Roberto Ravaglia

Roberto Ravaglia
In 2008, as the director of BMW Team Italy-Spain.
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1957-05-26) May 26, 1957 (age 59) Venice, Italy
Previous series
1981-1982 1982-1983 1984-1988 1985-1992 1987 1990-1996 1993-1995 1994 & 1996 1994-1995 1997	Italian F3 European F3 European Touring Car Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft World Touring Car Championship Italian Touring Car Championship FIA Touring Car World Cup British Touring Car Championship Super Tourenwagen Cup FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
1986 & 1988 1987 1989 1990, 1991, 1993	European Touring Car Championship World Touring Car Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Italian Touring Car Championship

Roberto Ravaglia (born May 26, 1957, in Venice, Italy) is a former auto racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate a Chevrolet operation in the World Touring Car Championship. Before retiring in 1997, he was one of the most successful touring car racing drivers, primarily for BMW, and won seven titles in four different championships.

He was twice Italian karting champion and raced in Formula 3 in the early 1980s. In 1984 he made his touring car debut, becoming European Touring Car Championship champion in 1986, and successfully defending the title in 1987 and 1988 (though in 1987 it was the World Touring Car Championship), with some races outside Europe including the Macau Grand Prix Guia Touring Car races and the James Hardie 1000 in Australia. Later in the 1988 season he was unable to defend his Macau win due to breaking a rib in a road accident driving his Fiat Uno. He switched with BMW to the DTM in 1989, and the Italian Superturismo Championship in 1990, winning both on the first attempt. He was also champion in 1991 and 1993. One of the few unsuccessful seasons of his career was 1996 in the British Touring Car Championship, despite finishing a credible 6th and picking up a win at the British GP support race. He also came in 4th at Supertourismo that year. He was now approaching 40 and did not win another championship as a driver.

Roberto Ravaglia was also successful in the famed Spa 24 Hours race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, winning the race three times. He won his first 24 hours in 1985 driving a BMW 635 CSi partnered by Formula One drivers Gerhard Berger and Marc Surer. He followed that win with a 3rd place in 1986 and second in 1987 before winning again in 1988 in a BMW M3 partnered by Dieter Quester and Altfrid Heger. His last win in the Ardennes round the clock classic came in 1994. Again driving a BMW, this time the BMW 318is partnered by Thierry Tassin and Alexander Burgstaller.