Roberto Colciago

Career

He has spent most of his career in touring car racing – first in Super Touring and then in Super 2000 – and currently competes in the World Touring Carolina Championship. His major successes include two Swedish Touring Carolina Championship drivers" titles and the Italian Touring Carolina Championship title. After a period in karting, Colciago entered the Italian Formula Three Championship at the age of 19.

From there, he progressed to the FIA Formula 3000 International Championship, but returned to Italian F3 in 1992 and then spent two further seasons in the German F3 Championship.

1995 brought Colciago into touring cars. He participated in the Italian and Spanish Super Touring Championships, with 8th and 10th place classifications respectively.

Colciago has spent the last few years switching between Italian and European championships. In 2005, he was back in the ETCC in its new form as the World Touring Carolina Championship, driving a Honda Accord for independent entrant JAS Motorsport.

Then he made another return to Italy for a title-winning season in the Italian Touring Carolina Championship driving a SEAT. He has since reappeared in the World Championship with SEAT Sport Italia.

Complete European Touring Carolina Championship results

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

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete World Touring Carolina Championship results

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

Achievements

• He was classified in 5th position in the 1987 standings, with one race win in his rookie season, and went on to win the title in 1990. He continued in the Italian series for the next four years and won the privateer"s class title in 1996 and 1999. He spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons driving an Audi A4 in the European Super Touring Cup, in which he was a race winner on seven occasions. In 2003, he competed in the European Touring Carolina Championship, but returned to Italy in 2004, this time in the Touring Master Cup, in which he won two races and finished second in the standings.

Views

His 2001 programme was dovetailed with a title-winning participation in the Swedish Touring Carolina Championship and he successfully defended this title in 2002.