Marco Bonanomi

Marco Bonanomi
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1985-03-12) 12 March 1985 Lecco, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Audi Sport Team Joest
Car no.	9
Starts	4
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2010–11 2008–09 2007 2006, 2009 2006–08 2004–05 2003–04 2001–02 2001–02	Italian GT Championship GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Euroseries 3000 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Italian F3 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Championship titles
2011	Italian GT Championship GT3

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2012, 2014-
Teams	Audi Sport North America
Best finish	3rd (2012)
Class wins	0

Marco Bonanomi (born 12 March 1985 in Lecco) is an Italian professional racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Bonanomi driving for RC Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 World Series by Renault season.

Bonanomi began his car racing career in 2001 by competing in a few rounds of the Formula Renault Eurocup and Italian Formula Renault championships with the Cram Competition team. He took part in the same series in 2002, but moved to the RP Motorsport team.

Four years later, Bonanomi drove in four races of the 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season for Tech 1 Racing, starting his current career trend. He completed a full season in the formula in 2007, finishing 12th in the Drivers' Championship for the RC Motorsport team. In 2008, he drove in the series again, this time for the Comtec team. He survived a horrendous crash at the season finale at the Circuit de Catalunya. Running behind Mikhail Aleshin on the front straight, Bonanomi jinked out to make a pass but touched wheels with the Russian which launched him into the air and after hitting the bottom of the scoring tower, his car landed upside down on the grass beside the pit exit. He was unhurt, but his car was unrepairable, thus meaning his season was over.

Formula Three

From 2003 to 2005 Bonanomi focussed on Formula Three competing in the Italian championship and the Euro Series, as well as a number of one-off races. During this period he drove for the former Formula One team, Coloni, and another run by retired F1 driver and compatriot Piercarlo Ghinzani.

Formula 3000

For 2006, Bonanomi drove in the Euroseries 3000 for the Fisichella Motor Sport team. He finished runner-up in the Drivers' Championship with six pole positions and wins from eighteen starts; his most successful stint yet in motorsport.

Formula Master

In addition to a full World Series by Renault campaign in 2007, Bonanomi also competed in selected rounds of the inaugural International Formula Master series, achieving in final placing of fifteenth in the Drivers' Championship.

GP2 Series

In the early part of 2008, Bonanomi drove in another new motorsport championship: the GP2 Asia Series. Driving for the Minardi Piquet Sports team, he won the final race of the season in Dubai, the most prestigious win of his racing career so far. He returned to the GP2 Asia Series in the 2008–09 championship, replacing Alex Yoong at Qi-Meritus Mahara from the January Bahrain meeting onwards.^[1] This was due to Yoong lacking sufficient time for racing.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Cram Competition	3	0	0	0	NC
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	Cram Competition	1	0	0	0	NC
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	RP Motorsport	3	0	0	0	NC
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Italia	RP Motorsport	10	0	0	22	15th
2003	Italian Formula Three	Coloni	9	1	1	77	4th
	Korea Super Prix	Target Racing	1	0	0	N/A	16th
	Macau Grand Prix	Target Racing	1	0	0	N/A	20th
2004	Formula Three Euro Series	Team Ghinzani	20	0	0	0	NC
	Italian Formula Three		2	2	2	86	6th
	Masters of Formula Three		1	0	0	N/A	NC
2005	Formula Three Euro Series	Prema Powerteam	19	0	0	18	12th
2005	Masters of Formula Three	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	N/A	18th
2006	Euroseries 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	18	6	6	94	2nd
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	4	0	0	5	30th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	RC Motorsport	16	0	0	44	12th
2007	International Formula Master	Euronova Racing	6	1	0	11	15th
2008	GP2 Asia Series	Minardi Piquet Sports	10	0	1	9	12th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Comtec Racing	16	1	0	56	11th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Qi-Meritus Mahara	8	0	0	0	22nd

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2004	Team Ghinzani	Dallara F302/052	Mugen-Honda	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 24	EST 1 14	EST 2 17	ADR 1 DSQ	ADR 1 12	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 11	NOR 1 14	NOR 1 Ret	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 17	NÜR 1 18	NÜR 2 17	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 17	BRN 1 Ret	BRN 2 19	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 Ret	25th	0
2005	Prema Powerteam	Dallara F305/026	Opel	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 14	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 10	SPA 1 DNS	SPA 2 19	MON 1 13	MON 2 16	OSC 1 12	OSC 2 17	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 4	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 9	LAU 1 10	LAU 2 13	HOC 3 6	HOC 4 6	11th	21

