Andrea Rosso

Andrea Rosso (born 19 October 2003) is an Italian retired 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.

Career

Karting Rosso first drove a kart in 2007 at the age of four, 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 Andrea Margutti Trophy twice in consecutive years, first in OK-Junior in 2017 and then in OK in 2018. 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. 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.

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. He scored two points and ended the season 25th in the standings, while also taking a podium in the rookies' championship. That year, Rosso also took part in the Formula 4 Cup of the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games at Vallelunga. 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.

In 2020, Rosso switched to Cram Motorsport for a full season of Italian F4. 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. 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. 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".

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. He managed a best result of fifth at the Circuit Paul Ricard and finished 19th in the standings.

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. He stated that "the passion for this sport literally overwhelmed [him]".

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.

Karting record

Karting career summary

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 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 IMO4 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 25th 2 2020 Cram Motorsport MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 IMO11 IMO12 IMO13 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 IMO21 IMO22 IMO23 VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 7th 140

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2019 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 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 19th 14 2022 RPM MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MUG1 MUG2 34th 0 Season still in progress.