Andrea Caldarelli

Andrea Caldarelli (born February 14, 1990 in Pescara ) is an Italian racing driver . He competed in the Super Formula with interruptions from 2011 to 2015 .

Career

Andrea Caldarelli 2014 at the Super Formula race in Motegi.

After Caldarelli began his motorsport career in karting in 2000 , which he practiced until 2003, he switched to formula racing after a year off . With a win he finished fourth in the Formula Azzurra . In 2006 he switched to the Italian Formula Renault and finished 14th in the overall standings. He also won a race in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and made his debut in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . In 2007 Caldarelli switched to the Prema Powerteam , for which he competed in both the Italian Formula Renault and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In 2008 he started in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and in the Western European Formula Renault. ForStarting SG Formula , he finished third in the overall standings in both championships. In 2009 Caldarelli stayed with SG Formula and drove in the Formula 3 Euro Series . With a third place as the best result, he finished 14th overall. From 2007 to 2009 Caldarelli was in the Toyota Young Driver Program . In December 2008 he took part in Formula 1 test drives for Toyota as part of this program .

In 2010 Caldarelli moved to the Italian Formula 3 championship for Prema Junior . He won three races and finished the season in third place overall. As a reward for this achievement, he was given the opportunity to take part in Formula 1 test drives for Scuderia Ferrari at the beginning of December . In 2011 Caldarelli started for Ocean Racing Technology in the GP2 Asia series . He finished 21st in the drivers' championship. He was then committed by Tech 1 Racing for the season of the GP3 series . Caldarelli left the GP3 series and Europe after the second race weekend for Japan , as Toyota gave him the opportunity to drive in Formula Nippon . At that point he was in second place in the championship. At the end of the season he finished tenth overall. In 2011 , he competed for Kondō Racing in Formula Nippon . He remained without points and was 16th overall.

In 2012 Caldarelli switched to the Super GT and got a cockpit with the Lexus Team KeePer Kraft . He formed a driver duo with Yūji Kunimoto . The two finished 13th in the drivers' championship. In 2013, Caldarelli competed in the Super GT for Lexus Team KeePer TOM’S together with Daisuke Itō . With two podium placements, the two achieved eighth place overall. He also represented Loïc Duval at Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans in three races of the 2013 Super Formula season , the successor to Formula Nippon. In 2014, Caldarelli and Ito won a Super GT race and finished the season in second place. In addition, he again represented Duval twice in the Super Formula. He came third once. Caldarelli also took part in two races of the Asian GT Championship.

In 2015 Caldarelli competed in the Super GT for TOM'S together with Ryō Hirakawa . The two won two races and finished fifth in the drivers' championship. In addition, he took part in the 2015 Super Formula season as a full-time driver for Lenovo Team Impul and achieved 14th place in the overall ranking. He also took part in races in the Asian GT championship.

Personal

Caldarelli is a brother-in-law of the racing car driver Vitantonio Liuzzi .

statistics

Career stations

2000-2003: karting 2005: Formula Azzurra (4th place) 2006: Italian Formula Renault (14th place) 2007: Italian Formula Renault (12th place) 2007: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (24th place) 2008: Western European Formula Renault (3rd place) 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (3rd place)

2009 : Formula 3 Euro Series (14th place) 2010: Italian Formula 3 (3rd place) 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (21st place) 2011 : GP3 series (10th place) 2011 : Formula Nippon (16th place) 2012: Super GT (13th place) 2013: Super GT (8th place)

2013 : Super Formula (13th place) 2014: Super GT (2nd place) 2014 : Super Formula (12th place) 2014: Asian GT, GT3 (52nd place) 2015: Super GT (5th place) 2015 : Super Formula (14th place) 2015: Asian GT, GT3 (32nd place)

Individual results in the Nippon / Super Formula formula

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points	rank
2011	Kondō Racing	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MO1	SU2	SUG	MO2		FU2	0	16.
			DNF	DNF	13	13	C.	9	DNF	DNF	9
2013	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MOT	INJ	SUG	SU2		FU2	4th	13.
			7th				C.		DNF	5
2014	Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans	Toyota	SU1	FUJ			MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2		7th	12.
						DNF	3
2015	Lenovo team impulse	Toyota	SU1	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2			4th	14th
			11	6th	9	11	15th	16	DNF	12

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} No points were awarded for the Fuji Sprint Cup.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Caldarelli with Formula 1 debut at Toyota" (Motorsport-total.com on December 18, 2008)
2. ↑ "Young talent opportunity at Ferrari: Test Formula 3 drivers" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 2, 2010)
3. ↑ “OCEAN BETS ON OLIVER TURVEY AND ANDREA CALDARELLI FOR GP2 ASIA 2011” ( Memento from February 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (gp2series.com on February 1, 2011)
4. ↑ “Andrea Caldarelli joins Tech 1 Racing”. gp3series.com, April 9, 2011, accessed August 12, 2012 . 
5. ↑ "Thomas Hylkema replaces Andrea Caldarelli at Tech 1 Racing". gp3series.com, June 2, 2011, accessed August 12, 2012 . 
6. ^ "Kondo Racing chiama Caldarelli" ( Memento from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on May 9, 2011)
7. ^ Haidinger, Sven: "Caterham cockpit: after Russinow also denies Caldarelli". September 16, 2014, accessed September 16, 2014 . 

Web links

Commons : Andrea Caldarelli  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Andrea Caldarelli
• Career statistics from Andrea Caldarelli (English)