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{{short description|Swiss racing driver (born 1964)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox F1 driver
| image =
| name = Andrea Chiesa
| nationality = {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|05|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Milan]], Italy
| Years = {{F1|1992}}
| Team(s) = [[Fondmetal]]
| Races = 10 (3 starts)
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Points = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = [[1992 South African Grand Prix]]
| First win = 
| Last win = 
| Last race = [[1992 German Grand Prix]]
}}
'''Andrea Chiesa''' (born 6 May 1964) is a former [[Formula One]] driver from [[Switzerland]]. He participated in ten Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992.

==Career==
[[File:1992 Andrea Chiesa Fondmetal.jpg|thumb|left|Chiesa during the Thursday practice session for the [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix]].]]

Chiesa began racing in 1980 with karts, and continued to cars in 1985, competing in Italian [[Formula 3]] and [[International Formula 3000|Formula 3000]]. In 1992, he progressed to Formula One and raced with the [[Fondmetal]] team. However, he qualified for only three grands prix out of ten, and scored no championship points after retiring from each race. After the [[1992 German Grand Prix|German GP]], the team replaced him with [[Eric van de Poele]]. After Formula One, Chiesa returned to kart racing and [[touring cars]] for several years.

Chiesa currently drives [[Grand tourer|GT]] cars. In 2007, he raced for Speedy Racing in a [[Spyker C8]] GT2 car in LeMans Series. In April 2009, racing squad Swiss Team announced they would be fielding a [[Maserati Quattroporte]] in the Italian [[Superstars Series|Superstars]] [[touring cars|touring car]] series with Chiesa as a driver.<ref name="autoblog">[http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/13/swiss-team-takes-maserati-quattroporte-to-the-track-in-superstar/ AutoBlog] Swiss Team takes Maserati Quattroporte to the track in Superstar Series. 13 April 2009.</ref>

