Giorgio Mondini (born July 19, 1980) is an Italo-Swiss former racing driver who last competed in the 2018 European Le Mans Series. In 2004, he was champion of the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup series. He previously served as a Formula One test driver for Midland.

Career

Formula Renault Mondini began his competitive racing career at the age of 20, with no karting experience, when he came 26th in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup series with Jenzer Motorsport. In 2002, he made his way up to 17th place with the same team.

Mondini's first partnership with EuroInternational came when he graduated to the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup season, where he achieved 7th place. In 2004, he became champion with three wins, three pole positions and a total of eight podiums. The following year, he competed in start of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series before graduating to GP2. He returned for the season finale once the GP2 season finished, replacing Will Power at Carlin Motorsport, but retired from both races. He finished 24th in the standings.

GP2 Series In 2005, Mondini moved to GP2 with DPR, replacing Ryan Sharp. However, he failed to score any points, and was not classified in the standings. He also competed for the Swiss A1GP team for the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, teaming up with Neel Jani – the pair finished second.

Formula One In December 2005, Mondini enjoyed his first taste of Formula One when he got behind the wheel of a Renault R25 as a reward for winning the Formula Renault V6 series.

In 2006, Mondini joined Midland F1 Racing as one of their third drivers, testing at nine of the 18 races.

On February 20, 2011, Mondini tested a F1 car for Hispania Racing in Barcelona.

Prototypes Mondini switched to prototypes in 2009, competing in the Le Mans Series. The same year, he made his Le Mans debut, driving an Audi R10 TDI LMP1 for Kolles, joined in the car by Christian Bakkerud and Christijan Albers. The trio qualified thirteenth, starting on row seven alongside their sister car. They finished in ninth overall.

After a four-year break from racing, Mondini competed in the Italian Prototype Challenge in 2015. He began the season in the CN4 class with Audisio & Benvenuto, before switching to CN2 for race four, once again partnering with EuroInternational. He won nine of the remaining eleven races and took seven pole positions on his way to becoming champion.

In 2016, Mondini joined EuroInternational in the European Le Mans Series, competing in the LMP3 category. He came second in class in the 4 Hours of Imola alongside Marco Jacoboni and Andrea Roda, but the team retired from every other race they entered and finished 12th in the standings.

Mondini continued with the same team in 2017, and took his first class win at the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring with Davide Uboldi after finishing second on the road, as the winning car was given a late drive-through penalty. With better fortune in the remaining races than the previous year, scoring points in three additional races, the team finished seventh in the standings.

Mondini returned to the series for 2018, now partnering Kay van Berlo. The season began with a third place in class in the 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet, followed by a class win in the 4 Hours of Monza. The team once again finished seventh overall.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Jenzer Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 4 26th Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Jenzer Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 12 17th Formula Renault 2.0 Italia 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland 2 1 0 0 2 55 10th 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup EuroInternational 18 0 0 0 0 109 7th Formula Renault 2.0 Fran-Am Winter World Championship 4 0 0 1 2 204 5th 2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup EuroInternational 19 3 3 1 8 293 1st 2005 GP2 Series David Price Racing 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 3.5 Series EuroInternational 12 0 0 0 0 5 24th Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Test Driver 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Switzerland 4 0 0 0 0 121 2nd* 2006 Formula One Midland F1 Racing Test Driver 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series EuroInternational 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC FIA GT Championship - GT1 Aston Martin Racing BMS 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Spanish GT Championship - GTA Playteam SRL 2 1 0 0 1 10 15th 2009 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Kodewa 3 0 0 0 0 2 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th 2011 Formula One HRT Formula 1 Team Test Driver 2011 Group C Racing - C1 ? 2 0 0 0 0 2 27th 2015 Italian Prototype Championship - CN4 Audisio & Benvenuto 3 1 2 3 1 20 4th Italian Prototype Championship - CN2 EuroInternational 11 8 6 8 11 162 1st V de V Challenge Endurance Proto - Scratch CD Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 5 0 0 1 1 18 14th 2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 6 1 0 0 1 49 7th 2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 6 1 0 0 2 46.75 7th * Includes points scored by other A1 Team Switzerland drivers

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 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 DC Points 2001 Jenzer Motorsport MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR JAR EST 26th 4 2002 Jenzer Motorsport MAG SIL JAR AND OSC SPA IMO DON EST 17th 12

Complete Formula Renault V6 Eurocup 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DC Points 2003 EuroInternationalCAT1CAT2MAG1MAG2MONDON1DON2SPA1SPA21SPA22AND1AND2OSC1OSC2EST1EST2MNZ1MNZ2 7th 109 2004 EuroInternationalMNZ1MNZ2VAL1VAL2MAG1MAG2MONBRN1BRN2DON1DON2SPA1SPA2IMO1IMO2OSC1OSC2DUB1DUB2 1st 293

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2005 EuroInternational ZOL116 ZOL2Ret MON115 VAL1Ret VAL26 LMS1DNS LMS2DNS BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1Ret MNZ2Ret 24th 5 2007 EuroInternational MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT126 CAT2Ret 40th 0

Complete GP2 Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points 2005 DPR IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEARet HUNSPRRet ISTFEA13 ISTSPRRet MNZFEARet MNZSPRRet SPAFEARet SPASPR21† BHRFEA18 BHRSPR22 26th 0

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points Ref 2005–06 Switzerland GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR16 USAFEA13 CHNSPRRet CHNFEARet 2nd 121

Complete Formula One participations (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points Midland F1 Racing Midland M16 Toyota V8 BHR MALTD AUS SMRTD EUR ESPTD MONTD GBRTD CANTD USATD FRA GER HUN TURTD ITATD CHN JPN BRA – –

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Kolles Christian Bakkerud Christijan Albers Audi R10 TDI LMP1 360 9th 9th

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