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Fulvio Ballabio (born 8 October 1954) is arace car driver born inMilan,Italy. He raced inFormula Two in 1983, inFormula 3000 in 1986 and 6 starts inCART from 1987 to 1989 forDick Simon Racing andDale Coyne Racing. More recently he drove in two races of the 2004 Formula X Sport Series.
In 1983 he started theMonte Carlo Automobile car manufacturer.
In 1989, he designed theMonte Carlo GTB (MCA Centenaire), a sports car, built ofcarbon fiber, the idea came from Lamborghini Countach Evoluzione (first car in the world made in carbon fiber completed in 1986). The engine, a V12 Biturbo with 720 horsepower, was modified byCarlo Chiti, who used to work forAlfa Romeo. The company, "Monte Carlo Automobile" was based inFontvieille, Monaco. Originally the project was to make 100 supercars, but the project failed with only 5 cars made in the initial period, including the spider car named "Beau Rivage".[1]
In 2005 he started as Montecarlo Automobile the collaboration withFIA/ACI/CSAI in the challenge of car powered by green energy from the street legal ALA 50 presented in 2008 powered byMethane andLPG and the Quadrifuel "Carlo Chiti" powered by Methane,Ethanol fuel, LPG and gasoline with which got the podium in the Methane class ofFIA Alternative Energies Cup to the Montecarlo/BRC W 12 powered by LPG.
25 March 2012, Montecarlo/BRC competed in the 4 hours of international endurance race of Monza getting the eighth position among other car powered by gasoline likeFerrari 458, Lamborghini,Porsche,Chevrolet Corvette.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Merzario Team Srl | Merzario M28 | BMW | SIL Ret | THR Ret | HOC 14 | NÜR Ret | 16th | 3 | ||||||||
| Ecurie Armagnac Bigarre Nogaro | AGS JH19 | VAL Ret | PAU 7 | JAR 12 | DON Ret | MIS 5 | PER 9 | ZOL NC | MUG 6 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Lola Motorsport | Lola T950 | Cosworth | SIL | THR | EST | NÜR | VAL | PAU | SPA | DIJ | PER | ÖST | ZAN | DON 14 | NC | 0 |
| 1986 | Écurie Monaco | Monte Carlo 001 | Cosworth | SIL | VAL | PAU | SPA | IMO DNQ | MUG | PER | ÖST | BIR | BUG | JAR | NC | 0 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Porsche 956 | C1 | 345 | 5th | 5th |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Pts | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T87/00 | Cosworth DFXV8t | LBH | PHX | INDY | MIL | POR | MEA | CLE | TOR | MCH | POC | ROA | MDO | NAZ | LAG | MIA 26 | 48th | 0 | [2] | |
| 1988 | Dick Simon Racing | Lola T87/00 | Cosworth DFXV8t | PHX | LBH 25 | INDY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | MEA | MCH | POC | MDO 17 | ROA 18 | NAZ | LAG | MIA | 39th | 0 | [3] | |
| 1989 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola T88/00 | Cosworth DFXV8t | PHX | LBH 21 | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | POC | MDO 18 | ROA DNQ | NAZ | LAG | 46th | 0 | [4] | |
| 1990 | Gohr Racing | Lola T88/00 | Cosworth DFXV8t | PHX | LBH | INDY | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | MEA | TOR | MCH | DEN | VAN | MDO | ROA | NAZ | LAG DNQ | NC | - | [5] |