Michele Rugolo

Italian racing driver (born 1982)

Michele Rugolo

Nationality|  Italian
Born|  (1982-08-31) August 31, 1982 (age 42)
Montebelluna, Italy
Racing licence|  FIA Silver
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years| 2003, 2011 – 2012, 2014, 2017
Teams| Automotive Durango SRL
Krohn Racing
AF Corse
Best finish| 24th (2003)
Class wins| 0

Michele Rugolo (born 31 August 1982 in Montebelluna) is an Italian racing driver.

## Career

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### Formula Renault

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After competing in karting championships from 1992 to 1999, Rugolo competed in the Formula Renault 2000 Italy from 2000 to 2002, and then switched to Formula Nissan part-way through 2002.

### Sports Cars

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Rugolo competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003, finishing 11th overall in a Durango-Judd. In 2005, he competed in the American Le Mans Series, driving a Dodge Viper GTS-R. For 2007, he competed in the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship, and moved into the International GT Open championship the following year.

He joined Krohn Racing in 2011 for its Intercontinental Le Mans Cup GTE-Am class effort, which saw class wins at the Twelve Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. Rugolo, Tracy Krohn and Nic Jonsson helped take the team to a second-place finish in the class championship.

In 2012, Rugolo will return to Krohn Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

On Wednesday before the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, Lucas di Grassi wasn't able to get fast enough out of the car due to an ankle injury. Michele was asked to step in at the last moment, to replace Lucas di Grassi.[1]

### Formula Three

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Rugolo has also competed in single seaters, coming fourth in Italian Formula Three in both 2004 and 2006.

### Formula 3000

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Rugolo's success in F3 and connections with Durango, who also ran a Formula 3000 team, saw him called up to the series for the final race of the 2004 season; his home race at Monza. He retired from the race.

### A1 Grand Prix

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Rugolo is also one of A1 Team Italy's drivers for the 2006–07 season, although he did not compete in a race in favour of Enrico Toccacelo or Alessandro Pier Guidi.

## Racing record

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### Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year  | Entrant  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | DC  | Points

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2004 | Durango Corse | IMO
| CAT
| MON
| NUR
| MAG
| SIL
| HOC
| HUN
| SPA
| MNZ
Ret | –  | 0

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year  | Team  | Co-Drivers  | Car  | Class  | Laps  | Pos. | Class
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2003 |  Automotive Durango SRL |  Sylvain Boulay
Jean-Bernard Bouvet  | Durango LMP1-Judd | LMP900  | 277  | 24th  | 9th
2011 |  Krohn Racing |  Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jönsson | Ferrari F430 GTC | GTE
Am  | 123  | DNF  | DNF
2012 |  Krohn Racing |  Tracy Krohn
Niclas Jönsson | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE
Am  | 323  | 25th  | 3rd
2014 |  AF Corse |  Stephen Wyatt
Sam Bird | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | GTE
Am  | 22  | DNF  | DNF
2017 |  AF Corse |  James Calado
Alessandro Pier Guidi | Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE
Pro  | 312  | 46th  | 11th

### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year  | Entrant  | Class  | Chassis  | Engine  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | Rank  | Points

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2012 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE Am  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SEB
5 | SPA
5 | LMS
2 | SIL
3 | SÃO
Ret | BHR
3 | FUJ
2 | SHA
3 |  | 57th  | 3.5
2014 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SIL
3 | SPA
5 | LMS
Ret | COA
6 | FUJ
Ret | SHA | BHR
2 | SÃO
3 |  | 7th  | 68
2017 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro  | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8  | SIL
| SPA
| LMS
14 | NÜR
| MEX
| COA
| FUJ
| SHA
| BHR
| 24th  | 1

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year  | Entrant  | Class  | Make  | Engine  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | Pos. | Points

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2014 | Spirit of Race | GTD  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Ferrari 4.5L V8  | DAY
17 | SEB
13 | LGA
| DET
| WGL
19 | MOS
| IND
| ELK
| VIR
| COA
| COA
6 | 37th  | 63
2015 | AF Corse | GTD  | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Ferrari 4.5L V8  | DAY
4 | SEB
| LGA
| BEL
| WGL
| LIM
| ELK
| VIR
| AUS
| ATL
|  | 35th  | 29

## References

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1. ^ "Di Grassi ruled out of Le Mans with ankle injury". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2017-06-14.

* Michele Rugolo career statistics at driverdb.com, retrieved 14 January 2007.

## External links

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* Rugolo's official website. Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

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