Paolo Montin (born 8 November 1976) is an Italian racecar driver.
Career Montin finished second in the Italian Formula 3 championship in 1998 driving for Team Ghinzani with one win and 113 points. He raced for the team at the Macau GP in the same season, finishing tenth. In 1999, he switched to Italian F3000, driving for Durango, across seven races securing one podium finish. He also raced at the prestigious Macau GP and Korean Super Prix Formula 3 races for Carlin. Montin would finish second in the 2000 Macau GP driving for Target Racing.
In 2001, Montin went to Japan and joined the TOM's racing team. He competed in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, finishing second with 201 points. The season included three wins, 16 podium finishes, two pole positions and six fastest laps. He also completed his first Super GT race in the TOM's Toyota Supra, finishing fifth at Twin Ring Motegi. For 2002, Montin continued driving for TOM's, finishing second again in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship, this time with 269 points, seven wins, eight pole positions and nine fastest laps. He also qualified on pole position for the 2002 Macau GP. Alongside his efforts in Formula 3, Montin also raced for the team in Super GT, once again in the Supra. He secured two podiums and finished 18th in the championship.
In 2003, Montin moved on from TOM's and joined Three Bond Racing for his third Japanese Formula 3 Championship. He finished in fourth position, securing three wins in the season. In addition, he raced at the Macau GP and Korea Super Prix. He returned to Super GT for one race, driving the Dome Project Honda NSX. After racing once in 2004, in 2005, he returned to Three Bond Racing in Japanese Formula 3. He picked up one victory and finished in fifth place overall. Alongside this, he completed two unsuccessful races for Ombra Racing in Formula 3 Euroseries. Montin made a return to Super GT, this time with Jim Gainer in GT300. Driving the Ferrari 360 Modena, he won one race, secured two podiums and finished fourth in the championship.
Montin did not race competitively again until 2008, when he completed a season in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy. Driving the single make series Porsche 997 Cup, he finished sixth in the championship for Bonaldi Motorsport, winning one race at Vallelunga, where he also secured a further podium finish.
Racing Record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1998 British Formula 3 ChampionshipTeam Ghinzani 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Italian Formula 3 Championship 10 1 0 3 5 113 2nd Macau Grand Prix 1 0 10th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 4th 1999 Korea Super PrixCarlin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ret Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ret Italian Formula 3000 ChampionshipDurango 7 0 0 0 1 9 9th 2000 Korea Super PrixTarget Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 16th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 0 2nd FIA European Formula 3 Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th Italian Formula 3 ChampionshipMonaco Motorsport Junior Team 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC 2001 Korea Super PrixTOM's 1 0 0 0 0 0 6th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 0 11th All-Japan GT Championship 1 0 0 0 0 8 31st Japanese Formula 3 Championship 19 3 2 6 16 201 2nd Masters of Formula 3RC Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ret 2002 Korea Super PrixTOM's 1 0 0 0 0 0 5th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 1 0 0 0 Ret All-Japan GT Championship 7 0 0 0 2 38 18th Japanese Formula 3 Championship 20 7 8 9 16 269 2nd 2003 Korea Super PrixThree Bond Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 20th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 1 0 0 0 6th Japanese Formula 3 Championship 20 4 4 2 10 209 2nd All-Japan GT ChampionshipDOME 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 Masters of Formula 3Ombra 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ret 2005 Macau Grand PrixOmbra 1 0 1 0 0 0 8th Formula 3 Euro Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Japanese Formula 3 ChampionshipThree Bond Racing 12 1 0 0 4 174 5th All-Japan GT ChampionshipJim Gainer 8 1 0 ? 2 66 4th 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup ItalyBonaldi Motorsport 13 1 0 1 3 91 6th GT3 Cup Coppa Paul Frère 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Complete JGTC/Super GT Results YearTeamCarClass12345678DCPts2001TOYOTA TEAM TOM'SToyota SupraGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJMOT5SUZMIN20th82002GT500TAIRetFUJ12SUG5SEP3FUJ3MOT7MINRetSUZ12th382003Dome Racing TeamHonda NSXGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTRetSUZNC02005Jim GainerFerrari 360 ModenaGT300OKA6FUJ4SEP4SUGRetMOT9FUJ2AUT5SUZ14th66
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