Andrea Bertolini Explained

Andrea Bertolini
Nationality:	Italian
Birth Date:	1973 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Sassuolo, Italy
Racing Licence:	FIA Gold
Current Series:	FIA World Endurance Championship
First Year:	2012
Current Team:	AF Corse
Car Number:	71
Prev Series:	Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series
Prev Series Years:	2011 2010 2001-03, 05-09 2003, 05-07
Titles:	International Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship GT1
Title Years:	2011 2010 2006, 08-09

Andrea Bertolini (born 1 December 1973, in Sassuolo) is an Italian professional racing driver currently driving for AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the official test driver of the Maserati factory.Bertolini began racing at a young age, working as the youngest ever test driver for Ferrari at 19, followed by work in the experimental and development department. He also participated in the development of the Maserati MC12,^[1] in which he has enjoyed racing success winning for three times the FIA GT Championship in GT1 class, and also claiming the first edition of the FIA GT1 World Championship. He won the WEC championship in GTE Am category in 2015 and in the same year he won the 24H of Le Mans in the same class.

Racing history

Andrea Bertolini began racing karts at age 11. He came second in the Italian Championship, won championships at a national level, and went on to win the CIAK Cup and place second in the Italian 125 Championship in 2000. In 2001, he drove a Porsche 996 GT3-R for Art Engineering in the NGT class of the FIA GT.^[2] In 2002 he moved to JMB Racing driving a Ferrari 360 Modena and continued through 2003 finishing 4th.

In 2004, he moved to the Giesse Squadra Corse team, again driving a 360 Modena. Once again, he placed 2nd overall, and was awarded the "Driver Performance of the Year". Part way through 2004, he was offered a position on the Maserati AF Corse team driving their new, GT1 class Maserati MC12, a car he had been involved in developing. He accepted, winning two races that year at Oschersleben, Germany and Zhuhai, China with his teammate, former Formula One driver, Mika Salo.^[3]

In 2005, he returned to JMB Racing, again driving an MC12. He finished the season tied 4th (with teammate Karl Wendlinger), within 4 points of first.^[4]

Andrea Bertolini also raced his MC12 in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2005 but without much success. He made no podium finishes and crashed out in the race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.^[5]

For 2006 in the FIA GT, Bertolini moved to Vitaphone Racing Team where he again raced the MC12, with teammate Michael Bartels. Bartels and Bertolini finished first in the overall driver standings, and also their team to a 1st-place finish in the team standings.^[6]

Bertolini and Bartels also won the championship again driving the same Vitaphone Maserati in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In 2011, he won the International Superstars Series driving a Maserati Quattroporte for Swiss Team.

Bertolini became the first person to drive Ferrari's new F1 Simulator at an opening ceremony held at the Italian teams' Maranello base.^[7]

For 2012, Bertolini will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving an AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 with Olivier Beretta.

Racing record

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2012	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	SIL	SÃO	BHR	FUJ	SHA		48th	4
2013	JMW Motorsport	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		NC‡	0‡
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA		COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	SÃO		11th	51
2014	SMP Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8			LMS							NC‡	0‡
2015	SMP Racing	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		1st	165
2016	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	NC	0

^‡ As Bertolini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2012	AF Corse	Olivier Beretta Marco Cioci	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	326	22nd	4th
2013	JMW Motorsport	Abdulaziz al Faisal Khaled al Qubaisi	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Pro	300	34th	10th
2014	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	196	DNF	DNF
2015	SMP Racing	Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	332	20th	1st
2016	AF Corse	Sam Bird Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	143	DNF	DNF
2017	DH Racing	Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	320	42nd	13th
2018	Eurasia Motorsport	Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	334	NC	NC

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Points
2014	Krohn Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	IND	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		21st	77
2015	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5L V8	DAY				BEL			LIM					59th	1
2015	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 V8		SEB	LGA	LGA		WGL	MOS		ELK	VIR	AUS	PET	22nd	33
2016	SMP Racing	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 V8	DAY												17th	71
2016	Scuderia Corsa	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 V8		SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET		17th	71
2018	Risi Competizione	GTLM	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	MOH	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		25th	22
2019	Via Italia Racing	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		51st	23
2023	Triarsi Competizione	GTD	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6	DAY		LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM		VIR	IMS			57th	221

^† Bertolini did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2016	AT Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	2nd	93
2017	Spirit of Race	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL	MNZ	RBR	LEC	SPA	ALG	6th	70
2018	Krohn Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC	MNZ	RBR	SIL	SPA	ALG	8th	48

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