Andrea de Adamich
Andrea De Adamich - Alfa Romeo Giulia 2000 GTAm (1972 Monza 4 Hours)
Born (1941-10-03) 3 October 1941
Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityItaly Italian
Active years1968, 1970–1973
TeamsFerrari, McLaren, March, Surtees, Brabham
Entries36 (30 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points6
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1968 South African Grand Prix
Last entry1973 British Grand Prix

Andrea Lodovico de Adamich[1] (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of six championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races.

Career

De Adamich driving for March in the 1971 German Grand Prix
De Adamich 1974 at Nürburgring driving Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12

De Adamich was born in Trieste, from a family originally from Croatia. One of his ancestors, Andrija Ljudevit Adamić, had been the wealthiest and most powerful merchant in Rijeka in the 18th century.[2] Andrea de Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in Formula One where he was one of the few drivers to have worn glasses to race.

He won the 1966 European Touring Car Championship at the start of a long relationship with Alfa Romeo and made his GP debut in the 1968 South African race when his Ferrari spun off on oil. Later in the season he won the South American Temporada F2 Championship in Argentina with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian team and he returned to the Alfa Romeo fold as they entered F1 supplying engines to a third works McLaren. De Adamich only finished once in 1970 in the McLaren-Alfa and the following year was no more successful when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.

In 1972 De Adamich joined the Surtees team and scored his first Formula One points when he finished fourth in the Spanish GP at Jarama. In 1973 he moved to Brabham. After a promising start of the season, when he finished again fourth in the Belgian GP at Zolder, De Adamich career was ended abruptly due to injuries sustained in a multiple-car pile-up at the British GP. The accident happened when Jody Scheckter, running fourth in his McLaren, spun across the track at Woodcote Corner at the end of the first lap, causing many other cars to collide and crash. The incident eliminated nine cars, including all three works Surtees cars.

De Adamich retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012 he hosted the TV sport program Grand Prix on Italia 1.

He is currently the vice-president of N.Technology which prepares race cars for Alfa Romeo.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos. Pts
1967 Lola Racing Lola T100 Ford SNE SIL NÜR HOC TUL JAR ZAN PER
NC		 BRH VAL NC 0
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166 Ferrari HOC THR JAR PAL TUL ZAN PER HOC VAL
2		 10th 6
1969 Roy Winkelmann Racing Lotus 59 Ford THR HOC NÜR JAR TUL PER VAL
7		 NC 0
1970 Scuderia Jolly Club Brabham BT30 Ford THR HOC BAR ROU
14		 PER TUL IMO HOC NC 0
1972 Team Surtees Surtees TS10 Ford MAL THR HOC PAU
Ret		 PAL
DNS		 HOC ROU ÖST
Ret		 IMO
4		 MAN PER
Ret		 SAL ALB HOC
17		 19th 4
1973 Fina Brabham BT40 Ford MAL HOC THR NÜR PAU KIN NIV
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 ROU MNZ MAN KAR PER SAL NOR ALB VAL NC 0
Source:[3]

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Pts
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 RSA
Ret		 ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX NC 0
1970 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7D Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 RSA ESP
DNQ		 MON
DNQ		 BEL FRA
NC		 GBR
DNS		 NC 0
McLaren M14D NED
DNQ		 GER
DNQ		 AUT
12		 ITA
8		 CAN
Ret		 USA
DNQ		 MEX
1971 STP March March 711 Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 RSA
13		 ESP
Ret		 MON NED FRA
Ret		 GBR
NC		 GER
Ret		 AUT ITA
Ret		 CAN USA
11		 NC 0
1972 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
Ret		 RSA
NC		 ESP
4		 MON
7		 BEL
Ret		 FRA
14		 GBR
Ret		 GER
13		 AUT
14		 ITA
Ret		 CAN
Ret		 USA
Ret		 17th 3
1973 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA
8		 16th 3
Ceramica Pagnossin MRD Brabham BT37 ESP
Ret		 BEL
4		 MON
7		 SWE FRA
Ret
Brabham BT42 GBR
Ret		 NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA
Source:[3]

Non-championship Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6
1967 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 ROC SPC INT SYR OUL ESP
9
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 ROC
DNS		 INT OUL
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC INT MAD OUL
3
1972 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC BRA INT OUL REP
2		 VIC
3
Source:[3]

Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 OUL
DNS		 BRH
7		 BRH
12		 MAL
4		 SIL
DNS		 MON
13		 KOK
4		 ZAN SNE HOC OUL BRH 12th 625
Source:[3]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1970 Italy Autodelta SpA United Kingdom Piers Courage Alfa Romeo 33/3 P 3.0 222 DNF DNF
1972 Italy Autodelta SpA Italy Nino Vaccarella Alfa Romeo 33/3 S 3.0 307 4th 4th
Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1975. white p. 34. ISBN 0-85059-195-3.
  2. ↑ Avakumovic, Ivan. "An Episode In The Continental System in the Illyrian Provinces", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 14. No 3 (Summer, 1954), pp. 254–261.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Andrea de Adamich – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "All Results of Andrea de Adamich". RacingSportCars. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
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