Born | Trieste, Kingdom of Italy | 3 October 1941
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Italian |
Active years | 1968, 1970–1973 |
Teams | Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees, Brabham |
Entries | 36 (30 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 6 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1968 South African Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1973 British Grand Prix |
Andrea Lodovico de Adamich [1] (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of six championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races.
De Adamich was born in Trieste, from a family originally from Croatia. One of his ancestors, Andrija Ljudevit Adamić, had been the wealthiest and most powerful merchant in Rijeka in the 18th century. [2] Andrea de Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in Formula One where he was one of the few drivers to have worn glasses to race.
He won the 1966 European Touring Car Championship at the start of a long relationship with Alfa Romeo and made his GP debut in the 1968 South African race when his Ferrari spun off on oil. Later in the season he won the South American Temporada F2 Championship in Argentina with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian team and he returned to the Alfa Romeo fold as they entered F1 supplying engines to a third works McLaren. De Adamich only finished once in 1970 in the McLaren-Alfa and the following year was no more successful when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.
In 1972 De Adamich joined the Surtees team and scored his first Formula One points when he finished fourth in the Spanish GP at Jarama. In 1973 he moved to Brabham. After a promising start of the season, when he finished again fourth in the Belgian GP at Zolder, De Adamich career was ended abruptly due to injuries sustained in a multiple-car pile-up at the British GP. The accident happened when Jody Scheckter, running fourth in his McLaren, spun across the track at Woodcote Corner at the end of the first lap, causing many other cars to collide and crash. The incident eliminated nine cars, including all three works Surtees cars.
De Adamich retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012 he hosted the TV sport program Grand Prix on Italia 1.
He is currently the vice-president of N.Technology which prepares race cars for Alfa Romeo.
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
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1967 | Lola Racing | Lola T100 | Ford | SNE | SIL | NÜR | HOC | TUL | JAR | ZAN | PER NC | BRH | VAL | NC | 0 | |||||||
1968 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 166 | Ferrari | HOC | THR | JAR | PAL | TUL | ZAN | PER | HOC | VAL 2 | 10th | 6 | ||||||||
1969 | Roy Winkelmann Racing | Lotus 59 | Ford | THR | HOC | NÜR | JAR | TUL | PER | VAL 7 | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
1970 | Scuderia Jolly Club | Brabham BT30 | Ford | THR | HOC | BAR | ROU 14 | PER | TUL | IMO | HOC | NC | 0 | |||||||||
1972 | Team Surtees | Surtees TS10 | Ford | MAL | THR | HOC | PAU Ret | PAL DNS | HOC | ROU | ÖST Ret | IMO 4 | MAN | PER Ret | SAL | ALB | HOC 17 | 19th | 4 | |||
1973 | Fina | Brabham BT40 | Ford | MAL | HOC | THR | NÜR | PAU | KIN | NIV Ret | HOC Ret | ROU | MNZ | MAN | KAR | PER | SAL | NOR | ALB | VAL | NC | 0 |
Source: [3] |
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Pts |
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1968 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312/67 | Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 | RSA Ret | ESP | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | |||
1970 | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing | McLaren M7D | Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP DNQ | MON DNQ | BEL | FRA NC | GBR DNS | NC | 0 | |||||||||
McLaren M14D | NED DNQ | GER DNQ | AUT 12 | ITA 8 | CAN Ret | USA DNQ | MEX | |||||||||||||
1971 | STP March | March 711 | Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 | RSA 13 | ESP Ret | MON | NED | FRA Ret | GBR NC | GER Ret | AUT | ITA Ret | CAN | USA 11 | NC | 0 | ||||
1972 | Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG Ret | RSA NC | ESP 4 | MON 7 | BEL Ret | FRA 14 | GBR Ret | GER 13 | AUT 14 | ITA Ret | CAN Ret | USA Ret | 17th | 3 | |||
1973 | Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA 8 | 16th | 3 | ||||||||||||
Ceramica Pagnossin MRD | Brabham BT37 | ESP Ret | BEL 4 | MON 7 | SWE | FRA Ret | ||||||||||||||
Brabham BT42 | GBR Ret | NED | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | |||||||||||||
Source: [3] |
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Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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1967 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312/67 | Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 | ROC | SPC | INT | SYR | OUL | ESP 9 |
1968 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312/67 | Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 | ROC DNS | INT | OUL | |||
1969 | Team Surtees | Surtees TS5 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | ROC | INT | MAD | OUL 3 | ||
1972 | Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees | Surtees TS9B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ROC | BRA | INT | OUL | REP 2 | VIC 3 |
Source: [3] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
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1969 | Team Surtees | Surtees TS5 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | OUL DNS | BRH 7 | BRH 12 | MAL 4 | SIL DNS | MON 13 | KOK 4 | ZAN | SNE | HOC | OUL | BRH | 12th | 625 |
Source: [3] |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1970 | Autodelta SpA | Piers Courage | Alfa Romeo 33/3 | P 3.0 | 222 | DNF | DNF |
1972 | Autodelta SpA | Nino Vaccarella | Alfa Romeo 33/3 | S 3.0 | 307 | 4th | 4th |
Source: [4] |
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