- Andrea Montermini
Former F1 driver
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Name = Andrea Montermini
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = F1|1994 - F1|1996
Team(s) =Simtek , Pacific,Forti
Races = 29 (20 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1994 Spanish Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =1996 Japanese Grand Prix Andrea Montermini (born
30 May ,1964 inSassuolo cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=M |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com] ) is aracing driver fromItaly .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 toFormula 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 onMay 29 ,1994 forSimtek , replacingRoland Ratzenberger , who had been killed during practice for the1994 San Marino Grand Prix . Sadly, Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the1994 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 forForti in 1996 alongside countrymanLuca 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 underfundedEuromotorsport team. In 1999 he drove a few events forDan Gurney in Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such as Alex Barron,Gualter Salles andRaul 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 theFIA GT Championship , mostly inFerrari cars. He has taken 2 class wins and 4 further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongsideJarek Janis andSascha Bert in aSaleen ran by theZakspeed team. In 2007 he won theInternational GT Open , driving aFerrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-championMichele Maceratesi .Complete Formula One results
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External links
* [http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/montermini/index.html Profile on F1 Rejects]
References
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