Andrea Montermini (born 30 May 1964) is an Italian racing driver. He drove in Formula One from 1994 to 1996.
Career Montermini raced in Formula 3 in 1989, taking second place in the Monaco GP support race and fourth in the Italian F3 Championship. He then moved up to Formula 3000, racing for three seasons before finally taking second place in the 1992 season, winning three rounds while driving for the Il Barone Rampante team.
Montermini participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 May 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to Formula One the next season, with the Pacific Grand Prix team, and drove for Forti in 1996 alongside countryman Luca Badoer until the team folded. For the 1997 season, Montermini was signed as test driver for the MasterCard Lola team, but it folded after one race. He scored no points in his Formula One career. , he holds the record for the shortest F1 driver of all time, at a height of 1.57m (5ft 1in) tall.
Montermini competed in the American Champ Car series three different seasons: 1993–1994 and 1999. He scored a fourth place at Detroit in his first season, driving for the underfunded Euromotorsport team. In 1999 he drove a few events for Dan Gurney in Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such as Alex Barron, Gualter Salles and Raul Boesel were replaced, he filled in and scored a best finish of 11th in Vancouver.
Montermini raced in the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona, but has primarily raced in the FIA GT Championship, mostly in Ferrari cars. He has taken two class wins and four further class podiums. In 2006, he has occasionally raced alongside Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in a Saleen ran by the Zakspeed team. In 2007, he won the International GT Open's GTA class, driving a Ferrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele Maceratesi, the duo becoming overall champions the following season. He won a second overall championship title in 2013. In 2010 he also won the Italian GT Championship in the GT2 class.
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 1990 Madgwick International DON SIL PAU JER MNZ PER HOC BRH BIR BUG NOG 8th 13 1991 3001 International VAL PAU JER MUG PER HOC BRH SPA BUG NOG 10th 8 1992 Il Barone Rampante SIL PAU CAT PER HOC NÜR 2nd 34 Forti Corse SPA ALB NOG MAG
American open wheel racing results (key)
CART Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rank Points Ref 1993 Euromotorsport 50 Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8tSRFPHXLBHINDYMILDETPORCLETORMISNHMROAVANMDONZRLS18th12 1994 Payton/Coyne Racing 39 Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8tSRFPHXLBHINDYMILDETPOR24th10 King Racing 60 Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8tCLETORMISMDONHMVANROANZR Project Indy 64 Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8tLS 1999 All American Racers 36 Eagle 997 Toyota RV8D V8tMIAMOTLBHNZRRIOSTLMILPORCLEROATORMISDETMDOCHIVANLSHOUSRFFON31st2
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 17 WDC Points MTV Simtek Ford Simtek S941 Ford HBD 6 3.5 V8 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS NC 0 Pacific Grand Prix Pacific PR02 Ford ED 3.0 V8 BRA ARG SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR PAC JPN AUS NC 0 Forti Grand Prix Forti FG01B Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8 AUS BRA ARG EUR SMR NC 0 Forti FG03 MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Nissan Motorsports TWR Jan Lammers Érik Comas Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 6th 6th Courage Compétition Alex Caffi Domenico Schiattarella Courage C52-Nissan LMP 342 6th 5th
References
External links
Profile on F1 Rejects Official website