Fabio Onidi

Fabio Onidi
Nationality Italian
Born March 9, 1988 (1988-03-09) (age 24)
Milan (Italy)
2012 Auto GP
Debut season 2008
Current team Team Lazarus
Car no. 15
Former teams Fisichella Motor Sport
GP Racing
Starts 40
Wins 4
Poles 0
Fastest laps 8
Best finish 2nd in 2008
Previous series
2008–09
2008
2007
2007
2007
200506
2004–05
A1 Grand Prix
Radical European Masters
Italian Formula Renault 2.0
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
British Formula Renault 2.0
Formula BMW ADAC

Fabio Onidi (born March 9, 1988 in Milan) is a professional racing driver from Italy.

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Career

Karting

Prior to starting his racing career, Onidi raced in karting for a number of years, finishing sixth in the European Championship ICA Junior category and winning the Italian Championship ICA Junior title in 2003.

Formula BMW

Onidi began his single–seater career in 2004 in the Formula BMW ADAC series, as one of current Formula One driver Sebastien Vettel's team–mates at ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. He finished his debut season in eighth place with the highlight being a Pole position at Brno. He continued in the championship in 2005, switching to the Eifelland Racing team. He finished the season in 11th place despite missing three races during the year. Onidi also took part in the end–of–season Formula BMW World Final, held at the Bahrain International Circuit, but he retired from the event.

Formula Renault 2.0

At the end of 2005, Onidi joined Fortec Motorsport to contest the British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series. He scored 20 points in the four races to finish 17th in the standings. He continued with the team into the main championship in 2006, finishing the season as the best rookie driver in 11th place.[1]

In 2007, Onidi joined the Motorsport Arena team to contest both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. He took a best finish of eighth place to finish 20th in the Eurocup standings, whilst in the Northern European Cup, he took podium places at both Zandvoort and Nürburgring to finish ninth in the championship, despite missing the last six races of the season.

In November 2007, Onidi took part in the four race Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series with RP Motorsport, taking two podiums to finish third in the standings. He finished level on points with the Cram Competition entry of Daniel Zampieri, but lost out on countback.[2]

Euroseries 3000/Auto GP

For 2008, Onidi moved up to the Euroseries 3000 championship with the GP Racing team. He won his debut race at Vallelunga and took a second victory at Valencia later in the season to finish runner–up in the championship behind Nicolas Prost.[3] In the accompanying Italian Formula 3000 series, he also ended the year as runner–up, finishing a single point behind Durango's Colombian driver Omar Leal.[4]

Onidi remained in the championship in 2009, moving to fellow Italian team Fisichella Motor Sport to partner Rodolfo González.[5] He again took two victories during the season, at Portimão and Vallelunga, but despite leading the championship heading into the final round at Monza, he finished third in the standings, behind Marco Bonanomi and eventual champion Will Bratt.[6]

Onidi continued in the series for a third season in 2010, when the championship was re–branded as Auto GP. He raced for Team Lazarus in a single–car team.[7] After taking a podium at the first event in Brno, Onidi added a further three podium positions to finish the season in eighth place, level on points with Carlos Iaconelli, who took seventh place due to his three race wins.[8]

A1 Grand Prix

Onidi made his A1 Grand Prix debut in October 2008, racing for A1 Team Italy at the first round of the 2008–09 season at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.[9] Despite treacherous weather conditions, he finished seventh in the sprint race, although he retired from the feature race after a collision with the A1 Team South Africa car of Adrian Zaugg.

Other Series

In the autumn of 2008, Onidi took part in GP2 Series testing at Paul Ricard, testing for BCN Competición, Piquet GP and Super Nova Racing, and a year later he tested for Coloni Motorsport at Jerez.[10]

In April 2010, he drove for Tech 1 Racing in the final GP3 Series pre–season test held at the Circuit de Catalunya,[11] and in October 2010 he sampled a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Fortec Motorsport and ISR Racing at Motorland Aragón.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2004 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 20 0 1 0 0 54 8th
2005 Formula BMW ADAC Eifelland Racing 17 0 0 1 0 48 11th
British Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series Fortec Motorsport 4 0 0  ? 0 20 17th
Formula BMW World Final ASL Team Mücke Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2006 British Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 197 11th
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Motorsport Arena 14 0 0 0 0 6 20th
Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup 10 0 0 0 2 118 9th
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 – Winter Series RP Motorsport 4 0 0 0 2 86 3rd
2008 Euroseries 3000 GP Racing 15 2 0 6 6 58 2nd
Italian Formula 3000 8 2 0 3 4 34 2nd
Radical European Master Series – SR3 1500cc PoleVision Racing  ?  ?  ?  ?  ? 67 12th
2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Italy 2 0 0 0 0 17† 16th†
2009 Euroseries 3000 Coloni Motorsport 13 2 0 2 8 65 3rd
Italian Formula 3000 7 1 0 1 5 36 3rd
2010 Auto GP Team Lazarus 12 0 0 0 4 24 8th
2011 Auto GP Lazarus 2 1 0 0 1 22* 3rd*

† – Team standings.

‡ – The team were known as FMS International until the second round of the season.

References

  1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 UK 2006". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/77-2006/. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter series 2007". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/181-2007/. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  3. ^ "2008 Euroseries 3000". speedsport-magazine.com (Speedsport Magazine). http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/euroseries-3000/2008/points.html. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  4. ^ "Formula 3000 Italy 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/28-2008/. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  5. ^ "Fabio Onidi e Rodolfo Gonzalez i piloti 2009 del team FMSI" (in Italian). italiaracing.net (Inpagina). 2009-04-30. http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=23051&cat=33. Retrieved 2009-04-30. 
  6. ^ "PartyPoker Euroseries 3000 2009". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/298-2009/. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  7. ^ "Fabio Onidi in Auto GP with Team Lazarus". autogp.org (Auto GP). 2010-02-27. http://www.autogp.org/en/news.php?id=0050. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  8. ^ "Auto GP 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). http://www.driverdb.com/standings/5453-2010/. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  9. ^ "Il team Italia si presenta, Onidi atteso al via di Zandvoort" (in Italian). italiaracing.net (Inpagina). 2008-09-30. http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=20827&cat=34. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  10. ^ "Bonanomi, Bratt e Onidi a Jerez con Coloni" (in Italian). italiaracing.net (Inpagina). 2009-09-28. http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=25043&cat=4. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  11. ^ "Driver entry list for Barcelona test". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-04-12. http://www.gp3series.com/news/2010-pre-season/Driver-entry-list-for-Barcelona-test/. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  12. ^ "Onidi ad Alcaniz con ISR e Fortec" (in Italian). italiaracing.net (Inpagina). 2010-10-17. http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=29343&cat=5. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 

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