# Michaël Rossi

Michaël Rossi (born 12 April 1988 in Chambéry) is a French racing driver.

## Career

After racing in karting, Rossi raced in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 in 2006 driving for both SG Formula and Hexis Racing. However he only scored one point in 11 races, placing him 21st in the standings.
In 2007, Rossi raced in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy with the Racing for Belgium team, finishing ninth in the standings with one victory. For 2008 he moved to the TDS Racing team, taking four wins on the way to the championship title.
In 2009 Rossi moved to the SEAT León Eurocup, a support series for the World Touring Car Championship, driving a SUNRED Engineering-prepared car. He scored a victory at Brno and at Imola. He finished sixth in the standings after missing two of the six rounds in mid-season. He did a few races of the Spanish series, and scored a podium in his one-off Mégane Trophy return.
As the overall winner of the León Eurocup weekend in Imola, Rossi made his World Touring Car Championship debut at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan at Okayama driving for SR-Sport.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2006 | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 | CO2 Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2006 | French Formula Renault 2.0 | Hexis Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st |
| 2006 | French Formula Renault 2.0 | SG Formula | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st |
| 2006 | British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series | SL Formula Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A† | N/A† |
| 2007 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Racing for Belgium | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 9th |
| 2008 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | TDS Racing | 14 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 170 | 1st |
| 2008 | THP Spider Cup | RBA Sport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22nd |
| 2009 | SEAT León Eurocup | SUNRED Engineering | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 6th |
| 2009 | SEAT León Supercopa Spain | SUNRED Engineering | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | NC‡ |
| 2009 | Eurocup Mégane Trophy | Boutsen Energy Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9th |
| 2009 | Formula Le Mans | Exagon Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23rd |
† - Unlicensed driver: allowed to race without scoring. ‡ - As Rossi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

### Complete WTCC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2010 | SR-Sport | SEAT León TDI | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | BEL 1 | BEL 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | GBR 1 | GBR 2 | CZE 1 | CZE 2 | GER 1 | GER 2 | ESP 1 | ESP 2 | JPN 1 Ret | JPN 2 12 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 | 25th | 0 |

### Complete GT1 World Championship results

| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2011 | DKR Engineering | Corvette | ABU QR Ret | ABU CR 13 | ZOL QR 9 | ZOL CR Ret | ALG QR 15 | ALG CR Ret | SAC QR | SAC CR | SIL QR 9 | SIL CR Ret | NAV QR 8 | NAV CR 7 | PRI QR 8 | PRI CR 10 | | | | | | | 23rd | 17 |
| 2011 | Exim Bank Team China | Corvette | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ORD QR 15 | ORD CR 16 | BEI QR 8 | BEI CR 5 | SAN QR 11 | SAN CR Ret | 23rd | 17 |