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Enrico Bertaggia | |
|---|---|
| Born | Enrico Agostino Bertaggia (1964-09-19)19 September 1964 (age 61) Noale, Veneto, Italy |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | |
| Active years | 1989,1992 |
| Teams | Coloni,Andrea Moda |
| Entries | 8 (0 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Careerpoints | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1989 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1989 Australian Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1995 |
| Teams | Callaway |
| Best finish | 9th(1995) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Enrico Agostino Bertaggia (born 19 September 1964) is an Italian formerracing driver, who competed inFormula One at eightGrands Prix in1989 and1992.
Bertaggia enjoyed success inFormula Three, winning theItalian Formula Three Championship in 1987 and theMonaco Grand Prix F3 support race and theMacau Grand Prix the following year.
Enrico Agostino Bertaggia was born on 19 September 1964 inNoale, Veneto, Italy.[1]
As a professional race car driver, Bertaggia began his career in 1982 and continued for almost 25 years. He entered many prestigious and difficult Championship Races includingFormula 3 where he was theItalian Formula 3 Champion in 1987, and in 1988, when he succeeded in the feat of winning both the Formula 3 race inMonte Carlo and theMacau Grand Prix withDamon Hill coming in second andJean Alesi in third position. He made his debut inFormula 3000 in 1988. In the1988 International Formula 3000 Championship he was entered in four races, failed to qualify in the first three and then managed a "career-best" 19th position atJerez.
In 1989 he obtained aFormula One ride withColoni, replacingPierre-Henri Raphanel. He participated in six races towards the end of the season and was in fact the slowest entrant in all six. He was entered for two Grand Prix withAndrea Moda in 1992, but the team was excluded from the first, and withdrew from the second, following which Bertaggia left the team. He made an attempt to return to Andrea Moda with a new sponsorship deal, but ownerAndrea Sassetti had already used up his allowed number of driver changes.
In 1990 and 1991 Bertaggia raced Formula 3000 in Japan with theFootwork team. In 1995 he was runner up at the24 Hours of Le Mans in theGT2 class withCallaway Corvette.
His career continued and included Super Touring Car Championships,Porsche Carrera Cup and Sportscar Racing.
Bertaggia has worked as the Chief Instructor at the Italian Federal School for young and talented race car drivers, which has been exclusively granting national professional racing licenses since 1992. After working at various professional driving schools (BMW,Renault) in 1987 Enrico Bertaggia became the Course Director for the OfficialFerrari Driving School and the only instructor worldwide to teach the private glamorous Ferrari Enzo Courses. He was also Chief Instructor at theAlfa Romeo safety driving school and theMaserati Master GT School.
In February 2005 Bertaggia joined the staff at Ferrari GB as Chief Instructor for the exclusive and prestigious Ferrari GB official Club “Fiorano Ferrari”. He was made MotorSports Director at Ferrari GB and has created a 6 car team for theFerrari European Challenge races as well as continuing to take the responsibility for the "Fiorano Ferrari" track days.
In 2011 Bertaggia moved to the United States to create as part ownerDream Racing, a 5 Star Luxury Driving Experience based at theLas Vegas Motor Speedway. He is since then the CEO of the company, which initially offered 12 Ferrari F430 GT Race Cars to drive for customers, since then the fleet has grown to over 80 cars which includes both GT race cars and supercars, and hosts more than 60,000 customers per year. In 2016 Dream Racing also launched Dream Racing motor sport.
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Forti Corse | Dallara 3087 | Cosworth | JER DNQ | VAL DNQ | PAU DNQ | SIL DNQ | MNZ 7 | PER 16 | BRH DNS | BIR DNQ | BUG DNQ | NC | 0 | ||
| Lola T88/50 | ZOL 11 | DIJ Ret | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Lola Motorsport | March 88B | Judd | SIL DNQ | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roger Cowman Racing | Lola T89/50 | Cosworth | VAL DNQ | PAU DNQ | JER 19 | PER | BRH | BIR | SPA | BUG | DIJ | |||||
| 1993 | ACE Racing | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | DON | SIL | PAU DNQ | PER 5 | HOC DNQ | NÜR 20 | SPA Ret | MAG Ret | NOG 12 | 17th | 2 | ||
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Coloni SpA | ColoniC3 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5V8 | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL DNPQ | ITA DNPQ | POR DNPQ | ESP DNPQ | JPN DNPQ | AUS DNPQ | NC | 0 |
| 1992 | Andrea Moda Formula | Andrea ModaC4B | Judd GV 3.5V10 | RSA EX | NC | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Andrea ModaS921 | MEX DNP | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | ||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Footwork Formula | SUZ 14 | FSW 11 | MIN 3 | SUZ Ret | SUG 16 | FSW 13 | FSW Ret | SUZ Ret | FSW 14 | SUZ 7 | 14th | 4 | |
| 1991 | Footwork Formula | SUZ DNQ | AUT 16 | FSW 21 | MIN 16 | SUZ | SUG | FSW | SUZ | FSW | SUZ | FSW | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | CoBRa Motorsport | Renard 92D | Cosworth | OUL | DON | BRH | THR | BRH | OUL | SNE | BRH 4 | SIL 1 | DON Ret | 7th | 12 |
| 1993 | Durango Corse | Renard 92D | Cosworth | OUL 2 | SIL Ret | BHI 5 | DON | OUL | BHI | SNE | BGP | THR | DON | 9th | 8 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Top Run | Alfa Romeo 155 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 DNS | VAL 1 8 | VAL 2 Ret | MAG 1 12 | MAG 2 8 | BIN 1 | BIN 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | PER 1 | PER 2 | VAR 1 | VAR 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | 22nd | 6 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Ford Mondeo Team Wolf | Ford Mondeo | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | ÖST 1 | ÖST 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SAL 1 19 | SAL 2 Ret | AVU 1 Ret | AVU 2 DNS | NÜR 1 21 | NÜR 2 14 | 33rd | 16 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Callaway Corvette | LMGT2 | 273 | 9th | 2nd |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Italian Formula Three Champion 1987 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Monaco Formula Three Race Winner 1988 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Macau Grand Prix Winner 1988 | Succeeded by |