(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 03.10.1941 Триест Сезонов в Ф1: 5 Лет в Ф1: 6 Гран При: 36 Старты: 29* *не стартовал: 7 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 4 Лучший старт: 7 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 1240 - лидирования: Километры: 6057.96 - лидирования: Очки: 6 - за один сезон: 3 - подряд:

Ф1: 1968-1973

Год	Команда	Шасси
1968	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 312/67
1970	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	McLaren M14D
		McLaren M7D
1971	STP March Racing Team	March 711
1972	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B
1973	Ceramica Pagnossin Team MRD	Brabham BT37
		Brabham BT42
	Ceramica Pagnossin Team Surtees	Surtees TS14A

With success in the 1965 Italian F3 championship and the 1966 European touring car series in an Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA behind him, de Adamich was given a works debut for Ferrari in the non-championship F1 Spanish GP at Jarama late in 1967 - finishing ninth after a puncture - but his Grand Prix career as a Ferrari driver faltered at the first hurdle with an accident at Kyalami in 1968 and came undone shortly afterwards when a crash in practice for the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch inflicted neck injuries which sidelined him for much of the season. Despite a victorious comeback with the works Ferrari Dino T166 which saw him win two races and the championship in the South American Formula 2 Temporada series, the Italian's big chance had gone.

Undaunted, he busied himself in the newly inaugurated F5000/FA series for Team Surtees on both sides of the Atlantic before returning to F1 in 1970, initially with backing from Alfa Romeo, racing their engine in a variety of ‘third' works cars. A switch to Ford power made possible occasional good placings, but leg injuries sustained in the multiple accident caused by Jody Scheckter in the 1973 British Grand Prix brought his Formula 1 career to a premature end.

In parallel to his activities in Grand Prix racing, de Adamich was a works driver for Alfa Romeo in their successful T33 sports cars from 1970 to 1974, winning the Brands Hatch 1000 Km and the Watkins Glen 6 Hours in 1971. When his hectic racing schedule allowed, he also competed in Can-Am, touring cars and hill-climbs. After his retirement in 1974 Andrea returned to the Grand Prix scene as a respected motor sport journalist and TV commentator, and in recent seasons has overseen the racing exploits of his son Gordon.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000