Olivier Beretta

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Olivier Beretta : biography

November 23, 1969 –

Olivier Beretta (born November 23, 1969 in Monte Carlo) is a racing driver from Monaco who raced in Formula One in 1994 for the Larrousse team, partnering Érik Comas. He participated in 10 grands prix, debuting on March 27, 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.

Beretta has seen more success in sportscar racing, taking class wins at the 24 Heures du Mans with Viper GTS-Rs in 1999 (10th overall) and 2000 (7th overall), Corvettes in 2004 (C5-R, 6th overall), 2005 (C5-R, 5th overall) and 2006 (C6-R, 4th overall) and driving LMP900 class cars to 6th (2001), 4th (2002) and 3rd (2003) place class finishes.

He made a single NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Heartland Park Topeka in 1999 for Bobby Hamilton Racing, qualifying 10th and finishing 17th.

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)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
1992 Piquet Racing SIL9 PAURet CATRet PERRet HOCRet NÜR9 SPARet ALB17† NOG9 MAGRet NC 0
1993 Forti Corse DON1 SIL10 PAU4 PERRet HOC4 NÜR5 SPA13 MAG9 NOG4 6th 20

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 WDC Points
1994 Tourtel Larrousse F1 Larrousse LH94 Ford V8 BRARet PACRet SMRRet MON8 ESPRet CANRet FRARet GBR14 GER7 HUN9 BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos.|Overall Position}} ClassPos.|Class Position}}
1996 Viper Team Oreca Philippe Gache Eric 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 21st 5th