Michele Rugolo

Michele Rugolo
Michele Rugolo
Nationality	Italian
Born	August 31, 1982 (age 42); Montebelluna, Italy
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2016, 2022–); FIA Gold (2017–2021)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003, 2011 – 2012, 2014, 2017
Teams	Automotive Durango SRL ; Krohn Racing ; AF Corse
Best finish	24th (2003)
Class wins	0

Last updated February 22, 2025

Michele Rugolo (born 31 August 1982 in Montebelluna) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

After competing in karting championships from 1992 to 1999, Rugolo competed in the Formula Renault 2000 Italy from 2000 to 2002, and then switched to Formula Nissan part-way through 2002.

Sports Cars

Rugolo competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003, finishing 11th overall in a Durango-Judd. In 2005, he competed in the American Le Mans Series, driving a Dodge Viper GTS-R. For 2007, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship, and moved into the International GT Open championship the following year.

He joined Krohn Racing in 2011 for its Intercontinental Le Mans Cup GTE-Am class effort, which saw class wins at the Twelve Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Rugolo, Tracy Krohn and Nic Jonsson helped take the team to a second-place finish in the class championship.

In 2012, Rugolo will return to Krohn Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

On Wednesday before the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, Lucas di Grassi wasn't able to get fast enough out of the car due to an ankle injury. Michele was asked to step in at the last moment, to replace Lucas di Grassi.^[2]

Formula Three

Rugolo has also competed in single seaters, coming fourth in Italian Formula Three in both 2004 and 2006.

Formula 3000

Rugolo's success in F3 and connections with Durango, who also ran a Formula 3000 team, saw him called up to the series for the final race of the 2004 season; his home race at Monza. He retired from the race.

A1 Grand Prix

Rugolo is also one of A1 Team Italy's drivers for the 2006–07 season, although he did not compete in a race in favour of Enrico Toccacelo or Alessandro Pier Guidi.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2004	Durango Corse	IMO	CAT	MON	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ Ret	–	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	Automotive Durango SRL	Sylvain Boulay Jean-Bernard Bouvet	Durango LMP1-Judd	LMP900	277	24th	9th
2011	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari F430 GTC	GTE Am	123	DNF	DNF
2012	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	323	25th	3rd
2014	AF Corse	Stephen Wyatt Sam Bird	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	GTE Am	22	DNF	DNF
2017	AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	312	46th	11th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	Krohn Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SEB 5	SPA 5	LMS 2	SIL 3	SÃO Ret	BHR 3	FUJ 2	SHA 3		57th	3.5
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	SIL 3	SPA 5	LMS Ret	COA 6	FUJ Ret	SHA	BHR 2	SÃO 3		7th	68
2017	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 14	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	24th	1

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results