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Max Angelelli

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Max Angelelli
Angelelli at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2008
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1966-12-15) 15 December 1966 (age 57)
Bologna, Italy
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1994, 1999–2002
Best finish9th (2002)
2011 Daytona Prototype with Ricky Taylor

Massimiliano Angelelli (born 15 December 1966) is a retired Italian racecar driver.[1] He won the 2005 and 2017 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2001 Six Hours at the Glen. Also he was the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champion in 2005 and 2013, as well as runner-up in 2010 and 2011.

Angelelli was co-founder of Wayne Taylor Racing, where he drove until his retirement in 2017.[2] In 2020 he left WTR and began working at sports prototype projects for Italian manufacturer Dallara.[3]

Career

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His career began in Italian Formula Alfa Boxer in 1987 and continued for 15 years. His only championship win was the 1992 Italian Formula Three title. Following that win he also raced German Formula Three (1993–1995), Macau Grand Prix for Formula 3 (1996), FIA GT Championship (1997–1998), All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (select races in 1998), and American Le Mans Series (1999–2002).

Angelelli is nicknamed the Axe, coined by Leigh Diffey because he has a knack of closing up and "chopping" off seconds behind the leader quickly in a race to set himself up to make a clean pass for the win.

Angelelli had a banner year in 2005. Angelelli and teammate Wayne Taylor won the 24 Hours of Daytona and captured the 2005 Grand American Daytona Prototype championship.

Angelelli was selected to run in the 2006 IROC series in America, along with teammate Wayne Taylor, becoming the first tandem in IROC history.

Angelelli is also known for being the safety car driver in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.[4] Ayrton Senna followed Angelelli's safety car for 5 laps before his fatal accident.

For the past several years, Angelelli has driven for the Wayne Taylor Sun Trust Racing Team in the Daytona Prototype class of the Grand Am Racing Series, a class that requires two drivers per car. He has teamed up with Ricky Taylor, the son of team owner Wayne Taylor.

For 2013 Angelelli was again with Wayne Taylor Racing/Velocity Worldwide but Taylor's son Ricky had left to pursue another driving opportunity. This left a driver vacancy on the team which was quickly filled by Taylor's younger son Jordan. Together Jordan and Angelelli made a potent combination and won the final Grand-Am Driver's Title, narrowly beating Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas who had won the championship 4 of the previous 5 years.

In 2017, Angelelli announced that he would compete in his last career 24 Hours of Daytona for Wayne Taylor Racing alongside the Taylor brothers and Jeff Gordon. The team went on to win the race.

Motorsports career results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1994 Sweden Strandell
Germany Obermaier Racing 		Sweden Anders Olofsson
Switzerland Sandro Angelastro 		Ferrari F40 GT1 51 DNF DNF
1999 United States Panoz Motorsports United States Johnny O'Connell
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP 323 11th 9th
2000 United States Team Cadillac South Africa Wayne Taylor
Belgium Eric van de Poele 		Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 287 22nd 12th
2001 France DAMS South Africa Wayne Taylor
France Christophe Tinseau 		Cadillac Northstar LMP01 LMP900 270 15th 5th
2002 United States Team Cadillac South Africa Wayne Taylor
France Christophe Tinseau 		Cadillac Northstar LMP02 LMP900 345 9th 8th
Source:[5]

American Le Mans Series results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
1999 Doyle-Risi Racing LMP Ferrari 333 SP Ferrari F310E 4.0 L V12 SEB
6 		ATL
4 		MOS
5 		SON
10 		POR
9 		PET
Ret 		MON
Ret 		LSV
8 		[6]
2000 Team Cadillac LMP Cadillac Northstar LMP Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB
6 		CHA
 SIL
 NÜR
 SON
 MOS
 TEX
 ROS
8 		PET
7 		MON
7 		LSV
 ADE
 22nd 62 [7]
2001 Team Cadillac LMP900 Cadillac Northstar LMP01 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 TEX
 SEB
 DON
 JAR
 SON
Ret 		POR
 MOS
4 		MID
7 		MON
4 		PET
4 		11th 82 [8]
2002 Team Cadillac LMP900 Cadillac Northstar LMP02 Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 SEB
11 		SON
 MID
 AME
 WAS
4 		TRO
 MOS
3 		MON
3 		MIA
2 		PET
3 		11th 118 [9]


Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

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

Year Team Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref
2004 SunTrust Racing DP Riley Mk XI Pontiac LS6 5.5 L V8 DAY
5 		MIA
5 		PHX
1 		MT
13 		WGL
2 		DAY
1 		MDO
8 		WGL
3 		MIA
2 		VIR
1 		BAR
2 		CAL
4 		4th 329 [10]
2005 SunTrust Racing DP Riley Mk XI Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DAY
1 		MIA
1 		CAL
2 		LGA
4 		MON
6 		WGL
6 		DAY
2 		BAR
1 		WGL
1 		MDO
3 		PHO
2 		WGL
1 		VIR
4 		MEX
2 		1st 439 [11]
2006 SunTrust Racing DP Riley Mk XI Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DAY
29 		MEX
9 		MIA
11 		LBH
8 		VIR
2 		LGA
1 		PHO
4 		WGL
3 		MDO
4 		DAY
4 		BAR
2 		WGL
2 		SON
4 		MIL
14 		3rd 431 [12]
2007 SunTrust Racing DP Riley Mk XI Pontiac 5.0 L V8 R24
3 		MEX
3 		HOM
2 		VIR
1 		LGA
15 		S6H
3 		MDO
4 		DAY
2 		IOW
7 		BAR
3 		MON
1 		WGL
2 		SON
4 		SLK
18 		3rd 395 [13]
2008 SunTrust Racing DP Dallara DP01 Pontiac 5.0 L V8 DAY
5 		MIA
14 		MEX
18 		VIR
17 		LGA
8 		WGL
3 		LEX
10 		DAY
20 		BAR
6 		MON
6 		WGL
7 		SON
1 		NJ
2 		MIL
2 		6th 328 [14]
2009 SunTrust Racing DP Dallara DP01 Ford 5.0L V8 R24
4 		VIR
13 		NJ
2 		LAG
3 		S6H
2 		LEX
8 		DAY
1 		BAR
14 		WGI
12 		MON
1 		MIL
2 		HOM
7 		3rd 325 [15]
2010 SunTrust Racing DP Dallara DP08 Ford 5.0L V8 R24
6 		HOM
6 		BIR
12 		VIR
3 		LRP
1 		S6H
2 		LEX
9 		DAY
9 		NJ
3 		WAT
2 		MON
3 		SLK
3 		2nd 332 [16]
2011 SunTrust Racing DP Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 R24
5 		HOM
3 		BIR
11 		VIR
4 		LIM
1 		S6H
1 		ELK
3 		LAG
3 		NJ
2 		WAT
1 		MON
2 		LEX
11 		2nd 353 [17]
2012 SunTrust Racing DP Corvette DP (Dallara DP01) Chevrolet 5.0L V8 R24
14 		BIR
5 		HOM
1 		NJ
1 		BEL
20 		LEX
9 		ELK
7 		S6H
11 		IMS
3 		WAT
4 		MON
5 		LGA
7 		LIM
1 		6th 343 [18]
2013 Wayne Taylor Racing DP Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
2 		COA
10 		BAR
1 		ATL
6 		DET
1 		LEX
6 		WGI
10 		IMS
15 		ROA
7 		KAN
1 		LGA
1 		LIM
1 		1st 339 [19]

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
2014 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
2 		SIR
7 		LBH LS DET S6H
5 		MSP IMS ELK COA PET
1 		20th 121 [20]
2015 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
16 		SIR
2 		LBH LS DET S6H
6 		MSP ELK COA PET
4 		12th 104 [21]
2016 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
2 		SIR
12 		LBH LS DET S6H
4 		MSP ELK COA PET
3 		14th 113 [22]
2017 Wayne Taylor Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 6.2 L V8 DAY
1 		SEB LBH COA DET WAT MSP ELK LGA PET 28th 35 [23]
Source:[5]

International Race of Champions

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(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

1 Ride shared with Wayne Taylor

References

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  1. ^ "Wayne Taylor Racing". waynetaylorracing.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ Angelelli departs Wayne Taylor Racing - John Dagys, Sportscar365, 5 October 2020
  3. ^ Angelelli joins Dallara in new senior-level role - John Dagys, Sportscar365, 17 November 2020
  4. ^ Ciccarone, Paolo (27 April 2018). "Ricordando Senna. Quel giorno a Imola, con la morte in pista" [Remembering Senna. That day in Imola, with death on the track]. AutoMoto Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Max Angelelli Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Max Angelelli – 1999 American Le Mans Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2000 American Le Mans Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2001 American Le Mans Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2002 American Le Mans Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR DIgital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2006 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2008 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2010 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2011 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2012 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2013 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Max Angelelli – 2006 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian Formula Three Champion
1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Austria Formula 3 Cup champion
1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Rolex Sports Car Series DP Champion
2005 with:
Wayne Taylor 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Rolex Sports Car Series DP Champion
2013 with:
Jordan Taylor 		Succeeded by
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