Andrea Bertolini (born 1 December 1973, in Sassuolo) is an Italian professional racing driver currently driving for AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the official test driver of the Maserati factory. Bertolini began racing at a young age, working as the youngest ever test driver for Ferrari at 19, followed by work in the experimental and development department. He also participated in the development of the Maserati MC12,[1] in which he has enjoyed racing success winning for three times the FIA GT Championship in GT1 class, and also claiming the first edition of the FIA GT1 World Championship. He won the WEC championship in GTE Am category in 2015 and in the same year he won the 24H of Le Mans in the same class.
| Andrea Bertolini | |
|---|---|
 Andrea Bertolini at Zhuhai International Circuit in 2004 | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | 1 December 1973 Sassuolo, Italy |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | AF Corse |
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold |
| Car number | 71 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2010 2001-03, 05-09 2003, 05-07 | Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011 2010 2006, 08-09 | International Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship GT1 |
Racing history
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Andrea Bertolini began racing karts at age 11. He came second in the Italian Championship, won championships at a national level, and went on to win the CIAK Cup and place second in the Italian 125 Championship in 2000.[1] In 2001, he drove a Porsche 996 GT3-R for Art Engineering in the NGT class of the FIA GT.[2] In 2002 he moved to JMB Racing driving a Ferrari 360 Modena and continued through 2003 finishing 4th.
In 2004, he moved to the Giesse Squadra Corse team, again driving a 360 Modena. Once again, he placed 2nd overall, and was awarded the "Driver Performance of the Year".[1][2] Part way through 2004, he was offered a position on the Maserati AF Corse team driving their new, GT1 class Maserati MC12, a car he had been involved in developing.[2] He accepted, winning two races that year at Oschersleben, Germany and Zhuhai, China with his teammate, former Formula One driver, Mika Salo.[3]
In 2005, he returned to JMB Racing, again driving an MC12. He finished the season tied 4th (with teammate Karl Wendlinger), within 4 points of first.[4]
Andrea Bertolini also raced his MC12 in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2005 but without much success. He made no podium finishes and crashed out in the race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.[5]
For 2006 in the FIA GT, Bertolini moved to Vitaphone Racing Team where he again raced the MC12, with teammate Michael Bartels. Bartels and Bertolini finished first in the overall driver standings, and also their team to a 1st-place finish in the team standings.[6]
Bertolini and Bartels also won the championship again driving the same Vitaphone Maserati in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
In 2011, he won the International Superstars Series driving a Maserati Quattroporte for Swiss Team.
Bertolini became the first person to drive Ferrari's new F1 Simulator at an opening ceremony held at the Italian teams' Maranello base.[7]
For 2012, Bertolini will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving an AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 with Olivier Beretta.
See also
editRacing record
editComplete GT1 World Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Vitaphone Racing Team | Maserati | ABU QR 3 |
ABU CR 4 |
SIL QR 3 |
SIL CR 7 |
BRN QR 1 |
BRN CR 5 |
PRI QR 1 |
PRI CR 1 |
SPA QR Ret |
SPA CR 7 |
NÜR QR 10 |
NÜR CR 6 |
ALG QR 2 |
ALG CR 1 |
NAV QR 7 |
NAV CR 6 |
INT QR 8 |
INT CR 9 |
SAN QR 12 |
SAN CR 7 |
1st | 138 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SEB 1 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 4 |
SIL Ret |
SÃO 4 |
BHR 4 |
FUJ 4 |
SHA 3 |
48th | 4 | |
| 2013 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS 10 |
SÃO | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | NC‡ | 0‡ | |
| 2014 | AF Corse | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA 5 |
COA 6 |
FUJ Ret |
SHA | BHR 2 |
SÃO 3 |
11th | 51 | ||
| SMP Racing | LMS Ret |
NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | SMP Racing | LMGTE Am | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
SPA 3 |
LMS 1 |
NÜR 1 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 5 |
1st | 165 | |
| 2016 | AF Corse | LMGTE Pro | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS Ret |
NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | NC | 0 |
| Sources:[8][9] | |||||||||||||||
‡ As Bertolini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | AF Corse
|
 Olivier Beretta Marco Cioci
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro |
326 | 22nd | 4th |
