ADM Motorsport

Did You Know?

• In 2000, Ricardo Sperafico won the Italian Formula 3000 drivers' championship for ADM.
• In 2005, Norbert Siedler tied for the 3000 Pro Series drivers' championship with Max Busnelli, both having identical points and race results over the eight-race season.
• Earl Bamber won ADM's only race of the 2008 International Formula Master season despite only competing in one round.

History

Renato Melchioretto founded ADM Motorsport in 1988 by manufacturing his first racing car, the ADM Formula Panda. The car proved fast, and at the end of its debut season Alessandro Aghernio placed second in the final standings of the Trofeo Cadetti Agip of Formula Panda. In 1989 Marco Baroncini won the Formula Panda Italian Championship for the team, while Oliverio Saleri took the Trofeo Cadetti Agip. ADM moved to Italian Formula 3 in 1991 with three Dallara cars, and Saleri secured the championship in 1992. The team switched to Formula Europa Boxer in 1993, designing and building its own cars. In 1994 ADM fielded two cars in Formula Boxer, achieving three wins and two second places, and also won the Greek Formula 3 championship with Manolis Moschous. ADM continued in Greek Formula 3 through 1998 with Moschous, winning the title in 1995, 1996, and 1998. The team also entered the Hungarian Formula 3 championship, where Claudia Steffek finished second. ADM began competing in the new Italian Formula 3000 championship in 1999. Cesare Manfredini started the season as driver but was replaced midseason by Nikolas Stremmeneos; the team finished tenth in the teams' standings with two points. In 2000 the team won the drivers' championship with Ricardo Sperafico, while a second car was shared by Paolo Ruberti, Salvatore Tavano, and Tomas Scheckter. ADM placed second in the teams' championship, five points behind Arden Team Russia. Vítor Meira led the team in the 2001 Euro F3000, finishing fifth in the drivers' championship, while the second car was shared by Matteo Santoponte, Gabriele Varano, and Sergei Zlobin; the team dropped to fifth in the teams' standings. Meira continued in 2002 but was replaced midseason by Leonardo Nienkotter, who was in turn replaced by Gianmaria Bruni. Armin Pornbacher drove the second car but scored no points, and no driver scored points that season. 2003 saw a return to form: Gianmaria Bruni returned for five races, winning three of them on his way to third in the drivers' championship. Rafaele Sperafico was his teammate but scored only two points and was replaced for the last two races by Jaime Melo, who won the season finale. ADM finished second in the teams' championship. In 2004 Norbert Siedler and Allam Khodair drove for the team; Siedler converted two of his five pole positions into wins on his way to third in the drivers' championship, while Khodair managed only one point, dropping the team to fourth in the teams' championship. In 2005 the team switched to the new 3000 Pro Series. Norbert Siedler continued with Fausto Ippoliti as his teammate, and a third part-time car was added with Stefano Attianese, Franz Woss, and Davide Valsecchi each running at least one race. Siedler tied for the drivers' championship with Max Busnelli, both having the same number of points and an identical record of race results over the eight-race championship. Ippoliti finished seventh in the championship, while ADM were again runners-up in the teams' championship. In 2006 the 3000 Pro Series was rebranded as the F3000 International Masters championship. The team ran three full-time cars: Fausto Ippoliti, Daniil Move, and Luca Persiani. Ippoliti was replaced by Alessandro Pier Guidi after one round, with Tor Graves taking over from round three at Brands Hatch. Daniil Move was replaced midseason by Dominik Schraml. Persiani scored the team's only win of the season on his way to fourth in the drivers' championship. ADM came third in the teams' championship. In 2007 the F3000 formula was dropped and rebranded as the International Formula Master series. ADM started the season with four cars driven by Frankie Provenzano, Michele Caliendo, Nick de Brujin, and Dominick Schraml. One car was dropped after three rounds after Schraml left, while de Brujin was replaced by a returning Norbert Siedler. Siedler earned two wins on his way to sixth in the championship, easily outclassing Provenzano and Caliendo. ADM came fifth in the teams' championship. In 2008 Siedler, Provenzano, and Caliendo were joined by Octavio Fretias. However, only Caliendo finished the season with the team. Davide Rigon, Tomas Pivoda, Earl Bamber, and Federico Scionti also ran for the team later in the season. Siedler was again the team's highest-ranked driver in tenth, though Bamber managed 15th in the championship despite only running one round after winning the team's only win of the season in one of the two races. ADM only managed sixth in the teams' championship. Bamber returned for the 2009 season with Marcello Puglisi as his teammate. The team only lasted two rounds, with Harald Schlegelmilch replacing Puglisi for the second round. As a result, the team were only eighth in the teams' championship having scored just four points. It is unknown whether they will return for the 2010 season.