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Giorgio Mondini

Giorgio Mondini
Mondini (centre) at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers' parade
NationalitySwitzerland Switzerland
Born (1980-07-19) July 19, 1980 (age 45)
Genoa, Italy
Previous series
2009
2005, 2007
2005-2006
2005–06
2005
2003-04
2001-02		Le Mans Series
Formula Renault 3.5
Formula One Testing
A1 Grand Prix
GP2 Series
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup
Championship titles
2004Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Championship
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2009
TeamsKolles
Best finish9th
Class wins0

Giorgio Mondini (born July 19, 1980) is an Italo-Swiss[1] former racing driver who last competed in the 2018 European Le Mans Series. In 2004, he was champion of the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup series. He previously served as a Formula One test driver for Midland.

Career

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Formula Renault

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Mondini began his competitive racing career at the age of 20, with no karting experience, when he came 26th in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup series with Jenzer Motorsport.[2] In 2002, he made his way up to 17th place with the same team.[3]

His first partnership with EuroInternational came when he graduated to the 2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup season, where he achieved 7th place.[1] In 2004, he became champion with three wins, three pole positions and a total of eight podiums.[4] The following year, he competed in start of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series before graduating to GP2. He returned for the season finale once the GP2 season finished, replacing Will Power at Carlin Motorsport,[5] but retired from both races. He finished 24th in the standings.[6]

GP2 Series

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In 2005, he moved to GP2 with DPR, replacing Ryan Sharp.[7] However, he failed to score any points, and was not classified in the standings.[8] He also competed for the Swiss A1GP team for the 2005-06 A1 Grand Prix season, teaming up with Neel Jani – the pair finished second.[9]

Formula One

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In December 2005, Mondini enjoyed his first taste of Formula One when he got behind the wheel of a Renault R25 as a reward for winning the Formula Renault V6 series.[10]

In 2016, Mondini joined Midland F1 Racing as one of their third drivers, testing at nine of the 18 races.[9]

On February 20, 2011, Mondini tested a F1 car for Hispania Racing in Barcelona.[11]

Prototypes

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Mondini switched to prototypes in 2009, competing in the Le Mans Series. The same year, he made his Le Mans debut, driving an Audi R10 TDI LMP1 for Kolles, joined in the car by Christian Bakkerud and Christijan Albers. The trio qualified thirteenth, starting on row seven alongside their sister car. They finished in ninth overall.[12]

After a four-year break from racing, Mondini competed in the Italian Prototype Challenge in 2015. He began the season in the CN4 class with Audisio & Benvenuto,[13] before switching to CN2 for race four, once again partnering with EuroInternational. He won nine of the remaining eleven races and took seven pole positions on his way to becoming champion.[14]

In 2016, Mondini joined EuroInternational in the European Le Mans Series, competing in the LMP3 category.[15] He came second in class in the 4 Hours of Imola alongside Marco Jacoboni and Andrea Roda,[16] but the team retired from every other race they entered and finished 12th in the standings.[17]

He continued with the same team in 2017, and took his first class win at the 4 Hours of Red Bull Ring with Davide Uboldi after finishing second on the road, as the winning car was given a late drive-through penalty.[18] With better fortune in the remaining races than the previous year, scoring points in three additional races, the team finished 7th in the standings.[19]

He returned to the series for 2018, now partnering Kay van Berlo. The season began with a third place in class in the 2018 4 Hours of Le Castellet,[20] followed by a class win in the 4 Hours of Monza.[21] The team once again finished 7th overall.[22]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position
2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Jenzer Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 4 26th
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Jenzer Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 12 17th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland 2 1 0 0 2 55 10th
2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup EuroInternational 18 0 0 0 0 109 7th
Formula Renault 2.0 Fran-Am Winter World Championship 4 0 0 1 2 204 5th
2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup EuroInternational 19 3 3 1 8 293 1st
2005 GP2 Series David Price Racing 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Renault 3.5 Series EuroInternational 12 0 0 0 0 5 24th
Formula One Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Test Driver
2005-06 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Switzerland 4 0 0 0 0 121 2nd*
2006 Formula One Midland F1 Racing Test Driver
2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series EuroInternational 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA GT Championship - GT1 Aston Martin Racing BMS 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Spanish GT Championship - GTA Playteam SRL 2 1 0 0 1 10 15th
2009 Le Mans Series - LMP1 Kodewa 3 0 0 0 0 2 19th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9th
2011 Formula One HRT Formula 1 Team Test Driver
2011 Group C Racing - C1 ? 2 0 0 0 0 2 27th
2015 Italian Prototype Championship - CN4 Audisio & Benvenuto 3 1 2 3 1 20 4th
Italian Prototype Championship - CN2 EuroInternational 11 8 6 8 11 162 1st
V de V Challenge Endurance Proto - Scratch CD Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 5 0 0 1 1 18 14th
2017 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 6 1 0 0 1 49 7th
2018 European Le Mans Series - LMP3 EuroInternational 6 1 0 0 2 46.75 7th
Source:[23]

