Diego Romanini

Diego Romanini (born 30 December 1978 in Pietrasanta) is an Italian auto racing driver. He has competed in the World Touring Car Championship and was the Austria Formula 3 Cup champion in 2001 and 2003.

Career After starting his career in karting, Romanini first started circuit racing in 1998 with Italian Formula Renault, before racing in the Italian Formula Campus Series. In 2000, he competed in Austrian Formula Three, becoming champion in 2001. He spent one year in the British Formula 3 Championship, then returned to the Austrian series in 2003, where he regained his title. Also that year, he won the Centraleurop Formula Three Championship, and drove in the German Formula Three Championship. 2004 saw him first drive in Touring cars, with a season in the German Touring Car Challenge, finishing sixth on points. He competed in selected races in German Formula Three and the FIA GT Championship in 2005.

For 2006, Romanini got a drive in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for the independent Wiechers-Sport Team, in a BMW 320i. He finished sixth in the Yokohama Independent Trophy, with a best placed race finish of thirteenth in round twelve at Puebla.

In 2008, Romanini raced in the International GT Open and selected rounds of the Euroseries 3000.

In 2011, Romanini raced 5 VLN races and the 24h race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the BMW 325i E92 from Motorsport Team Sorg Rennsport. He took 3 VLN and the 24h victory in class.

Romamini would drive for Proteam Racing from the second round of the 2013 European Touring Car Cup season in Slovakia in a BMW 320si with the option of joining the team for future WTCC events.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2006 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i ITA1 ITA224† FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER225† BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 CZE1 CZE2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete International Superstars Series/EuroV8 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2010 FR Competition BMW 550i (E60) MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 ALG1 ALG2 HOC1 HOC2 22nd 10 CAAL Racing Mercedes C63 AMG CPR1 CPR2 VAL1 VAL2 KYA1 KYA2 2011 MN Motorsport Lexus IS-F MNZ1 MNZ2 VNC1 VNC2 ALG1 ALG2 DON1 DON1 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 VAL1 VAL2 NC 0 2013 MRT by Nocentini Lexus IS-F 500 MNZR1 MNZR2 BRNR1 BRNR2 SVKR1 SVKR2 ZOLR1 ZOLR2 ALGR1 ALGR2 DONR1 DONR2 IMOR1 IMOR2 VALR1 VALR2 31st 3 2014 CAAL Racing Mercedes C63 AMG MNZR1 MNZR2 VALR1 VALR2 MUGR1 MUGR2 BRNR1 BRNR2 SAC1 HOC1 8th 82 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR International Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2015 Proteam Racing Ford Focus ST MYS1 MYS2 CHN1 CHN2 ESP1 ESP2 POR1 POR2 ITA1 ITA2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 RBR1 RBR2 SIN1 SIN2 THA1 THA2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0