Andrea Chiesa (born 6 May 1964) is a former Formula One driver from Switzerland. He participated in ten 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.
Chiesa 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.AutoBlog Swiss Team takes Maserati Quattroporte to the track in Superstar Series. 13 April 2009.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition1985Italian Formula Three ChampionshipTrivellato Racing1100000NC1986Italian Formula Three ChampionshipTrivellato Racing1300121210th1987Italian Formula Three ChampionshipEuroracing Junior Team12331648 1988International Formula 3000CoBRa Motorsports90000120th1989International Formula 3000Roni Motorsport101001156th1990International Formula 3000Paul Stewart Racing110002187th1991International Formula 3000Apomatox700000NC1992Formula OneFondmetal F1 SpA300000NC1993PPG Indy Car World SeriesEuromotorsport10000050th1996BPR Global GT Series - GT2Callaway Schweiz200003158th1997IMSA GT Championship - WSCTarget 24 Racing100001467th1998International Sports Racing SeriesTarget 24 Racing60002465th2000Belgian Procar10000283rdSportsRacing World Cup - SR1R&M10000436th2001FIA GT Championship - NGTAutorlando Sport300001314thHaberthur Racing10000Freisinger Motorsport100012003FIA GT Championship - NGTSeikel Motorsport1000114.521stAmerican Le Mans Series - GT100011928thGrand Am Series - GT100000NCItalian GT Championship - N-GTKessel Racing102006114 2004Italian GT Championship - N-GTKessel Racing1647013234 2005Italian GT Championship - GT1Kessel Racing120002827th2006Italian GT Championship - GT1Kessel Racing1310081636th2007Le Mans Series - LMGT2Speedy Racing Team60000148th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2Spyker Squadron10000N/ADNF2008Le Mans Series - LMGT2Speedy Racing Team Sebah50000119th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT210000N/ADNF2009Superstars SeriesSwiss Team80000720th2010Superstars SeriesSwiss Team70000034th2011Superstars SeriesSwiss Team300012013th
Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 1988 CoBRa Motorsports JER VAL PAU SIL MNZ PER BRH BIR BUG ZOL DIJ 20th 1 1989 Roni Motorsport SIL VAL PAU JER PER BRH BIR SPA BUG DIJ 6th 15 1990 Paul Stewart Racing DON SIL PAU JER MNZ PER HOC BRH BIR BUG NOG 7th 18 1991 Apomatox VAL PAU JER MUG PER HOC BRH SPA BUG NOG NC 0
Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points Fondmetal F1 SpA Fondmetal GR01 Ford HB 3.5 L V8 RSA MEX BRA ESP SMR MON CAN GBR HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS NC 0 Fondmetal GR02 FRA GER
American Open Wheel (key)
CART Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 1993 Euromotorsport 42SRFPHXLBHINDYMILDETPORCLETORMISNHMROAVANMDONZRLS50th0
Complete FIA GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Points 2001 Autorlando Sport N-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN JAR EST 14th 13 Freisinger Motorsport SPA Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R A1R NÜR 2003 Seikel Motorsport N-GT Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 CAT MAG PER BRN DON SPA AND OSC EST MNZ 18th 14.5
Complete Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2007 Speedy Racing Team GT2 Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R Audi 3.8 L V8 MNZ VAL NÜR SPA SIL INT 8th 14 2008 Speedy Racing Team Sebah GT2 Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R Audi 4.0 L V8 CAT MNZ SPA NÜR SIL 9th 11
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Spyker Squadron Andrea Belicchi Alex Caffi Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 145 DNF DNF Speedy Racing Team Iradj Alexander Benjamin Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 72 DNF DNF
Complete International Superstars Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2009 Swiss Team Maserati Quattroporte IMO1 IMO2 ALG1 ALG2 MUG1 MUG2 MNZ1 MNZ2 KYA1 KYA2 20th 7 2010 Swiss Team Maserati Quattroporte MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 ALG1 ALG2 HOC1 HOC2 CPR1 CPR2 VAL1 VAL2 KYAR1 KYAR2 34th 0 2011 Swiss Team Maserati Quattroporte MNZ1 MNZ2 VNC1 VNC2 ALG1 ALG2 DON1 DON2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 VAL1 VAL2 13th 20
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