Fulvio Ballabio

Fulvio Ballabio (born 8 October 1954) is a race car driver born in Milan, Italy. He raced in Formula Two in 1983, in Formula 3000 in 1986 and six starts in CART from 1987 to 1989 for Dick Simon Racing and Dale Coyne Racing. More recently, he drove in two races of the 2004 Formula X Sport Series.

In 1983, Ballabio started the Monte Carlo Automobile car manufacturer.

In 1989, Ballabio designed the Monte Carlo GTB (MCA Centenaire), a sports car, built of carbon fibre. The idea came from Lamborghini Countach Evoluzione (the first car in the world made in carbon fibre, completed in 1986). The engine, a V12 Biturbo with 720 horsepower, was modified by Carlo Chiti, who used to work for Alfa Romeo. The company, "Monte Carlo Automobile" was based in Fontvieille, 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".

In 2005, Ballabio started as Montecarlo Automobile the collaboration with FIA/ACI/CSAI in the challenge of car powered by green energy from the street legal ALA 50 presented in 2008 powered by Methane and LPG and the Quadrifuel "Carlo Chiti" powered by Methane, Ethanol fuel, LPG and gasoline with which got the podium in the Methane class of FIA Alternative Energies Cup to the Montecarlo/BRC W 12 powered by LPG.

On 25 March 2012, Montecarlo/BRC competed in the 4 hours of international endurance race of Monza, getting the eighth position among other cars powered by gasoline like Ferrari 458, Lamborghini, Porsche, Chevrolet Corvette.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Merzario Team Srl Merzario M28 BMW SILRet THRRet HOC14 NÜRRet 16th 3 Ecurie Armagnac Bigarre Nogaro AGS JH19 VALRet PAU7 JAR12 DONRet MIS5 PER9 ZOLNC MUG6

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 1985 Lola Motorsport Lola T950 Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON14 NC 0 1986 Écurie Monaco Monte Carlo 001 Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMODNQ MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1986 Obermaier Racing Team Jürgen Lässig Dudley Wood Porsche 956 C1 345 5th 5th

CART PPG Indy Car World Series (key) (Races in bold 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 DFX V8t LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIA26 48th 0 1988 Dick Simon Racing Lola T87/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH25 INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO17 ROA18 NAZ LAG MIA 39th 0 1989 Dale Coyne Racing Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH21 INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO18 ROADNQ NAZ LAG 46th 0 1990 Gohr Racing Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAGDNQ NC -