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2006	Tech 1 Racing	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 8	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 Ret	DON 1	DON 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	31st	5
2007	RC Motorsport	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 18	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 Ret	MON 1 10	HUN 1 DNQ	HUN 2 Ret	SPA 1 9	SPA 2 Ret	DON 1 7	DON 2 3	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 23	EST 1 11	EST 2 8	CAT 1 20	CAT 2 Ret	13th	44
2008	Comtec Racing	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 DSQ	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 2	MON 1 13	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 9	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 13	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 4	BUG 1 5	BUG 2 11	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 5	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 DNS	11th	56

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series 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	12	DC	Points
2008	Piquet Sports	UAE FEA 20	UAE SPR 13	IND FEA Ret	IND SPR 8	MAL FEA Ret	MAL SPR 15	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR Ret	UAE FEA 6	UAE SPR 1			12th	9
2008–09	Qi-Meritus Mahara	CHN FEA	CHN SPR	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	BHR FEA 20	BHR SPR 10	QAT FEA 16	QAT SPR 11	MAL FEA Ret	MAL SPR 14	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 8	22nd	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Audi Sport North America	Oliver Jarvis Mike Rockenfeller	Audi R18 ultra	LMP1	375	3rd	3rd
2014	Audi Sport Team Joest	Filipe Albuquerque Oliver Jarvis	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	LMP1-H	25	DNF	DNF
2015	Audi Sport Team Joest	Filipe Albuquerque René Rast	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	LMP1	387	7th	7th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2014	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)	SIL	SPA 6	LMS Ret	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	SÃO	22nd	8
2015	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)	SIL	SPA 4	LMS 7	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	12th	24

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2015	ISR	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 6	NOG CR 7	BRH QR 12	BRH CR 11	ZOL QR 10	ZOL CR 7	MOS QR 14	MOS CR Ret	ALG QR 9	ALG CR 11	MIS QR 13	MIS CR 10	ZAN QR 11	ZAN CR 4	16th	26

References

↑ "Bonanomi replaces Yoong at Meritus". autosport.com. 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2009-01-17.
↑ "Yoong says he lacked time for racing". autosport.com. 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2009-01-20.

Marco Bonanomi career summary at DriverDB.com Retrieved on 3 July 2008.

External links

Official website (Italian)
Marco Bonanomi on Twitter
Marco Bonanomi career summary at DriverDB.com

Audi Sport Team Joest 24 Hours of Le Mans driver timeline, 1999–present

Drivers	Christian Abt (2000) Michele Alboreto (1999–2000) Filipe Albuquerque (2014–2015) Laurent Aïello (1999–2001) Timo Bernhard (2009–2011) Frank Biela (1999–2002; 2006–2008) Marco Bonanomi (2012; 2014–2015) Rinaldo Capello (1999–2002; 2006–2012) Lucas di Grassi (2013–2015) Romain Dumas (2009–2012) Loïc Duval (2012–2013; 2015) Marcel Fässler (2010–2015) Marc Gené (2012–2014) Johnny Herbert (2002) Oliver Jarvis (2014–2015) Tom Kristensen (2000–2002; 2006–2014) Michael Krumm (2002) André Lotterer (2010–2015) Lucas Luhr (2007–2009) Allan McNish (2000; 2006–2013) Stéphane Ortelli (2000) Christian Pescatori (2001–2002) Philipp Peter (2002) Emanuele Pirro (1999–2002; 2006–2008) Alexandre Prémat (2007–2009) René Rast (2015) Mike Rockenfeller (2007–2012) Didier Theys (1999) Benoît Tréluyer (2010–2015) Marco Werner (2002; 2006–2009)

Cars	R8R (1999) R8 (2000, 2001, 2002) R10 TDI (2006, 2007, 2008) R15 TDI (2009) R15 TDI plus (2010) R18 TDI (2011) R18 Ultra & E-Tron (2012) R18 E-Tron (2013, 2014, 2015)

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