Diego Romanini
Diego Romanini 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, he 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 he 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 Diego Romanini raced 5 VLN races and the 24h race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the BMW 325i E92 from Motorsport Team . He took 3 VLN and the 24h victory in class!
Romamini will 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
| 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 | ITA
1
20 | ITA
2
24† | FRA
1
27 | FRA
2
22 | GBR
1
15 | GBR
2
Ret | GER
1
22 | GER
2
25† | BRA
1
22 | BRA
2
17 | MEX
1
20 | MEX
2
13 | CZE
1
23 | CZE
2
19 | TUR
1
18 | TUR
2
18 | ESP
1
22 | ESP
2
23 | MAC
1
18 | MAC
2
15 | 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
| 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 | MNZ
1
Ret | MNZ
2
Ret | IMO
1
14 | IMO
2
12 | ALG
1
9 | ALG
2
11 | HOC
1
16 | HOC
2
15 | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 10 |
| 2010 | CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | | | | | | | | | CPR
1
5 | CPR
2
12 | VAL
1
Ret | VAL
2
Ret | KYA
1
11 | KYA
2
Ret | | | 22nd | 10 |
| 2011 | MN Motorsport | Lexus IS-F | MNZ
1 | MNZ
2 | VNC
1 | VNC
2 | ALG
1 | ALG
2 | DON
1 | DON
1 | MIS
1
DNS | MIS
2
DNS | SPA
1 | SPA
2 | MUG
1 | MUG
2 | VAL
1 | VAL
2 | NC | 0 |
| 2013 | MRT by Nocentini | Lexus IS-F 500 | MNZ
R1 | MNZ
R2 | BRN
R1 | BRN
R2 | SVK
R1 | SVK
R2 | ZOL
R1 | ZOL
R2 | ALG
R1 | ALG
R2 | DON
R1
9 | DON
R2
DNS | IMO
R1 | IMO
R2 | VAL
R1 | VAL
R2 | 31st | 3 |
| 2014 | CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG | MNZ
R1
13† | MNZ
R2
9 | VAL
R1
6 | VAL
R2
Ret | MUG
R1
4 | MUG
R2
Ret | BRN
R1
8 | BRN
R2
6 | SAC
1 | HOC
1
3 | | | | | | | 8th | 82 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.| 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 | MYS
1
DNS | MYS
2
DNS | CHN
1 | CHN
2 | ESP
1 | ESP
2 | POR
1 | POR
2 | ITA
1 | ITA
2 | AUT
1 | AUT
2 | RUS
1 | RUS
2 | RBR
1
Ret | RBR
2
Ret | SIN
1 | SIN
2 | THA
1 | THA
2 | MAC
1 | MAC
2 | NC | 0 |
