Luca Riccitelli

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Luca Riccitelli (born June 1, 1971 in Fabriano ) is a former Italian racing driver .

Career

Luca Riccitelli began his career in single-seater . He drove his first races in the Italian Formula 3 Championship in 1991. In 1993, he finished the season on a Dallara 393 behind Christian Pescatori , Marcello Ventre , Giancarlo Fisichella and Fabrizio De Simone , ex aequo with Federico Gemmo in fifth place overall behind Fisichella runner-up. Until 1996 he competed in various Formula 3 series and then switched to the British Formula 2 championship .

At the end of the 1990s, he turned his back on monoposto racing and turned to GT and sports car racing. By the end of his career in 2006, he celebrated two overall and 21 class wins. In 2000 and 2001 he was third overall in the N GT class of the FIA GT championship . He reached this position in 2005 in the GT2 classification of the Italian GT Championship. He finished the traditional 6-hour race in Vallelunga in 1999 in seventh overall.

His best place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was 13th overall including class win in 1999 . The best finish at Sebring was 14th in 2000 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1999 GermanyGermany Manthey Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R NetherlandsNetherlands Patrick Huisman GermanyGermany Uwe Alzen Rank 13 and class win
2002 GermanyGermany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 RS ItalyItaly Gabrio Rosa ItalyItaly Luca Drudi Rank 22
2006 FranceFrance IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 996 GT3 RSR FranceFrance Raymond Narac FranceFrance Romain Dumas failure Engine failure

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2000 GermanyGermany RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R AustriaAustria Dieter Quester AustriaAustria Philipp Peter Rank 14
2002 GermanyGermany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS ItalyItaly Gabrio Rosa ItalyItaly Alex Caffi Rank 21

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Italian Formula 3 Championship 1993
  2. ↑ Italian Formula 3 Championship 1994
  3. ↑ FIA GT Championship 2000
  4. ↑ FIA GT Championship 2001
  5. ↑ Italian GT Championship 2005
  6. ^ Vallelunga 6-hour race in 1999
personal data
SURNAME Riccitelli, Luca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Fabriano