Enrico Agostino Bertaggia (born 19 September 1964) is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One at eight Grands Prix in and .
Bertaggia enjoyed success in Formula Three, winning the Italian Formula Three Championship in 1987 and the Monaco Grand Prix F3 support race and the Macau Grand Prix the following year.
Racing career
Enrico Agostino Bertaggia was born on 19 September 1964 in Noale, Veneto, Italy.
As a professional race car driver, Bertaggia began his career in 1982 and continued for almost 25 years. He entered many prestigious and difficult Championship Races including Formula 3 where he was the Italian Formula 3 Champion in 1987, and in 1988, when he succeeded in the feat of winning both the Formula 3 race in Monte Carlo and the Macau Grand Prix with Damon Hill coming in second and Jean Alesi in third position. He made his debut in Formula 3000 in 1988. In the 1988 International Formula 3000 Championship, he was entered in four races, failed to qualify in the first three and then managed a "career-best" 19th position at Jerez.
In 1989, Bertaggia obtained a Formula One ride with Coloni, replacing Pierre-Henri Raphanel. He participated in six races towards the end of the season and was in fact the slowest entrant in all six. He was entered for two Grand Prix with Andrea Moda in 1992, but the team was excluded from the first, and withdrew from the second, following which Bertaggia left the team. He made an attempt to return to Andrea Moda with a new sponsorship deal, but owner Andrea Sassetti had already used up his allowed number of driver changes.
In 1990 and 1991, Bertaggia raced Formula 3000 in Japan with the Footwork team. In 1995, he was runner up at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT2 class with Callaway Corvette.
Bertaggia's career continued and included Super Touring Car Championships, Porsche Carrera Cup and Sportscar Racing.
Coaching
Bertaggia has worked as the Chief Instructor at the Italian Federal School for young and talented race car drivers, which has been exclusively granting national professional racing licenses since 1992. After working at various professional driving schools (BMW, Renault) in 1987, Bertaggia became the Course Director for the Official Ferrari Driving School and the only instructor worldwide to teach the private glamorous Ferrari Enzo Courses. He was also Chief Instructor at the Alfa Romeo safety driving school and the Maserati Master GT School.
In February 2005, Bertaggia joined the staff at Ferrari GB as Chief Instructor for the exclusive and prestigious Ferrari GB official Club “Fiorano Ferrari”. He was made MotorSports Director at Ferrari GB and has created a six car team for the Ferrari European Challenge races as well as continuing to take the responsibility for the "Fiorano Ferrari" track days.
Business ventures
In 2011, Bertaggia moved to the United States to create as part owner Dream Racing, a 5 Star Luxury Driving Experience based at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He is since then the CEO of the company, which initially offered 12 Ferrari F430 GT Race Cars to drive for customers, since then the fleet has grown to over 80 cars which includes both GT race cars and supercars, and hosts more than 60,000 customers per year. In 2016, Dream Racing also launched Dream Racing motor sport.
Racing record
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 DC Points 1988 Forti Corse Dallara 3087 Cosworth JER VAL PAU SIL MNZ PER BRH BIR BUG NC 0 Lola T88/50 ZOL DIJ 1989 Lola Motorsport March 88B Judd SIL NC 0 Roger Cowman Racing Lola T89/50 Cosworth VAL PAU JER PER BRH BIR SPA BUG DIJ 1993 ACE Racing Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DON SIL PAU PER HOC NÜR SPA MAG NOG 17th 2
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 1989 Coloni SpA Coloni C3 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 BRA SMR MON MEX USA CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0 1992 Andrea Moda Formula Andrea Moda C4B Judd GV 3.5 V10 RSA NC 0 Andrea Moda S921 MEX BRA ESP SMR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Pts 1990 Footwork Formula SUZ14 FSW11 MIN3 SUZRet SUG16 FSW13 FSWRet SUZRet FSW14 SUZ7 14th 4 1991 Footwork Formula SUZDNQ AUT16 FSW21 MIN16 SUZ SUG FSW SUZ FSW SUZ FSW NC 0
Complete British Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts 1992 CoBRa Motorsport Renard 92D Cosworth OUL DON BRH THR BRH OUL SNE BRH SILDON 7th 12 1993 Durango Corse Renard 92D Cosworth OUL SIL BHIDONOULBHISNEBGPTHRDON 9th 8
Complete Italian Superturismo Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts 1994 Top Run Alfa Romeo 155 MNZ1Ret MNZ2DNS VAL18 VAL2RetMAG112 MAG28 BIN1 BIN2 MIS1 MIS2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 PER1 PER2 VAR1 VAR2 MUG1 MUG2 22nd 6
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1995 Ford Mondeo Team Wolf Ford Mondeo ZOL1 ZOL2 SPA1 SPA2 ÖST1 ÖST2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL119 SAL2Ret AVU1Ret AVU2DNS NÜR121 NÜR214 33rd 16
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1995 Callaway Competition Frank Jelinski Johnny Unser Callaway Corvette LMGT2 273 9th 2nd
References
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