Dino Morelli

 ( Racing Drivers From Northern Ireland ) 

Dino Morelli (born June 6, 1973), is a former racing driver who competed sporadically in Formula 3000 between 1995 and 2001.

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Career Morelli began racing in karts in the late 1980s before joining Irish Formula Ford in 1990, and later British Formula Ford in 1991. By 1994, he was racing in British Formula 3 where he finished seventh in the championship. He joined Omegaland to compete in the first two rounds of the 1995 International Formula 3000 season. He retired from both races. In 1996, he joined Coloni to race in Italian Formula 3, before returning to Formula 3000 in 1997. Driving for DKS Racing, Morelli's season started well finishing fifth in the opening race at Silverstone. He would secure his first, and only, Formula 3000 podium at Helsinki. At the next round in Germany, Morelli was involved in a major accident with Gareth Rees and Cyril Sauvage which saw his car launched over the barriers. Morelli was airlifted to hospital, suffering lacerations on the face and complex fractures to his feet. He did not race again in 1997, but did finish in 12th position in the championship.

In 1998, Morelli returned to the Formula 3000 and completed four races with a best finish of 8th at Monaco. In 1999, he represented Coloni Motorsport in both International F3000 and Italian Formula 3000. In Italy, Morelli completed two races finishing fourth at Misano and winning the final round of the season at Imola. Scoring thirteen points he finished sixth overall in Italian F3000 that season. In International F3000, his best result was tenth at Spa.

As he headed into 2000, Morelli completed two International F3000 races for WRT and Durango. Alongside this he also raced in the Sports Racing World Cup completing three rounds. At Donington Park, he won with team mate Richard Lyons. In 2001, he completed five races for Team Astromega with a best finish of seventh place. He retired from both the Monaco and British rounds of the championship after crashes.

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Racing record

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Career summary

Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries	David Sears Motorsport	?	1	0	0	0	0	NC
Macau Grand Prix	1	0	0	0	0	0	11th
British Formula 3000	1	1	1	1	1	0	NC
Italian Formula 3000	2	1	1	0	1	13	5th
Italian Formula 3000	Durango	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Sports Racing World Cup - SR2	Tampolli Engineering	2	0	1	0	1	17	27th

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Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

1995 ! Omegaland ! nowrap

Reynard 95D ! nowrap

Zytek-Judd

SIL Ret

CAT Ret

PAU

PER

Hockenheimring

SPA

EST

MAG

! NC ! 0

1997 ! nowrap

DKS Racing ! nowrap

Lola T96/50 ! nowrap

Zytek-Judd

SIL 5

PAU 11

HEL 3

NÜR 24

PER

Hockenheimring

A1R

SPA

Mugello Circuit

JER

! 12th ! 6

1998 ! nowrap

Auto Sport Racing ! nowrap

Lola T96/50 ! Zytek-Judd

OSC

IMO Ret

CAT 19

SIL 10

MON 8

PAU

A1R

Hockenheimring

Hungaroring

SPA

PER

NÜR ! 28th ! 0

1999 ! nowrap

Coloni Motorsport ! nowrap

Lola T99/50 ! Zytek

IMO

MON

CAT

MAG

SIL

A1R

Hockenheimring

Hungaroring

SPA 10

NÜR DNQ

! NC ! 0

2000 ! nowrap

World Racing Team ! nowrap

Lola T99/50 ! Zytek

IMO

SIL

CAT

NÜR

MON

MAG

A1R DNQ

Hockenheimring Ret

Hungaroring

SPA

! NC ! 0

2001 ! nowrap

Team Astromega ! nowrap

Lola T99/50 ! Zytek

INT

IMO

CAT

A1R 7

MON Ret

NÜR 22

MAG 20

SIL Ret

Hockenheimring

Hungaroring

SPA

MNZ ! 21st ! 0

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Personal life Morelli is based in Portrush, and runs a successful business. His family were the founders of the Morelli's ice cream parlour business in Northern Ireland.

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