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Andrea Lodovico de Adamich[1] (3 October 1941 – 5 November 2025) was an Italian racing driver. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his championship debut at the 1968 South African Grand Prix with Scuderia Ferrari. Driving for multiple other teams in the early 1970s, de Adamich scored a total of six points throughout his Formula One career.[2] He also competed in endurance racing, and went on to become a TV pundit and commentator after his retirement from motorsport.

Career

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De Adamich driving for March in the 1971 German Grand Prix
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De Adamich 1974 at Nürburgring driving Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12

Early career

De Adamich was born on 3 October 1941 in Trieste, Italy.[2] He started his racing career while doing hillclimbs and Formula Junior, later transitioning into touring and sportscars.[3] In 1965, he won the Italian Formula Three Championship, and in 1966, he won the European Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo, driving a 1600 GTA.[3][4] In 1968, he won the Temporada Formula Two Championship in Argentina.[3][5]

Formula One

After previously competing at the non-championship 1967 Spanish Grand Prix,[3] de Adamich made his Formula One championship debut at the 1968 South African Grand Prix with Scuderia Ferrari alongside Chris Amon and Jacky Ickx.[6] His season was cut short due to a heavy accident during a practice session for the 1968 Race of Champions; the accident led him to fall out of team owner Enzo Ferrari's favour.[7][8]

For the Template:Ifnumber season, de Adamich moved to McLaren, driving with an Alfa Romeo engine. The Cosworth engine at the time was more dominant, and de Adamich's move to March (who also used Alfa Romeo engines) in Template:Ifnumber led to similar results. He joined Surtees for the Template:Ifnumber season, and scored his first Formula One points when he finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix.[3][7][9]

In Template:Ifnumber, de Adamich moved to Brabham. After a promising start of the season, when he finished fourth in the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder,[4] de Adamich's career was ended abruptly due to injuries sustained in a multiple-car pile-up at the British Grand Prix. The accident happened on the first lap, and de Adamich suffered from serious leg injuries as a result.[3][7]

Endurance racing

De Adamich also competed in endurance racing, winning two races in the 1971 World Sportscar Championship behind the wheel of an Alfa Romeo T33/3. He finished in fourth at the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans.[10] De Adamich retired from racing in 1974.[11]

Later career

Following his retirement, de Adamich became a TV pundit and commentator in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012 he hosted the TV sport program Template:Interlanguage link on Mediaset's Italia 1, and served as Italy's Formula One commentator from 1991 until 1996.[11][12] He played an important role in Alfa Romeo affiliated racing company N.Technology.[3][13] De Adamich helped create the Centro Internazionale Guida Sicura, an organization that helps promote safe driving.[11][14][15]

Personal life

In 2022, de Adamich was awarded as a Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[12][16]

De Adamich was married and had three children.[12] He died on 5 November 2025 at the age of 84.[14][17]

Andrea's son Gordon de Adamich, born in 1973, was also a racing driver, competing in the 1996 Italian Superturismo Championship.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
Template:F2 Lola Racing Lola T100 Ford SNE SIL NÜR HOC TUL JAR ZAN PER
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH VAL NC 0
Template:F2 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166 Ferrari HOC THR JAR PAL TUL ZAN PER HOC VAL
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10th 6
Template:F2 Roy Winkelmann Racing Lotus 59 Ford THR HOC NÜR JAR TUL PER VAL
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
Template:F2 Scuderia Jolly Club Brabham BT30 Ford THR HOC BAR ROU
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PER TUL IMO HOC NC 0
Template:F2 Team Surtees Surtees TS10 Ford MAL THR HOC PAU
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		PAL
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC ROU ÖST
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IMO
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAN PER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAL ALB HOC
17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		19th 4
Template:F2 Fina Brabham BT40 Ford MAL HOC THR NÜR PAU KIN NIV
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROU MNZ MAN KAR PER SAL NOR ALB VAL NC 0
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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />WDCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 RSA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX NC 0
1970 Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M7D Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 RSA ESP
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL FRA
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
McLaren M14D NED
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
1971 STP March March 711 Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8 RSA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON NED FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN USA
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NC 0
1972 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSA
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ESP
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT
14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		CAN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		17th 3
1973 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		16th 3
Ceramica Pagnossin Team MRD Brabham BT37 ESP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SWE FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Brabham BT42 GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED GER AUT ITA CAN USA
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Non-championship Formula One results

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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6
1967 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 ROC SPC INT SYR OUL ESP
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1968 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 312/67 Ferrari 242 3.0 V12 ROC
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT OUL
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 ROC INT MAD OUL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1972 Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC BRA INT OUL REP
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VIC
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Complete European F5000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 OUL
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRH
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MAL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SIL
DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KOK
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ZAN SNE HOC OUL BRH 12th 625
Source:[18]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1970 Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA Template:Flagicon Piers Courage Alfa Romeo 33/3 P 3.0 222 DNF DNF
1972 Template:Flagicon Autodelta SpA Template:Flagicon Nino Vaccarella Alfa Romeo 33/3 S 3.0 307 4th 4th
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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Italian Formula Three Champion
1965 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check European Touring Car Championship
Div.2 Champion
1966–1967 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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