Andrea Montermini

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Andrea Montermini
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1994 - 1996
Team(s)	Simtek, Pacific, Forti
Races	28
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1994 Spanish Grand Prix


Last race	1996 German Grand Prix

Andrea Montermini (born 30 May 1964 in Sassuolo) is a former Formula One driver from Italy. Having finished 2nd in the 1992 Formula 3000 series, he participated in 28 Grands Prix, debuting on May 29, 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger who had been killed during practice for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Sadly, Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to F1 the next season, with the Pacific team, and drove for Forti in 1996 alongside countryman Luca Badoer until the team folded, ending his F1 career. He scored no championship points, but none of the teams he raced for ever did, so this is probably not a measure of his ability.

He competed in the American Champ Car series three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a remarkable 6th place at Detroit his first season driving for underfunded team Euromotorsports. 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.

He raced in the 2001 Daytona 24 hour race, but has primarily raced in the FIA GT Championship, mostly in Ferrari cars. He has taken 2 class wins and 4 further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongside Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in a Saleen ran by the Zakspeed team.

[edit] Complete Formula One results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Team	WDC
1994	Simtek	BRA	PFC	SMR	MON	ESP DNQ	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		Simtek	N/A
1995	Pacific	BRA 9	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	ESP DNS	MON DSQ	CAN Ret	FRA NC	GBR Ret	GER 8	HUN 12	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR Ret	EUR Ret	PFC Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	Pacific	N/A
1996	Forti	AUS DNQ	BRA Ret	ARG 10	EUR DNQ	SMR DNQ	MON DNS	ESP DNQ	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR DNQ	GER DNP	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN		Forti	N/A