Michele Rugolo

Michele Rugolo

Nationality	Italian
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2003, 2011
Teams	Automotive Durango SRL Krohn Racing
Best finish	24th (2003)
Class wins	0

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

Career

Formula Renault

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

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.

Formula Three

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

Formula 3000

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

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

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(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
2004	Durango Corse	IMO	CAT	MON	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ Ret	NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	LMP900	19	D	Durango LMP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10	Automotive Durango SRL	Sylvain Boulay Jean-Bernard Bouvet	277	24th	9th
2011	GTE Am	57	D	Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8	Krohn Racing	Tracy Krohn Nic Jönsson	123	DNF	DNF

References

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

External links

• Rugolo's official website.

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Name	Rugolo, Michele
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Date of birth	31 August 1982
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