Overview
- Italian ex-Formula 1 driver and longtime TV commentator Andrea de Adamich has died at age 84, according to multiple motorsport outlets.
- He competed in F1 from 1968 to 1973 with Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees and Brabham, earning fourth-place finishes at the 1972 Spanish and 1973 Belgian Grands Prix.
- His frontline career ended after he suffered serious leg injuries in the first-lap multi-car pile-up at the 1973 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
- He excelled beyond F1, winning the 1966 European Touring Car Championship, the 1967 Division 2 title, placing fourth at Le Mans in 1972, and taking 1971 world sportscar victories at Brands Hatch and Watkins Glen.
- After retiring he became a familiar voice for Mediaset from 1978 to 2009, later served as a director at N. Technology, and was appointed Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2022.