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

Motorsports career

Euro Formula 3000

Born in

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, Pastorelli participated in

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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

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test at Minardi, and in 2005 Pastorelli was appointed official

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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

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in the second race of the season, in

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' 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

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he finished 10th. His best Champ Car finish came in his final race in the series at the

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. He was replaced for the final three races of the season by veteran

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American Le Mans Series

Nicky Pastorelli Passat Dutch Supercar Challenge 2008

In 2008 and 2009, Pastorelli has competed in the GT2 class of the

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for VICI Racing in a

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. In 2008, he also finished 3rd in the GT class of the

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in a

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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

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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 Rocketsports Racing was a motor racing team based in East Lansing, Michigan in the United States. Team history Rocketsports was founded in 1985 by racing driver Paul Gentilozzi to compete in the Trans-Am series. It competed in Trans-Am until 2004 ...

in Champ Car. - 17th place *2008 ::

- Papagayo Racing,

V8 STAR - 3rd place ::

GT2 - VICI Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR - 22nd place (GT2 drivers championship) *2009 ::

GT2 - VICI Racing, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

Motorsports career results

American Open Wheel racing

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Complete Champ Car results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

* Season still in progress.

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pastorelli, Nicky Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from The Hague Dutch racing drivers Champ Car drivers Auto GP drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers FIA GT1 World Championship drivers American Le Mans Series drivers Dutch people of Italian descent International GT Open drivers 24H Series drivers Draco Racing drivers Rocketsports Racing drivers