Nicky Pastorelli
Name |
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Nicky Pastorelli |
Birthdate |
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11 April 1983 |
Birthplace |
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The Hague, Netherlands |
Residence |
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Rijswijk, Netherlands |
Languages |
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Dutch, Italian, English |
When I was 10 years old, I was first introduced to the sport of karting when I drove my first laps at an empty parking lot and fell instantly in love with the sport. Less than a year later I was making practice laps at the professional Strijen Circuit. In 1993, I started in the Mini League followed by Junior League, in which I had my first successes.
At the age of 14 I became a member of Peter de Bruin’s karting team and stayed there for several seasons to drive in the ICA and Formula A Leagues. In 2000 I moved to the Dutch Formula Arcobaleno League and two years later, in 2002, I took part in the distinguished Formula Renault 2000 championship. In 2003 I moved to the Formula 3000. In my succesful rookie year a 2nd place was my best result and it earned me a seat as first driver at the Draco Junior Team for the 2004 European f3000 Series. At the end of this season, I grabbed the European championship title through a sensational win at the last race at the Nurburgring in Germany.
This excellent result gave me a Formula 1 test at Minardi and also opened the doors to the Champ Car World Series where I had a very successful test with Walker Racing in December 2004. In 2005 I was appointed official Jordan/Midland Grand Prix test driver and was the first driver in the Young Driver Development Program of Midland F1.
My single seater story continues in 2006 as I raced for Rocketsports Racing in the Bridgestone presents the Champ Car World Series powered by Ford. Then I made the switch to sportscars where I enjoyed three great years with the Vici team.
In short:
1993 / 1994: Karting Categorie Mini’s 60cc
1995 / 1996: Karting Categorie Juniors/Cadets 100cc:
6th place at the Wolrld championship (Belgium)
1997: Karting Categorie Juniors 100cc:
7th place at the European championship
3rd place at the Dutch championship
1998: Karting Categorie ICA 100 cc:
3rd place at the european championship
2nd place at the Dutch championship
1999 /2000: Karting Categorie Formule A – Several races for the European championship with 4rd place as best result
2000: Formula Arcobaleno (competed 6 out of 8 races):
- 5x pole position
- 3x wins
- 3rd place in the championship
2001: Formule Renault 2000 Italian champioship (4rd place as best result)
2002: Formule Renault 2000 European championship
2003: Euro 3000 Series: 2 2nd place finishes, 5th overall in the championship, best rookie
2004: European f3000 championship, European champion 2004.
Champ Car Test for Walker Racing in Sebring, FL
2005: Formula 1 test forMinardi in Misano, Italy
Official Jordan/Midland F1 testdriver.
2006: Bridgestone presents the Champ Car World Series powered by Ford
for Rocketsports Racing (best result 6th place)
2007: Competed in the Daytona 24H race in Daytona, FL. Vici racing
2008: American LeMans Series for Vici Racing (Porsche RSR GT2 class)
Dutch Supercar Challenge. 3rd place in the championship
2009: American LeMans Series for T-Mobile Vici Racing (Porsche RSR GT2 class).