==Racing record==

=== Career summary ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"
!Season
!Series
!Team
!Races
!Wins
!Poles
!F/Laps
!Podiums
!Points
!Position
|-
!1985
| align="left" |[[Italian Formula Three Championship]]
| align="left" nowrap="" |Trivellato Racing
|11
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!1986
| align="left" |[[Italian Formula Three Championship]]
| align="left" nowrap="" |Trivellato Racing
|13
|0
|0
|1
|2
|12
|10th
|-
!1987
| align="left" |[[Italian Formula Three Championship]]
| align="left" |Euroracing Junior Team
|12
|3
|3
|1
|6
|48
! {{msrslt|2nd}}
|-
!1988
| align="left" |[[1988 International Formula 3000 Championship|International Formula 3000]]
| align="left" |CoBRa Motorsports
|9
|0
|0
|0
|0
|1
|20th
|-
!1989
| align="left" |[[1989 International Formula 3000 Championship|International Formula 3000]]
| align="left" |Roni Motorsport
|10
|1
|0
|0
|1
|15
|6th
|-
!1990
| align="left" |[[1990 International Formula 3000 Championship|International Formula 3000]]
| align="left" |[[Paul Stewart Racing]]
|11
|0
|0
|0
|2
|18
|7th
|-
!1991
| align="left" |[[1991 International Formula 3000 Championship|International Formula 3000]]
| align="left" |Apomatox
|7
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!1992
| align="left" |[[1992 Formula One World Championship|Formula One]]
| align="left" |[[Fondmetal|Fondmetal F1 SpA]]
|3
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!1993
| align="left" |[[1993 CART PPG Indy Car World Series|PPG Indy Car World Series]]
| align="left" |[[Euromotorsport]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|50th
|-
!1996
| align="left" |[[1996 BPR Global GT Series|BPR Global GT Series - GT2]]
| align="left" |[[Callaway Cars|Callaway Schweiz]]
|2
|0
|0
|0
|0
|3
|158th
|-
!1997
| align="left" |[[1997 IMSA GT Championship|IMSA GT Championship - WSC]]
| align="left" |[[Target Racing|Target 24 Racing]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|14
|67th
|-
!1998
| align="left" |[[1998 International Sports Racing Series|International Sports Racing Series]]
| align="left" |[[Target Racing|Target 24 Racing]]
|6
|0
|0
|0
|2
|46
|5th
|-
! rowspan="2" |2000
| align="left" |[[Belgian Procar]]
| align="left" |
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|2
|83rd
|-
| align="left" |[[2000 SportsRacing World Cup|SportsRacing World Cup - SR1]]
| align="left" |[[Riley & Scott Mk III|R&M]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|4
|36th
|-
! rowspan="3" |2001
| rowspan="3" align="left" |[[2001 FIA GT Championship|FIA GT Championship - NGT]]
| align="left" |[[Autorlando Sport]]
|3
|0
|0
|0
|0
| rowspan="3" |13
| rowspan="3" |14th
|-
| align="left" |[[Haberthur Racing]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|-
| align="left" |[[Freisinger Motorsport]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|1
|-
! rowspan="3" |2003
| align="left" |[[2003 FIA GT Championship|FIA GT Championship - NGT]]
| rowspan="3" align="left" |[[Seikel Motorsport]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|1
|14.5
|21st
|-
| align="left" |[[2003 American Le Mans Series|American Le Mans Series - GT]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|1
|19
|28th
|-
| align="left" |[[2003 Trans-Am Series|Grand Am Series - GT]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|NC
|-
!2004
| align="left" |[[Italian GT Championship|Italian GT Championship - N-GT]]
| align="left" |[[Kessel Racing]]
|16
|4
|7
|0
|13
|234
! {{msrslt|1st}}
|-
!2005
| align="left" |[[Italian GT Championship|Italian GT Championship - GT1]]
| align="left" |[[Kessel Racing]]
|12
|0
|0
|0
|2
|82
|7th
|-
!2006
| align="left" |[[Italian GT Championship|Italian GT Championship - GT1]]
| align="left" |[[Kessel Racing]]
|13
|1
|0
|0
|8
|163
|6th
|-
! rowspan="2" |2007
| align="left" |[[2007 Le Mans Series|Le Mans Series - LMGT2]]
| align="left" |[[Speedy Racing Team Sebah|Speedy Racing Team]]
|6
|0
|0
|0
|0
|17
|7th
|-
| align="left" |[[2007 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2]]
| align="left" |[[Spyker Squadron]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
! rowspan="2" |2008
| align="left" |[[2008 Le Mans Series|Le Mans Series - LMGT2]]
| rowspan="2" align="left" |[[Speedy Racing Team Sebah|Speedy Racing Team]]
|5
|0
|0
|0
|0
|11
|10th
|-
| align="left" |[[2008 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2]]
|1
|0
|0
|0
|0
|N/A
|DNF
|-
!2009
| align="left" |[[2009 Superstars Series|Superstars Series]]
| align="left" |Swiss Team
|8
|0
|0
|0
|0
|7
|18th
|-
!2010
| align="left" |[[2010 Superstars Series|Superstars Series]]
| align="left" |Swiss Team
|7
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
|42nd
|-
!2011
| align="left" |[[2011 Superstars Series|Superstars Series]]
| align="left" |Swiss Team
|3
|0
|0
|0
|1
|20
|13th
|}

