| Fabio Onidi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | (1988-03-09)9 March 1988 (age 37) |
| Blancpain Sprint Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Bhaitech |
| Car number | 60 |
| Starts | 14 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 14th in2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012 2008–2011 2008–09 2008 2007 2007 2007 2005–06 2004–05 | GP2 Series Auto GP A1 Grand Prix Radical European Masters Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC British Formula Renault 2.0 Formula BMW ADAC |
Fabio Onidi (born 9 March 1988 inMilan) is anItatian former professionalracing driver.
Prior to starting his racing career, Onidi raced inkarting for a number of years, finishing sixth in the European ChampionshipICA Junior category and winning the Italian Championship ICA Junior title in 2003.
Onidi began hissingle–seater career in 2004 in theFormula BMW ADAC series, as one of formerFormula One driverSebastian Vettel's team–mates atADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. He finished his debut season in eighth place with the highlight being aPole position atBrno. He continued in the championship in2005, switching to the Eifelland Racing team. He finished the season in 11th place despite missing three races during the year. Onidi also took part in the end–of–season Formula BMW World Final, held at theBahrain International Circuit, but he retired from the event.
At the end of 2005, Onidi joinedFortec Motorsport to contest theBritish Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series. He scored 20 points in the four races to finish 17th in the standings. He continued with the team into the main championship in 2006, finishing the season as the best rookie driver in 11th place.[1]
In2007, Onidi joined the Motorsport Arena team to contest both theEurocup Formula Renault 2.0 andFormula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. He took a best finish of eighth place to finish 20th in the Eurocup standings, whilst in the Northern European Cup, he took podium places at bothZandvoort andNürburgring to finish ninth in the championship, despite missing the last six races of the season.
In November 2007, Onidi took part in the four raceItalian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series withRP Motorsport, taking two podiums to finish third in the standings. He finished level on points with theCram Competition entry ofDaniel Zampieri, but lost out on countback.[2]
For 2008, Onidi moved up to theEuroseries 3000 championship with theGP Racing team. He won his debut race atVallelunga and took a second victory atValencia later in the season to finish runner–up in the championship behindNicolas Prost.[3] In the accompanying ItalianFormula 3000 series, he also ended the year as runner–up, finishing a single point behindDurango'sColombian driverOmar Leal.[4]
Onidi remained in the championship in2009, moving to fellow Italian teamFisichella Motor Sport to partnerRodolfo González.[5] He again took two victories during the season, atPortimão and Vallelunga, but despite leading the championship heading into the final round atMonza, he finished third in the standings, behindMarco Bonanomi and eventual championWill Bratt.[6]
Onidi continued in the series for a third season in2010, when the championship was re–branded asAuto GP. He raced forTeam Lazarus in a single–car team.[7] After taking a podium at the first event in Brno, Onidi added a further three podium positions to finish the season in eighth place, level on points withCarlos Iaconelli, who took seventh place due to his three race wins.[8] He remained with Lazarus for the2011 and was joined by compatriotFabrizio Crestani; the two proved evenly matched, finishing fifth and sixth in the championship with Onidi seven points ahead.
Onidi made hisA1 Grand Prix debut in October 2008, racing forA1 Team Italy at the first round of the2008–09 season at Zandvoort in theNetherlands.[9] Despite treacherous weather conditions, he finished seventh in the sprint race, although he retired from the feature race after a collision with theA1 Team South Africa car ofAdrian Zaugg.
In the autumn of 2008, Onidi took part inGP2 Series testing atPaul Ricard, testing forBCN Competición,Piquet GP andSuper Nova Racing, and a year later he tested forColoni Motorsport atJerez.[10] He made his GP2 racing début in thenon-championship 2011 season finale with theSuper Nova team alongsideGiacomo Ricci, and switched to the category full-time for the2012 season with theColoni team, where he was paired withStefano Coletti. He finished 20th in the final championship standings.
In April 2010, he drove forTech 1 Racing in the finalGP3 Series pre–season test held at theCircuit de Catalunya,[11] and in October 2010 he sampled aFormula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Fortec Motorsport andISR Racing atMotorland Aragón.[12]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Formula BMW ADAC | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 8th |
| 2005 | Formula BMW ADAC | Eifelland Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 11th |
| British Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter Series | Fortec Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 20 | 17th | |
| Formula BMW World Final | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
| 2006 | British Formula Renault 2.0 | Fortec Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 11th |
| 2007 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Motorsport Arena | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 9th | ||
| Italian Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter Series | RP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Euroseries 3000 | GP Racing | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 2nd |
| Italian Formula 3000 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 2nd | ||
| Radical European Master Series - SR3 | PoleVision Racing | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 67 | 12th | |
| 2008–09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17† | 16th† |
| 2009 | Euroseries 3000 | Coloni Motorsport ‡ | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 65 | 3rd |
| Italian Formula 3000 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 3rd | ||
| 2010 | Auto GP | Team Lazarus | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 8th |
| 2011 | Auto GP | Lazarus | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 5th |
| GP2 Final | Super Nova Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th | |
| 2012 | GP2 Series | Scuderia Coloni | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20th |
| 2013 | FIA GT Series | AF Corse | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 13th |
† – Team standings.
‡ – The team were known asFMS International until the second round of the season.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Motorsport Arena | ZOL 1 23 | ZOL 2 8 | NÜR 1 13 | NÜR 2 Ret | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 12 | DON 1 12 | DON 2 Ret | MAG 1 22 | MAG 2 14 | EST 1 12 | EST 2 12 | CAT 1 18 | CAT 2 21 | 20th | 6 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Motopark Academy | ZAN 1 2 | ZAN 2 Ret | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 Ret | ASS 1 4 | ASS 2 5 | ZOL 1 4 | ZOL 1 4 | NUR 1 4 | NUR 2 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 9th | 118 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Scuderia Coloni | SEP FEA 20 | SEP SPR 13 | BHR1 FEA 8 | BHR1 SPR 14 | BHR2 FEA 20 | BHR2 SPR 9 | CAT FEA 6 | CAT SPR 18 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR Ret | VAL FEA 13 | VAL SPR 17 | SIL FEA 22 | SIL SPR 8 | HOC FEA 19 | HOC SPR 22 | HUN FEA 11 | HUN SPR 24 | SPA FEA 16 | SPA SPR 12 | MNZ FEA 21 | MNZ SPR Ret | MRN FEA Ret | MRN SPR 20 | 20th | 13 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Super Nova Racing | YMC FEA 18 | YMC SPR 11 | 14th | 0 |
| Year | Class | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pro-Am | AF Corse | Ferrari | NOG QR DNS | NOG CR DNS | ZOL QR 9 | ZOL CR 12 | ZAN QR Ret | ZAN QR Ret | SVK QR 13 | SVK CR 9 | NAV QR | NAV CR | TBA QR | TBA CR | 13th | 34 |