Diego Romanini (born 30 December 1978 in Pietrasanta) is an Italian auto racing driver.
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After starting his career in karting, he first started circuit racing in 1998 with Italian Formula Renault, before racing in the Italian Formula Campus Series. In 2000 he competed in Austrian Formula Three, becoming champion in 2001. He spent one year in the British Formula Three Championship, then returned to the Austrian series in 2003, where he regained his title. Also that year, he won the Centraleurop Formula Three Championship, and drove in the German Formula Three Championship. 2004 saw him first drive in Touring cars, with a season in the German Touring Car Challenge, finishing sixth on points. He competed in selected races in German Formula Three and the FIA GT Championship in 2005.
For 2006 he got a drive in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for the independent Wiechers-Sport Team, in a BMW 320i. He finished sixth in the Yokohama Independent Trophy, with a best placed race finish of thirteenth in round twelve at Puebla.
In 2008 Romanini raced in the International GT Open and selected rounds of the Euroseries 3000.[1]
In 2011 Diego Romanini raced 5 VLN races and the 24h race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with the BMW 325i E92 from Motorsport Team Sorg Rennsport. He took 3 VLN and the 24h victory in class!
(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 | Position | Points | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Wiechers-Sport | BMW 320i | MON | MGN | BRA | OSC | CUR | PUE | BRN | IST | VAL | MAC | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 15 | Ret | 22 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 15 | |||||
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Marco Schärf |
Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Hannes Neuhauser |
| Preceded by Hannes Neuhauser |
Austria Formula 3 Cup champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Jan Seyffarth |