Max Angelelli
{{Short description|Italian racecar driver}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Max Angelelli
| image = MaxAngelelliCropped.jpg
| caption = Angelelli at the New Jersey Motorsports Park in 2008
| nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|12|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bologna, Italy
| record template1 =
{{Infobox Le Mans driver|child=yes
| Years = 1994, 1999–2002
| Teams =
| Best Finish = 9th (2002)
| Class Wins =
| updated =
}}
}}
File:DP10 Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor 2011 Road America.jpg
Massimiliano Angelelli (born 15 December 1966) is a retired Italian racecar driver.{{cite web|url=http://waynetaylorracing.com/team/|title=Wayne Taylor Racing|website=waynetaylorracing.com|access-date=10 January 2018}} He won the 2005 and 2017 24 Hours of Daytona and the 2001 Six Hours at the Glen. Also he was 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.[https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/angelelli-departs-wayne-taylor-racing/ 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.[https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/angelelli-joins-dallara-in-new-senior-level-role/ Angelelli joins Dallara in new senior-level role] - John Dagys, Sportscar365, 17 November 2020
Career
His 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.{{cite news |last=Ciccarone|first=Paolo |date=27 April 2018|title=Ricordando Senna. Quel giorno a Imola, con la morte in pista |trans-title=Remembering Senna. That day in Imola, with death on the track |url=https://www.automoto.it/formula1/ricordando-senna-quel-giorno-a-imola-con-la-morte-in-pista.html|language=it|work=AutoMoto Italia |access-date=25 September 2020}} 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 4 of the previous 5 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=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |
Year
! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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1994
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Strandell |align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Olofsson |align="left"| Ferrari F40 | GT1 | 51 | DNF | DNF |
1999
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Panoz Motorsports |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Johnny O'Connell |align="left"| Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S | LMP | 323 | 11th | 9th |
2000
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Team Cadillac |align="left"| {{flagicon|RSA}} Wayne Taylor |align="left"| Cadillac Northstar LMP | LMP900 | 287 | 22nd | 12th |
2001
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} DAMS |align="left"| {{flagicon|RSA}} Wayne Taylor |align="left"| Cadillac Northstar LMP01 | LMP900 | 270 | 15th | 5th |
2002
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Team Cadillac |align="left"| {{flagicon|RSA}} Wayne Taylor |align="left"| Cadillac Northstar LMP02 | LMP900 | 345 | 9th | 8th |
colspan="8" |Source:{{Cite web |title=Max Angelelli Results |url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/max-angelelli/results |access-date=17 August 2024 |publisher=Motorsport Stats}} |
= American Le Mans Series results =
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Team !Class !Make !Engine !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !{{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} !Points !Ref |
1999
!Doyle-Risi Racing !LMP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEB |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ATL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|POR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PET |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LSV | | | | ! ! |
2000
!Team Cadillac !LMP !Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SEB |CHA |SIL |NÜR |SON |MOS |TEX |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ROS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PET |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MON |LSV |ADE !22nd !62 |
2001
!Team Cadillac !LMP900 !Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 |TEX |SEB |DON |JAR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SON |POR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MID |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PET | | !11th !82 |
2002
!Team Cadillac !LMP900 !Cadillac Northstar 4.0 L Turbo V8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;”|SEB |SON |MID |AME |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|WAS |TRO |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|MOS |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|MON |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|MIA |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|PET | | !11th !118 |
Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Team !Class !Chassis !Engine !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !Rank !Points !Ref |
2004
!DP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIA |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|PHX |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MT |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|WGL |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MDO |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|WGL |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|MIA |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|VIR |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|BAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CAL | | !4th !329 |
2005
!DP |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|DAY |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|MIA |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|CAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LGA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|WGL |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|DAY |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|BAR |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|WGL |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|MDO |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|PHO |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|MEX !style="background:#FFFFBF;”|1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;”|439 |
2006
!DP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MEX |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LBH |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|VIR |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|LGA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PHO |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MDO |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|BAR |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIL !style="background:#FFDF9F;”|3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;”|431 |
2007
