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{{Former F1 team
|Short_name    = Andrea Moda
|Long_name     = Andrea Moda Formula
|Logo          = [[File:Andrea moda.png]]
|Base          = [[Civitanova Marche]], [[Italy]]
|Founders      = [[Andrea Sassetti]]
|Drivers       = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Alex Caffi]]<br/>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Enrico Bertaggia]]}}<br/>{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Moreno]]<br/>{{flagicon|UK}} [[Perry McCarthy]]
|Previous name = [[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni Racing]]
|Engines       = [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
|Debut         = [[1992 South African Grand Prix]]
|Races         = 9 (1 start)
|Cons_champ    = 0
|Drivers_champ = 0
|Wins          = 0
|Poles         = 0
|Fastest_laps  = 0
|Last race     = [[1992 Belgian Grand Prix]]  
}}
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'''Andrea Moda Formula''' was a [[Formula One]] team that competed during the [[1992 Formula One season|1992 Formula One World Championship]]. The team was owned by Italian shoe designer [[Andrea Sassetti]], who named the team after his company. The team contested nine races but managed to only qualify for one. Statistically, and by general perception, Andrea Moda is widely considered to be one of the poorest constructors to ever enter Formula One.

==Origins==
In September 1991, Sassetti bought the [[Scuderia Coloni#Formula One (1987–1991)|Coloni]] F1 team after it had failed to pre-qualify a car for every single race that year. Coloni's four-year history resulted in 14 starts in 82 attempts. The team had not qualified for a Grand Prix in over two years, having not competed in a race since [[Roberto Moreno]] started 15th at the [[1989 Portuguese Grand Prix]]. Coloni's best finish was 8th place, scored by [[Gabriele Tarquini]] in the [[1988 Canadian Grand Prix]].

The team hired a number of ex-Coloni staff and a deal was sought with [[Simtek]] to run a car that had been designed in 1990 for [[BMW]]. Now named the [[Andrea Moda S921]] the chassis was fitted with [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] [[V10 engine]]s, but the cars were not ready for the start of the season.

==1992 season==
For the season-opening round in [[1992 South African Grand Prix|South Africa]], Sassetti arrived with a modified Coloni C4B chassis for drivers [[Alex Caffi]] and [[Enrico Bertaggia]]. The team was excluded from the event for not having paid the $100,000 deposit for new teams in the World Championship, Sassetti arguing that it was not a new team as he had simply taken over the Coloni team and not formed a new one but, since Sassetti neglected to buy Coloni's entry to the Championship along with the team itself, the [[FIA]] were unmoved. Caffi performed a few reconnaissance laps in the Thursday familiarization session (arranged as the revised [[Kyalami]] circuit was new to all the teams) but did not participate in any official free practice or qualifying sessions. In [[1992 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexico]], the team arrived with all its equipment but the cars were still being built and neither ran.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Following this both Caffi and Bertaggia were dropped for criticizing the team's preparation, with Andrea Moda arriving at the [[1992 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]] with the experienced [[Roberto Moreno]] and [[Perry McCarthy]] (who had previously tested for [[Williams F1|Williams]] and would later gain fame as [[The Stig]] on the [[BBC]]'s motoring show ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'') nominated as the drivers. While Moreno gave the S921 its first competitive run (failing to pre-qualify), McCarthy was refused a [[FIA Super Licence|Super Licence]] and did not run. McCarthy finally received his Super Licence for the following round in [[1992 Spanish Grand Prix|Spain]], but the car only made it a short distance down the pitlane before expiring. Moreno was again unable to pre-qualify. Around this time Bertaggia approached the team again, having found $1 million in sponsorship funds. Sassetti wanted him to return in place of McCarthy but the FIA blocked any further driver changes after the team's earlier shenanigans. Bitter at the loss of funding, Sassetti began to ignore McCarthy's entry and concentrated the team's resources on Moreno.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elson |first1=James |title=Driving for the hapless Andrea Moda F1 team: 'I was actually scared' |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/driving-for-the-hapless-andrea-moda-f1-team-i-was-actually-scared |website=Motor Sport Magazine |access-date=5 April 2022 |date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Andea moda formula.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Roberto Moreno]] in the Andrea Moda S921, at the [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix]], the only race for which the team qualified]]
At the [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]], McCarthy's car was eliminated in pre-qualifying with an official lap time of 17:05.924.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/257905479|title=Scoreboard: Motor Sports: Monaco Grand Prix|date=1992-05-29|work=Press and Sun-Bulletin|access-date=2018-01-24|page=2C|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Moreno, meanwhile, successfully navigated both pre-qualifying<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/283757358|title=The Scoreboard: Belgian GP|date=1992-08-29|work=The Morning Call|access-date=2018-01-24|page=A53|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and then qualifying to start the [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]] from 26th on the grid with a 20th on the grid after the first qualifying session on Thursday, retiring after 11 laps with an engine failure. After this progress the team ran into problems which some thought were bad luck and others down to basic disorganisation. In [[1992 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]] the team was without engines because Sassetti had failed to pay Judd. A motor was borrowed from [[Brabham]] allowing Moreno to perform a few laps but he failed to pre-qualify while McCarthy was once again unable to run. Many people had left the team by this stage and the operation missed the [[1992 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]] entirely because its truck was stuck in one of the blockades by French truck drivers; every other team had successfully negotiated the blockades. At this point the few sponsors the team had withdrew, leaving Sassetti reluctantly funding the team himself. By now the second car nominally being used by McCarthy was effectively a spare for Moreno and the Brit was receiving ever poorer treatment from the team - at his [[1992 British Grand Prix|home race]] he was sent out on wet weather tyres on a dry track and at the [[1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungaroring]] he was only allowed out of the pitlane 45 seconds from the end of the pre-qualifying session making it impossible for him to set a lap time. At this point, Andrea Moda was warned to make a meaningful attempt to run McCarthy's car as a second team entry, or its exclusion from the sport would be considered.

