Massimiliano Angelelli (born 15 December 1966) is a retired Italian racecar driver. He won the 2005 and 2017 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2001 Six Hours at the Glen. He was also the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champion in 2005 and 2013, as well as runner-up in 2010 and 2011.

Angelelli was co-founder of Wayne Taylor Racing, where he drove until his retirement in 2017.Angelelli departs Wayne Taylor Racing - John Dagys, Sportscar365, 5 October 2020 In 2020, he left WTR and began working at sports prototype projects for Italian manufacturer Dallara.Angelelli joins Dallara in new senior-level role - John Dagys, Sportscar365, 17 November 2020

Career

Angelelli's career began in Italian Formula Alfa Boxer in 1987 and continued for fifteen years. His only championship win was the 1992 Italian Formula Three title. Following that win he also raced German Formula Three (1993–1995), Macau Grand Prix for Formula 3 (1996), FIA GT Championship (1997–1998), All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (select races in 1998), and American Le Mans Series (1999–2002).

Angelelli is nicknamed the Axe, coined by Leigh Diffey because he has a knack of closing up and "chopping" off seconds behind the leader quickly in a race to set himself up to make a clean pass for the win.

Angelelli had a banner year in 2005. Angelelli and teammate Wayne Taylor won the 24 Hours of Daytona and captured the 2005 Grand American Daytona Prototype championship.

Angelelli was selected to run in the 2006 IROC series in America, along with teammate Wayne Taylor, becoming the first tandem in IROC history.

Angelelli is also known for being the safety car driver in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Ayrton Senna followed Angelelli's safety car for five laps before his fatal accident.

For the past several years, Angelelli has driven for the Wayne Taylor Sun Trust Racing Team in the Daytona Prototype class of the Grand Am Racing Series, a class that requires two drivers per car. He has teamed up with Ricky Taylor, the son of team owner Wayne Taylor.

For 2013, Angelelli was again with Wayne Taylor Racing/Velocity Worldwide but Taylor's son Ricky had left to pursue another driving opportunity. This left a driver vacancy on the team which was quickly filled by Taylor's younger son Jordan. Together, Jordan and Angelelli made a potent combination and won the final Grand-Am Driver's Title, narrowly beating Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas who had won the championship four of the previous five years.

In 2017, Angelelli announced that he would compete in his last career 24 Hours of Daytona for Wayne Taylor Racing alongside the Taylor brothers and Jeff Gordon. The team went on to win the race.

Motorsports career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1994 Strandell Obermaier Racing Anders Olofsson Sandro Angelastro Ferrari F40 GT1 51 DNF DNF 1999 Panoz Motorsports Johnny O'Connell Jan Magnussen Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S LMP 323 11th 9th 2000 Team Cadillac Wayne Taylor Eric van de Poele Cadillac Northstar LMP LMP900 287 22nd 12th 2001 DAMS Wayne Taylor Christophe Tinseau Cadillac Northstar LMP01 LMP900 270 15th 5th 2002 Team Cadillac Wayne Taylor Christophe Tinseau Cadillac Northstar LMP02 LMP900 345 9th 8thSource:

American Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) +YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112PointsRef1999Doyle-Risi RacingLMPFerrari 333 SPFerrari F310E 4.0 L V12SEB6ATL4MOS5SON10POR9PETRetMONRetLSV82000Team CadillacLMPCadillac Northstar LMPCadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8SEB6CHASILNÜRSONMOSTEXROS8PET7MON7LSVADE22nd622001Team CadillacLMP900Cadillac Northstar LMP01Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8TEXSEBDONJARSONRetPORMOS4MID7MON4PET411th822002Team CadillacLMP900Cadillac Northstar LMP02Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8SEB11SONMIDAMEWAS4TROMOS3MON3MIA2PET311th118

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) +YearTeamClassChassisEngine1234567891011121314RankPointsRef2004SunTrust RacingDPRiley Mk XIPontiac LS6 5.5 L V8DAY5MIA5PHX1MT13WGL2DAY1MOH8WGL3MIA2VIR1BAR2CAL44th3292005SunTrust RacingDPRiley Mk XIPontiac 5.0 L V8DAY1MIA1CAL2LGA4MON6WGL6DAY2BAR1WGL1MOH3PHO2WGL1VIR4MEX21st4392006SunTrust RacingDPRiley Mk XIPontiac 5.0 L V8DAY29MEX9MIA11LBH8VIR2LGA1PHO4WGL3MOH4DAY4BAR2WGL2SON4MIL143rd4312007SunTrust RacingDPRiley Mk XIPontiac 5.0 L V8R243MEX3HOM2VIR1LGA15S6H3MOH4DAY2IOW7BAR3MON1WGL2SON4SLK183rd3952008SunTrust RacingDPDallara DP01Pontiac 5.0 L V8DAY5MIA14MEX18VIR17LGA8WGL3LEX10DAY20BAR6MON6WGL7SON1NJ2MIL26th3282009SunTrust RacingDPDallara DP01Ford 5.0L V8R244VIR13NJ2LAG3S6H2LEX8DAY1BAR14WGI12MON1MIL2HOM73rd3252010SunTrust RacingDPDallara DP08Ford 5.0L V8R246HOM6BIR12VIR3LRP1S6H2LEX9DAY9NJ3WAT2MON3SLK32nd3322011SunTrust RacingDPDallara Corvette DPChevrolet 5.5L V8R245HOM3BIR11VIR4LIM1S6H1ELK3LAG3NJ2WAT1MON2LEX112nd3532012SunTrust RacingDPCorvette DP (Dallara DP01)Chevrolet 5.0L V8R2414BIR5HOM1NJ1BEL20LEX9ELK7S6H11IMS3WAT4MON5LGA7LIM16th3432013Wayne Taylor RacingDPDallara Corvette DPChevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY2COA10BAR1ATL6DET1LEX6WGI10IMS15ROA7KAN1LGA1LIM11st339

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) Year Team Make Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank PointsRef 2014 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY2 SIR7 LBH LS DET S6H5 MSP IMS ELK COA PET1 20th 121 2015 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY16 SIR2 LBH LS DET S6H6 MSP ELK COAPET4 12th 104 2016 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY2 SIR12 LBH LS DET S6H4 MSP ELK COA PET3 14th 113 2017 Wayne Taylor Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 6.2 L V8 DAY1 SEB LBH COA DET WAT MSP ELK LGA PET 28th 35Source:

International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Season Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points Ref 2006 Pontiac DAY TEX6 DAY7 ATL 9th1 30

Ride shared with Wayne Taylor

References

External links Max Angelelli Home Page