| 2013 |  JMW Motorsport
|
 Abdulaziz al Faisal Khaled al Qubaisi
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro |
300 | 34th | 10th |
| 2014 |  SMP Racing
|
Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Am |
196 | DNF | DNF |
| 2015 | SMP Racing
|
Viktor Shaytar Aleksey Basov
|
Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Am |
332 | 20th | 1st |
| 2016 | AF Corse
|
Sam Bird Davide Rigon
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Pro |
143 | DNF | DNF |
| 2017 |  DH Racing
|
 Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn
|
Ferrari 488 GTE | GTE Am |
320 | 42nd | 13th |
| 2018 |  Eurasia Motorsport
|
Niclas Jönsson Tracy Krohn
|
Ligier JS P217-Gibson | LMP2 | 334 | NC | NC |
| Sources:[8][10] | |||||||
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Krohn Racing | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | DAY 7 |
SEB 4 |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
IND |
ELK |
VIR |
COA |
PET 9 |
21st | 77 | [11] | |
| 2015 | Scuderia Corsa | GTD | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | Ferrari 4.5L V8 | DAY 14† |
BEL |
LIM |
59th | 1 | [12] | |||||||||
| Risi Competizione | GTLM | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 | SEB 2 |
LGA |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
ELK |
VIR |
AUS |
PET |
22nd | 33 | |||||
| 2016 | SMP Racing | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 V8 | DAY 10 |
17th | 71 | [13] | |||||||||||
| Scuderia Corsa | SEB 7 |
LBH |
LGA |
WGL |
MOS |
LIM |
ELK |
VIR |
AUS |
PET 8 |
|||||||||
| 2018 | Risi Competizione | GTLM | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY |
SEB |
LBH |
MOH |
WGL |
MOS |
LIM |
ELK |
VIR |
LGA |
PET 9 |
25th | 22 | [14] | |
| 2019 | Via Italia Racing | GTD | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | DAY 8 |
SEB |
MDO |
DET |
WGL |
MOS |
LIM |
ELK |
VIR |
LGA |
PET |
51st | 23 | [15] | |
| 2023 | Triarsi Competizione | GTD | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Ferrari 3.0 L Turbo V6 | DAY 10 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 57th | 221 | [16] | |
| Source:[8] | |||||||||||||||||||
† Bertolini did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | AT Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 | Ferrari 4.5 L V8 | SIL EX |
IMO 2 |
RBR 1 |
LEC 1 |
SPA 1 |
EST Ret |
2nd | 93 |
| 2017 | Spirit of Race | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | SIL 6 |
MNZ 4 |
RBR 4 |
LEC 4 |
SPA 1 |
ALG Ret |
6th | 70 |
| 2018 | Krohn Racing | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | LEC 4 |
MNZ 6 |
RBR 5 |
SIL 6 |
SPA Ret |
ALG 5 |
8th | 48 |
| Source:[8] | ||||||||||||
Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Pro-Am | BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
MIS 1 11 |
MIS 2 21 |
ZAN 1 20 |
ZAN 2 19 |
NÜR 1 23 |
NÜR 2 19 |
HUN 1 23 |
HUN 2 26 |
4th | 96 |
| 2020 | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Pro-Am | MIS 1 13 |
MIS 2 13 |
MIS 3 13 |
MAG 1 18 |
MAG 2 15 |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 13 |
CAT 1 16 |
CAT 2 15 |
CAT 3 12 |
2nd | 117.5 |
| 2021 | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Pro-Am | MAG 1 18 |
MAG 2 19 |
ZAN 1 21 |
ZAN 2 22 |
MIS 1 25 |
MIS 2 25 |
BRH 1 22 |
BRH 2 26 |
VAL 1 19 |
VAL 2 23 |
3rd | 107 |
| 2022 | AF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 | Pro-Am | BRH 1 18 |
BRH 2 19 |
MAG 1 23 |
MAG 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 18 |
MIS 1 18 |
MIS 2 18 |
VAL 1 18 |
VAL 2 24 |
3rd | 95 |
| 2023 | AF Corse | Ferrari 296 GT3 | Bronze | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
MIS 1 35 |
MIS 2 30 |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 27 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
13th | 9.5 |
References
edithttp://www.andreabertolini.it/
- ^ a b c "Andrea Bertolini". Vitaphone Racing. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- ^ a b c "FIA GT Driver Bio". FIA GT. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- ^ "FIA GT Standings 2004". Maserati Corse. Archived from the original on 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- ^ "FIA GT Standings 2005". Maserati Corse. Archived from the original on 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- ^ "Unlucky Race for MC12 at Laguna Seca". Maserati Corse. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-25.
- ^ "FIA GT Standings 2006". Maserati Corse. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
- ^ Jonathan Noble (23 December 2009). "Ferrari unveils new simulator". Autosport.
- ^ a b c d "Andrea Bertolini Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini". FIA World Endurance Championship. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Bertolini – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
External links
edit- Andrea Bertolini career summary at DriverDB.com
- Andrea Bertolini at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
