Romain Iannetta | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Villecresnes | September 29, 1979
Related to | Alain Iannetta (nephew) |
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Marko Stipp Motorsport |
Car number | 46 |
Engine | Chevrolet |
Former teams | Orhès Competition, RDV Competition, TFT Racing, Go Fas Racing, Racing Engineering |
Starts | 71 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2015 |
Finished last season | 20th in 2021 |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 2005 – 2007, 2009, 2012 |
Best finish | 23rd (2006) |
Class wins | 0 |
Romain Iannetta (born 27 November 1979 in Villecresnes) is a French racing driver who last competed in the GT4 European Series, driving the No. 77 Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo for Full Motorsport. [1] He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as the driver of the No. 46 Chevrolet Camaro for Marko Stipp Motorsport in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. [2]
He is the nephew of driver Alain Iannetta who participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (1988, 1989 and 1990).
In parallel to his passion, Romain is an instructor at the flight school PRO'PULSION (Dreux and Issoire) and driving Ferrari 360 Modena for JMB Racing. He also worked for many auto manufacturers at the launch of new vehicles on the market (Volkswagen, Audi, Citroën, Renault, Alfa Romeo...).
It began in 2000 in the trade of automotive stunt team CINE CASCADE directed by Jean-Claude Lagnes. It revolves mainly around feature films such as: Le Boulet, Ripoux 3, San Antonio, Hush!, Taxi, 36 Quai des Orfèvres, The Bourne Identity and The Mental Love your father.
He was awarded the World Stunt Awards in the United States for the best sequence on a vehicle for the year 2003 for the film "The Bourne Identity".
2009
- 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 with Creation-Judd/LMP1 - Creation Autosportif
2008
- Championship of Spain Supercopa SEAT León
2007
- 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007 Courage AER LMP2 - Noel Del Bello Racing - 8th in the Championship of Spain Supercopa SEAT León (3 podiums - 2 wins) - 5th in the World Cup Fun Cup (Optimum Racing - FEK)
2006
- 6th in GT2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Ice Pol Racing Team - Le Mans Series in a Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Ice Pol Racing Team (2 races) - Winner of World Cup Fun Cup at Jarama - Optimum Racing (FEK) - Andros Trophy (3 races) on Citroën C4 Silhouette - Carmine Team Competition (3 of Promotion in Val Thorens) - 6th Class of the 24 Hours of Barcelona Seat Leon Supercopa
2005
- Le Mans Endurance Series on Courage C65-Mecachrome - Team Noel Del Bello Racing - Le Mans Endurance Series on Chrysler Viper GTS-R - Paul Belmondo Racing Team - 24 Hours of Le Mans on Mecachrome Courage C65 - Team Noel Del Bello Racing
2004
- Spanish Championship SEAT León - 1 Racing Championship of French Touring Car Championship
2002
- Champion of French Formula Ford Promotion (8 wins in 9 races) - Vice-Champion of French Formula Ford (9 podiums in 9 races) - Tested by Welter Racing to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring - Tested by a team of BMW Touring Car Silhouette
2001
- Championnat de French Formula Renault - Winner of 4 hours of Spa Peugeot 106 - Winner of the race Lédenon Formula Ford
2000
- 5th in the Championnat de French Formula Ford Promotion (3 podiums) - Participation in the European Championship and 2nd Festival POWERTOUR at Spa
1999
- 3rd in the Flying ACO Automobile Club de l'Ouest - Championnat de French Formula Renault Elf Campus (1 win) - Winner of 10 hours of Soucy Karting
1995–1998
- France Karting Championship Yamaha (15 podiums) - Tests in Caterham - Flying school self ACO Le Mans - Championnat de France Endurance Karting
1993–1994
- Flying school E.T.A. Karting, kart course Y.D.K.
1988–1991
- Stage of motorcycle riding, participation in Jacadi Trophy
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2005 | Noël del Bello Racing | Christophe Pillon Ni Amorim | Courage C65-Mecachrome | LMP2 | 99 | DNF | DNF |
2006 | Gordon Racing Team Ice Pol Racing Team | Yves-Emmanuel Lambert Christian Lefort | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 282 | 23rd | 6th |
2007 | Noël del Bello Racing | Vitaly Petrov Liz Halliday | Courage LC75-AER | LMP2 | 198 | DNF | DNF |
2009 | Creation Autosportif | Jamie Campbell-Walter Vanina Ickx | Creation CA07-Judd | LMP1 | 319 | 24th | 15th |
2012 | Status Grand Prix | Alexander Sims Yelmer Buurman | Lola B12/80-Judd | LMP2 | 239 | DNF | DNF |
(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWES | Pts | ||
2012 | Orhès Competition | 25 | Dodge | NOG 5 | NOG 16 | BRH 5 | BRH 9 | SPA 20 | SPA 1* | VAL 10 | VAL 4 | BUG 3 | BUG 3 | 5th | 566 | |||||
2013 | RDV Competition | 28 | Chevy | NOG 3 | NOG 5 | DIJ 21 | DIJ 4 | BRH 17 | BRH 8 | 4th | 610 | |||||||||
1 | TOU 7 | TOU 11 | MNZ 4 | MNZ 4* | BUG 3 | BUG 2 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 23 | VAL 9 | VAL 19 | BRH 27 | BRH 27 | TOU 12 | TOU 11 | NÜR | NÜR | UMB | UMB | BUG | BUG | 28th | 151 | |||||
2015 | TFT Racing | 7 | Chevy | VAL 20 | VAL 5 | VEN 3 | VEN 3 | BRH 1* | BRH 2* | TOU 15 | TOU 6 | UMB 10 | UMB 2 | ZOL 5 | ZOL 5 | 3rd | 614 | |||
2018 | Go Fas Racing | 32 | Ford | VAL 12 | VAL 6 | FRA 26 | FRA 27 | BRH 20 | BRH 9 | TOU 16 | TOU 3 | HOC 12 | HOC 23 | ZOL 22 | ZOL 11 | 10th | 347 | |||
2019 | Racing Engineering | 88 | Ford | VAL 24 | VAL 7 | FRA 26 | FRA 9 | BRH 6 | BRH 6 | MOS 18 | MOS 3 | VEN 6 | HOC 21 | HOC 4 | ZOL 13 | ZOL 13 | 10th | 427 | ||
2021 | Marko Stipp Motorsport | 46 | Chevy | ESP | ESP | GBR | GBR | CZE 17 | CZE 15 | CRO 6 | CRO 8 | BEL | BEL | ITA 9 | ITA 7 | 20th | 217 |
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