Andrea Rosso (racing driver)

Andrea Rosso (born 19 October 2003) is an Italian racing driver, who most recently competed for Race Performance Motorsport in the Formula Regional European Championship. He is the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup champion, as well as an Italian F4 Championship race winner.

Andrea Rosso
Rosso racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003
Turin, Italy
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamRPM
Car number19
Former teamsFA Racing by MP
Starts19 (20 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish19th in 2021
Previous series
2019–2020
2019		Italian F4 Championship
FIA Motorsport Games F4 Cup
Championship titles
2019FIA Motorsport Games F4 Cup

Career

Karting

Rosso first drove a kart in 2007, aged 4, but did not start competing until a few years later. Coming up through the ranks in his native Italy before making the move to Europe, he won the prestigious Trofeo Andrea Margutti twice in consecutive years, first in OK-Junior in 2017 and then in OK in 2018.[1] He also became the 2017 WSK Super Master Series champion in the OK-Junior class, beating the likes of Jack Doohan, Jonny Edgar and Roman Staněk.[2][3] At the end of 2018, his last full season of competitive karting, Rosso was invited to participate in the 15th edition of the annual Supercorso Federale event at Vallelunga, as one of four young karting talents selected by ACI Sport.[4]

Lower formulae

Rosso made his single-seater debut in the 2019 Italian F4 Championship, where he competed in four of the seven rounds for Antonelli Motorsport.[5][6] He scored two points and ended the season 25th in the standings, while also taking a podium in the rookies' championship.[7][8] That year, the Italian also took part in the Formula 4 Cup of the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games at Vallelunga.[9][10] He won the main race after qualifying third and gaining a position in each of the races, and earned himself and his country a gold medal on home soil.[11][12][13]

In 2020 Rosso switched to Cram Motorsport for a full season of Italian F4.[14] He enjoyed a strong start to the campaign, and was well within the title fight alongside Gabriele Minì and Francesco Pizzi at the halfway point, having won three of the first ten races.[15][16] However, a poor second half of the season followed, with a run of retirements, non-points finishes and even a DNS from pole at Monza eventually dropping him to seventh in the drivers' championship.[17] At the end of the year, Rosso was again invited to ACI Sport's Supercorso Federale, together with Minì, Pizzi, Leonardo Fornaroli and four karting drivers. He received the Trofeo Cristiano del Balzo, awarded to the driver who showed more "commitment and passion".[18][19]

Formula Regional European Championship

In March 2021 it was announced that Rosso would be making his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship, driving for Fernando Alonso's FA Racing team.[20][21] He managed a best result of fifth at the Circuit Paul Ricard and finished 19th in the standings.[22]

Retirement

Having initially tested a Honda NSX GT3 Evo during the winter in evaluation of a move to sportscar racing, Rosso announced his immediate retirement from racing on 2 April 2022, after 14 years of competing in karting and single-seaters.[23] He stated that "the passion for this sport literally overwhelmed [him]".[24]

Return

Only three months after announcing his retirement, Rosso returned to FRECA, having been called up by RPM for the sixth round at the Hungaroring as a replacement for driver-team manager Keith Donegan, who stepped back from his double duties.[25]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2010 Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 50 RPKT DNF
2012 Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc 11th
Easykart International Grand Finals — 60 Mini Red Passion Karting Team 17th
2013 Trofeo delle Industrie — 60 Mini 24th
Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc Mazzotti Corse 2nd
2014 Italian Championship — 60 Mini 11th
Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 60 Mig Racing 3rd
Trofeo Nazionale Easykart — 60cc 1st
2015 Easykart International Grand Finals — Easy 100 2nd
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ MLG Racing 34th
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 33rd
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ 12th
Italian Championship — OKJ 3rd
Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 9th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ Morsicani Racing 61st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ Birel ART Srl 16th
WSK Night Edition — OKJ Rosso, Alessandro 19th
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 14th
2017 South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 30th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ Baby Race Srl 1st
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 1st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 16th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ Tony Kart Racing Team 10th
Trofeo delle Industrie — OK CRG SpA 5th
WSK Final Cup — OK 8th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OK CRG SpA 4th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OK 1st
German Karting Championship — OK 11th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 30th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 19th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 31st
WSK Final Cup — OK 6th
2019 WSK Euro Series — OK Birel ART Racing 41st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK NC
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK NC
WSK Open Cup — KZ2 DNF

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2019 Italian F4 Championship Antonelli Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 2 25th
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Italy 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2020 Italian F4 Championship Cram Motorsport 19 3 2 1 5 140 7th
2021 Formula Regional European Championship FA Racing by MP 19 0 0 0 0 14 19th
2022 Formula Regional European Championship RPM 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pos Points
2019 Antonelli Motorsport VLL
1
18		 VLL
2
Ret		 VLL
3
9		 MIS
1
25		 MIS
2
23		 MIS
3
C		 HUN
1
22		 HUN
2
31		 HUN
3
Ret		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 RBR
3		 IMO
1
19		 IMO
2
24		 IMO
3
Ret		 IMO
4
16		 MUG
1		 MUG
2		 MUG
3		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 MNZ
3		 25th 2
2020 Cram Motorsport MIS
1
12		 MIS
2
1		 MIS
3
8		 IMO1
1
10		 IMO1
2
3		 IMO1
3
1		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
9		 RBR
3
18		 MUG
1
1		 MUG
2
4		 MUG
3
4		 MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
DNS		 MNZ
3
Ret		 IMO2
1
11		 IMO2
2
19		 IMO2
3
14		 VLL
1
10		 VLL
2
C		 VLL
3
20		 7th 140

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results
Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Italy Team Italy Formula 4 3rd 2nd 1st

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 FA Racing by MP IMO
1
12		 IMO
2
20		 CAT
1
13		 CAT
2
11		 MCO
1
13		 MCO
2
9		 LEC
1
13		 LEC
2
5		 ZAN
1
DNS		 ZAN
2
16		 SPA
1
17		 SPA
2
21		 RBR
1
18		 RBR
2
29		 VAL
1
26		 VAL
2
17		 MUG
1
17		 MUG
2
Ret		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
26		 19th 14
2022 RPM MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 IMO
1		 IMO
2		 MCO
1		 MCO
2		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 HUN
1
27		 HUN
2
20		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 MUG
1		 MUG
2		 33rd* 0*

* Season still in progress.

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