===Complete International Formula 3000 results===
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races
in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! DC
! Points
|-
| [[1988 International Formula 3000 Championship|1988]]
! nowrap| CoBRa Motorsports
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Circuito de Jerez|JER]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br>{{small|15}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ]]<br>{{small|6}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br>{{small|10}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH]]<br>{{small|8}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Zolder|ZOL]]<br>{{small|13}}
| [[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br>{{small|DNS}}
! 20th
! 1
|-
| [[1989 International Formula 3000 Championship|1989]]
! nowrap| Roni Motorsport
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br>{{small|11}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuito de Jerez|JER]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br>{{small|1}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]<br>{{small|13}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]]<br>{{small|17}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|
! 6th
! 15
|-
| [[1990 International Formula 3000 Championship|1990]]
! nowrap| [[Paul Stewart Racing]]
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Donington Park|DON]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Circuito de Jerez|JER]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ]]<br>{{small|7}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]<br>{{small|2}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br>{{small|5}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuit Paul Armagnac|NOG]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
! 7th
! 18
|-
| [[1991 International Formula 3000 Championship|1991]]
! nowrap| Apomatox
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuito de Jerez|JER]]<br>{{small|9}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Mugello Circuit|MUG]]<br>{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br>{{small|10}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH]]<br>{{small|14}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]]<br>{{small|13}}
| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]
| [[Circuit Paul Armagnac|NOG]]
|
! NC
! 0
|-
! colspan="15" |{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MStatsResults>{{cite web|title=Andrea Chiesa Results|url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/andrea-chiesa/results|publisher=Motorsport Stats|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=MMagResults>{{cite web|title=Andrea Chiesa|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/andrea-chiesa/|work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]]|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Complete Formula One results===
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! WDC
! Points
|-
|rowspan=2| {{F1|1992}}
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Fondmetal|Fondmetal F1 SpA]]
! nowrap| [[Fondmetal]] [[Fondmetal GR01|GR01]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] HB 3.5 L [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|
| [[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[1992 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[1992 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[1992 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]
| [[1992 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[1992 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! nowrap| [[Fondmetal]] [[Fondmetal GR02|GR02]]
|colspan=7|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1992 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1992 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|colspan=6|
|-
! colspan="22" |{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MStatsResults/><ref>{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=Grand Prix Who's Who|chapter=Chiesa, Andrea|url=https://archive.org/details/grandprixwhoswho0000smal|year=2000|edition=Third|publisher=Travel Publishing|location=Reading, Berkshire|page=131|isbn=978-1-902007-46-5|url-access=registration|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===American Open Wheel===
([[Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend|key]])

====CART====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Team
! No.
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! Rank
! Points
! Ref
|-
| [[1993 PPG Indy Car World Series|1993]]
! [[Euromotorsport]]
! 42
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SRF<br>{{small|26}}
|PHX
|LBH
|[[1993 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]
|MIL
|DET
|POR
|CLE
|TOR
|MIS
|NHM
|ROA
|VAN
|MDO
|NZR
|LS
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''50th'''
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|'''0'''
!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/chiesan01/1993/R|title=Andrea Chiesa – 1993 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="21" |{{center|{{small|Source:<ref name=MMagResults/>}}}}
|}

===24 Hours of Le Mans results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! {{24hLM|2007}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Spyker Squadron]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Belicchi]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
|align="left" nowrap| [[Spyker C8]] Spyder GT2-R
| GT2
| 145
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! {{24hLM|2008}}
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Rebellion Racing|Speedy Racing Team]]
|align="left" nowrap| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Iradj Alexander]]<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} Benjamin Leuenberger
|align="left" nowrap| [[Spyker C8]] Laviolette GT2-R
| GT2
| 72
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! colspan="8" |{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref name=MStatsResults/><ref>{{cite web|title=Andrea Chiesa|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/andrea-chiesa-710|publisher=[[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]|access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==References==
<references />

==External links==
{{commonscat}}
*{{official website|http://www.andreachiesa.com/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060619081540/http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/chiesa/index.html Profile on F1 Rejects]

{{EuroInternational}}

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[[Category:Swiss Formula One drivers]]
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[[Category:Champ Car drivers]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers]]
[[Category:European Le Mans Series drivers]]
[[Category:Superstars Series drivers]]
[[Category:Italian emigrants to Switzerland]]
[[Category:Swiss people of Italian descent]]
[[Category:ADAC GT Masters drivers]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Spa drivers]]


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