Andrea Chiesa

Andrea Chiesa (born in Milan, Italy on 6 May 1964) is a former Formula One driver from Switzerland. He participated in 10 Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992.

Andrea Chiesa
Born (1964-05-06) 6 May 1964
Milan, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Swiss
Active years1992
TeamsFondmetal
Entries10 (3 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1992 South African Grand Prix
Last entry1992 German Grand Prix

Career
Chiesa during the Thursday practice session for the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix.

Chiesa began racing in 1980 with karts, and continued to cars in 1985, competing in Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3000. In 1992, he progressed to Formula One and raced with the Fondmetal team. However, he qualified for only three grands prix out of ten, and scored no championship points after retiring from each race. After the German GP, the team replaced him with Eric van de Poele. After Formula One, Chiesa returned to kart racing and touring cars for several years.

He currently drives GT cars. In 2007, he raced for Speedy Racing in a Spyker C8 GT2 car in LeMans Series. In April 2009, racing squad Swiss Team announced they would be fielding a Maserati Quattroporte in the Italian Superstars touring car series with Chiesa as a driver.[1]

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
1988 CoBRa Motorsports JER
DNQ		 VAL
Ret		 PAU
Ret		 SIL
15		 MNZ
6		 PER
10		 BRH
8		 BIR
Ret		 BUG
DNQ		 ZOL
13		 DIJ
DNS		 20th 1
1989 Roni Motorsport SIL
11		 VAL
2		 PAU
Ret		 JER
Ret		 PER
1		 BRH
Ret		 BIR
13		 SPA
17		 BUG
Ret		 DIJ
Ret		 6th 15
1990 Paul Stewart Racing DON
2		 SIL
Ret		 PAU
Ret		 JER
5		 MNZ
7		 PER
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 BRH
5		 BIR
2		 BUG
5		 NOG
Ret		 7th 18
1991 Apomatox VAL
Ret		 PAU
Ret		 JER
9		 MUG
DNQ		 PER
Ret		 HOC
10		 BRH
14		 SPA
13		 BUG NOG NC 0

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 WDC Points
1992 Fondmetal F1 SpA Fondmetal GR01 Ford HB 3.5 L V8 RSA
DNQ		 MEX
Ret		 BRA
DNQ		 ESP
Ret		 SMR
DNQ		 MON
DNQ		 CAN
DNQ		 GBR
DNQ		 NC 0
Fondmetal GR02 Ford HB 3.5 L V8 FRA
Ret		 GER
DNQ		 HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
1993 Euromotorsport
SRF
Ret
PHX
LBH
INDY
MIL
DET
POR
CLE
TOR
MIS
NHM
ROA
VAN
MDO
NZR
LS		 50th 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Spyker Squadron Andrea Belicchi
Alex Caffi		 Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 145 DNF DNF
2008 Speedy Racing Team Iradj Alexander
Benjamin Leuenberger		 Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 72 DNF DNF
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References
  1. AutoBlog Swiss Team takes Maserati Quattroporte to the track in Superstar Series. 13 April 2009.


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