Andrea de Adamich

Andrea de Adamich (born Trieste, Italy, October 3, 1941) was a Formula One driver from Italy. He participated in 34 grands prix, debuting on January 1, 1968. He scored a total of 6 championship points.

Related Topics:
Trieste - Italy - October 3 - 1941 - Formula One - January 1 - 1968

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De Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in F1 where he was one of the few drivers to have worn spectacles to race.

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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 a South American F2 tournament with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian giants 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 had no more luck the following year when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.

Related Topics:
European Touring Car Championship - Alfa Romeo - 1968 - Ferrari - Ferrari - McLaren - 1970 - March

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1972 saw De Adamich attract sponsorship to join the Surtees team and he finished a good 4th in the Spanish GP at Jarama and he repeated that placing the following year in the Belgian GP at Zolder in a sponsored Brabham.

Related Topics:
1972 - Brabham

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1973 saw the end of De Adamich's GP career and he retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy.

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Currently, he is the vice-president of N. Technology which prepares race car for Alfa Romeo

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