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Swiss racing driver (born 1964)

Andrea Chiesa

Born (1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 60)Milan, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Active years 1992
Teams Fondmetal
Entries 10 (3 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1992 South African Grand Prix
Last entry 1992 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.

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]

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 JERDNQ VALRet PAURet SIL15 MNZ6 PER10 BRH8 BIRRet BUGDNQ ZOL13 DIJDNS 20th 1
1989 Roni Motorsport SIL11 VAL2 PAURet JERRet PER1 BRHRet BIR13 SPA17 BUGRet DIJRet 6th 15
1990 Paul Stewart Racing DON2 SILRet PAURet JER5 MNZ7 PERRet HOCRet BRH5 BIR2 BUG5 NOGRet 7th 18
1991 Apomatox VALRet PAURet JER9 MUGDNQ PERRet HOC10 BRH14 SPA13 BUG NOG NC 0
Sources:[2][3]

Complete Formula One results

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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 RSADNQ MEXRet BRADNQ ESPRet SMRDNQ MONDNQ CANDNQ GBRDNQ HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS NC 0
Fondmetal GR02 FRARet GERDNQ
Sources:[2][4]

American Open Wheel

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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 SRF26 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. ClassPos.
2007 Netherlands Spyker Squadron Italy Andrea BelicchiItaly Alex Caffi Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 145 DNF DNF
2008 Switzerland Speedy Racing Team Switzerland Iradj AlexanderSwitzerland Benjamin Leuenberger Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R GT2 72 DNF DNF
Sources:[2][6]
  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.