Andrea Montermini

Andrea Montermini

Montermini at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Born	30 May 1964 Sassuolo, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1994–1996
Teams	Simtek, Pacific, Forti
Entries	29 (20 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1994 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry	1996 German Grand Prix

Andrea Montermini (born 30 May 1964^[1]) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Montermini raced in Formula 3 in 1989, taking second place in the Monaco GP support race and 4th in the Italian F3 Championship. He then moved up to Formula 3000, racing for three season before finally taking second place in the 1992 season, winning three rounds while driving for the Il Barone Rampante team.

Montermini driving for Pacific Racing at the 1995 British Grand Prix.

Montermini driving for Forti at the 1996 San Marino Grand Prix.

He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 May 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed during practice for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to Formula One the next season, with the Pacific Grand Prix team, and drove for Forti in 1996 alongside countryman Luca Badoer until the team folded. Montermini was also rumoured to become a test driver for the MasterCard Lola team, but it folded after one race in 1997. He scored no points in his Formula One career.

He competed in the American Champ Car series three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a 4th place at Detroit in his first season, driving for the underfunded Euromotorsport team. In 1999 he drove a few events for Dan Gurney in Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such as Alex Barron, Gualter Salles and Raul Boesel were replaced, he filled in and scored a best finish of 11th in Vancouver.

He raced in the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona, but has primarily raced in the FIA GT Championship, mostly in Ferrari cars. He has taken two class wins and four further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongside Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in a Saleen ran by the Zakspeed team. In 2007 he won the International GT Open's GTA class, driving a Ferrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele Maceratesi, the duo becoming overall champions the following season. He won a second overall championship title in 2013.^[2]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1990	Madgwick International	DON Ret	SIL 4	PAU Ret	JER 3	MNZ Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	BRH Ret	BIR 9	BUG 2	NOG Ret	8th	13
1991	3001 International	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	JER 3	MUG 11	PER 10	HOC Ret	BRH 10	SPA Ret	BUG 3	NOG Ret		10th	8
1992	Il Barone Rampante	SIL Ret	PAU Ret	CAT 1	PER 3	HOC 9	NÜR Ret						2nd	34
	Forti Corse							SPA 1	ALB 1	NOG 4	MAG Ret

American open wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1993	Euromotorsport	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	SRF Ret	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET 4	POR	CLE	TOR Ret	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN Ret	MDO	NZR	LS					18th	12
1994	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF DNS	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR														24th	10
	King Racing	Lola T94/00	Ford XB V8t								CLE 16	TOR 7	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR
	Project Indy	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t																LS 9
1999	All American Racers	Eagle 997	Toyota RV8D V8t	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN 11	LS Ret	HOU Ret	SRF Ret	FON	31st	2

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1994	MTV Simtek Ford	Simtek S941	Ford HBD 6 3.5 V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP DNQ	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		NC	0
1995	Pacific Grand Prix	Pacific PR02	Ford ED 3.0 V8	BRA 9	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	ESP DNS	MON DSQ	CAN Ret	FRA NC	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 12	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	EUR Ret	PAC Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	NC	0
1996	Forti Grand Prix	Forti FG01B	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8	AUS DNQ	BRA Ret	ARG 10	EUR DNQ	SMR DNQ													NC	0
		Forti FG03							MON DNS	ESP DNQ	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR DNQ	GER DNP	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Nissan Motorsports TWR	Jan Lammers Érik Comas	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	342	6th	6th
1999	Courage Compétition	Alex Caffi Domenico Schiattarella	Courage C52-Nissan	LMP	342	6th	5th

References

1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
2. "Interview with the 2013 Champion: Andrea Montermini, the evergreen". International GT Open. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects
• Official website