Andrea Montermini

Andrea Montermini

Born	30 May 1964 (1964-05-30)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1994–1996
Teams	Simtek, Pacific, Forti
Races	29 (20 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	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) is a racing driver from Italy.

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.

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. 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. Montermini was also to be rumored as a test driver for the MasterCard Lola team, but it folded after one race in 1997, ending his F1 career. He scored no championship points, but none of the teams he raced for ever did. According to the F1 Rejects website, Montermini drove for what became known as the "mid-90s reject team triumvirate."

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's GTA class, driving a Ferrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele Maceratesi, the duo becoming overall champions the following season.

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

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1993	Euromotorsport	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	SRF DNS	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR														24th	10
	King								CLE 16	TOR 7	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR
	Project Indy																LS 9
1999	All American Racers	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 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 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 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

External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects
• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joël Camathias Richard Lietz	International GT Open champion 2008 with Michele Maceratesi	Succeeded by Joël Camathias Marcel Fässler