Andrea Chiesa


Andrea Chiesa is a former Formula One driver from Switzerland. He participated in 10 Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992.

Career

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.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1988CoBRa MotorsportsJER
DNQ		VAL
Ret		PAU
Ret		SIL
15		MNZ
6		PER
10		BRH
8		BIR
Ret		BUG
DNQ		ZOL
13		DIJ
DNS		20th1
1989Roni MotorsportSIL
11		VAL
2		PAU
Ret		JER
Ret		PER
1		BRH
Ret		BIR
13		SPA
17		BUG
Ret		DIJ
Ret		6th15
1990Paul Stewart RacingDON
2		SIL
Ret		PAU
Ret		JER
5		MNZ
7		PER
Ret		HOC
Ret		BRH
5		BIR
2		BUG
5		NOG
Ret		7th18
1991ApomatoxVAL
Ret		PAU
Ret		JER
9		MUG
DNQ		PER
Ret		HOC
10		BRH
14		SPA
13		BUGNOGNC0

Complete Formula One results

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
1992Fondmetal F1 SpAFondmetal GR01Ford HB 3.5 L V8RSA
DNQ		MEX
Ret		BRA
DNQ		ESP
Ret		SMR
DNQ		MON
DNQ		CAN
DNQ		GBR
DNQ		NC0
1992Fondmetal F1 SpAFondmetal GR02Ford HB 3.5 L V8FRA
Ret		GER
DNQ		HUNBELITAPORJPNAUSNC0

American Open Wheel

CART

24 Hours of Le Mans results