Career

Montermini raced in Formula 3 in 1989, taking second place in the Monaco GP support race and 4th in the Italian F3 Championship. He then moved up to Formula 3000, racing for three season before finally taking second place in the 1992 season, winning three rounds while driving for the Il Barone Rampante team.

He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 29 May 1994 for Simtek, replacing Roland Ratzenberger, who had been killed during practice for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Montermini himself crashed heavily in practice for the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix, breaking his left heel and his right foot. He returned to Formula One the next season, with the Pacific Grand Prix team, and drove for Forti in 1996 alongside countryman Luca Badoer until the team folded. Montermini was also rumoured to become a test driver for the MasterCard Lola team, but it folded after one race in 1997. He scored no points in his Formula One career.

He competed in the American Champ Car series three different seasons: 1993-1994 and 1999. He scored a 4th place at Detroit in his first season, driving for the underfunded Euromotorsport team. In 1999 he drove a few events for Dan Gurney in Gurney's last season of team ownership. When others such as Alex Barron, Gualter Salles and Raul Boesel were replaced, he filled in and scored a best finish of 11th in Vancouver.

He raced in the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona, but has primarily raced in the FIA GT Championship, mostly in Ferrari cars. He has taken two class wins and four further class podiums. In 2006 he has occasionally raced alongside Jarek Janis and Sascha Bert in a Saleen ran by the Zakspeed team. In 2007 he won the International GT Open's GTA class, driving a Ferrari 430 for Scuderia Playteam alongside co-champion Michele Maceratesi, the duo becoming overall champions the following season. He won a second overall championship title in 2013.

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	11	DC	Points
1990	Madgwick International	DON	SIL	PAU	JER	MNZ	PER	HOC	BRH	BIR	BUG	NOG	8th	13
1991	3001 International	VAL	PAU	JER	MUG	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG		10th	8
1992	Il Barone Rampante	SIL	PAU	CAT	PER	HOC	NÜR						2nd	34
	Forti Corse							SPA	ALB	NOG	MAG

American open wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
1993	Euromotorsport	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet 265A V8t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	NHM	ROA	VAN	MDO	NZR	LS					18th	12
1994	Payton/Coyne Racing	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR														24th	10
	King Racing	Lola T94/00	Ford XB V8t								CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR
	Project Indy	Lola T93/00	Ford XB V8t																LS
1999	All American Racers	Eagle 997	Toyota RV8D V8t	MIA	MOT	LBH	NZR	RIO	STL	MIL	POR	CLE	ROA	TOR	MIS	DET	MDO	CHI	VAN	LS	HOU	SRF	FON	31st	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	17	WDC	Points
1994	MTV Simtek Ford	Simtek S941	Ford HBD 6 3.5 V8	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS		NC	0
1995	Pacific Grand Prix	Pacific PR02	Ford ED 3.0 V8	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	PAC	JPN	AUS	NC	0
1996	Forti Grand Prix	Forti FG01B	Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V8	AUS	BRA	ARG	EUR	SMR													NC	0
		Forti FG03							MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1998	Nissan Motorsports TWR	Jan Lammers Érik Comas	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	342	6th	6th
1999	Courage Compétition	Alex Caffi Domenico Schiattarella	Courage C52-Nissan	LMP	342	6th	5th

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