Andrea Chiesa

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Andrea Chiesa
Born (1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 59)
Milan, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Swiss
Active years 1992
Teams Fondmetal
Entries10 (3 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums0
Career points0
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.

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Career

Chiesa during the Thursday practice session for the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix. 1992 Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal.jpg
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)

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
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
20th1
1989 Roni Motorsport SIL
11
VAL
2
PAU
Ret
JER
Ret
PER
1
BRH
Ret
BIR
13
SPA
17
BUG
Ret
DIJ
Ret
6th15
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
7th18
1991 Apomatox VAL
Ret
PAU
Ret
JER
9
MUG
DNQ
PER
Ret
HOC
10
BRH
14
SPA
13
BUG NOG NC0
Sources: [2] [3]

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
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 NC0
Fondmetal GR02 FRA
Ret
GER
DNQ
Sources: [2] [4]

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPointsRef
1993 Euromotorsport SRF
26
PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLETORMISNHMROAVANMDONZRLS50th0 [5]
Source: [3]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Spyker Squadron Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Belicchi
Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-RGT2145DNFDNF
2008 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Speedy Racing Team Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Iradj Alexander
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Benjamin Leuenberger
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-RGT272DNFDNF
Sources: [2] [6]

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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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  5. "Andrea Chiesa – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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