Andrea Chiesa

Andrea Chiesa

Born	(1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 61) Milan, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Swiss
Active years	1992
Teams	Fondmetal
Entries	10 (3 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1992 South African Grand Prix
Last entry	1992 German Grand Prix

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

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
Sources: [2] [3]

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		HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS	NC	0
		Fondmetal GR02									FRA Ret		GER DNQ
Sources: [2] [4]

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
1993	Euromotorsport	42	SRF 26	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS	50th	0	[5]
Source: [3]

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
Sources: [2] [6]

References

1. AutoBlog Swiss Team takes Maserati Quattroporte to the track in Superstar Series. 13 April 2009.
2. "Andrea Chiesa Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
3. "Andrea Chiesa". Motor Sport . Retrieved 10 June 2023.
4. Small, Steve (2000). "Chiesa, Andrea". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. p. 131. ISBN   978-1-902007-46-5 – via Internet Archive.
5. "Andrea Chiesa – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
6. "Andrea Chiesa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 10 June 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Profile on F1 Rejects