Simone Tempestini (born 12 August 1994[1]) is a Romanian rally driver. He won the 2016 Junior World Rally Championship with the Romanian team Napoca Rally Academy and the Romanian Rally Championship in 2015, 2016, and 2018.

Simone Tempestini
Tempestini at the 2022 Rally Poland
Personal information
Nationality Romanian
Born (1994-08-12) August 12, 1994 (age 30)
Treviso, Italy
World Rally Championship record
Active years2013–present
Co-driverRomania Sergiu Itu
Rallies49
Championships2 (JWRC 2016 & WRC3 2016)
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points4
First rally2013 Rally Finland
Last rally2019 Rally Catalunya
Last updated on: 27.10.2019.

Short biography

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Tempestini made his competition debut in 2009. He won the 2015 and 2016 Romanian Rally Championship driving a Ford Fiesta R5 (and a Citroën DS3 R3T Max, in the last round of 2016) for the Napoca Rally Academy team, followed by another two champion titles, in 2018 and 2019.

Tempestini won both the 2016 JWRC and the WRC 3 categories of the World Rally Championship, driving for the same team. As part of his prize, he competes in the 2017 World Rally Championship-2 driving a Citroën DS3 R5.

He stated that he feels "100% Romanian" although he is the son of the Romanian-Italian driver Marco Tempestini.[2][3] He has also competed in WRC with an Italian licence.[1]

Results

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WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2013 Napoca Rally Academy Škoda Fabia R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN
Ret
GER AUS FRA ESP NC 0
Subaru Impreza STi R4 GBR
39
2014 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR
35
ARG ITA POL
Ret
FIN
38
GER
26
AUS FRA
Ret
ESP
31
GBR
Ret
NC 0
2015 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T Max MON
27
POR
44
POL
26
FIN
50
GER AUS FRA
25
ESP
21
GBR
Ret
NC 0
Subaru Impreza STi N14 SWE
25
MEX
Ret
ARG
19
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX ITA
39
2016 Napoca Rally Academy Ford Fiesta R5 MON
39
SWE
20
MEX ARG NC 0
Citroën DS3 R3T Max POR
23
ITA POL
23
FIN
20
GER
17
CHN
C
FRA
23
ESP GBR
30
AUS
2017 Gekon Racing Citroën DS3 R5 MON
Ret
SWE
Ret
MEX
FRA
13
ARG POR
15
ITA POL
36
FIN
19
GER
15
ESP
14
GBR
50
AUS NC 0
2018 Simone Tempestini Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR
36
18th 4
Citroën Total Rallye Team Citroën C3 R5 ITA
Ret
FIN
36
GER
20
Simone Tempestini Citroën C3 R5 TUR
8
GBR
15
ESP
22
AUS
2019 Friulmotor Rally Team Hyundai i20 R5 MON SWE MEX FRA
47
ARG CHL POR
18
ITA
13
FIN GER
19
TUR GBR ESP
Ret
AUS
C
NC 0

JWRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2014 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T POR
6
POL
Ret
FIN
5
GER
5
FRA
Ret
GBR
Ret
8th 28
2015 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T MON
4
POR
6
POL
1
FIN
9
FRA ESP
3
GBR
Ret
4th 62
2016 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T POR
1
POL
1
FIN
2
GER
1
FRA
4
GBR
2
1st 123

WRC-3 results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX POR
6
ARG ITA POL
Ret
FIN
6
GER
5
AUS FRA
Ret
ESP GBR
Ret
7th 26
2015 Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T MON
4
SWE MEX ARG POR
7
ITA POL
1
FIN
10
GER AUS FRA
1
ESP
4
GBR
Ret
3rd 81
2016 Napoca Rally Academy Citroën DS3 R3T MON SWE MEX ARG POR
1
ITA POL
1
FIN
2
GER
1
CHN FRA
4
ESP GBR
2
AUS
1st 123

WRC-2 results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2015 Napoca Rally Academy Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
9
MEX
Ret
ARG
7
POR ITA
17
POL
FIN
GER AUS FRA
ESP
GBR
34th 8
2016 Napoca Rally Academy Ford Fiesta R5 MON
9
SWE
9
MEX ARG POR
ITA POL
FIN
GER
CHN FRA
ESP GBR
AUS
38th 4
2017 Gekon Racing Citroën DS3 R5 MON
SWE
MEX
FRA
4
ARG POR
3
ITA POL
10
FIN
5
GER
6
ESP
5
GBR
20
AUS 7th 56
2018 Simone Tempestini Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR
16
15th 28
Citroën Total Rallye Team Citroën C3 R5 ITA
Ret
FIN
9
GER
10
Simone Tempestini Citroën C3 R5 TUR
2
GBR
7
ESP
10
AUS
2019 Friulmotor Rally Team Hyundai i20 R5 MON SWE MEX FRA
11
ARG CHL POR
10
ITA
3
FIN GER
4
TUR GBR ESP
Ret
AUS
C
17th 28

References

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  1. ^ a b "Simone Tempestini". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  2. ^ "PORTRET Simone Tempestini, cel mai tânăr pilot din campionatul de raliuri" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 25 October 2010.
  3. ^ "FOTO Premieră în motorsportul românesc: Simone Tempestini, campion mondial la WRC Junior" (in Romanian). 3 October 2016.
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