Tony Ricciardello

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Tony Ricciardello
Tony Ricciardello 01.jpg
Tony Riciardello in 2009
NationalityAustralian
Born (1979-03-19) 19 March 1979 (age 46) [1]
Perth, Western Australia
Australian Sports Sedan Series career
Years active1998–2009, 2011-2019, 2023
TeamsRicciardello Racing
Best finish1st in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 & 2023
Previous series
2001,03,06,09–10
2003
V8 Supercars Championship

Konica V8 Supercar Series
Championship titles
1998–99, 2001–02 Australian Sports Sedan Championship

Tony Ricciardello (born 19 March 1979) is a multiple-championship winning Australian race car driver.

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Son of Sports Sedan racer and team owner Basil Ricciardello, Tony was brought up into the Western Australian racing scene. He eventually replaced Brian Smith as the driver of the Ricciardello Racing, Chevrolet V8 powered, space-frame constructed, Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV bodied Sports Sedan in the national series. Ricciardello has won the national series twelve times, the all-time record for the category, and has finished inside the top three positions in each of the thirteen series which he contested. Ricciardello is one of just two drivers to win a title seven times in the same class of Australian bitumen-surface circuit racing.

Ricciardello has also raced in the V8 Supercar category. He contested a number of races with Britek Motorsport in the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series and has spent several seasons as a co-driver in the two annual two-driver endurance races. In 2010 Ricciardello contested his first full season in V8 Supercars, driving the #16 Holden Commodore (VE) for Kelly Racing in the Championship. The relationship did not continue into 2011 and Ricciardello returned to the Sports Sedans category, winning the 2011 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series.

Career results

The Holden Commodore (VE) driven by Tony Ricciardello in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series. Holden VE Commodore of Tony Ricciardello.jpg
The Holden Commodore (VE) driven by Tony Ricciardello in the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
The Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV of Tony Ricciardello at Mallala Motor Sport Park for the opening round of the 2011 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series Alfa Romeo GTV of Tony Ricciardello.jpg
The Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV of Tony Ricciardello at Mallala Motor Sport Park for the opening round of the 2011 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series
SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1997 Australian Formula Ford Championship NCSwift SC93F – Ford Kent Ricciardello Racing
1998 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
1999 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2000 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2001 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
Shell Championship Series 57th Holden Commodore (VX) Imrie Motor Sport
Rod Nash Racing
2002 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2003 Australian Sports Sedan Championship 3rd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet B & M Ricciardello
Konica V8 Supercar Series 17th Ford Falcon (AU) Dick Johnson Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 63rd Holden Commodore (VX) John Faulkner Racing
2004 Tranzam Sports Sedan Series 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2005 Tranzam Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
Sepang 12 Hours 1stLotus Exige 300RRProton R3 Apex
2006 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 34th Ford Falcon (BA) Britek Motorsport
2007 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2008 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2009 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
V8 Supercar Championship Series 47th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series 27th Holden Commodore (VE) Kelly Racing
2011 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2012 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2013 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 2nd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTVChevrolet Ricciardello Racing
2014 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo GTV B&M Ricciardello Motors
2015 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo GTV B&M Ricciardello Motors
2016 Kerrick Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo GTV Ricciardello Racing
2018 Skye Sands National Sports Sedan Series 7th Alfa Romeo GTV Ricciardello Racing
2019 DEA Performance National Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo GTV Ricciardello Racing
2023 Precision National Sports Sedan Series 1st Alfa Romeo GTV Ricciardello Racing

Complete V8 Supercars results

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

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334PosPoints
1999 Tomas Mezera Motorsport Holden Commodore (VS) EAS
R1
EAS
R2
EAS
R3
ADE
R4
BAR
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
PHI
R8
PHI
R9
PHI
R10
HDV
R11
HDV
R12
HDV
R13
SAN
R14
SAN
R15
SAN
R16
QLD
R17
QLD
R18
QLD
R19
CAL
R20
CAL
R21
CAL
R22
SYM
R23
SYM
R24
SYM
R25
WIN
R26
WIN
R27
WIN
R28
ORA
R29
ORA
R30
ORA
R31
QLD
R32
BAT
R33

Ret
N/A0
2001 Imrie Motorsport Holden Commodore (VX) PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13

29
BAR
R14

29
BAR
R15

29
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
57th180
Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) PHI
R1
PHI
R2
ADE
R3
ADE
R4
EAS
R5
EAS
R6
HDV
R7
HDV
R8
HDV
R9
CAN
R10
CAN
R11
CAN
R12
BAR
R13
BAR
R14
BAR
R15
CAL
R16
CAL
R17
CAL
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
QLD
R21

18
WIN
R22
WIN
R23
BAT
R24

Ret
PUK
R25
PUK
R26
PUK
R27
SAN
R28
SAN
R29
SAN
R30
2003 John Faulkner Racing Holden Commodore (VX) ADE
R1
ADE
R1
PHI
R3
EAS
R4
WIN
R5
BAR
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
HDV
R11
QLD
R12
ORA
R13
SAN
R14

24
BAT
R15

Ret
SUR
R16
SUR
R17
PUK
R18
PUK
R19
PUK
R20
EAS
R21
EAS
R22
63rd100
2006 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
PUK
R3
PUK
R4
PUK
R5
BAR
R6

29
BAR
R7

27
BAR
R8

Ret
WIN
R9
WIN
R10
WIN
R11
HDV
R12

30
HDV
R13

23
HDV
R14

29
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
QLD
R17
ORA
R18
ORA
R19
ORA
R20
SAN
R21

22
BAT
R22

16
SUR
R23
SUR
R24
SUR
R25
SYM
R26

26
SYM
R27

Ret
SYM
R28

19
BHR
R29
BHR
R30
BHR
R31
PHI
R32
PHI
R33
PHI
R34
34th398
2009 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) ADE
R1
ADE
R2
HAM
R3
HAM
R4
WIN
R5
WIN
R6
SYM
R7
SYM
R8
HDV
R9
HDV
R10
TOW
R11
TOW
R12
SAN
R13
SAN
R14
QLD
R15
QLD
R16
PHI
Q

Ret
PHI
R17

22
BAT
R18

17
SUR
R19
SUR
R20
SUR
R21
SUR
R22
PHI
R23
PHI
R24
BAR
R25
BAR
R26
SYD
R27
SYD
R28
47th183
2010 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) YMC
R1

24
YMC
R2

25
BHR
R3

25
BHR
R4

21
ADE
R5

20
ADE
R6

21
HAM
R7

23
HAM
R8

Ret
QLD
R9

26
QLD
R10

22
WIN
R11

27
WIN
R12

20
HDV
R13

25
HDV
R14

27
TOW
R15

25
TOW
R16

20
PHI
R17

25
BAT
R18

22
SUR
R19

Ret
SUR
R20

18
SYM
R21

26
SYM
R22

Ret
SAN
R23

26
SAN
R24

23
SYD
R25

Ret
SYD
R26

17
26th857

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCarCo-driverPositionLaps
1999 Tomas Mezera Motorsport Holden Commodore (VT) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tomas Mezera DNF41
2001 Rod Nash Racing Holden Commodore (VX) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Nash DNF62
2003 Holden Young Lions Holden Commodore (VX) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Brede DNF72
2006 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (BA) Flag of Australia (converted).svg José Fernández 16th159
2009 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark McNally 17th160
2010 Kelly RacingHolden Commodore (VE) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taz Douglas 22nd158

References

  1. Tony Ricciardello Drover Profile Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.sportssedans.com.au