Michaël Rossi (born 12 April 1988 in Chambéry) is a French racing driver.
Career After racing in karting, Rossi raced in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006 driving for both SG Formula and Hexis Racing. However he only scored one point in 11 races, placing him 21st in the standings.
In 2007, Rossi raced in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy with the Racing for Belgium team, finishing ninth in the standings with one victory. For 2008, he moved to the TDS Racing team, taking four wins on the way to the championship title.
In 2009, Rossi moved to the SEAT León Eurocup, a support series for the World Touring Car Championship, driving a SUNRED Engineering-prepared car. He scored a victory at Brno and at Imola. He finished sixth in the standings after missing two of the six rounds in mid-season. He did a few races of the Spanish series, and scored a podium in his one-off Mégane Trophy return.
As the overall winner of the León Eurocup weekend in Imola, Rossi made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama driving for SR-Sport.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2006Italian Formula Renault 2.0 CO2 Motorsport 2 0 0 ? 0 0 NC French Formula Renault 2.0 Hexis Racing 11 0 0 0 0 1 21st SG FormulaBritish Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series SL Formula Racing 4 0 0 0 0 N/A† N/A† 2007 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Racing for Belgium 12 1 2 0 2 41 9th 2008 Eurocup Mégane Trophy TDS Racing 14 4 8 6 13 170 1st THP Spider Cup RBA Sport 2 0 0 0 0 14 22nd 2009 SEAT León Eurocup SUNRED Engineering 8 2 1 1 3 34 6th SEAT León Supercopa Spain 6 1 0 0 3 0 NC‡ Eurocup Mégane Trophy Boutsen Energy Racing 2 0 0 1 1 10 9th Formula Le Mans Cup Exagon Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 13 23rd † - Unlicensed driver: allowed to race without scoring. ‡ - As Rossi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete WTCC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2010 SR-Sport SEAT León TDI BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 25th 0
Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2011 DKR Engineering Corvette ABUQRRet ABUCR13 ZOLQR9 ZOLCRRet ALGQR15 ALGCRRet SACQR SACCR SILQR9 SILCRRet NAVQR8 NAVCR7 PRIQR8 PRICR10 23rd 17 Exim Bank Team China ORDQR15 ORDCR16 BEIQR8 BEICR5 SANQR11 SANCRRet
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