Romain Iannetta

Romain Iannetta (born 27 November 1979) is a French racing driver who last competed in the GT4 European Series, driving the No. 77 Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo for Full Motorsport. He also competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series as the driver of the No. 46 Chevrolet Camaro for Marko Stipp Motorsport in the EuroNASCAR PRO class.

Iannetta is the nephew of driver Alain Iannetta who participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans three times (1988, 1989 and 1990).

In parallel to his passion, Iannetta is an instructor at the flight school PRO'PULSION (Dreux and Issoire) and driving a Ferrari 360 Modena for JMB Racing. He also worked for many auto manufacturers at the launch of new vehicles on the market (Volkswagen, Audi, Citroën, Renault, Alfa Romeo...).

It began in 2000 in the trade of the automotive stunt team CINE CASCADE directed by Jean-Claude Lagnes. It revolves mainly around feature films such as: Le Boulet, Ripoux 3, San Antonio, Hush!, Taxi, 36 Quai des Orfèvres, The Bourne Identity and The Mental Love your father.

Iannetta was awarded the World Stunt Awards in the United States for the best sequence on a vehicle for the year 2003 for the film "The Bourne Identity".

Career 2009

- 24 Hours of Le Mans 2009 with Creation-Judd/LMP1 - Creation Autosportif

2008

- Championship of Spain Supercopa SEAT León

2007

- 24 Hours of Le Mans 2007 Courage AER LMP2 - Noel Del Bello Racing - 8th in the Championship of Spain Supercopa SEAT León (3 podiums - 2 wins) - 5th in the World Cup Fun Cup (Optimum Racing - FEK)

2006

- 6th in GT2 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Ice Pol Racing Team - Le Mans Series in a Porsche 996 GT3-RSR - Ice Pol Racing Team (2 races) - Winner of World Cup Fun Cup at Jarama - Optimum Racing (FEK) - Andros Trophy (3 races) on Citroën C4 Silhouette - Carmine Team Competition (3 of Promotion in Val Thorens) - 6th Class of the 24 Hours of Barcelona Seat Leon Supercopa

2005

- Le Mans Endurance Series on Courage C65-Mecachrome - Team Noel Del Bello Racing - Le Mans Endurance Series on Chrysler Viper GTS-R - Paul Belmondo Racing Team - 24 Hours of Le Mans on Mecachrome Courage C65 - Team Noel Del Bello Racing

2004

- Spanish Championship SEAT León - 1 Racing Championship of French Touring Car Championship

2002

- Champion of French Formula Ford Promotion (8 wins in 9 races) - Vice-Champion of French Formula Ford (9 podiums in 9 races) - Tested by Welter Racing to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring - Tested by a team of BMW Touring Car Silhouette

2001

- Championnat de French Formula Renault - Winner of 4 hours of Spa Peugeot 106 - Winner of the race Lédenon Formula Ford

2000

- 5th in the Championnat de French Formula Ford Promotion (3 podiums) - Participation in the European Championship and 2nd Festival POWERTOUR at Spa

1999

- 3rd in the Flying ACO Automobile Club de l'Ouest - Championnat de French Formula Renault Elf Campus (1 win) - Winner of 10 hours of Soucy Karting

1995–1998

- France Karting Championship Yamaha (15 podiums) - Tests in Caterham - Flying school self ACO Le Mans - Championnat de France Endurance Karting

1993–1994

- Flying school E.T.A. Karting, kart course Y.D.K.

1988–1991

- Stage of motorcycle riding, participation in Jacadi Trophy

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2005 Noël del Bello Racing Christophe Pillon Ni Amorim Courage C65-Mecachrome LMP2 99 DNF DNF 2006 Gordon Racing Team Ice Pol Racing Team Yves-Emmanuel Lambert Christian Lefort Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 282 23rd 6th 2007 Noël del Bello Racing Vitaly Petrov Liz Halliday Courage LC75-AER LMP2 198 DNF DNF 2009 Creation Autosportif Jamie Campbell-Walter Vanina Ickx Creation CA07-Judd LMP1 319 24th 15th 2012 Status Grand Prix Alexander Sims Yelmer Buurman Lola B12/80-Judd LMP2 239 DNF DNF

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - EuroNASCAR PRO results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2012 Orhès Competition 25 Dodge NOG5 NOG16 BRH5 BRH9 SPA20 SPA1* VAL10 VAL4 BUG3 BUG3 5th 566 2013 RDV Competition 28 Chevy NOG3 NOG5 DIJ21 DIJ4 BRH17 BRH8 4th 610 1 TOU7 TOU11 MNZ4 MNZ4* BUG3 BUG2 2014 23 VAL9 VAL19 BRH27 BRH27 TOU12 TOU11 NÜR NÜR UMB UMB BUG BUG 28th 151 2015 TFT Racing 7 Chevy VAL20 VAL5 VEN3 VEN3 BRH1* BRH2* TOU15 TOU6 UMB10 UMB2 ZOL5 ZOL5 3rd 614 2018 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH TOU TOU HOC12 HOC23 ZOL22 ZOL11 10th 347 2019 Racing Engineering 88 Ford VAL VAL FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 10th 427 2021 Marko Stipp Motorsport 46 Chevy ESP ESP GBR GBR CZE CZE CRO CRO BEL BEL ITA ITA 20th 217