012 | Rebellion Racing | LMP1 | Lola B12/60 | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | SEB 19 | SPA 5 | LMS 9 | SIL 4 | SÃO 6 | BHR 5 | FUJ 7 | SHA 4 | 8th | 62.5 |
2013 | Rebellion Racing | LMP1 | Lola B12/60 | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | SIL 5 | SPA 5 | LMS 13 | SÃO | COA | FUJ 3 | SHA 4 | BHR Ret | 13th | 36.5 |
2014 | Rebellion Racing | LMP1 | Lola B12/60 | Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 | SIL Ret | SPA Ret | LMS Ret | COA Ret | FUJ 10 | SHA 8 | BHR 6 | SÃO 7 | 17th | 19 |
2019–20 | Cetilar Racing | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 6 | FUJ 7 | SHA 7 | BHR 8 | COA 8 | SPA 5 | LMS 5 | BHR 6 | 12th | 72 |
(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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2015 | Target Competition | SEAT León Cup Racer | SEP 1 5 | SEP 2 5 | SHA 1 5 | SHA 2 1 | VAL 1 4 | VAL 2 DSQ | ALG 1 12 | ALG 2 10 | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 5 | SAL 1 3 | SAL 2 5 | SOC 1 3 | SOC 2 Ret | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 11† | MRN 1 | MRN 2 | CHA 1 | CHA 2 | MAC 1 8 | MAC 2 2 | 6th | 186 |
2016 | Target Competition | Opel Astra TCR | BHR 1 14 | BHR 2 Ret | EST 1 | EST 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | SOC 1 | SOC 2 | CHA 1 | CHA 2 | MRN 1 | MRN 2 | SEP 1 | SEP 2 | 28th | 4 | ||
Mulsanne Racing | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | MAC 1 8 | MAC 2 9 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
(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 | Rank | Points |
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2021 | Cetilar Racing | LMP2 | Dallara P217 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY 6† | SEB | WGL | WGL | ELK | LGA | PET | NC† | 0† |
† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
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