Romain Iannetta (born 27 November 1979 in

Villecresnes Villecresnes () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Transport Villecresnes is not served by a station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail n ...

) is a French

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

who last competed in the

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, driving the No. 77 Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo for Full Motorsport. He also competes part-time in the

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series The NASCAR Euro Series (formerly known as Racecar Euro Series, Euro-Racecar NASCAR Touring Series, and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series) is an official NASCAR stock-car racing series based in Europe. It is one of NASCAR's four international-sanctioned s ...

as the driver of the No. 46

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for Marko Stipp Motorsport in the EuroNASCAR PRO class. He is the nephew of driver Alain Iannetta who participated in

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with ...

three times (

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and

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

). In parallel to his passion, Romain is an instructor at the flight school PRO'PULSION (

Dreux Dreux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in northern France. Geography Dreux lies on the small river Blaise (river), Blaise, a tributary of the Eure (river), Eure, about 35 km north of Cha ...

and

Issoire Issoire (; Auvergnat: ''Issoire'', ''Ussoire'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Geography Issoire is located on the river Couze, near its confluence with the Allier, SSE of Clermont-Ferrand on the ...

) and driving Ferrari 360 Modena for

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. He also worked for many auto manufacturers at the launch of new vehicles on the market (

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Citroën Citroën ()The double-dot diacritic over the 'e' is a diaeresis () indicating the two vowels are sounded separately, and not as a diphthong. is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded on 4 June 19 ...

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...). It began in 2000 in the trade of automotive stunt team CINE CASCADE directed by Jean-Claude Lagnes. It revolves mainly around feature films such as: Le Boulet, Ripoux 3,

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, Hush!,

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, The Bourne Identity and The Mental Love your father. He was awarded the

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in the United States for the best sequence on a vehicle for the year 2003 for the film "The Bourne Identity".

Career

2009 - 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 with Creation- Judd/LMP1 -

Creation Autosportif Creation Autosportif, Ltd. was a sports car racing team based in Oxford, England. It was founded in 2003 by Ian Bickerton and Mike Jankowski and has raced in the FIA GT Championship, FFSA GT Championship, American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series, ...

2008 - Championship of Spain Supercopa

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2007 - 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007

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AER LMP2 - Noel Del Bello Racing - 8th in the Championship of Spain Supercopa

(3 podiums - 2 wins) - 5th in the World Cup Fun Cup (Optimum Racing - FEK) 2006 - 6th in GT2 at the

Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Ice Pol Racing Team - Le Mans Series in a Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Ice Pol Racing Team (2 races) - Winner of World Cup Fun Cup at Jarama - Optimum Racing (FEK) - Andros Trophy (3 races) on

Citroën C4 The Citroën C4 is a car produced by Citroën, part of Stellantis. It was positioned to be the successor to the Citroën Xsara. The first generation production started in September 2004. For its first two generations, the C4 was a compact car/s ...

Silhouette - Carmine Team Competition (3 of Promotion in Val Thorens) - 6th Class of the 24 Hours of Barcelona Seat Leon Supercopa 2005 -

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on Courage C65-

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- Team Noel Del Bello Racing - Le Mans Endurance Series on Chrysler Viper GTS-R -

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Racing Team -

Courage C65 - Team Noel Del Bello Racing 2004 - Spanish Championship

- 1 Racing Championship of French Touring Car Championship 2002 - Champion of French

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Promotion (8 wins in 9 races) - Vice-Champion of French

(9 podiums in 9 races) - Tested by

Welter Racing Welter Racing is a French sports car maker that mainly enters in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, since 1990 under the name of Rachel and Gérard Welter, Peugeot's late head of design or Rachel Welter (his wife). History was well versed in endurance ci ...

to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring - Tested by a team of

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Touring Car Silhouette 2001 - Championnat de French Formula Renault - Winner of 4 hours of Spa

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- Winner of the race Lédenon

2000 - 5th in the Championnat de French

Promotion (3 podiums) - Participation in the European Championship and 2nd Festival POWERTOUR at Spa 1999 - 3rd in the Flying ACO

Automobile Club de l'Ouest The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (English: Automobile Club of the West), sometimes abbreviated to ACO, is the largest automotive group in France. It was founded in 1906 by car building and racing enthusiasts, and is most famous for being the organ ...

- Championnat de French Formula Renault Elf Campus (1 win) - Winner of 10 hours of Soucy Karting 1995–1998 - France Karting Championship Yamaha (15 podiums) - Tests in

Caterham Caterham () is a town in the Tandridge (district), Tandridge district of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valle ...

- Flying school self ACO

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- Championnat de France Endurance Karting 1993–1994 - Flying school E.T.A. Karting, kart course Y.D.K. 1988–1991 - Stage of motorcycle riding, participation in Jacadi Trophy

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position. ''Italics'' – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO

References

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