!DP |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|R24 |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|MEX |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|HOM |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|VIR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LGA |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|S6H |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MDO |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|IOW |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|BAR |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|MON |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|SON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SLK !style="background:#FFDF9F;”|3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;”|395 |
2008
!DP !Dallara DP01 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MIA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|MEX |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|VIR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LGA |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|WGL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LEX |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|WGL |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|SON |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|NJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|MIL !6th !328 |
2009
!DP !Dallara DP01 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|R24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|NJ |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|LAG |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|S6H |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LEX |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|WGI |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|MON |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|MIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|HOM | | !style="background:#FFDF9F;”|3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;”|325 |
2010
!DP !Dallara DP08 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|R24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|HOM |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BIR |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|VIR |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|LRP |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|S6H |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LEX |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DAY |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|NJ |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|WAT |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|MON |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|SLK | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;”" |2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;”" |332 |
2011
!DP |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|R24 |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|HOM |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|BIR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VIR |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|LIM |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|S6H |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|ELK |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|LAG |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|NJ |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|WAT |style="background:#DFDFDF;”|MON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LEX | | !style="background:#DFDFDF;”" |2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;”" |353 |
2012
!DP !Corvette DP (Dallara DP01) |style="background:#EFCFFF;|R24 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BIR |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|HOM |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|NJ |style="background:#EFCFFF;|BEL |style="background:#EFCFFF;|LEX |style="background:#EFCFFF;|ELK |style="background:#EFCFFF;|S6H |style="background:#FFDF9F;”|IMS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|WAT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|MON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LGA |style="background:#FFFFBF;”|LIM | !6th !343 |
2013
!DP | style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DAY |style="background:#dfffdf;"|COA |style="background:#ffffbf;"|BAR |style="background:#dfffdf;"|ATL |style="background:#ffffbf;"|DET |style="background:#dfffdf;"|LEX |style="background:#dfffdf;"|WGI |style="background:#efcfff;"|IMS |style="background:#dfffdf;"|ROA |style="background:#ffffbf;"|KAN |style="background:#ffffbf;"|LGA |style="background:#ffffbf;"|LIM | | ! style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st ! style="background:#ffffbf;"|339 |
=WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results=
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year ! Team ! Make ! Engine ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! Rank ! Points !Ref |
2014
! P |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DAY |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SIR | LBH | LS | DET |style="background:#dfffdf;"| S6H | MSP | IMS | ELK | COA |style="background:#ffffbf;"| PET ! 20th ! 121 |
2015
! P |style="background:#dfffdf;"| DAY |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SIR | LBH | LS | DET |style="background:#efcfff;"| S6H | MSP | ELK | COA |style="background:#dfffdf;"|PET | ! 12th ! 104 |
2016
! P |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| DAY |style="background:#efcfff;"| SIR | LBH | LS | DET |style="background:#dfffdf;"| S6H | MSP | ELK | COA |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| PET | ! 14th ! 113 |
2017
! P |style="background:#ffffbf;"| DAY | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WAT | MSP | ELK | LGA | PET | ! 28th ! 35 |
colspan="19" |Source: |
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=International Race of Champions=
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
!colspan=9| International Race of Champions results |
Season
! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! Pos. ! Points ! Ref |
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2006
! Pontiac | DAY | style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TEX | style="background:#CFEAFF;"| DAY | ATL ! 9th1 ! 30 |
{{sup|1}} Ride shared with Wayne Taylor
References
External links
- [http://www.maxangelelli.com Max Angelelli Home Page]
- {{Racing-Reference driver|Max_Angelelli}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-sports}}
{{succession box|title=Italian Formula Three Champion|before=Giambattista Busi|after=Christian Pescatori|years=1992}}
{{Succession box|title=Austria Formula 3 Cup champion|before=Philipp Peter|after=Alexander Wurz|years=1993}}
{{succession box|title=Rolex Sports Car Series DP Champion|before=Max Papis
Scott Pruett|after=Jörg Bergmeister|years=2005 with:
Wayne Taylor}}
{{succession box|title=Rolex Sports Car Series DP Champion|before=Memo Rojas
Scott Pruett|after=João Barbosa
Christian Fittipaldi
United SportsCar Championship Prototype
(post-merger)|years=2013 with:
Jordan Taylor}}
{{s-end}}
{{24 Hours of Daytona winners}}
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