Andrea Bertolini

Andrea Bertolini
Andrea Bertolini at Zhuhai International Circuit in 2004
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1973-12-01) 1 December 1973 (age 43) Sassuolo, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	AF Corse
Car no.	71
Previous series
2011 2010 2001-03, 05-09 2003, 05-07	Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2011 2010 2006, 08-09	International Superstars Series FIA GT1 World Championship FIA GT Championship GT1

Andrea Bertolini (born 1 December 1973 in Sassuolo) is an Italian professional racing driver currently driving for AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance Championship. He is the official test driver of the Maserati factory. Bertolini began racing at a young age, working as the youngest ever test driver for Ferrari at 19, followed by work in the experimental and development department. He also participated in the development of the Maserati MC12, in which he has enjoyed racing success winning for three times the FIA GT Championship in GT1 class, and also claiming the first edition of the FIA GT1 World Championship.

Andrea Bertolini began racing karts at age 11. He came second in the Italian Championship, won championships at a national level, and went on to win the CIAK Cup and place second in the Italian 125 Championship in 2000. In 2001 he drove a Porsche 996 GT3-R for Art Engineering in the GT3 division of the FIA GT. In 2002 he moved to JMB Racing driving a Ferrari 360 Modena and continued through 2003 finishing 4th.

In 2004 he moved to the Giesse Squadra Corse team, again driving a 360 Modena. Once again, he placed 2nd overall, and was awarded the "Driver Performance of the Year". Part way through 2004, he was offered a position on the Maserati AF Corse team driving their new, GT1 class Maserati MC12, a car he had been involved in developing. He accepted, winning two races that year at Oschersleben, Germany and Zhuhai, China with his team mate, former Formula One driver, Mika Salo.