Marco Bonanomi

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Marco Bonanomi
Marco Bonanomi 2016.jpg
Bonanomi in 2016
NationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italian
Born (1985-03-12) 12 March 1985 (age 38)
Lecco, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team ByKolles Racing Team
Racing licence FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold
Car number4
Former teams Audi Sport Team Joest
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
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
Years 2012, 2014-
Teams Audi Sport North America
Best finish3rd (2012)
Class wins0

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

Contents

Career

Formula Renault

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

WEC Hypercar

In 2023 Marco worked as a test & development driver on the Tipo 6 Isotta Frashini Italian LMH Hypercar alongside French driver Jean-Karl Vernay. British team Vector plans to enter the car in 2024 in WEC.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Cram Competition 30000043rd
Formula Renault 2000 Italia100000NC
2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup RP Motorsport 300000NC
Formula Renault 2000 Italia1000002215th
2003 Italian Formula 3 Championship Coloni Motorsport 91114774th
Korea Super Prix Target Racing 10000N/A16th
Macau Grand Prix 10000N/A20th
2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Ghinzani 200000025th
Masters of Formula 3 00000N/ADNQ
Italian Formula 3 Championship Team Ghinzani 22202866th
Corbetta Angelo41001
2005 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 1900012111th
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A18th
2006 Euroseries 3000 FMS International 186658942nd
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 40000531st
2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series RC Motorsport 1600124413th
International Formula Master Euronova Racing 601001115th
2008 GP2 Asia Series Piquet Sports 101001912th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Red Devil Comtec Racing 1601015611th
2008–09 GP2 Asia Series My Team Qi-Meritus Mahara 80000022nd
2009 Euroseries 3000 Bull Racing41102712nd
Coloni Motorsport 93235
2010Italian GT Championship - GT3 Audi Sport Italia1420191442nd
2011Italian GT Championship - GT3 Audi Sport Italia14412131911st
2012 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Belgian Audi Club WRT 500014112th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 Audi Sport North America 10001N/A3rd
2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Pro GT by Alméras 100001419th
United SportsCar Championship - GTD Fall-Line Motorsports100002277th
FIA World Endurance Championship Audi Sport Team Joest 20000822nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 10000N/ADNF
2015 Blancpain Endurance Series ISR 500001815th
Blancpain Sprint Series 1400002615th
FIA World Endurance Championship Audi Sport Team Joest 200002412th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 10000N/A7th
Audi Sport TT Cup Audi Sport 21011N/ANC†
2016 ADAC GT Masters Aust Motorsport1200000NC
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Saintéloc Racing 100000NC
Formula V8 3.5 Series RP Motorsport 20000318th
Australian GT Championship JAMEC PEM Racing2010082NC
GT Motorsport20000
Australian Endurance Championship GT Motorsport100000NC
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship ByKolles Racing Team 200000.536th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP1 10000N/ADNF
FRD LMP3 Series Craft-Bamboo Racing 200001720th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 100002237th
2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge Honda Team Motul 200000NC
2020 Italian GT Championship - Sprint (GT3) Nova Race20000125th
2021 International GT Open - Pro Reno Racing 200011812th

† As he was guest driver Bonanomi was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
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		25th0
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		11th21

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
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 		31st5
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		13th44
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		11th56
2016 RP Motorsport ALC
1 		ALC
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		RBR
1
9		 RBR
2
10		 MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		JER
1 		JER
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		18th3

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
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		12th9
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		22nd0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport North America Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis
Flag of Germany.svg Mike Rockenfeller 		Audi R18 ultra LMP13753rd3rd
2014 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Jarvis 		Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1-H25DNFDNF
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Team Joest Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Albuquerque
Flag of Germany.svg René Rast 		Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP13877th7th
2017 Flag of Austria.svg ByKolles Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Webb
Flag of Austria.svg Dominik Kraihamer 		ENSO CLM P1/01-Nismo LMP17DNFDNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPoints
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 22nd8
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 12th24
2017 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 Nismo VRX30A 3.0 Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS
Ret		 NÜR
14		 MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 36th0.5

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314Pos.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		16th26
2016 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR 		MIS
CR 		BRH
QR 		BRH
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		HUN
QR 		HUN
CR 		CAT
QR
Ret		 CAT
CR
DNS		NC0

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References

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