| Born | 3 October 1941 |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Active years | 1968, 1970 - 1973 |
| Teams | Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees, Brabham |
| Races | 36 (30 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 6 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1968 South African Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1973 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 début on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of 6 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races.
De Adamich was born in Trieste, but the family originated from Fiume where his ancestor Andrea Lodovico de Adamich had been the wealthiest and most powerful merchant.[2] Andrea de Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in F1 where he was one of the few drivers to have worn spectacles 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 a South American F2 tournament with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian giants 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 had no more luck the following year when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.
1972 saw De Adamich attract sponsorship to join the Surtees team and he finished a good 4th in the Spanish GP at Jarama and he repeated that placing the following year in the Belgian GP at Zolder in a sponsored Brabham.
1973 saw the end of De Adamich's GP career, mainly due to injuries sustained in a multiple pile-up at the British GP. He retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy (now he leads 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.
Complete World Championship Formula One results[edit]
(key)
| Yr | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312/67 | Ferrari 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 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 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 | Cosworth 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 | Cosworth 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 |
References[edit]
- ^ FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 34. ISBN 0-85059-195-3.
- ^ 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.
External links[edit]
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by "Geki" |
Italian Formula Three Champion 1965 |
Succeeded by Ernesto Brambilla |
| Preceded by John Whitmore |
European Touring Car Championship champion (Div.2) 1966-1967 |
Succeeded by John Rhodes |
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