Andrea
Montermini

Andrea Montermini, an Italian born in Sassuolo in 1964, raced in Formula 3 in 1989 and finished fourth in the Italian championship. He also took second place in the Formula 3 support race at the Monaco Grand Prix. He then raced in Formula 3000 and finished runner-up in 1992 with the Il Barone Rampante team, winning three rounds.

In 1994 he joined Simtek as a replacement for Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed in qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini crashed in practice for the Spanish Grand Prix and did not start the race. In 1995 he drove for Pacific and started 15 of his 17 entries. In 1996 he drove for Forti alongside fellow Italian Luca Badoer until the team folded, starting 4 of 10 entries. In total he made 19 starts without scoring a championship point. In 1997 he became a test driver for Lola, but the team withdrew after a single race.

In American Champ Car racing he competed in 1993, 1994 and 1999. In his first season he finished fourth at Detroit for Euromotorsport. In 1999 he drove a few events for Dan Gurney's team, with an 11th place at Vancouver as his best result there. He also took part in the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona and raced mainly in the FIA GT Championship, usually in Ferraris, with two class wins and four more class podiums. In 2007 he won the GTA class of the International GT Open with Michele Maceratesi, and the pair took the overall title in 2008. He won a second overall championship in 2013. In 2010 he also won the GT2 class of the Italian GT Championship.

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