Andrea Montermini

Andrea Montermini(born 30 May 1964) is an Italianracing driver.He drove inFormula Onefrom 1994 to 1996.

Andrea Montermini

Montermini at theBrands Hatchround of the2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Born	(1964-05-30)30 May 1964 Sassuolo,Italy
Formula OneWorld Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1994–1996
Teams	Simtek,Pacific,Forti
Entries	29 (19 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1994 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry	1996 German Grand Prix

Career

Montermini raced inFormula 3in 1989, taking second place in theMonaco GP support raceand 4th in theItalian F3 Championship.He then moved up toFormula 3000,racing for three seasons before finally taking second place in the1992 season,winning three rounds while driving for theIl Barone Rampanteteam.

Montermini driving forPacific Racingat the1995 British Grand Prix.

Montermini driving forFortiat the1996 San Marino Grand Prix.

He participated in 29Formula OneGrands Prix, debuting on 29 May 1994 forSimtek,replacingRoland Ratzenberger,who had been killed during qualifying for the1994 San Marino Grand Prix.Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the1994 Spanish Grand Prix,breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to Formula One the next season, with thePacific Grand Prixteam, and drove forFortiin 1996 alongside countrymanLuca Badoeruntil the team folded. For the 1997 season Montermini was signed as test driver for theMasterCard Lolateam,but it folded after one race. He scored no points in his Formula One career. As of 2024,he holds the record for the shortest F1 driver of all time, at a height of 1.57m (5ft 1in) tall.

He competed in the AmericanChamp Carseries three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a 4th place atDetroitin his first season, driving for the underfundedEuromotorsportteam. In 1999 he drove a few events forDan Gurneyin Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such asAlex Barron,Gualter SallesandRaul Boeselwere replaced, he filled in and scored a best finish of 11th inVancouver.

He raced in the 200124 Hours of Daytona,but has primarily raced in theFIA GT Championship,mostly inFerraricars. He has taken two class wins and four further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongsideJarek JanisandSascha Bertin aSaleenran by theZakspeedteam. In 2007 he won theInternational GT Open's GTA class, driving aFerrari 430for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-championMichele Maceratesi,the duo becoming overall champions the following season. He won a second overall championship title in 2013.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races inboldindicate pole position; races initalicsindicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1990	Madgwick International	DON Ret	SIL 4	PAU Ret	JER 3	MNZ Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	BRH Ret	BIR 9	BUG 2	NOG Ret	8th	13
1991	3001 International	VAL Ret	PAU Ret	JER 3	MUG 11	PER 10	HOC Ret	BRH 10	SPA Ret	BUG 3	NOG Ret		10th	8
1992	Il Barone Rampante	SIL Ret	PAU Ret	CAT 1	PER 3	HOC 9	NÜR Ret						2nd	34
	Forti Corse							SPA 1	ALB 1	NOG 4	MAG Ret
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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	LolaT92/00	Chevrolet265AV8t	SRF 25	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET 4	POR	CLE	TOR 27	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN 19	MDO	NZR	LS					18th	12
1994	Payton/Coyne Racing	39	LolaT93/00	FordXBV8t	SRF DNS	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR														24th	10
	King Racing	60	LolaT94/00	FordXBV8t								CLE 16	TOR 7	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR
	Project Indy	64	LolaT93/00	FordXBV8t																LS 9
1999	All American Racers	36	Eagle997	ToyotaRV8DV8t	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN 11	LS 24	HOU 23	SRF 15	FON	31st	2

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
1994	MTV Simtek Ford	SimtekS941	Ford HBD 63.5V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP DNQ	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		NC	0
1995	Pacific Grand Prix	PacificPR02	Ford ED3.0V8	BRA 9	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	ESP DNS	MON DSQ	CAN Ret	FRA NC	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 12	BEL Ret	ITA DNS	POR Ret	EUR Ret	PAC Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	NC	0
1996	Forti Grand Prix	FortiFG01B	Ford Zetec-R3.0V8	AUS DNQ	BRA Ret	ARG 10	EUR DNQ	SMR DNQ													NC	0
		FortiFG03							MON DNS	ESP DNQ	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR DNQ	GER DNP	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Nissan Motorsports TWR	Jan Lammers Érik Comas	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	342	6th	6th
1999	Courage Compétition	Alex Caffi Domenico Schiattarella	Courage C52-Nissan	LMP	342	6th	5th
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External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects
• Official website
• Andrea Monterminicareer summary at DriverDB.com
• Andrea Monterminiat theCONIhonored athlete website(in Italian)