* Includes points scored by other A1 Team Switzerland drivers

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2001 Jenzer Motorsport MNZ
Ret 		BRN
22 		MAG
21 		SIL
13 		ZOL
Ret 		HUN
14 		A1R
Ret 		NÜR
Ret 		JAR
9 		EST
13 		26th 4
2002 Jenzer Motorsport MAG
25 		SIL
26 		JAR
Ret 		AND
6 		OSC
19 		SPA
20 		IMO
11 		DON
13 		EST
10 		17th 12

Complete Formula Renault V6 Eurocup results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DC Points
2003 EuroInternational CAT
1
10 		CAT
2
5 		MAG
1
8 		MAG
2
Ret 		MON
Ret 		DON
1
7 		DON
2
7 		SPA1
5 		SPA2
1
9 		SPA2
2
7 		AND
1
Ret 		AND
2
7 		OSC
1
11 		OSC
2
7 		EST
1
10 		EST
2
8 		MNZ
1
4 		MNZ
2
5 		7th 109
2004 EuroInternational MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
Ret 		VAL
1
13 		VAL
2
4 		MAG
1
1 		MAG
2
1 		MON
4 		MAS
1
Ret 		MAS
2
3 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
9 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
4 		IMO
1
1 		IMO
2
4 		OSC
1
2 		OSC
2
Ret 		DUB
1
3 		DUB
2
5 		1st 293

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2005 EuroInternational ZOL
1
16 		ZOL
2
Ret 		MON
1
15 		VAL
1
Ret 		VAL
2
6 		LMS
1
DNS 		LMS
2
DNS 		BIL
1
 BIL
2
 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 DON
1
 DON
2
 EST
1
 EST
2
 MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
Ret 		24th 5
2007 EuroInternational MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 MON
1
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 SPA
1 		SPA
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		EST
1 		EST
2 		CAT
1
26 		CAT
2
Ret 		40th 0
Sources:[24][25]

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 DC Points
2005 DPR IMO
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		NÜR
FEA 		NÜR
SPR 		MAG
FEA 		MAG
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HOC
FEA 		HOC
SPR 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		IST
FEA
13 		IST
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
21† 		BHR
FEA
18 		BHR
SPR
22 		26th 0
Sources:[24][25]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 DC Points Ref
2005–06 Switzerland GBR
SPR
 GBR
FEA
 GER
SPR
 GER
FEA
 POR
SPR
 POR
FEA
 AUS
SPR
 AUS
FEA
 MYS
SPR
 MYS
FEA
 UAE
SPR
 UAE
FEA
 RSA
SPR
 RSA
FEA
 IDN
SPR
 IDN
FEA
 MEX
SPR
 MEX
FEA
 USA
SPR
16 		USA
FEA
13 		CHN
SPR
Ret 		CHN
FEA
Ret 		2nd 121 [26]
Source:[25]

Complete Formula One participations

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points
2006 Midland F1 Racing Midland M16 Toyota V8 BHR
 MAL
TD 		AUS
 SMR
TD 		EUR
 ESP
TD 		MON
TD 		GBR
TD 		CAN
TD 		USA
TD 		FRA
 GER
 HUN
 TUR
TD 		ITA
TD 		CHN
 JPN
 BRA
 – –
Source:[27]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 Germany Kolles Denmark Christian Bakkerud
Netherlands Christijan Albers 		Audi R10 TDI LMP1 360 9th 9th
Sources:[24][28]

References

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