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Andrea Montermini

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Andrea Montermini
Montermini at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Born (1964-05-30) 30 May 1964 (age 60)
Sassuolo, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityItaly Italian
Active years19941996
TeamsSimtek, Pacific, Forti
Entries29 (19 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1994 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry1996 German Grand Prix

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

Career

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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 seasons 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 qualifying 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. For the 1997 season Montermini was signed as test driver for the MasterCard Lola team,[2] but it folded after one race. He scored no points in his Formula One career. As of 2024, he holds the record for the shortest F1 driver of all time, at a height of 1.57m (5ft 1in) tall.[3]

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.[4]

Racing record

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Complete International Formula 3000 results

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(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
Sources:[5][6]

American open wheel racing results

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CART

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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 Ref
1993 Euromotorsport Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t SRF
25
PHX LBH INDY MIL DET
4
POR CLE TOR
27
MIS NHM ROA VAN
19
MDO NZR LS 18th 12 [7]
1994 Payton/Coyne Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t SRF
DNS
PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR 24th 10 [8]
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
24
HOU
23
SRF
15
FON 31st 2 [9]

Complete Formula One results

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(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
DNS
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
Sources:[5][6][10]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 Japan Nissan Motorsports
United Kingdom TWR
Netherlands Jan Lammers
France Érik Comas
Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 6th 6th
1999 France Courage Compétition Italy Alex Caffi
Italy Domenico Schiattarella
Courage C52-Nissan LMP 342 6th 5th
Sources:[5][11]

References

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  1. ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  2. ^ "Lola's last-minute launch". GrandPrix.com. Inside F1 Inc. 1997-02-24. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. ^ "F1 driver heights: Who are the shortest and tallest drivers on the grid?". Autosport.com. Autosport. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  4. ^ "Interview with the 2013 Champion: Andrea Montermini, the evergreen". International GT Open. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b c "Andrea Montermini Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Andrea Montermini". Motor Sport. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Andrea Montermini – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Andrea Montermini – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Andrea Montermini – 1999 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ^ Small, Steve (2000). "Andrea Montermini". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5. Retrieved 7 August 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ "Andrea Montermini". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Joël Camathias
Richard Lietz
International GT Open
Champion

2008
With: Michele Maceratesi
Succeeded by
Preceded by International GT Open
Champion

2013
Succeeded by