Diego Romanini
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Diego Romanini (born 30 December 1978 in
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) is an Italian
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driver. He has competed in the
World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sing ...
and was the
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champion in 2001 and 2003.


Career

After starting his career in karting, he first started circuit racing in 1998 with Italian Formula Renault, before racing in the Italian Formula Campus Series. In 2000 he competed in Austrian Formula Three, becoming champion in 2001. He spent one year in the
British Formula 3 Championship The British Formula Three Championship was an international motor racing series that took place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It was a junior-level feeder formula that used small single sea ...
, then returned to the Austrian series in 2003, where he regained his title. Also that year, he won the Centraleurop Formula Three Championship, and drove in the
German Formula Three Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship ...
. 2004 saw him first drive in Touring cars, with a season in the German Touring Car Challenge, finishing sixth on points. He competed in selected races in German Formula Three and the
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in 2005. For 2006 he got a drive in the FIA
World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sing ...
for the independent Wiechers-Sport Team, in a
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. He finished sixth in the Yokohama Independent Trophy, with a best placed race finish of thirteenth in round twelve at
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. In 2008 Romanini raced in the International GT Open and selected rounds of the Euroseries 3000. In 2011 Diego Romanini raced 5 VLN races and the 24h race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the BMW 325i E92 from Motorsport Tea
Sorg Rennsport
He took 3 VLN and the 24h victory in class! Romamini will drive for Proteam Racing from the second round of the 2013 European Touring Car Cup season in
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in a
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with the option of joining the team for future WTCC events.


Racing record


Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


Complete International Superstars Series/EuroV8 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.


Complete TCR International Series results

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


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanini, Diego 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Pietrasanta Italian racing drivers Austrian Formula Three Championship drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers FIA GT Championship drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Superstars Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers European Touring Car Championship drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers TCR International Series drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers