Nicky Pastorelli

{{Short description|Dutch racing driver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP one source|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox racing driver |name = Nicky Pastorelli |image = Nicky Pastorelli.jpg |caption = |nationality = {{flag|NED|name=Dutch}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|04|11}} |birth_place = [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]] |relatives = Francesco Pastorelli (brother) |racing_licence = [[File:FIA Platinum Driver.png|12px]] [[FIA Platinum Categorisation|FIA Platinum]] {{small|(until 2018)}} [[File:FIA Gold Driver.png|12px]] [[FIA Gold Categorisation|FIA Gold]] {{small|(2019–)}} {{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes |achievements = 2004 [[Euroseries 3000|Euro Formula 3000]] Champion |awards = |years = 2006 |Total_Champ_Races = 9 |Years_In_Champ = 1 |Champ_Car_Team = Rocketsports |Best_Champ_Pos = 17th - [[2006 Champ Car season|2006]] |First_Champ_Race = [[2006 Champ Car season|2006]] [[2006 Grand Prix of Houston|Grand Prix of Houston]] ([[Reliant Park]]) |Last_Champ_Race = [[2006 Champ Car season|2006]] [[2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal|Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal]] ([[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve|Montreal]]) |First_Champ_Win = |Last_Champ_Win = |Champ_Wins = 0 |Champ_Podiums = 0 |Champ_Poles = 0 }} }} '''Nicky Pastorelli''' (born 11 April 1983) is a Dutch professional racing driver.

==Motorsports career==

===Euro Formula 3000=== Born in [[The Hague]], Pastorelli participated in [[Euroseries 3000|Euro Formula 3000]] for Scuderia Fama in 2003. He finished on the podium twice and placed fifth in the season championship.

For 2004, Pastorelli signed with the defending champion Draco Junior Team. Pastorelli won the championship by one point over [[Fabrizio Del Monte]] with two wins among six podium finishes in the ten series races.

===Formula One testing=== This result gained him a [[Formula One]] test at [[Minardi]], and in 2005 Pastorelli was appointed official [[Jordan Grand Prix]] test driver, and was the first driver in the Young Driver Development Program of [[MF1 Racing]]. However, none of these tests resulted in a Formula One race drive for Pastorelli.

===Champ Car=== Pastorelli made his debut at [[Grand Prix of 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 [[Grand Prix of Monterrey]], and in his first and only oval start at the [[Milwaukee Mile]] he finished tenth. His best Champ Car finish came in his final race in the series at the [[Grand Prix of Montreal]]. He was replaced for the final three races of the season by veteran [[Mario Domínguez (racing driver)|Mario Domínguez]].

===American Le Mans Series=== [[File:Nicky Pastorelli Passat Dutch Supercar Challenge 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Pastorelli's 2008 Dutch Supercar]] In 2008 and 2009, Pastorelli has competed in the GT2 class of the [[American Le Mans Series]] for [[VICI Racing]] in a [[Porsche 911 GT3]]. In 2008, he also finished third in the GT class of the [[Dutch Supercar Challenge]] in a [[Volkswagen Passat]].

===Career summary=== *2000 ::Formula Arcobaleno Netherlands, Competed in 6 out of 8 races: 5 wins, 3 poles, 3rd place in Championship *2001 ::Italian Formula Renault 2000 - 18th place *2002 ::European Formula Renault 2000 - 9 race starts, no points *2003 ::Euro Formula 3000 Series: 2 second place finishes and 5th in the championship *2004 ::Superfund Euro 3000 - Championship winner, 2 victories ::Champ Car Test with [[Walker Racing]] at [[Sebring International Raceway]] *2005 ::Formula 1 test with Minardi at Misano (January) ::Official Jordan F1 test driver and in Young Driver Development Program of Midland F1 *2006 ::Official 3rd driver — Midland F1 ::Champ Car — Partial season driving with [[Rocketsports Racing]] in Champ Car. - 17th place *2008 ::[[Dutch Supercar Challenge]] - Papagayo Racing, [[Volkswagen Passat]] [[V8 STAR]] - 3rd place ::[[American Le Mans Series]] GT2 - [[VICI Racing]], [[Porsche 911]] GT3 RSR - 22nd place (GT2 drivers championship) *2009 ::[[American Le Mans Series]] GT2 - [[VICI Racing]], [[Porsche 911]] GT3 RSR

==Motorsports career results==

===American Open Wheel racing=== ([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]])

====Complete Champ Car results==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Yr ! Team ! No. ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! Rank ! Points ! Ref |- | [[2006 Champ Car season|2006]] ! nowrap| [[Rocketsports Racing|Rocketsports]] ! 8 |[[2006 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach|LBH]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2006 Grand Prix of Houston|HOU]] {{small|17}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[[2006 Tecate Grand Prix of Monterrey|MTY]] {{small|15}} |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[2006 Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225|MIL]] {{small|10}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|[[2006 Grand Prix of Portland|POR]] {{small|17}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland|CLE]] {{small|17}} |[[2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto|TOR]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton|EDM]] {{small|17}} |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose|SJO]] {{small|10}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[2006 Grand Prix of Denver|DEN]] {{small|12}} |style="background:#CFEAFF;"|[[2006 Champ Car Grand Prix de Montreal|MTL]] {{small|6}} |[[2006 Grand Prix of Road America|ROA]] |[[2006 Lexmark Indy 300|SRF]] |[[2006 Gran Premio Telmex|MXC]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''17th''' |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''73''' !<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/pastoni01/2006/R|title=Nicky Pastorelli – 2006 Champ Car World Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref> |}

===Complete GT1 World Championship results=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" |- ! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! Pos ! Points |- | [[2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season|2010]] ! nowrap| [[All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport]] ! [[Lamborghini]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round|ABU QR]] Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round|ABU CR]] Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 RAC Tourist Trophy|SIL QR]] 20 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 RAC Tourist Trophy|SIL CR]] 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Brno round|BRN QR]] 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Brno round|BRN CR]] 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Paul Ricard round|PRI QR]] 15 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Paul Ricard round|PRI CR]] 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Spa-Francorchamps round|SPA QR]] 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Spa-Francorchamps round|SPA CR]] 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round|NÜR QR]] 11 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round|NÜR CR]] Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Algarve round|ALG QR]] 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Algarve round|ALG CR]] Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Navarra round|NAV QR]] Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Navarra round|NAV CR]] 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Interlagos round|INT QR]] 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 Interlagos round|INT CR]] 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 San Luis round|SAN QR]] 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2010 FIA GT1 San Luis round|SAN CR]] 11 ! 32nd ! 16 |- | [[2011 FIA GT1 World Championship season|2011]] ! nowrap| [[All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport]] ! [[Lamborghini]] |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round|ABU QR]] Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Abu Dhabi round|ABU CR]] 11 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Zolder round|ZOL QR]] Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Zolder round|ZOL CR]] Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Algarve round|ALG QR]] 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Algarve round|ALG CR]] 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring round|SAC QR]] 7 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Sachsenring round|SAC CR]] 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 RAC Tourist Trophy|SIL QR]] 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 RAC Tourist Trophy|SIL CR]] 10 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Navarra round|NAV QR]] 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Navarra round|NAV CR]] 1 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Paul Ricard round|PRI QR]] Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Paul Ricard round|PRI CR]] 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Ordos round|ORD QR]] 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Ordos round|ORD CR]] 6 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round|BEI QR]] 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 Beijing round|BEI CR]] Ret |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round|SAN QR]] 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[2011 FIA GT1 San Luis round|SAN CR]] Ret ! 8th ! 80 |- | [[2012 FIA GT1 World Championship season|2012]] ! nowrap| [[All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport]] ! nowrap| [[Mercedes-Benz]] |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Nogaro round|NOG QR]] 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Nogaro round|NOG CR]] 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Zolder round|ZOL QR]] 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Zolder round|ZOL CR]] 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Navarra round|NAV QR]] 6 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Navarra round|NAV QR]] 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Slovakia round|SVK QR]] 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Slovakia round|SVK CR]] 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Algarve round|ALG QR]] 6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Algarve round|ALG CR]] 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 Second FIA GT1 Slovakia round|SVK QR]] 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 Second FIA GT1 Slovakia round|SVK CR]] 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Moscow round|MOS QR]] 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Moscow round|MOS CR]] 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round|NUR QR]] 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Nürburgring round|NUR CR]] 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Donington Park round|DON QR]] 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[2012 FIA GT1 Donington Park round|DON CR]] 6 |colspan=2| ! 6th ! 100 |} <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|1=http://www.pastorelli.nl}} * {{Racing-Reference driver|Nicky_Pastorelli}} * {{DriverDB driver|id=nicky-pastorelli}}

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