Andrea Lodovico de Adamich (3 October 1941 – 5 November 2025) was an Italian racing driver. He participated in 34 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, making his championship debut at the 1968 South African Grand Prix with Scuderia Ferrari. Driving for multiple other teams in the early 1970s, de Adamich scored a total of six points throughout his Formula One career. He also competed in endurance racing, and went on to become a TV pundit and commentator after his retirement from motorsport.
Career
thumb|right|De Adamich driving for [[March Engineering|March in the 1971 German Grand Prix]]
thumb|De Adamich 1974 at Nürburgring driving Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12
Early career
De Adamich was born on 3 October 1941 in Trieste, Italy. In 1965, he won the Italian Formula Three Championship, and in 1966, he won the European Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo, driving a 1600 GTA. In 1968, he won the Temporada Formula Two Championship in Argentina.
Formula One
After previously competing at the non-championship 1967 Spanish Grand Prix, His season was cut short due to a heavy accident during a practice session for the 1968 Race of Champions; the accident led him to fall out of team owner Enzo Ferrari's favour.
For the season, de Adamich moved to McLaren, driving with an Alfa Romeo engine. The Cosworth engine at the time was more dominant, and de Adamich's move to March (who also used Alfa Romeo engines) in led to similar results. He joined Surtees for the season, and scored his first Formula One points when he finished fourth in the Spanish Grand Prix.
In , de Adamich moved to Brabham. After a promising start of the season, when he finished fourth in the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder, De Adamich retired from racing in 1974.
Later career
Following his retirement, de Adamich became a TV pundit and commentator in his native Italy. From 1978 through 2012, he hosted the TV sport program ' on Mediaset's Italia 1, and served as Italy's Formula One commentator from 1991 until 1996. He played an important role <!-- sources vary between director and VP -->in Alfa Romeo affiliated racing company N.Technology. De Adamich helped create the Centro Internazionale Guida Sicura, an organization that helps promote safe driving.
Personal life
In 2022, de Adamich was awarded as a Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
De Adamich was married and had three children.
Andrea's son Gordon de Adamich, born in 1973, was also a racing driver, competing in the 1996 Italian Superturismo Championship.
Racing record
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
!
! Pts
|-
|
! Lola Racing
! Lola T100
! Ford
| SNE
| SIL
| NÜR
| HOC
| TUL
| JAR
| ZAN
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER<br>
| BRH
| VAL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|
! Scuderia Ferrari
! Ferrari 166
! Ferrari
| HOC
| THR
| JAR
| PAL
| TUL
| ZAN
| PER
| HOC
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! 10th
! 6
|-
|
! Roy Winkelmann Racing
! Lotus 59
! Ford
| THR
| HOC
| NÜR
| JAR
| TUL
| PER
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|
! Scuderia Jolly Club
! Brabham BT30
! Ford
| THR
| HOC
| BAR
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ROU<br>
| PER
| TUL
| IMO
| HOC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|
! Team Surtees
! Surtees TS10
! Ford
| MAL
| THR
| HOC
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU<br>
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| PAL<br>
| HOC
| ROU
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ÖST<br>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO<br>
| MAN
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER<br>
| SAL
| ALB
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC<br>
|
|
|
! 19th
! 4
|-
|
! Fina
! Brabham BT40
! Ford
| MAL
| HOC
| THR
| NÜR
| PAU
| KIN
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NIV<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC<br>
| ROU
| MNZ
| MAN
| KAR
| PER
| SAL
| NOR
| ALB
| VAL
! NC
! 0
|-
!colspan=23|
|}
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
!
! Pts
|-
| 1968
! Scuderia Ferrari
! Ferrari 312/67
! Ferrari 242 3.0 V12
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA<br />
| ESP
| MON
| BEL
| NED
| FRA
| GBR
| GER
| ITA
| CAN
| USA
| MEX
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2| 1970
!rowspan=2| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M7D
!rowspan=2| Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
| RSA
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON<br />
| BEL
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| GBR<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! McLaren M14D
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NED<br />
|
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| USA<br />
| MEX
|
|
|-
| 1971
! STP March
! March 711
! Alfa Romeo T33 3.0 V8
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br>
| MON
| NED
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
| AUT
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
| CAN
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|
|
|
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| 1972
! Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees
! Surtees TS9B
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ARG<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|
|
|
! 17th
! 3
|-
|rowspan=3| 1973
! Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees
! Surtees TS9B
!rowspan=3| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
| ARG
| BRA
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=3| 16th
!rowspan=3| 3
|-
!rowspan=2| Ceramica Pagnossin Team MRD
! Brabham BT37
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON<br />
| SWE
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Brabham BT42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| NED
| GER
| AUT
| ITA
| CAN
| USA
|-
!colspan="21"|
|}