Marco Bonanomi

Marco Bonanomi
Nationality	Italian
Born	March 12, 1985 (1985-03-12) (age 26)
2011 GP2 Asia Series
Debut season	2008
Current team	Qi-Meritus Mahara
Car no.	18
Former teams	Minardi Piquet Sports
Starts	18
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	12th in 2008
Previous series
2007 2006–08 2006 2006 2004–05 2003–04 2001–02 2001–02	International Formula Master Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula 3000 Italy Euroseries 3000 Formula Three Euroseries Italian F3 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

Marco Bonanomi (born March 12, 1985) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Bonanomi driving for RC Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 World Series by Renault season.

Bonanomi began his car racing career in 2001 by competing in a few rounds of the Formula Renault Eurocup and Italian Formula Renault championships with the Cram Competition team. He took part in the same series in 2002, but moved to the RP Motorsport team.

Four years later, Bonanomi drove in four races of the 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season for Tech 1 Racing, starting his current career trend. He completed a full season in the formula in 2007, finishing 12th in the Drivers' Championship for the RC Motorsport team. In 2008, he drove in the series again, this time for the Comtec team. He survived a horrendous crash at the season finale at the Circuit de Catalunya. Running behind Mikhail Aleshin on the front straight, Bonanomi jinked out to make a pass but touched wheels with the Russian which launched him into the air and after hitting the bottom of the scoring tower, his car landed upside down on the grass beside the pit exit. He was unhurt, but his car was unrepairable, thus meaning his season was over.

Formula Three

From 2003 to 2005 Bonanomi focussed on Formula Three competing in the Italian championship and the Euroseries, as well as a number of one-off races. During this period he drove for the former Formula One team, Coloni, and another run by retired F1 driver and compatriot Piercarlo Ghinzani.

Formula 3000

For 2006, Bonanomi drove in the Euroseries 3000 for the Fisichella Motor Sport team. He finished runner-up in the Drivers' Championship with six pole positions and wins from eighteen starts: his most successful stint yet in motorsport.

Formula Master

In addition to a full World Series by Renault campaign in 2007, Bonanomi also competed in selected rounds of the inaugural International Formula Master series, achieving in final placing of fifteenth in the Drivers' Championship.

GP2 Series

In the early part of 2008, Bonanomi drove in another new motorsport championship: the GP2 Asia Series. Driving for the Minardi Piquet Sports team, he won the final race of the season in Dubai, the most prestigious win of his racing career so far. He returned to the GP2 Asia Series in the 2008–09 championship, replacing Alex Yoong at Qi-Meritus Mahara from the January Bahrain meeting onwards.^[1] This was due to Yoong lacking sufficient time for racing.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2001	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Cram Competition	3	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Cram Competition	1	0	0	0	NC
2002	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	RP Motorsport	3	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	RP Motorsport	10	0	0	22	15th
2003	Italian Formula Three	Coloni	9	1	1	77	4th
	Korea Super Prix	Target Racing	1	0	0	N/A	16th
	Macau Grand Prix	?	1	0	0	N/A	20th
2004	Formula Three Euroseries	Team Ghinzani	20	0	0	0	NC
	Italian Formula Three	Team Ghinzani	2	2	2	86	6th
	Masters of Formula Three	Team Ghinzani	1	0	0	N/A	NC
2005	Formula Three Euroseries	Prema Powerteam	19	0	0	18	12th
	Masters of Formula Three	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	N/A	18th
2006	Euroseries 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	18	6	6	94	2nd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	4	0	0	5	30th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	RC Motorsport	16	0	0	44	12th
	International Formula Master	Euronova Racing	6	1	0	11	15th
2008	GP2 Asia Series	Minardi Piquet Sports	10	0	1	9	12th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	16	1	0	56	11th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Qi-Meritus Mahara	8	0	0	0	22nd

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2004	Team Ghinzani	Dallara F302/052	Mugen-Honda	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 24	EST 1 14	EST 2 17	ADR 1 DSQ	ADR 1 12	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 11	NOR 1 14	NOR 1 Ret	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 17	NÜR 1 18	NÜR 2 17	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 17	BRN 1 Ret	BRN 2 19	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 Ret	25th	0
2005	Prema Powerteam	Dallara F305/026	Opel	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 14	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 10	SPA 1 DNS	SPA 2 19	MON 1 13	MON 2 16	OSC 1 12	OSC 2 17	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 4	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 9	LAU 1 10	LAU 2 13	HOC 3 6	HOC 4 6	11th	21

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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	12	DC	Points
2008	Piquet Sports	UAE FEA 20	UAE SPR 13	IND FEA Ret	IND SPR 8	MAL FEA Ret	MAL SPR 15	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR Ret	UAE FEA 6	UAE SPR 1			12th	9
2008–09	Qi-Meritus Mahara	CHN FEA	CHN SPR	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	BHR FEA 20	BHR SPR 10	QAT FEA 16	QAT SPR 11	MAL FEA Ret	MAL SPR 14	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 8	22nd	0

References

1. ^ "Bonanomi replaces Yoong at Meritus". autosport.com. 2009-01-17. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72849. Retrieved 2009-01-17. 
2. ^ "Yoong says he lacked time for racing". autosport.com. 2009-01-20. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72892. Retrieved 2009-01-20. 

• Career statistics from driverdb.com. Retrieved on July 3, 2008.

External links

• Official website (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Bonanomi, Marco
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 12, 1985
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death