Norberto Fontana

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Norberto Fontana
Nationality	Argentinian
World Championship Career
Active years	1997
Team(s)	Sauber
Races	4
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1997 French Grand Prix


Last race	1997 European Grand Prix

Norberto Edgardo Fontana (born January 20, 1975) is a former Formula One driver from Arrecifes, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. He participated in 4 Grands Prix, debuting on June 29, 1997. His opportunity to race came as a result of two separate injuries sustained by regular Sauber driver Gianni Morbidelli during the 1997 season. He scored no championship points.

Norberto Fontana drives a Toyota Corolla touring car during a TC 2000 race at the Curitiba circuit in 2006.

After F1, Fontana raced in Formula 3000, and he also made 8 CART starts in 2000 with a best finish of 11th at Cleveland. He subsequently moved into TC 2000, a national touring car race, in his native Argentina.

In 2006, in the Argentinian Magazine Olé, Fontana claimed that during the world championship deciding 1997 European Grand Prix in Jerez, Jean Todt visited the Sauber motorhome and told the Swiss team, which used Ferrari engines at the time, that the Saubers must block Jacques Villeneuve if they were in a position to do so in order to help Michael Schumacher win the World Championship. This was subsequently denied by both Peter Sauber and Jean Todt. However, Peter Sauber told Swiss newspaper Blick: "In the nine years that we co-operated, Ferrari never expressed the desire that we should obstruct an opponent of Schumacher's on the track."