Andrea de Adamich

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Andrea Lodovico de Adamich<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (born 3 October 1941) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his debut on 1 January 1968. He scored a total of six championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races.

Career

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De Adamich driving for March in the 1971 German Grand Prix

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De Adamich 1974 at Nürburgring driving Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12

De Adamich was born in Trieste, from a family originally from Croatia. One of his ancestors, Andrija Ljudevit Adamić, had been the wealthiest and most powerful merchant in Rijeka in the 18th century.<ref>Avakumovic, Ivan. "An Episode In The Continental System in the Illyrian Provinces", The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 14. No 3 (Summer, 1954), pp. 254–261.</ref> Andrea de Adamich was an accomplished saloon and sport-car racer who performed solidly when asked to race in Formula One where he was one of the few drivers to have worn glasses to race.

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 the South American Temporada F2 Championship in Argentina with Ferrari but was not retained by the Italian team 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 the following year was no more successful when the Alfa engine deal switched to March.

In 1972 De Adamich joined the Surtees team and scored his first Formula One points when he finished fourth in the Spanish GP at Jarama. In 1973 he moved to Brabham. After a promising start of the season, when he finished again fourth in the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder, De Adamich career was ended abruptly due to injuries sustained in a multiple-car pile-up at the British Grand Prix. The accident happened when Jody Scheckter, running fourth in his McLaren, spun across the track at Woodcote Corner at the end of the first lap, causing many other cars to collide and crash. The incident eliminated nine cars, including all three works Surtees cars.

De Adamich retired the following year and became a respected motor sport journalist and TV pundit in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012 he hosted the TV sport program Grand Prix on Italia 1.

He is currently the vice-president of N.Technology which prepares race cars for Alfa Romeo.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Lola Racing	Lola T100	Ford	SNE	SIL	NÜR	HOC	TUL	JAR	ZAN	PER Template:Small	BRH	VAL								NC	0
Template:F2	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166	Ferrari	HOC	THR	JAR	PAL	TUL	ZAN	PER	HOC	VAL Template:Small									10th	6
Template:F2	Roy Winkelmann Racing	Lotus 59	Ford	THR	HOC	NÜR	JAR	TUL	PER	VAL Template:Small											NC	0
Template:F2	Scuderia Jolly Club	Brabham BT30	Ford	THR	HOC	BAR	ROU Template:Small	PER	TUL	IMO	HOC										NC	0
Template:F2	Team Surtees	Surtees TS10	Ford	MAL	THR	HOC	PAU Template:Small	PAL Template:Small	HOC	ROU	ÖST Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	MAN	PER Template:Small	SAL	ALB	HOC Template:Small				19th	4
Template:F2	Fina	Brabham BT40	Ford	MAL	HOC	THR	NÜR	PAU	KIN	NIV Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	ROU	MNZ	MAN	KAR	PER	SAL	NOR	ALB	VAL	NC	0
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1968	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312/67	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	RSA Template:Small	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX				NC	0
1970	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M7D	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8	RSA	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL		FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small									NC	0
		McLaren M14D						NED Template:Small			GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	MEX
1971	STP March	March 711	Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON	NED	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT	ITA Template:Small	CAN	USA Template:Small					NC	0
1972	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small				17th	3
1973	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA Template:Small													16th	3
	Ceramica Pagnossin Team MRD	Brabham BT37					ESP Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	SWE	FRA Template:Small
		Brabham BT42										GBR Template:Small	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA
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Non-championship Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6
1967	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312/67	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	ROC	SPC	INT	SYR	OUL	ESP Template:Small
1968	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312/67	Ferrari 242 3.0 V12	ROC Template:Small	INT	OUL
1969	Team Surtees	Surtees TS5	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC	INT	MAD	OUL Template:Small
1972	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC	BRA	INT	OUL	REP Template:Small	VIC Template:Small
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Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1969	Team Surtees	Surtees TS5	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	MON Template:Small	KOK Template:Small	ZAN	SNE	HOC	OUL	BRH	12th	625
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1970	Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA	Template:Flagicon Piers Courage	Alfa Romeo 33/3	P 3.0	222	DNF	DNF
1972	Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA	Template:Flagicon Nino Vaccarella	Alfa Romeo 33/3	S 3.0	307	4th	4th
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See also

• Croats of Italy

External links

• Profile on Historic RacingTemplate:Dead link