Andrea Belicchi (born 18 December 1976) is an Italian professional racing driver. He has competed in such series as the

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and FIA World Endurance Championship. He won the Russian Formula Three Championship in 2002 and Finnish Formula Three Championship in 2003 with

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and previously the Renault Sport Spider Elf Trophy in 1998. He also competed in

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and

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before switching to sports car racing. He was the GTS class champion in 2006

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along with Stefano Zonca. Also in 2006 he got a GT2 class win at the 2006 1000 km of Nürburgring on a GPC Ferrari. In 2007 he drove a Spyker at the Le Mans Series. In 2008 he switched to the LMP2 class, finishing second in class at the 1000 km of Catalunya. In 2009 he progressed to the LMP1 class, where he took a 2nd overall finish at the 1000 km of Silverstone. For the 2010 Le Mans Series, Belicchi switched to

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. Driving a Lola-Judd, he finished third overall at the 2010 8 Hours of Castellet. After several teams defected to the

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, Belicchi took two second-place finishes in the Le Mans Series with

Jean-Christophe Boullion Jean-Christophe "Jules" Boullion (born 27 December 1969) is a French professional racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Sauber team. Career Born in Saint-Brieuc, near Côtes d'Armor, Boullion started karting in 1982 and moved to c ...

as partner, and was runner-up in the LMP1 class. As the LMP1 class was dropped from the 2012 Le Mans Series program, Belicchi stayed with Rebellion at the new FIA World Endurance Championship, driving a Lola-Toyota with

Harold Primat Harold Primat (born 12 June 1975) is a French-born Swiss racing driver who previously competed in the Blancpain Endurance Series and other long-distance events such as the Bathurst 12 Hour and Nurburgring 24 Hours. Early career The nephew of ...

. With two fourth-place finishes at Silverstone and Shanghai, he was 16th in the drivers standings. In 2013, he continued with Rebellion at the LMP1 class, finishing third at Fuji and fourth at Shanghai. In 2014 he finished sixth overall at Bahrain and eighth at Shanghai. With three class wins, he ended as LMP1 Private Teams runner-up behind his teammates. In 2015, Belicchi switched to touring cars, as he joined the

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with a SEAT León.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete TCR International Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

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