For the [[1992 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]] in late August, both Andrea Moda cars were guaranteed entry into qualifying, because Brabham had withdrawn. This reduced the entry list to 30 cars, eliminating the need for a pre-qualifying session. In qualifying, the Andrea Moda cars were the slowest two on track, with Moreno 13% slower than pole, and McCarthy, who suffered an accident in his session, 22% slower than pole;<ref name=":0" /> neither qualified to race. In the same weekend, Sassetti was arrested in the paddock for allegedly forging auto part invoices.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/110705185|title=Andrea Moda team ruled out of Formula 1 season|last=AP|date=1992-09-09|work=The Courier-Journal|access-date=2018-01-24|page=D7|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The [[FIA World Motor Sport Council]] expelled Andrea Moda Formula for the remainder of the 1992 season a week later, on September 8, on the regulatory grounds of "[failure to operate a] team in a manner compatible with the standards of the championship or in any way brings the championship into disrepute."<ref name=":1" /> Following the decision, the team was refused entry into [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]]'s paddock for the [[1992 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]].

The Andrea Moda name would later then move to [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]], sponsoring [[Euromotorsport]] in [[1993 IndyCar season|1993]].

==Docufilm==

In October 2023, the docufilm, entitled ''Last and Furious - The true story of the Andrea Moda Formula'',<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2024-01-02|author=Roberto Brunelli|date=2023-08-05|language=it-IT|title=Last and Furious – la vera storia della Andrea Moda Formula|url=https://www.cagliariartmagazine.it/2023/08/05/last-and-furious-la-vera-storia-della-andrea-moda-formula/?fbclid=IwAR0xGIyjB74UVlvS9BzTKd_fVyQ9V0ZcywedHDVvEkGEEZ_wgDE9l91-8Hw}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> on the events of this team, was presented at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

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==Complete Formula One results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position) 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Tyres
! No.
! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! Points
! WCC
|- 
!rowspan="5"| {{F1|1992}}
|rowspan="5"| [[Andrea Moda C4B|C4B]]<br/>[[Andrea Moda S921|S921]]
|rowspan="5"| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] GV 3.5 [[V10 engine|V10]]
|rowspan="5"| {{Goodyear}}
|
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| [[1992 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]
| [[1992 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]
| [[1992 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
| [[1992 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[1992 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
| [[1992 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1992 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[1992 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1992 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1992 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[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="5"| 0
!rowspan="5"| NC
|-
|rowspan="2"| 34
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
| EX
| DNP
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Moreno]]
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|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
| DNA
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
|
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|-
|rowspan="2"| 35
|align="left"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Bertaggia]]}}
| EX
| DNP
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|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Perry McCarthy]]
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| DNP
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
| DNP
| DNA
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
| EX
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNPQ
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ
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|-
! colspan="24" |{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=Andrea Moda – Grands Prix not started|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/andrea-moda/non-participation.aspx|work=StatsF1|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=All championship race entries, in an Andrea Moda|url=https://chicanef1.com/query.pl?car=Andrea+Moda&nc=0&exact=on&sh_year=on&sh_gp=on&sh_carno=on&sh_driver=on&sh_entrant=on&sh_team=on&sh_car=on&sh_eng=on&sh_tyres=on&sh_qualpos=on&sh_racepos=on&action=Display|work=ChicaneF1|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Formula One}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101227105920/http://f1rejects.com/teams/andreamoda/index.html Andrea Moda profile on F1 Rejects]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070714200335/http://cfm.globalf1.net/?page_id=157 Andrea Moda profile on Chequered Flag Motorsports]

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