Nicky Pastorelli

Nicky Pastorelli
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1983-04-11) 11 April 1983 (age 40) The Hague, Netherlands
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Achievements	2004 Euro Formula 3000 Champion
Champ Car career
9 races run over 1 year
Years active	2006
Team(s)	Rocketsports
Best finish	17th - 2006
First race	2006 Grand Prix of Houston (Reliant Park)
Last race	2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal (Montreal)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0

Nicky Pastorelli (born 11 April 1983) is a Dutch professional racing driver.

Motorsports career

Euro Formula 3000

Born in The Hague, Pastorelli participated in Euro Formula 3000 for Scuderia Fama in 2003. He finished on the podium twice and placed fifth in the season championship.

For 2004, Pastorelli signed with the defending champion Draco Junior Team. Pastorelli won the championship by one point over Fabrizio Del Monte with 2 wins among 6 podium finishes in the 10 series races.

Formula One testing

This result gained him a Formula One test at Minardi, and in 2005 Pastorelli was appointed official Jordan Grand Prix test driver, and was the first driver in the Young Driver Development Program of MF1 Racing. However, none of these tests resulted in a Formula One race drive for Pastorelli.

Champ Car

Pastorelli made his debut at Grand Prix of Houston in the second race of the season, in Rocketsports' only entry. He qualified 16th of the 17 cars, and retired after 29 laps with a mechanical failure. His first finish, in 15th, came in the next race at Grand Prix of Monterrey, and in his first and only oval start at the Milwaukee Mile he finished 10th. His best Champ Car finish came in his final race in the series at the Grand Prix of Montreal. He was replaced for the final three races of the season by veteran Mario Domínguez.

American Le Mans Series

In 2008 and 2009, Pastorelli has competed in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series for VICI Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3. In 2008, he also finished 3rd in the GT class of the Dutch Supercar Challenge in a Volkswagen Passat.

Career summary

• 2000

Formula Arcobaleno Netherlands, Competed in 6 out of 8 races: 5 wins, 3 poles, 3rd place in Championship

• 2001

Italian Formula Renault 2000 - 18th place

• 2002

European Formula Renault 2000 - 9 race starts, no points

• 2003

Euro Formula 3000 Series: 2 second place finishes and 5th in the championship

• 2004

Superfund Euro 3000 - Championship winner, 2 victories

Champ Car Test with Walker Racing at Sebring International Raceway

• 2005

Formula 1 test with Minardi at Misano (January)

Official Jordan F1 test driver and in Young Driver Development Program of Midland F1

• 2006

Official 3rd driver — Midland F1

Champ Car — Partial season driving with Rocketsports Racing in Champ Car. - 17th place

• 2008

Dutch Supercar Challenge - Papagayo Racing, Volkswagen Passat V8 STAR - 3rd place

American Le Mans Series GT2 - VICI Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - 22nd place (GT2 drivers championship)

• 2009

American Le Mans Series GT2 - VICI Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

Motorsports career results

American Open Wheel racing

(key)

Complete Champ Car results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

• Official website
• Nicky Pastorelli driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Nicky Pastorelli career summary at DriverDB.com

This page was last edited on 8 April 2024, at 14:00