| Emanuele Calchetti | |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Sansepolcro |
| Current Series: | FIA Electric and New Energy Championship |
| Current Team: | Audi |
| Former Teams: | Citroën, Alfa Romeo |
| Starts: | 30 |
| Wins: | 2 |
| Titles: | FIA Alternative Energies Cup |
| Title Years: | 2012 |
| Updated: | 10-29-2019 |
Emanuele Calchetti (pronounced as /it/; born 2 February 1981 in Sansepolcro) is an Italian rally co-driver, in 2012 FIA Alternative Energies World Champion.[1]
Calchetti has participated in the FIA Alternative Energies World Champion since 2010. During that season, with the driver Guido Guerrini, he won the regularity standings[2] of the circuit race in Monza (with Citroën C1)[3] and Franciacorta (Citroën C5).[4]
In 2011, with Alfa Romeo Mito, he gained the second place in San Marino[5] and the third place in Athens.[6]
In 2012, again with Alfa Romeo Mito, Calchetti became World Champion in the co-drivers' category,[1] winning in Athens[7] and arriving second in Montréal[8] and Belgrade.[1] [9]
In 2019 he came back to the races with Guido Guerrini on an Audi e-tron in the FIA E-Rally Regularity Cup. Toscan crew won in Switzerland (Rallye du Chablais) and reached the podium other six times, finishing the season at the third place of the general standings and winning the manufacturers' championship.[10]
Journalist, Calchetti is since 2008 a member of the City council of Sansepolcro.[1] In 2011 he wrote with Guido Guerrini the travel book Via Stalingrado (Stalingrad Road).[11] [12] In 2016 he voiced the Italian character of Gianni, played by Enzo Cilenti, in the Russian version of British film Bridget Jones's Baby.[13]