Alessandro Balzan

Alessandro Balzan (born 17 October 1980 in Rovigo) is an Italian auto racing driver.

Racing career

In 1998 he stepped up from Kart racing, by competing in Italian Formula Campus and the Italian Renault Megane Cup Winter Series. A year later he drove in the Italian Renault Clio V6 Cup Winter Series, along with selected rounds of the Italian Renault Megane Cup. 2000 saw him finish the season fourth on points in the Renault Clio V6 Eurocup. That year he also became champion in the Italian Renault Clio Cup Winter Series. another title followed in 2002, winning the Italian Alfa 147 Cup.

Balzan progressed up to the European Touring Car Championship for the 2003 season. He raced an Alfa Romeo for the Bigazzi Team, and in 2004 he drove a JAS ran Honda. In 2005 and 2006 he drove in the Italian Superturismo Championship.

He competed in the inaugural season of the World Touring Car Championship in 2005, for the independent Scuderia del Girasole Team in a SEAT Toledo. Competing in five rounds, his best finish was an eleventh place in round two of the opening event at Monza. He returned to the WTCC in 2006 for the opening four rounds, this time in an Alfa Romeo 156 for DB Motorsport. Balzan managed an impressive fourth place finish, in race two at monza.

For 2007 he competed in the Superstars Series in a Jaguar S-Type. In 2008 he drove a Ferrari F430 in the Italian GT Championship.

In the 2008 he drove the Ferrari 430 GT2 in the Italian Gt championship, he won 2 races and several times he finished on podium.

2009, 2010 and 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Italian Champion, in the 2011 he set the world fastest lap ever during the Porsche Supercup Qualyfing at Monza, during the Formula One Gran Prix.

2012 Ferrari 458 Challenge WORLD and EUROPEAN Champion with Ferrari team Moscow.

2013 GRAND AM Season 458 GT3. Including the 24 hours of Daytona where he finish 4TH. After a long season he won the last Rolex Gt Grand Am championship.

Racing record

Complete European Touring Car Championship 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	DC	Pts
2003	Scuderia Bigazzi	Alfa Romeo 156 GTA	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 12	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 Ret	PER 1 8	PER 2 3	BRN 1 7	BRN 2 Ret	DON 1 16†	DON 2 15	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 10	AND 1 13	AND 2 8	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 10	EST 1 9	EST 2 11	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 11	14th	10
2004	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	MNZ 1 14	MNZ 2 12	VAL 1 12	VAL 2 13	MAG 1 14	MAG 2 10	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	BRN 1 13	BRN 2 10	DON 1 15	DON 2 11	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 10	IMO 1 10	IMO 2 6	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 DNS	DUB 1 Ret	DUB 2 DNS	17th	3

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	DC	Pts
2005	Scuderia del Girasole	SEAT Toledo Cupra	ITA 1 18	ITA 2 11	FRA 1 Ret	FRA 2 DNS	GBR 1	GBR 2	SMR 1 12	SMR 2 DSQ	MEX 1	MEX 2	BEL 1	BEL 2	GER 1	GER 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	NC	0
2006	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	ITA 1 9	ITA 2 4	FRA 1 Ret	FRA 2 17	GBR 1	GBR 2	GER 1	GER 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	22nd	5

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Pts
2009	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	ESP	BEL	ITA	UAE 18†	UAE 5	NC‡	0‡
2010	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR	BHR	ESP	MON	ESP	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 6				NC‡	0‡
2011	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3	TUR	ESP	MON	GER	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 3	UAE	UAE			NC‡	0‡

‡ Not eligible for points

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts
2014	Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Pro	NOG QR	NOG CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZAN QR 17	ZAN CR DNS	SVK QR	SVK CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 7	BAK QR	BAK CR	24th	6

References

• Alessandro Balzan at the official Grand-An website
• Alessandro Balzan at Driver Database
• Alessandro Balzan at Racing Reference

External links

• Official site (Italian).
• Alessandro Balzan career summary at DriverDB.com