Andrea de Adamich

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
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1968, 1970–1973
Teams	Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees, Brabham
Entries	36 (30 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	6
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1968 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1973 British Grand Prix

Andrea Lodovico de Adamich (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. 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
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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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
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Non-championship Formula One results

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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
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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
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1970	Autodelta SpA	Piers Courage	Alfa Romeo 33/3	P 3.0	222	DNF	DNF
1972	Autodelta SpA	Nino Vaccarella	Alfa Romeo 33/3	S 3.0	307	4th	4th
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See also

• Croats of Italy

External links

• Profile on Historic Racing