| Born | 6 May 1964 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.
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]
(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 | |
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||
(key)
| 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] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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