Simone Tempestini (born 12 August 1994) 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.

Tempestini stated that he feels "100% Romanian" although he is the son of the Romanian-Italian driver Marco Tempestini. He has also competed in WRC with an Italian licence.

Results

WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2013 Napoca Rally Academy Škoda Fabia R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP NC 0 Subaru Impreza STi R4 GBR39 2014 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBRNC0 2015 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T Max MON POR POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 Subaru Impreza STi N14 SWE MEX ARG Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX ITA 2016 Napoca Rally Academy Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX ARGNC0 Citroën DS3 R3T Max POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS 2017 Gekon Racing Citroën DS3 R5 MONRet SWERet MEX FRA13 ARG POR15 ITA POL36 FIN19 GER15 ESP14 GBR50 AUS NC 0 2018 Simone Tempestini Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR36 18th 4 Citroën Total Rallye Team Citroën C3 R5 ITARet FIN36 GER20 Simone Tempestini Citroën C3 R5 TUR8 GBR15 ESP22 AUS 2019 Friulmotor Rally Team Hyundai i20 R5 MON SWE MEX FRA47 ARG CHL POR18 ITA13 FIN GER19 TUR GBR ESPRet AUS NC 0

JWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2014 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T POR6 POLRet FIN5 GER5 FRARet GBRRet 8th 28 2015 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3TMON4POR6 POL1 FIN9FRA ESP3 GBRRet4th62 2016 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T POR1 POL1 FIN2 GER1 FRA4 GBR2 1st 123

WRC-3 results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR6 ARG ITA POLRet FIN6 GER5 AUS FRARet ESP GBRRet 7th 26 2015 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3TMON4 SWE MEX ARGPOR7 ITA POL1 FIN10 GER AUSFRA1ESP4 GBRRet 3rd 81 2016 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX ARG POR1 ITA POL1 FIN2 GER1 CHN FRA4ESP GBR2 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 2015 Napoca Rally Academy Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE9 MEXRet ARG7 POR ITA17 POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 34th 8 2016 Napoca Rally Academy Ford Fiesta R5 MON9 SWE9 MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS 38th 4 2017 Gekon Racing Citroën DS3 R5 MON SWE MEX FRA4 ARG POR3 ITA POL10 FIN5 GER6 ESP5 GBR20 AUS 7th 56 2018 Simone Tempestini Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR16 15th 28 Citroën Total Rallye Team Citroën C3 R5 ITARet FIN9 GER10 Simone Tempestini Citroën C3 R5 TUR2 GBR7 ESP10 AUS 2019 Friulmotor Rally Team Hyundai i20 R5 MON SWE MEX FRA11 ARG CHL POR10 ITA3 FIN GER4 TUR GBR ESPRet AUS 17th 28

European Rally Championship results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2017 Gekon Racing Citroën DS3 R5 AZO CAN ACR CYP RZE ZLÍ RMC5 LIE 24th 15 2020 Tagai Racing Technology Škoda Fabia R5 ITA5 LAT PRT HUN 19th 21 Citroen Rally Team Hungary Citroën C3 R5 ESP 2021 Delta Rally Fabia R5 Evo POL LAT ITA CZE POR 24th 21 Botka Rally Team Fabia R5 Evo POR HUN ESP 2022 Keane Motorsport Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo POR ESP POL LAT ITA CZE ESP 4th 79 RB Motorsport Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo POR 2023 Simone Tempestini Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo POR ESP POL LAT SWE ITA CZE HUN 20th 25 2024 Simone Tempestini Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 HUN ESP SWE EST ITA CZE GBR POL 6th 59 2025 Team MRF Tyres Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 ESP HUN SWE POL ITA CZE GBR CRO 9th 36

References

External links

Official website