Alessandro Balzan

Alessandro Balzan
Balzan in an Honda Accord Euro R during the 2004 European Touring Car Championship
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980 (age 44)
Racing licence FIA Gold

Alessandro Balzan (born 17 October 1980 in Rovigo) is an Italian auto racing driver.

Racing career

In 1998 he stepped up from Kart racing, by competing in Italian Formula Campus and the Italian Renault Megane Cup Winter Series. A year later he drove in the Italian Renault Clio V6 Cup Winter Series, along with selected rounds of the Italian Renault Megane Cup. 2000 saw him finish the season fourth on points in the Renault Clio V6 Eurocup. That year he also became champion in the Italian Renault Clio Cup Winter Series. another title followed in 2002, winning the Italian Alfa 147 Cup.

Balzan progressed up to the European Touring Car Championship for the 2003 season. He raced an Alfa Romeo for the Bigazzi Team, and in 2004 he drove a JAS ran Honda. In 2005 and 2006 he drove in the Italian Superturismo Championship.[1]

He competed in the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Championship in 2005, for the independent Scuderia del Girasole Team in a SEAT Toledo. Competing in five rounds, his best finish was an eleventh place in round two of the opening event at Monza. He returned to the WTCC in 2006 for the opening four rounds, this time in an Alfa Romeo 156 for DB Motorsport. Balzan managed a fourth-place finish, in race two at Monza.

For 2007 he competed in the Superstars Series in a Jaguar S-Type. In 2008 he drove a Ferrari F430 in the Italian GT Championship.

In the 2008 he drove the Ferrari 430 GT2 in the Italian Gt championship, he won 2 races and several times he finished on podium.

2009, 2010 and 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Italian Champion, in the 2011 he set the world fastest lap ever during the Porsche Supercup qualifying at Monza, during the Formula One Gran Prix.

2012 Ferrari 458 Challenge WORLD and EUROPEAN Champion with Ferrari team Moscow.

2013 GRAND AM Season 458 GT3. Including the 24 hours of Daytona, where he finished 4th. After a long season he won the last Rolex Gt Grand Am championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2003 European Touring Car Championship Scuderia Bigazzi 20 0 0 0 1 10 14th
2004 European Touring Car Championship JAS Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 3 17th
2005 World Touring Car Championship Scuderia del Girasole 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 World Touring Car Championship DB Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 5 22nd
2009 Porsche Supercup Ebimotors 2 0 0 0 0 0‡ NC‡
2010 Porsche Supercup Ebimotors 1 0 0 0 0 0‡ NC‡
2011 Porsche Supercup Ebimotors 1 0 1 0 1 0‡ NC‡
2014 Blancpain Sprint Series Scuderia Villorba Corse 4 0 0 0 0 6 24th
United SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 11 2 0 0 3 240 13th
2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 11 2 0 0 7 332 1st
2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 12 1 0 0 8 340 1st
2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 3 0 0 0 1 76 30th
2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Scuderia Corsa 4 1 0 0 1 111 23rd
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Cetilar Racing 1 0 0 0 0 103 71st
2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Conquest Racing 1 0 0 0 1 325 3rd*

‡ Not eligible for points

Complete European Touring Car Championship 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 DC Pts
2003 Scuderia Bigazzi Alfa Romeo 156 GTA VAL
1
10 		VAL
2
12 		MAG
1
Ret 		MAG
2
Ret 		PER
1
8 		PER
2
3 		BRN
1
7 		BRN
2
Ret 		DON
1
16† 		DON
2
15 		SPA
1
14 		SPA
2
10 		AND
1
13 		AND
2
8 		OSC
1
15 		OSC
2
10 		EST
1
9 		EST
2
11 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
11 		14th 10
2004 JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R MNZ
1
14 		MNZ
2
12 		VAL
1
12 		VAL
2
13 		MAG
1
14 		MAG
2
10 		HOC
1
13 		HOC
2
Ret 		BRN
1
13 		BRN
2
10 		DON
1
15 		DON
2
11 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
10 		IMO
1
10 		IMO
2
6 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
DNS 		DUB
1
Ret 		DUB
2
DNS 		17th 3
Source:[2]

