Ferdinando Monfardini

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Ferdinando Monfardini is a race car driver born in Isola della Scala, Italy on November 20, 1984. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series for the Durango team, having previously raced in the Formula 3000 series which it replaced.

Monfardini started out in 1994, competing in karting like many of his GP2 rivals. He stayed there until 2000, debuting in Italian Formula Renault in 2001. He would stay there in 2002, also driving in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. He again raced in Italian Formula Renault in 2003, driving two races in both 2000 Eurocup and Formula 3000, the latter being with the BCN team.

In 2004 he drove the full F3000 season for the AEZ team, and in 2005 was one of a select few GP2 Series drivers with a full season of F3000 experience behind them. He drove for the Durango team as the number two to Clivio Piccione, moving to the Coloni team at the end of the season.

For 2007, he is racing in the GT1 class of the FIA GT Championship.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Complete Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
2003	BCN	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV	A	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN Ret	ITA 10	NC	0
2004	Durango	Lola B02/50	Zytek-Judd KV	A	SMR 14	ESP 13	MON 13	EUR 15	FRA 10	GBR 9	GER Ret	HUN 13	BEL 16	ITA 14	NC	0

[edit] GP2 Series record

Season	Team Name	No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2005	Durango Coloni Motorsport	23 17	17 2	1 0	0 0	5 0	17th
2006	DAMS	14	20	0	0	7	20th