Andrea Chiesa Explained

Andrea Chiesa
Nationality: Swiss
Birth Date:6 May 1964
Birth Place:Milan, Italy
Team(S):Fondmetal
Races:10 (3 starts)
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Points:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
First Race:1992 South African Grand Prix
Last Race:1992 German Grand Prix

Andrea Chiesa (born 6 May 1964) is a former Formula One 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 Formula 3 and Formula 3000. In 1992, he progressed to Formula One and raced with the Fondmetal team. However, he qualified for only three grands prix out of ten, and scored no championship points after retiring from each race. After the German GP, the team replaced him with Eric van de Poele. After Formula One, Chiesa returned to kart racing and touring cars for several years.

He currently drives GT cars. In 2007, he raced for Speedy Racing in a Spyker C8 GT2 car in LeMans Series. In April 2009, racing squad Swiss Team announced they would be fielding a Maserati Quattroporte in the Italian Superstars touring car series with Chiesa as a driver.[1]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1988CoBRa MotorsportsJER
VAL
PAU
SIL
MNZ
PER
BRH
BIR
BUG
ZOL
DIJ
20th1
1989Roni MotorsportSIL
VAL
PAU
JER
PER
BRH
BIR
SPA
BUG
DIJ
6th15
1990Paul Stewart RacingDON
SIL
PAU
JER
MNZ
PER
HOC
BRH
BIR
BUG
NOG
7th18
1991ApomatoxVAL
PAU
JER
MUG
PER
HOC
BRH
SPA
BUGNOGNC0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
Fondmetal F1 SpAFondmetal GR01Ford HB 3.5 L V8RSA
MEX
BRA
ESP
SMR
MON
CAN
GBR
HUNBELITAPORJPNAUSNC0
Fondmetal GR02FRA
GER

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
Spyker Squadron Andrea Belicchi
Alex Caffi
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-RGT2145DNFDNF
Speedy Racing Team Iradj Alexander
Benjamin Leuenberger
Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-RGT272DNFDNF

References

  1. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/13/swiss-team-takes-maserati-quattroporte-to-the-track-in-superstar/ AutoBlog
  2. Web site: Andrea Chiesa – 1993 CART Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 16, 2023.

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