Andrea Bertolini

Andrea Bertolini (born 1 December 1973 in Sassuolo) is an Italian professional racing driver currently driving for AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the official test driver of the Maserati factory. Bertolini began racing at a young age, working as the youngest ever test driver for Ferrari at 19, followed by work in the experimental and development department. He also participated in the development of the Maserati MC12,[1] in which he has enjoyed racing success winning for three times the FIA GT Championship in GT1 class, and also claiming the first edition of the FIA GT1 World Championship. He won the WEC championship in GTE Am category in 2015 and in the same year he won the 24H of Le Mans in the same class.

Andrea Bertolini
Andrea Bertolini at Zhuhai International Circuit in 2004
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1973-12-01) 1 December 1973 Sassuolo, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	AF Corse
Car number	71
Previous series
2011 2010 2001-03, 05-09 2003, 05-07	Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2011 2010 2006, 08-09	International Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship GT1

Racing history

Andrea Bertolini driving an MC12 at Road Atlanta in the ALMS

Andrea Bertolini began racing karts at age 11. He came second in the Italian Championship, won championships at a national level, and went on to win the CIAK Cup and place second in the Italian 125 Championship in 2000.[1] In 2001 he drove a Porsche 996 GT3-R for Art Engineering in the GT3 division of the FIA GT.[2] In 2002 he moved to JMB Racing driving a Ferrari 360 Modena and continued through 2003 finishing 4th.

In 2004 he moved to the Giesse Squadra Corse team, again driving a 360 Modena. Once again, he placed 2nd overall, and was awarded the "Driver Performance of the Year".[1][2] Part way through 2004, he was offered a position on the Maserati AF Corse team driving their new, GT1 class Maserati MC12, a car he had been involved in developing.[2] He accepted, winning two races that year at Oschersleben, Germany and Zhuhai, China with his teammate, former Formula One driver, Mika Salo.[3]

In 2005 he returned to JMB Racing, again driving an MC12. He finished the season tied 4th (with teammate Karl Wendlinger), within 4 points of first.[4]

Andrea Bertolini also raced his MC12 in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2005 but without much success. He made no podium finishes and crashed out in the race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.[5]

For 2006 in the FIA GT, Bertolini moved to Vitaphone Racing Team where he again raced the MC12, with teammate Michael Bartels. Bartels and Bertolini finished first in the overall driver standings, and also their team to a 1st-place finish in the team standings.[6]

Bertolini and Bartels also won the championship again driving the same Vitaphone Maserati in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In 2011 he won the International Superstars Series driving a Maserati Quattroporte for Swiss Team.

Bertolini became the first person to drive Ferrari's new F1 Simulator at an opening ceremony held at the Italian teams' Maranello base.[7]

For 2012, Bertolini will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving an AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 with Olivier Beretta.

See also

• Ferrari 360 Modena
• FIA GT
• Maserati MC12
• Porsche 996

Racing record

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati	ABU QR 3	ABU CR 4	SIL QR 3	SIL CR 7	BRN QR 1	BRN CR 5	PRI QR 1	PRI CR 1	SPA QR Ret	SPA CR 7	NÜR QR 10	NÜR CR 6	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 1	NAV QR 7	NAV CR 6	INT QR 8	INT CR 9	SAN QR 12	SAN CR 7	1st	138

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SEB 1	SPA 4	LMS 4	SIL Ret	SÃO 4	BHR 4	FUJ 4	SHA 3		48th	4
2013	JMW Motorsport	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 10	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		NC‡	0‡
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA 5		COA 6	FUJ Ret	SHA	BHR 2	SÃO 3		11th	51
	SMP Racing						LMS Ret							NC‡	0‡
2015	SMP Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	SPA 3	LMS 1	NÜR 1	COA 1	FUJ 6	SHA 3	BHR 5		1st	165
2016	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	NC	0

^‡ As Bertolini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	AF Corse	Olivier Beretta Marco Cioci	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	326	22nd	4th
2013	JMW Motorsport	Abdulaziz al Faisal Khaled al Qubaisi	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	300	34th	10th
2014	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	196	DNF	DNF
2015	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	332	20th	1st
2016	AF Corse	Sam Bird Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	143	DNF	DNF
2017	DH Racing	Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	320	42nd	13th
2018	Eurasia Motorsport	Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	334	NC	NC

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
2014	Krohn Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	DAY 7	SEB 4	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 9		21st	77
2015	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY 14†				DET			LIM					59th	1
	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8		SEB 2	LBH	LGA		WGL	MOS		ELK	VIR	COA	PET	22nd	33
2016	SMP Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 V8	DAY 10												17th	71
	Scuderia Corsa					SEB 7	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 8
2018	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 9		25th	22
2019	Via Italia Racing	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 8	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		51st	23

^† Bertolini did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2017	Spirit of Race	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 6	MNZ 4	RBR 4	LEC 4	SPA 1	ALG Ret	6th	70
2018	Krohn Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 4	MNZ 6	RBR 5	SIL 6	SPA Ret	ALG 5	8th	48

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 Ret	MIS 1 11	MIS 2 21	ZAN 1 20	ZAN 2 19	NÜR 1 23	NÜR 2 19	HUN 1 23	HUN 2 26	4th	96
2020	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GT3	Pro-Am	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 13	MIS 3 13	MAG 1	MAG 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	2nd*	37.5*

^* Season still in progress.

References

http://www.andreabertolini.it/

1. "Andrea Bertolini". Vitaphone Racing. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
2. "FIA GT Driver Bio". FIA GT. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
3. "FIA GT Standings 2004". Maserati Corse. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
4. "FIA GT Standings 2005". Maserati Corse. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
5. "Unlucky Race for MC12 at Laguna Seca". Maserati Corse. Retrieved 2006-10-25.
6. "FIA GT Standings 2006". Maserati Corse. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
7. Jonathan Noble (23 December 2009). "Ferrari unveils new simulator". Autosport.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Gabriele Gardel	FIA GT Championship Champion 2006 With: Michael Bartels	Succeeded by Thomas Biagi
Preceded by Thomas Biagi	FIA GT Championship Champion 2008-2009 With: Michael Bartels	Succeeded by None (Series ended)
Preceded by Inaugural	FIA GT1 World Championship Champion 2010 With: Michael Bartels	Succeeded by Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr
Preceded by Thomas Biagi	International Superstars Series Champion 2011	Succeeded by Johan Kristoffersson
Preceded by Inaugural	Asian Le Mans Series GTC Champion 2013 With: Michele Rugolo & Steve Wyatt	Succeeded by None (Class discontinued)
Preceded by David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers 2015 With: Aleksey Basov & Viktor Shaitar	Succeeded by Emmanuel Collard François Perrodo Rui Águas