Andrea Montermini (born 30 May 1964) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Montermini raced in

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in 1989, taking second place in the Monaco GP support race and 4th in the Italian F3 Championship. He then moved up to

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, racing for three seasons before finally taking second place in the

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, winning three rounds while driving for the

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team.

He participated in 29

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Grands Prix, debuting on 29 May 1994 for

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, replacing

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, who had been killed during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to Formula One the next season, with the

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team, and drove for

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in 1996 alongside countryman

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until the team folded. For the 1997 season Montermini was signed as test driver for the

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team, but it folded after one race. He scored no points in his Formula One career. He competed in the American

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series three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a 4th place at

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in his first season, driving for the underfunded

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team. In 1999 he drove a few events for

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in Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such as Alex Barron,

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and

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were replaced, he filled in and scored a best finish of 11th in

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. He raced in the 2001

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, but has primarily raced in the

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, mostly in

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cars. He has taken two class wins and four further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongside Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in a

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ran by the

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team. In 2007 he won the

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's GTA class, driving a

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for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele 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

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

American open wheel racing results

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CART

Complete Formula One results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

Profile on F1 RejectsOfficial website
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