Felice Tedeschi is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the

Italian GT Championship The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a ...

. He is a former

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 ...

driver, who made his debut in 2012.

Racing career

Tedeschi began his career in 1982 in Formula Fiat Abarth. In 1984, he won the Italian Under 23 Championship in Formula Fiat Abarth. He also raced in the Italian Formula 3 for several seasons, finishing 7th in the standings in 1988, winning one race at Mugello. He raced in the

Italian Superturismo Championship The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italy's national motorsport series for touring cars. It was established in 1987 and its drivers' title has been held by such notable drivers as Le Mans winners Emanuele P ...

from 1994 to 1997, winning 5 races before switching to the

International Sports Racing Series The FIA Sportscar Championship was a sports car racing series created by John Mangoletsi and got the approval of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 2001. It was a series similar to the FIA GT Championship, concentrating on two ...

. In 1998, he participated in the European Prototype Championship, winning two races and becoming European team champion alongside Gianluca Giraudi. He continued to race in the series until 2000. He didn't race much after this, but did make one-off appearances in the

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in 2003 and in the

Superstars Series The Superstars International Series was a production-based touring car racing championship held between 2004 and 2013. It was managed by the "Superstars World of Racing SpA", SWR, a company of FG Group with headquarters in Rome and sanctioned by ...

in 2011. In September 2012, it was announced that Tedeschi would make his

debut with

Proteam Racing Proteam Motorsport is an Italian auto racing team based in Arezzo that was set up by former driver Valmiro Presenzini in 1997. They are best known for their efforts in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. Their time in the WTCC has seen them b ...

driving a

BMW 320 TC The BMW 320 TC is a racing car built under Super 2000 specifications, which competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2011 to 2014. The car came into use as a customer car, after BMW ended their WTCC factory program at the end of t ...

in the Race of the United States round held at

Sonoma Raceway Sonoma Raceway (originally known as Sears Point Raceway, Golden State International Raceway and Infineon Technologies, Infineon Raceway) is a road course and dragstrip located at Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains of Sonoma County, Cal ...

. However he had an accident in the first practice session, leaving his car to badly damaged, to be repaired in time for the races. In 2015, he went back to rack in GT Italian Tourismo Championship, driving a Ferrari 458. He participated in 6 race, earning the podium distinction in his category.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tedeschi, Felice Living people World Touring Car Championship drivers Italian racing drivers TCR Italian Touring Car Championship drivers Year of birth missing (living people)