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Andrea Chiesa

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Andrea Chiesa
Born (1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 60)
Milan, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Active years1992
TeamsFondmetal
Entries10 (3 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1992 South African Grand Prix
Last entry1992 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

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Chiesa during the Thursday practice session for the 1992 Monaco Grand Prix.

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

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Complete International Formula 3000 results

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(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
DNQ 		VAL
Ret 		PAU
Ret 		SIL
15 		MNZ
6 		PER
10 		BRH
8 		BIR
Ret 		BUG
DNQ 		ZOL
13 		DIJ
DNS 		20th 1
1989 Roni Motorsport SIL
11 		VAL
2 		PAU
Ret 		JER
Ret 		PER
1 		BRH
Ret 		BIR
13 		SPA
17 		BUG
Ret 		DIJ
Ret 		6th 15
1990 Paul Stewart Racing DON
2 		SIL
Ret 		PAU
Ret 		JER
5 		MNZ
7 		PER
Ret 		HOC
Ret 		BRH
5 		BIR
2 		BUG
5 		NOG
Ret 		7th 18
1991 Apomatox VAL
Ret 		PAU
Ret 		JER
9 		MUG
DNQ 		PER
Ret 		HOC
10 		BRH
14 		SPA
13 		BUG NOG NC 0
Sources:[2][3]

Complete Formula One results

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1992 Fondmetal F1 SpA Fondmetal GR01 Ford HB 3.5 L V8 RSA
DNQ 		MEX
Ret 		BRA
DNQ 		ESP
Ret 		SMR
DNQ 		MON
DNQ 		CAN
DNQ 		GBR
DNQ 		HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS NC 0
Fondmetal GR02 FRA
Ret 		GER
DNQ
Sources:[2][4]

American Open Wheel

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CART

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Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref
1993 Euromotorsport 42 SRF
26 		PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIS NHM ROA VAN MDO NZR LS 50th 0 [5]
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Netherlands Spyker Squadron Italy Andrea Belicchi
Italy Alex Caffi 		Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 145 DNF DNF
2008 Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Switzerland Iradj Alexander
Switzerland Benjamin Leuenberger 		Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 72 DNF DNF
Sources:[2][6]

References

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  1. ^ AutoBlog Swiss Team takes Maserati Quattroporte to the track in Superstar Series. 13 April 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Andrea Chiesa Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Andrea Chiesa". Motor Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. ^ Small, Steve (2000). "Chiesa, Andrea". Grand Prix Who's Who (Third ed.). Reading, Berkshire: Travel Publishing. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-902007-46-5 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Andrea Chiesa – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "Andrea Chiesa". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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