Simone Tempestini
![]() Tempestini at the 2022 Rally Poland | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | (1994-08-12) August 12, 1994 (age 30) Treviso, Italy |
World Rally Championship record | |
Active years | 2013–present |
Co-driver | ![]() |
Rallies | 49 |
Championships | 2 (JWRC 2016 & WRC3 2016) |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
Total points | 4 |
First rally | 2013 Rally Finland |
Last rally | 2019 Rally Catalunya |
Last updated on: 27.10.2019. |
Simone Tempestini (born 12 August 1994[1]) is a Romanian rally driver. He won the 2016 Junior World Rally Championship with the Romanian team Napoca Rally Academy and the Romanian Rally Championship in 2015, 2016, and 2018.
Short biography
Tempestini made his competition debut in 2009. He won the 2015 and 2016 Romanian Rally Championship driving a Ford Fiesta R5 (and a Citroën DS3 R3T Max, in the last round of 2016) for the Napoca Rally Academy team, followed by another two champion titles, in 2018 and 2019.
Tempestini won both the 2016 JWRC and the WRC 3 categories of the World Rally Championship, driving for the same team. As part of his prize, he competes in the 2017 World Rally Championship-2 driving a Citroën DS3 R5.
He stated that he feels "100% Romanian" although he is the son of the Romanian-Italian driver Marco Tempestini.[2][3] He has also competed in WRC with an Italian licence.[1]
Results
WRC results
JWRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | Simone Tempestini | Citroën DS3 R3T | POR 6 | POL Ret | FIN 5 | GER 5 | FRA Ret | GBR Ret | 8th | 28 | |
2015 | Simone Tempestini | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON 4 | POR 6 | POL 1 | FIN 9 | FRA | ESP 3 | GBR Ret | 4th | 62 |
2016 | Napoca Rally Academy | Citroën DS3 R3T | POR 1 | POL 1 | FIN 2 | GER 1 | FRA 4 | GBR 2 | 1st | 123 |
WRC-3 results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | Simone Tempestini | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | POR 6 | ARG | ITA | POL Ret | FIN 6 | GER 5 | AUS | FRA Ret | ESP | GBR Ret | 7th | 26 | |
2015 | Simone Tempestini | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON 4 | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 7 | ITA | POL 1 | FIN 10 | GER | AUS | FRA 1 | ESP 4 | GBR Ret | 3rd | 81 | |
2016 | Napoca Rally Academy | Citroën DS3 R3T | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 1 | ITA | POL 1 | FIN 2 | GER 1 | CHN | FRA 4 | ESP | GBR 2 | AUS | 1st | 123 |
WRC-2 results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2015 | Napoca Rally Academy | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | MON | SWE 9 | MEX Ret | ARG 7 | POR | ITA 17 | POL | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 34th | 8 | |
2016 | Napoca Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON 9 | SWE 9 | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | CHN | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | 38th | 4 |
2017 | Gekon Racing | Citroën DS3 R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA 4 | ARG | POR 3 | ITA | POL 10 | FIN 5 | GER 6 | ESP 5 | GBR 20 | AUS | 7th | 56 | |
2018 | Simone Tempestini | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR 16 | 15th | 28 | ||||||||
Citroën Total Rallye Team | Citroën C3 R5 | ITA Ret | FIN 9 | GER 10 | ||||||||||||||
Simone Tempestini | Citroën C3 R5 | TUR 2 | GBR 7 | ESP 10 | AUS | |||||||||||||
2019 | Friulmotor Rally Team | Hyundai i20 R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA 11 | ARG | CHL | POR 10 | ITA 3 | FIN | GER 4 | TUR | GBR | ESP Ret | AUS C | 17th | 28 |
References
- ^ a b "Simone Tempestini". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "PORTRET Simone Tempestini, cel mai tânăr pilot din campionatul de raliuri" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 25 October 2010.
- ^ "FOTO Premieră în motorsportul românesc: Simone Tempestini, campion mondial la WRC Junior" (in Romanian). 3 October 2016.
External links
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- Official website (in Romanian)
- ewrc-results.com - Simone Tempestini