Andrea Rosso (racing driver)

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Andrea Rosso
FREC 2021 Spielberg Nr. 19 Rosso.jpg
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 20)
Turin, Italy
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season 2021
Current team RPM
Car number19
Former teams FA Racing by MP
Starts19 (20 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish19th in 2021
Previous series
20192020
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.

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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

SeasonSeriesTeamPosition
2010Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 50RPKTDNF
2012Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc11th
Easykart International Grand Finals — 60 MiniRed Passion Karting Team17th
2013Trofeo delle Industrie — 60 Mini24th
Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60ccMazzotti Corse2nd
2014 Italian Championship  — 60 Mini11th
Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 60Mig Racing3rd
Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc1st
2015Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 1002nd
2016 WSK Champions Cup  OKJ MLG Racing34th
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 Racing61st
CIK-FIA World Championship  OKJ Birel ART Srl16th
WSK Night Edition OKJ Rosso, Alessandro19th
WSK Final Cup  OKJ 14th
2017South Garda Winter Cup OKJ 30th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti OKJ Baby Race Srl1st
WSK Super Master Series  OKJ 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship  OKJ 16th
CIK-FIA World Championship  OKJ Tony Kart Racing Team10th
Trofeo delle Industrie OK CRG SpA5th
WSK Final Cup  OK 8th
2018 WSK Champions Cup  OK CRG SpA4th
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 Racing41st
CIK-FIA European Championship  OK NC
CIK-FIA World Championship  OK NC
WSK Open Cup KZ2 DNF

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2019 Italian F4 Championship Antonelli Motorsport120000225th
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Italy 11001N/A1st
2020 Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 1932151407th
2021 Formula Regional European Championship FA Racing by MP 1900001419th
2022 Formula Regional European Championship RPM 20000034th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122PosPoints
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
25th2
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
7th140

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

YearEntrantCupQualifyingQuali RaceMain race
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Team Italy Formula 4 3rd2nd1st

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
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
19th14
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
34th0

* Season still in progress.

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