Nicky Pastorelli
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| Nationality |  Dutch |
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| Race starts | 9 | ||
| Series Championships | 0 | ||
| Wins | 0 | ||
| Podium finishes | 0 | ||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||
| First Champ Car race | 2006 Grand Prix of Houston | ||
| Last Champ Car race | 2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal | edit | |
Nicky Pastorelli is a Dutch race car driver. He raced a partial season in Champ Car for Rocketsports in 2006.
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[edit] Early life
Nicky was born on April 11, 1983 in The Hague, Netherlands and currently resides in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. When Nicky was 10 years old, he was first introduced to the sport of karting. He drove his first laps at an empty parking lot. Nicky instantly fell in love with the sport and less than a year later he was making practice laps at the professional Strijen Circuit. In 1993, Nicky started in the Mini League followed by Junior League, in which he had his first successes.
At the age of 14 Nicky became a member of Peter de Bruin’s karting team. He stayed there for several seasons and drove the ICA and Formula A Leagues. In 2000 Nicky moved to the Formula Arcobaleno League and two years later, in 2002, his outstanding performances and tournament results made him part of the distinguished Formula Renault 2000 championship.
[edit] Motorsports Career
[edit] Formula 3000
In 2003 Nicky participated in the European Formula 3000 with great success. Although it was his debut Formula 3000, everyone was astonished by his performance. In different races he managed to acquire second and fourth places, while other races were just as promising.
His great performance has earned him a seat as first driver at the Draco Junior Team for the 2004 Superfund Euro 3000 Series. At the end of this exiting season, Nicky grabbed the championship away from his rivals through a win at the last race at the Nürburgring in Germany.
[edit] Formula One testing
This result gained him a Formula 1 test at Minardi and has also opened the doors to the Champ Car World Series where he already had a very successful test with Walker Racing in December 2004.
The success story continued in 2005 as Nicky was appointed official Jordan Grand Prix test driver and is the first driver in the Young Driver Development Program of MF1 Racing.
[edit] Champ Car
Nicky made his debut at Houston in the second race of the season, in Rocketsports' only entry. He qualified 16th of the 17 cars, and retired after 29 laps with a mechanical failure. His first finish, in 15th, came in the next race at Monterrey, and in Milwaukee he finished a strong 10th.
[edit] Career Summary
- 1993/1994
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- Karting Category Mini’s 60cc
- 1995/1996
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- Karting Category Juniors / Cadets 100cc
- 6th position in the World Championship (Belgium)
- 1997
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- Karting Category Juniors 100cc
- 7th position European Championship
- 3rd position Dutch Championship
- 1998
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- Karting Category ICA 100 cc
- 3th position European Championship
- 2nd position Dutch Championship
- 1999/2000
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- Karting Category Formula A - European Championship
- 4th / 7th / 8th in several races
- 2000
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- Formula Arcobaleno Competed in 6 out of 8 races:
- 5x Pole Position
- 3x Wins
- 3th Place in Dutch Championship
- 2001
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- Formula Renault 2000
- Italian Championship
- 2002
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- Formula Renault 2000
- European Championship
- 2003
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- Euro 3000 Series:
- 2 2nd places and 5th in the championship
- 2004
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- Superfund Euro 3000 Champion
- Champ Car Test with Walker Racing at Sebring
- 2005
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- Formula 1 test with Minardi at Misano (January)
- Official Jordan F1 test driver and in Young Driver Development Program of Midland F1
- 2006
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- Formula 1
- Official 3rd driver - Midland F1
- Champ Car - Partial season driving with Rocketsports Racing in Champ Car.
[edit] Motorsports Career Results
[edit] American Open Wheel Racing
[edit] Complete Champ Car results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Team | Rank | Points |
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| 2006 | Rocketsports | LBH DNP |
HOU 17 |
MTY 15 |
MIL 10 |
POR 17 |
CLE 17 |
TOR DNP |
EDM 17 |
SAN 10 |
DEN 12 |
MTL 6 |
ROA DNP |
SUR DNP |
MEX DNP |
Rocketsports | 17th | 73 |
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| Preceded by Augusto Farfus |
Superfund Euro Formula 3000 champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Luca Filippi |