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 DC Pts
2005 Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra ITA
1
18 		ITA
2
11 		FRA
1
Ret 		FRA
2
DNS 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		SMR
1
12 		SMR
2
DSQ 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		BEL
1 		BEL
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		TUR
1 		TUR
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		NC 0
2006 DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 ITA
1
9 		ITA
2
4 		FRA
1
Ret 		FRA
2
17 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		BRA
1 		BRA
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		TUR
1 		TUR
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		22nd 5
Sources:[3][2]

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Pts
2009 Ebimotors Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN ESP BEL ITA UAE
18† 		UAE
5 		NC‡ 0‡
2010 Ebimotors Porsche 997 GT3 BHR BHR ESP MON ESP GBR GER HUN BEL ITA
6 		NC‡ 0‡
2011 Ebimotors Porsche 997 GT3 TUR ESP MON GER GBR GER HUN BEL ITA
3 		UAE UAE NC‡ 0‡

‡ Not eligible for points

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref
2012 Scuderia Corsa GT Ferrari 458 Italia Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY BAR HOM NJ DET LEX ELK WGI IMS WGI MON LAG
4 		LRP
3 		34th 58 [4]
2013 Scuderia Corsa GT Ferrari 458 Italia Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
4 		COA
11 		BAR
2 		ATL
3 		DET
2 		MDO
6 		WAT
5 		IMS
5 		ELK
6 		KAN
1 		LAG
3 		LRP
2 		1st 341 [5]

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts Ref
2014 Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Pro NOG
QR 		NOG
CR 		BRH
QR 		BRH
CR 		ZAN
QR
17 		ZAN
CR
DNS 		SVK
QR 		SVK
CR 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		ZOL
QR
9 		ZOL
CR
7 		BAK
QR 		BAK
CR 		24th 6 [6]


Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref
2014 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5L V8 DAY
11 		SEB
18 		LGA
7 		DET
1 		WGL
5 		MOS
17† 		IND
1 		ELK
16† 		VIR
2 		COA
11 		PET
9 		13 240 [7]
2016 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
6 		SEB
1 		LGA
2 		BEL
3 		WGL
1 		MOS
4 		LIM
11 		ELK
3 		VIR
7 		AUS
3 		PET
2 		1st 332 [8]
2017 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
16 		SEB
2 		LBH
3 		AUS
2 		DET
2 		WGL
2 		MOS
3 		LIM
6 		ELK
5 		VIR
12 		LGA
1 		PET
9 		1st 340 [9]
2018 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY
10 		SEB
2 		MOH
8 		BEL
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 LGA
 PET
 30th 76 [10]
2020 Scuderia Corsa GTD Ferrari 488 GT3 Ferrari F154CB 3.9 Turbo V8 DAY
7 		DAY
 SEB
 ELK
 VIR
 ATL
 MDO
 CLT
 PET
1 		LGA
7 		SEB
4 		23rd 111 [11]
2023 Cetilar Racing GTD Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 DAY
23 		SEB
 LBH
 MON
 WGL
 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 IMS PET
 71st 103 [12]
2024 Conquest Racing GTD Ferrari 296 GT3 Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 DAY
3 		SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 3rd* 325* [13]
Source:[3]

† Balzan did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2017 United States Scuderia Corsa Denmark Christina Nielsen
United States Bret Curtis 		Ferrari 488 GTE GTE
Am 		314 44th 14th
2022 Italy Iron Lynx Italy Raffaele Giammaria
Italy Claudio Schiavoni 		Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am 		289 NC NC
Sources:[3][14]

References

  1. ^ http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/race-driver-database/biography/Alessandro-Balzan-,2485.html Career at Speedsport Magazine.
  2. ^ a b "Alessandro Balzan race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Alessandro Balzan Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2012 NASCAR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2013 NASCAR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Blancpain Sprint Series – Season 2014: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Alessandro Balzan – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Alessandro Balzan". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
Champion
2009-2011 		Succeeded by