Felice Tedeschi is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the
Italian GT Championship
The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a ...
. He is a former
World Touring Car Championship driver, who made his debut in 2012.
Racing career
Tedeschi began his career in 1982 in Formula Fiat Abarth. He also raced in the Italian Formula 3 for several seasons, finishing 7th in the standings in 1988. He raced in the
Italian Superturismo Championship from 1994-1997 before switching to the
International Sports Racing Series. In 1998, he continued to race in the series up until 2000.
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
The BMW 320 TC is a racing car built under Super 2000 specifications, which competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2011 to 2014. The car came into use as a customer car, after BMW ended their WTCC factory program at the end of th ...
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
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) (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)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tedeschi, Felice
Living people
World Touring Car Championship drivers
Italian racing drivers
Year of birth missing (living people)
TCR Italian Touring Car Championship drivers