Romain Iannetta

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Romain Iannetta
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1979-09-29) September 29, 1979 (age 45)
Villecresnes
Related toAlain Iannetta (nephew)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season 2012
Current teamMarko Stipp Motorsport
Car number46
Engine Chevrolet
Former teamsOrhès Competition, RDV Competition, TFT Racing, Go Fas Racing, Racing Engineering
Starts71
Wins2
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Best finish3rd in 2015
Finished last season20th in 2021
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 20052007, 2009, 2012
Best finish23rd (2006)
Class wins0

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]

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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".

Career

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

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2005 Flag of France.svg Noël del Bello Racing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christophe Pillon
Flag of Portugal.svg Ni Amorim
Courage C65-Mecachrome LMP299DNFDNF
2006 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gordon Racing Team
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ice Pol Racing Team
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yves-Emmanuel Lambert
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christian Lefort
Porsche 911 GT3-RSRGT228223rd6th
2007 Flag of France.svg Noël del Bello Racing Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Petrov
Flag of the United States.svg Liz Halliday
Courage LC75-AER LMP2198DNFDNF
2009 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Creation Autosportif Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Campbell-Walter
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vanina Ickx
Creation CA07-Judd LMP131924th15th
2012 Flag of Ireland.svg Status Grand Prix Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Yelmer Buurman
Lola B12/80-Judd LMP2239DNFDNF

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213NWESPts
2012 Orhès Competition25 Dodge NOG
5
NOG
16
BRH
5
BRH
9
SPA
20
SPA
1*
VAL
10
VAL
4
BUG
3
BUG
3
5th566
2013 RDV Competition28 Chevy NOG
3
NOG
5
DIJ
21
DIJ
4
BRH
17
BRH
8
4th610
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 28th151
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
3rd614
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
10th347
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
10th427
2021 Marko Stipp Motorsport46 Chevy ESP ESP GBR GBR CZE
17
CZE
15
CRO
6
CRO
8
BEL BEL ITA
9
ITA
7
20th217

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