Michela Cerruti

Michela Cerruti
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1987-02-18) 18 February 1987 (age 37)
Rome, Italy
TCR International Series career
Debut season2015
Current teamGE-Force
Car number88
Former teamsTarget Competition
Starts14
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish29th in 2016
Finished last season29th
Previous series
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014–15
2013–14
2013
2013
2012–14
2012
2012
2012
2010–11
2009–10, 2012–13
2008–09, 2011		Italian GT Championship
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
Renault Sport Trophy
VLN
Formula E
Auto GP
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
European Formula 3
Blancpain Endurance Series
European F3 Open
German Formula Three
Toyota Racing Series
Superstars Series
Italian GT Championship
Italian Touring Endurance

Michela Cerruti (born 18 February 1987) is an Italian former racing driver.

Career

Born in Rome, Cerruti attended the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, studying Psychology.[1] Cerruti's racing career began after her father Aldo 'Baronio' Cerruti, also a racing driver, decided to enrol her in a safe driving course with Mario Ferraris, son of Romeo Ferraris, a race-car tuner and constructor. Impressed by Michela's 'speed and instinctive car control', Ferraris convinced Cerruti's father to let her race.[1]

Cerruti competing in the European F3 Open series.

She debuted in the Italian Touring Endurance Championship (CITE) in 2008, racing an Alfa Romeo 147, sharing the drive with Mario Ferraris, finishing third in the class standings. She remained in CITE in 2009, racing an Abarth 500.

For 2010 she stepped up to the Superstars Series, racing a Mercedes C63 AMG for the Romeo Ferraris team. She also competed in the Italian GT Championship for the team in a Ferrari F430.

Remaining in the Superstars Series for a second season in 2011, Cerruti impressed at the opening weekend of the season at Monza, topping the two free practice sessions. She then went on to finish the first race in second position, before winning the second race and taking the championship lead.[2][3]

In 2014, it was announced that Cerruti would drive for Trulli GP in the inaugural season of Formula E.[4] She competed in four races with a best finish of twelfth before she was replaced by Vitantonio Liuzzi for the remainder of the season.[5]

Following a few years racing TCR, Cerruti retired from driving in 2017 to start a family. In 2022 she was appointed as team principal at Romeo Ferraris.[6]

Racing record

Complete International Superstars Series results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2010 Romeo Ferraris Mercedes C63 AMG MNZ
1
12 		MNZ
2
12 		IMO
1
16 		IMO
2
13 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		CPR
1
Ret 		CPR
2
DNS 		VAL
1
22 		VAL
2
13 		KYA
1
10 		KYA
2
Ret 		30th 1
2011 Romeo Ferraris Mercedes C63 AMG MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
1 		VNC
1
Ret 		VNC
2
9 		ALG
1
8 		ALG
2
Ret 		DON
1
12 		DON
2
13 		MIS
1
11 		MIS
2
Ret 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
7 		MUG
1
11 		MUG
2
Ret 		VAL
1
8 		VAL
2
9 		9th 59

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2013 Romeo Ferraris Mercedes MNZ
1
21 		MNZ
2
Ret 		MNZ
3
20 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		BRH
1
25 		BRH
2
26 		BRH
3
19 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		RBR
3 		NOR
1
18 		NOR
2
28 		NOR
3
20 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NÜR
3 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		ZAN
3 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		VAL
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		35th 0

Complete Auto GP results

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2013 MLR 71 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
8 		DON
1 		DON
2 		BRN
1
16† 		BRN
2
13 		19th 5
2014 Super Nova International MAR
1
4 		MAR
2
5 		LEC
1
7 		LEC
2
5 		HUN
1
10 		HUN
2
10 		MNZ
1
3 		MNZ
2
7 		IMO
1
5 		IMO
2
1 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
3 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
5 		EST
1 		EST
2 		6th 113

Complete Formula E results

(key)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2014–15 Trulli Formula E Team Spark SRT01-e Renault BEI
14 		PUT
Ret 		PDE
12 		BUE
Ret 		MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN LDN 29th 0

Complete TCR International Series results

(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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Target Competition SEAT León Cup Racer SEP
1 		SEP
2 		SHA
1 		SHA
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		SOC
1 		SOC
2 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
8 		MRN
1 		MRN
2 		CHA
1 		CHA
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		31st 5
2016 Mulsanne Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR BHR
1
13 		BHR
2
Ret 		EST
1
15 		EST
2
14 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		SAL
1
10 		SAL
2
DSQ 		OSC
1
12† 		OSC
2
9 		SOC
1
12 		SOC
2
Ret 		CHA
1 		CHA
2 		MRN
1 		MRN
2 		SEP
1 		SEP
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		29th 3
2017 GE-Force Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR RIM
1 		RIM
2 		BHR
1
14 		BHR
2
12 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		CHA
1 		CHA
2 		ZHE
1 		ZHE
2 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		NC 0

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. ^ a b "About me". michelacerruti.com. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  2. ^ Casillo, Pietro (10 April 2011). "Michela Cerruti wins and takes championship lead". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  3. ^ Allen, Peter (10 April 2011). "Michela Cerruti Claims Race 2 Win at Monza". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Michela Cerruti joins TrulliGP to become second female driver". Formula E Operations. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ^ DiZinno, Tony (12 March 2015). "Formula E: Liuzzi, Pic in for Cerruti, Tung at Miami". NBC Sports. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Michela Cerruti on her first season as Romeo Ferraris FIA ETCR Team Principal". Romeo Ferraris. 5 September 2022.