Andrea Montermini

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Andrea Montermini
Nationality  Italian
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1994 - 1996
Teams	Simtek, Pacific, Forti
Races	29 (20 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1994 Spanish Grand Prix
Last race	1996 Japanese Grand Prix

Andrea Montermini (born 30 May 1964 in Sassuolo^[1]) is a racing driver from Italy.

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.

He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May 29, 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed during practice for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Sadly, Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to F1 the next season, with the Pacific Grand Prix team, and drove for Forti in 1996 alongside countryman Luca Badoer until the team folded, ending his F1 career. He scored no championship points, but none of the teams he raced for ever did.

He competed in the American Champ Car series three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a remarkable 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 2 class wins and 4 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, driving a Ferrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele Maceratesi.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

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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 V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP DNQ	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		-	0
1995	Pacific Grand Prix	Pacific PR02	Ford 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	-	0
1996	Forti Grand Prix	Forti FG01B	Ford V8	AUS DNQ	BRA Ret	ARG 10	EUR DNQ	SMR DNQ													-	0
		Forti FG03							MON DNS	ESP DNQ	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR DNQ	GER DNP	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN

[edit] External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects

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