Romain Iannetta

Romain Iannetta
Romain Iannetta
Nationality	French
Born	September 29, 1979; Villecresnes
Related to	Alain Iannetta (nephew)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Marko Stipp Motorsport
Car number	46
Engine	Chevrolet
Former teams	Orhès Competition, RDV Competition, TFT Racing, Go Fas Racing, Racing Engineering
Starts	71
Wins	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	3rd in 2015
Finished last season	20th in 2021
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2005 – 2007, 2009, 2012
Best finish	23rd (2006)
Class wins	0

Romain Iannetta (born 27 November 1979 in Villecresnes) 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.[1] 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.[2]

He 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, Romain is an instructor at the flight school PRO'PULSION (Dreux and Issoire) and driving 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 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.

He 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	Pos.	Class Pos.
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	NWES	Pts
2012	Orhès Competition	25	Dodge	NOG 5	NOG 16	BRH 5	BRH 9	SPA 20	SPA 1*	VAL 10	VAL 4	BUG 3	BUG 3				5th	566
2013	RDV Competition	28	Chevy	NOG 3	NOG 5	DIJ 21	DIJ 4	BRH 17	BRH 8								4th	610
2013		1								TOU 7	TOU 11	MNZ 4	MNZ 4*	BUG 3	BUG 2		4th	610
2014		23		VAL 9	VAL 19	BRH 27	BRH 27	TOU 12	TOU 11	NÜR	NÜR	UMB	UMB	BUG	BUG		28th	151
2015	TFT Racing	7	Chevy	VAL 20	VAL 5	VEN 3	VEN 3	BRH 1*	BRH 2*	TOU 15	TOU 6	UMB 10	UMB 2	ZOL 5	ZOL 5		3rd	614
2018	Go Fas Racing	32	Ford	VAL 12	VAL 6	FRA 26	FRA 27	BRH 20	BRH 9	TOU 16	TOU 3	HOC 12	HOC 23	ZOL 22	ZOL 11		10th	347
2019	Racing Engineering	88	Ford	VAL 24	VAL 7	FRA 26	FRA 9	BRH 6	BRH 6	MOS 18	MOS 3	VEN 6	HOC 21	HOC 4	ZOL 13	ZOL 13	10th	427
2021	Marko Stipp Motorsport	46	Chevy	ESP	ESP	GBR	GBR	CZE 17	CZE 15	CRO 6	CRO 8	BEL	BEL	ITA 9	ITA 7		20th	217

References

"41 Full Season Cars For GT4 European Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
"MARKO STIPP MOTORSPORT SIGNS ROMAIN IANNETTA FOR MOST WEEKEND". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

External links

Official website
Romain Iannetta driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Romain Iannetta career summary at DriverDB.com

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[1] "41 Full Season Cars For GT4 European Series". dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[2] "MARKO STIPP MOTORSPORT SIGNS ROMAIN IANNETTA FOR MOST WEEKEND". euronascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.