Felice Tedeschi
Quick Facts
Biography
Felice Tedeschi (born 1 January 1962) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the Italian GT Championship. He is a former World Touring Car Championship driver, who made his debut in 2012.
Racing career
Tedeschi began his career in 1982 in single-seaters, in 1984 he was the Italian champion in Formula Fiat Abarth. He also raced in the Italian Formula 3 for several seasons, finishing 5th in the standings in 1988. He raced in the Italian Superturismo Championship from 1994-1997 and won many races in that category before switching to the International Sports Racing Series. In 1998, he continued to race in the series up until 2000. He won at least one race in all of the categories that he participated in. He didn't race much after this, but did make one-off appearances in the Porsche Supercup in 2003 and in the Superstars Series in 2011. In September 2012, it was announced that Tedeschi would make his World Touring Car Championship debut with Proteam Racing driving a BMW 320 TC in the Race of the United States round held at Sonoma Raceway. However he had an accident in the first practice session, leaving his car to badly damaged, to be repaired in time for the races. In 2015, he went back to rack in GT Italian Tourismo Championship, driving a Ferrari 458. He participated in 6 race, earning the podium distinction in his category.
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)
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 | 23 | 24 | DC | Pts |
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2012 | Proteam Racing | BMW 320 TC | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | ESP 1 | ESP 2 | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | SVK 1 | SVK 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | AUT 1 | AUT 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | USA 1 DNS | USA 2 DNS | JPN 1 | JPN 2 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 | NC | 0 |