Andrea Chiesa (born 6 May 1964) is a former

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driver from Switzerland. He participated in 10 Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992.

Career

Chiesa began racing in 1980 with karts, and continued to cars in 1985, competing in Italian

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and

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. In 1992, he progressed to Formula One and raced with the

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team. However, he qualified for only three grands prix out of ten, and scored no championship points after retiring from each race. After the

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, the team replaced him with

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. After Formula One, Chiesa returned to kart racing and

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for several years. He currently drives GT cars. In 2007, he raced for Speedy Racing in a

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GT2 car in LeMans Series. In April 2009, racing squad Swiss Team announced they would be fielding a

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in the Italian Superstars

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series with Chiesa as a driver.AutoBlog
Swiss Team takes Maserati Quattroporte to the track in Superstar Series. 13 April 2009.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Complete Formula One results

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American Open Wheel

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CART

24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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