Mario Klabin Xavier Romancini (born December 15, 1987) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver.
Romancini started his racing career in 2006 in the Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 series. Driving for the Full Time Racing Team, he took two podium finishes, including one race win, to finish the season in fifth place. After his impressive debut season, Romancini moved up to the South American Formula Three championship in 2007 with leading team Cesário F3. During the season he took ten podium places in fourteen races, including two wins, to finish runner-up in the championship behind team-mate Clemente de Faria, Jr.
In November 2007, Romancini took part in World Series by Renault testing at both Paul Ricard and Valencia, driving for Epsilon Euskadi, Prema Powerteam and the reigning champions Tech 1 Racing. In January 2008, he was signed by Epsilon Euskadi to partner Frenchman and fellow rookie Alexandre Marsoin. During the season, he scored two points finishes and was lying 28th in the standings when he left the team due to sponsorship problems with two rounds of the championship remaining. He was replaced by former Epsilon driver Filipe Albuquerque. He then signed to race for Andersen Racing to race in the Firestone Indy Lights Series in 2009.RLR/Andersen Racing Tabs Romancini For Full Firestone Indy Lights Campaign , Andersen Racing PR, March 3, 2009 He captured his first win in the series in his fifth start from the pole at the Milwaukee Mile. He ended the season with a victory in Homestead in the 6th place.
Romancini competed full–time in the IZOD INDYCAR Series for the 2010 season for Conquest Racing. He started his first and only Indianapolis 500 that year, where he finished thirteenth as the highest finishing rookie. Romancini also received sponsorship from Armando Montelongo, TV celebrity from Flip This House.
Motorsports career results
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Full Time Racing 13 1 1 0 2 123 5th 2007 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesário F3 14 2 2 0 10 85 2nd 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Epsilon Euskadi 13 0 0 0 0 3 29th 2009 Indy Lights RLR/Andersen Racing 15 2 1 1 4 392 6th 2010 IndyCar Series Conquest Racing 11 0 0 0 0 149 24th
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2008 Epsilon Euskadi MNZ1Ret MNZ212 SPA110 SPA217 MON123† SIL118 SIL219 HUN1Ret HUN2Ret NÜR19 NÜR2Ret LMS1Ret LMS218 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 29th 3 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
American open–wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points Ref 2009 RLR/Andersen Racing STP9 STP6 LBH24 KAN3 INDY3 MIL1 IOW4 WGL20 TOR6 EDM8 KTY10 MOH17 SNM9 CHI16 HMS16th392
IndyCar Series Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 2010 Conquest Racing 34 SAO17 STP13 ALA22 LBH23 KAN22 INDY13 TXS17 IOW16 WGL22 TOR22 EDM24 MOH SNM CHI KTY MOT HMS 24th 149
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums(Non-win) Top 10s(Non-podium) Indianapolis 500Wins Championships1111000000 Reference:
Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2010 Dallara Honda2713 Conquest
References
External links Mario Romancini official site IndyCar Driver Page