Andrea Bertolini
Andrea Bertolini atZhuhai International Circuit in 2004
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1973-12-01)1 December 1973 (age 51) Sassuolo, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	AF Corse
Racing licence	FIA Platinum(until 2021) FIA Gold(2022–)[1]
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

Andrea Bertolini (born 1 December 1973, inSassuolo) is an Italian professional racing driver who drove forAF Corse in theFIA World Endurance Championship. He is the official test driver of theMaserati factory. Bertolini began racing at a young age, working as the youngest evertest driver forFerrari at 19, followed by work in the experimental and development department. He also participated in the development of theMaserati MC12,^[2] in which he has enjoyed racing success winning for three times theFIA GT Championship in GT1 class, and also claiming the first edition of theFIA GT1 World Championship. He won theWEC 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 began racingkarts at age 11. He came second in theItalian 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.^[2] In 2001, he drove aPorsche 996 GT3-R forArt Engineering in the NGT class of theFIA GT.^[3] In 2002 he moved toJMB Racing driving aFerrari 360 Modena and continued through 2003 finishing 4th.

In 2004, he moved to theGiesse Squadra Corse team, again driving a 360 Modena. Once again, he placed 2nd overall, and was awarded the "Driver Performance of the Year".^[2][3] Part way through 2004, he was offered a position on theMaserati AF Corse team driving their new, GT1 classMaserati MC12, a car he had been involved in developing.^[3] He accepted, winning two races that year atOschersleben,Germany andZhuhai,China with his teammate, formerFormula One driver,Mika Salo.^[4]

In 2005, he returned toJMB Racing, again driving an MC12. He finished the season tied 4th (with teammateKarl Wendlinger), within 4 points of first.^[5]

Andrea Bertolini also raced his MC12 in theAmerican Le Mans Series (ALMS) in 2005 but without much success. He made no podium finishes and crashed out in the race atMazda Raceway Laguna Seca.^[6]

For 2006 in the FIA GT, Bertolini moved toVitaphone Racing Team where he again raced the MC12, with teammateMichael Bartels. Bartels and Bertolini finished first in the overall driver standings, and also their team to a 1st-place finish in the team standings.^[7]

Bertolini and Bartels also won the championship again driving the same VitaphoneMaserati in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In 2011, he won theInternational Superstars Series driving aMaserati Quattroporte forSwiss Team.

Bertolini became the first person to drive Ferrari's new F1 Simulator at an opening ceremony held at the Italian teams' Maranello base.^[8]

For 2012, Bertolini will compete in theFIA World Endurance Championship, driving anAF CorseFerrari 458 Italia GT2 withOlivier Beretta.

• Ferrari 360 Modena
• FIA GT
• Maserati MC12
• Porsche 996

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^‡ As Bertolini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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:[9][11]

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^† Bertolini did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

http://www.andreabertolini.it/

• Andrea Bertolini career summary at DriverDB.com
• Andrea Bertolini at theCONI honored athlete website(in Italian)

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