Olivier Beretta

Olivier Henri Aldo Léopold Beretta (born 23 November 1969) is a professional racing driver from Monaco who raced in Formula One in 1994 for the Larrousse team, partnering Érik Comas. He participated in ten Grands Prix, debuting on 27 March 1994. He scored no championship points and was replaced when his sponsorship money ran out. During 2003 and 2004, he tested for the Williams team.

Career

Born in Monte Carlo, Beretta has seen more success in sportscar racing, taking class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Viper GTS-Rs in 1999 (tenth overall) and 2000 (seventh overall), Corvettes in 2004 (C5-R, sixth overall), 2005 (C5-R, fifth overall) and 2006 (C6-R, fourth overall) and driving LMP900 class cars to sixth (2001), fourth (2002) and third (2003) place class finishes, and overall victories at the Daytona 24 Hours in the 2000 event.

Beretta made a single NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Heartland Park Topeka in 1999 for Bobby Hamilton Racing, qualifying tenth and finishing 17th. Beretta was the first European to compete in the Truck Series, describing the vehicle as "much heavier" than expected and commenting that he "wasn't used to seeing my hands in front of me on the steering wheel. I'm used to them sitting much lower in the car."

For 2012, Beretta made the move from Corvette to Ferrari and started the season at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona with Risi Competizione's Ferrari F458 Italia Grand Am. He competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in a GTE-Pro class Ferrari F458 Italia for AF Corse.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts Tourtel Larrousse F1 Larrousse LH94 Ford HBF7/8 3.5 V8 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1995 Courage Compétition Eric van de Poele Matiaz Tomlje Courage C41-Chevrolet WSC - DNQ DNQ 1996 Viper Team Oreca Philippe Gache Éric Hélary Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT1 283 21st 12th 1997 Viper Team Oreca Philippe Gache Dominique Dupuy Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 263 DNF DNF 1998 Viper Team Oreca Pedro Lamy Tommy Archer Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 312 13th 2nd 1999 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 325 10th 1st 2000 Viper Team Oreca Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 333 7th 1st 2001 Team PlayStation Karl Wendlinger Pedro Lamy Chrysler LMP LMP900 298 4th 3rd 2002 PlayStation Team Oreca Érik Comas Pedro Lamy Dallara SP1-Judd LMP900 359 5th 4th 2003 JML Team Panoz Gunnar Jeannette Max Papis Panoz LMP01 Evo-Élan LMP900 360 5th 3rd 2004 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GTS 345 6th 1st 2005 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 349 5th 1st 2006 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 355 4th 1st 2007 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Max Papis Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 22 DNF DNF 2008 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Max Papis Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 341 15th 3rd 2009 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Marcel Fässler Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 311 DNF DNF 2010 Corvette Racing Oliver Gavin Emmanuel Collard Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT2 255 DNF DNF 2011 Corvette Racing Tommy Milner Antonio García Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTEPro 314 11th 1st 2012 AF Corse Andrea Bertolini Marco Cioci Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEPro 326 22nd 4th 2013 AF Corse Kamui Kobayashi Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEPro 312 20th 5th 2014 AF Corse Davide Rigon Pierre Kaffer Ferrari 458 Italia GTC GTEPro 28 DNF DNF 2015 AF Corse Davide Rigon James Calado Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 GTEPro 332 21st 2nd 2017 Spirit of Race Thomas Flohr Francesco Castellacci Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 326 41st 12th 2018 MR Racing Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 324 38th 9th 2019 MR Racing Eddie Cheever III Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE GTEAm 328 41st 10th

Complete FIA GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1999 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 87th 112

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts 2014 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH LAG WGL MOS IMS ROA VIR COA PET 45th 22 2015 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH LAG WGL MOS ROA VIR COA PET 26th 23 2016 Risi Competizione GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 V8 DAY SEB LBH LAG WGL MOS LIM ROA VIR COA PET 25th 26