Andrea Rosso (racing driver)

Andrea Rosso
Rosso racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20) Turin, Italy
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	RPM
Car number	19
Former teams	FA Racing by MP
Starts	19 (20 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	19th in 2021
Previous series
2019–2020 2019	Italian F4 Championship FIA Motorsport Games F4 Cup
Championship titles
2019	FIA Motorsport Games F4 Cup

Andrea Rosso (born 19 October 2003) is a retired Italian racing driver, who most recently competed for Race Performance Motorsport in the Formula Regional European Championship. He is the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup champion, as well as an Italian F4 Championship race winner.

Career

Karting

Rosso first drove a kart in 2007, aged 4, but did not start competing until a few years later. Coming up through the ranks in his native Italy before making the move to Europe, he won the prestigious Trofeo Andrea Margutti twice in consecutive years, first in OK-Junior in 2017 and then in OK in 2018. ^[1] He also became the 2017 WSK Super Master Series champion in the OK-Junior class, beating the likes of Jack Doohan, Jonny Edgar and Roman Staněk. ^{[2] [3]} At the end of 2018, his last full season of competitive karting, Rosso was invited to participate in the 15th edition of the annual Supercorso Federale event at Vallelunga, as one of four young karting talents selected by ACI Sport. ^[4]

Lower formulae

Rosso made his single-seater debut in the 2019 Italian F4 Championship, where he competed in four of the seven rounds for Antonelli Motorsport. ^{[5] [6]} He scored two points and ended the season 25th in the standings, while also taking a podium in the rookies' championship. ^{[7] [8]} That year, the Italian also took part in the Formula 4 Cup of the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games at Vallelunga. ^{[9] [10]} He won the main race after qualifying third and gaining a position in each of the races, and earned himself and his country a gold medal on home soil. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

In 2020 Rosso switched to Cram Motorsport for a full season of Italian F4. ^[14] He enjoyed a strong start to the campaign, and was well within the title fight alongside Gabriele Minì and Francesco Pizzi at the halfway point, having won three of the first ten races. ^{[15] [16]} However, a poor second half of the season followed, with a run of retirements, non-points finishes and even a DNS from pole at Monza eventually dropping him to seventh in the drivers' championship. ^[17] At the end of the year, Rosso was again invited to ACI Sport's Supercorso Federale, together with Minì, Pizzi, Leonardo Fornaroli and four karting drivers. He received the Trofeo Cristiano del Balzo, awarded to the driver who showed more "commitment and passion". ^{[18] [19]}

Formula Regional European Championship

In March 2021 it was announced that Rosso would be making his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship, driving for Fernando Alonso's FA Racing team. ^{[20] [21]} He managed a best result of fifth at the Circuit Paul Ricard and finished 19th in the standings. ^[22]

Retirement

Having initially tested a Honda NSX GT3 Evo during the winter in evaluation of a move to sportscar racing, Rosso announced his immediate retirement from racing on 2 April 2022, after 14 years of competing in karting and single-seaters. ^[23] He stated that "the passion for this sport literally overwhelmed [him]". ^[24]

Return

Only three months after announcing his retirement, Rosso returned to FRECA, having been called up by RPM for the sixth round at the Hungaroring as a replacement for driver-team manager Keith Donegan, who stepped back from his double duties. ^[25]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2010	Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 50	RPKT	DNF
2012	Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc		11th
	Easykart International Grand Finals — 60 Mini	Red Passion Karting Team	17th
2013	Trofeo delle Industrie — 60 Mini		24th
	Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc	Mazzotti Corse	2nd
2014	Italian Championship  — 60 Mini		11th
	Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 60	Mig Racing	3rd
	Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc		1st
2015	Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 100		2nd
2016	WSK Champions Cup  — OKJ	MLG Racing	34th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		33rd
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ		12th
	Italian Championship  — OKJ		3rd
	Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ		9th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OKJ	Morsicani Racing	61st
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OKJ	Birel ART Srl	16th
	WSK Night Edition — OKJ	Rosso, Alessandro	19th
	WSK Final Cup  — OKJ		14th
2017	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		30th
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ	Baby Race Srl	1st
	WSK Super Master Series  — OKJ		1st
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OKJ		16th
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OKJ	Tony Kart Racing Team	10th
	Trofeo delle Industrie — OK	CRG SpA	5th
	WSK Final Cup  — OK		8th
2018	WSK Champions Cup  — OK	CRG SpA	4th
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK		1st
	German Karting Championship  — OK		11th
	WSK Super Master Series  — OK		30th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OK		19th
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OK		31st
	WSK Final Cup  — OK		6th
2019	WSK Euro Series  — OK	Birel ART Racing	41st
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OK		NC
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OK		NC
	WSK Open Cup — KZ2		DNF

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2019	Italian F4 Championship	Antonelli Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	2	25th
	FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup	Team Italy	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2020	Italian F4 Championship	Cram Motorsport	19	3	2	1	5	140	7th
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	FA Racing by MP	19	0	0	0	0	14	19th
2022	Formula Regional European Championship	RPM	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Points
2019	Antonelli Motorsport	VLL 1 18	VLL 2 Ret	VLL 3 9	MIS 1 25	MIS 2 23	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 22	HUN 2 31	HUN 3 Ret	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	IMO 1 19	IMO 2 24	IMO 3 Ret	IMO 4 16	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	25th	2
2020	Cram Motorsport	MIS 1 12	MIS 2 1	MIS 3 8	IMO1 1 10	IMO1 2 3	IMO1 3 1	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 9	RBR 3 18	MUG 1 1	MUG 2 4	MUG 3 4	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 DNS	MNZ 3 Ret	IMO2 1 11	IMO2 2 19	IMO2 3 14	VLL 1 10	VLL 2 C	VLL 3 20		7th	140

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Team Italy	Formula 4	3rd	2nd	1st

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2021	FA Racing by MP	IMO 1 12	IMO 2 20	CAT 1 13	CAT 2 11	MCO 1 13	MCO 2 9	LEC 1 13	LEC 2 5	ZAN 1 DNS	ZAN 2 16	SPA 1 17	SPA 2 21	RBR 1 18	RBR 2 29	VAL 1 26	VAL 2 17	MUG 1 17	MUG 2 Ret	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 26	19th	14
2022	RPM	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	MCO 1	MCO 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HUN 1 27	HUN 2 20	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	34th	0

* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Official website
• Andrea Rosso career summary at DriverDB.com