Giorgio Mondini

Giorgio Mondini
Mondini (centre) at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers' parade
Nationality	Switzerland
Born	(1980-07-19) July 19, 1980 (age 44) Geneva (Switzerland)
Previous series
2009 2005, 2007 2005-2006 2005–06 2005 2003-04 2001-02	Le Mans Series Formula Renault 3.5 Formula One Testing A1 Grand Prix GP2 Series Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Championship titles
2004	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Championship

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2009
Teams	Kolles
Best finish	9th
Class wins	0

Giorgio Mondini (Born July 19, 1980) is an automobile racing driver from Geneva, Switzerland.

Career

Mondini began his competitive racing career at the age of 21, when he came 26th in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup series. In 2002 he made his way up to 17th place, before moving on to Formula Renault V6 Eurocup. In 2003 he achieved 7th place, and in 2004 became champion with three wins, three pole positions and a total of eight podiums. In 2005 he competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Eurointernational before moving to GP2 with DPR. He also tests for the Swiss A1GP team. When he made his GP2 debut in 2005 he raced with an Italian racing license.

In December 2005, Giorgio enjoyed his first taste of Formula One when he got behind the wheel of a Renault R25 as a reward for winning the Formula Renault V6 series. Then on February 3, 2006, Midland F1 Racing announced that Mondini would be competing as their third driver for nine of the 18 races. He also tested for Super Aguri and Honda at the end of the year.

On February 20, 2011 Mondini tested a F1 car for Hispania Racing in Barcelona.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Jenzer Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	4	26th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Jenzer Motorsport	9	0	0	0	0	12	17th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland		2	1	0	0	2	55	10th
2003	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup	EuroInternational	18	0	0	0	0	109	7th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Fran-Am Winter World Championship		4	0	0	1	2	204	5th
2004	Formula Renault V6 Eurocup	EuroInternational	19	3	3	1	8	293	1st
2005	GP2 Series	David Price Racing	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	EuroInternational	12	0	0	0	0	5	24th
	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Test Driver
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Switzerland	4	0	0	0	0	121	2nd*
2006	Formula One	Midland F1 Racing	Test Driver
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	EuroInternational	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA GT Championship - GT1	Aston Martin Racing BMS	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Spanish GT Championship - GTA	Playteam SRL	2	1	0	0	1	10	15th
2009	Le Mans Series - LMP1	Kodewa	3	0	0	0	0	2	19th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1		1	0	0	0	0	0	9th
2011	Formula One	HRT Formula 1 Team	Test Driver
	2011 Group C Racing - C1	?	2	0	0	0	0	2	27th
2015	Italian Prototype Championship - CN4	Audisio & Benvenuto	3	1	2	3	1	20	4th
	Italian Prototype Championship - CN2	EuroInternational	11	8	6	8	11	162	1st
	V de V Challenge Endurance Proto - Scratch	CD Sport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	EuroInternational	5	0	0	1	1	18	14th
2017	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	EuroInternational	6	1	0	0	1	49	7th
2018	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	EuroInternational	6	1	0	0	2	46.75	7th
Source: [1]

* Includes points scored by other A1 Team Switzerland drivers

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	EuroInternational	ZOL 1 16	ZOL 2 Ret	MON 1 15	VAL 1 Ret	VAL 2 6	LMS 1 DNS	LMS 2 DNS	BIL 1	BIL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1	EST 2	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	24th	5
2007	EuroInternational	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MON 1	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	DON 1	DON 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1 26	CAT 2 Ret	40th	0
Sources: [2] [3]

Complete GP2 Series 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	DPR	IMO FEA	IMO SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	MAG FEA	MAG SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA 13	IST SPR Ret	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 21†	BHR FEA 18	BHR SPR 22	26th	0
Sources: [2] [3]

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points	Ref
2005–06	Switzerland	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR	GER FEA	POR SPR	POR FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	UAE SPR	UAE FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	USA SPR 16	USA FEA 13	CHN SPR Ret	CHN FEA Ret	2nd	121	[4]
Source: [3]

Complete Formula One participations

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2006	Midland F1 Racing	Midland M16	Toyota V8	BHR	MAL TD	AUS	SMR TD	EUR	ESP TD	MON TD	GBR TD	CAN TD	USA TD	FRA	GER	HUN	TUR TD	ITA TD	CHN	JPN	BRA	–	–
Source: [5]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	Kolles	Christian Bakkerud Christijan Albers	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	360	9th	9th
Sources: [2] [6]

References

1. "Giorgio Mondini". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
2. "Giorgio Mondini Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
3. "Giorgio Mondini". Motor Sport . Retrieved 12 September 2023.
4. "Giorgio Mondini – 2005 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
5. "Giorgio Mondini – Involvement". StatsF1. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
6. "Giorgio Mondini". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Giorgio Mondini career summary at DriverDB.com