Andrea Piccini | |||||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||
Born |
Sansepolcro, Italy |
12 December 1978 ||||||||||
FIA GT1 World Championship career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2010 | ||||||||||
Current team | Hexis AMR | ||||||||||
Car no. | 4 | ||||||||||
Starts | 9 | ||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 25th in 2010 | ||||||||||
Previous series | |||||||||||
1999-2001 2003-08 2004, 09-10 2006 2009 2010 |
International Formula 3000 FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series American Le Mans Series International GT Open French GT Championship |
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Participating years | 2006, 2008 - 2009 |
Teams | Aston Martin Racing, Racing Box |
Best finish | 6th (2006) |
Class wins | 0 |
Andrea Piccini (born 12 December 1978 in Sansepolcro) is an Italian racing driver, currently competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Hexis AMR.
Piccini began his single seater career in 1994, when he began competing in go-kart races. In 1997, he started competing in Formula Opel Europe. He finished third in the 1998 standings. He went on to race in International Formula 3000 in 1999 up until 2001, picking up only six points in the three seasons. In 2001, he was signed as a test driver for the European Minardi Formula One.
After a disappointing single-seater career, he went on to race in sports car racing. In 2003, he was signed by Lister Racing to compete in the FIA GT Championship. He picked up three podiums for the team along with Swiss co-driver Jean-Denis Délétraz. He was signed by Aston Martin Racing in 2006 who wanted to race their new GT1-spec DBR9. He raced two rounds of the American Le Mans Series, scoring in one of those events, being round five. He then went on to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished second in the GT1 class with team mates Tomáš Enge and Darren Turner. He reunited with his 2003 FIA GT team mate Jean-Denis Délétraz for the 2006 season. They raced for Phoenix Racing who ran a DBR9. Piccini finished third in the championship, taking a win at the final round of the season.