Italian racing driver (born 1964)
Enrico Agostino Bertaggia
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(born 19 September 1964) is a former racing driver from Italy. He enjoyed success in
Formula Three
, winning the
Italian Formula Three Championship
in 1987 and the
Monaco Grand Prix
F3 support race and the
Macau Grand Prix
the following year.
Racing career
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As a professional race car driver, Bertaggia began his career in 1982 and continued for almost 25 years. He entered many prestigious and difficult Championship Races including
Formula 3
where he was the
Italian Formula 3
Champion in 1987, and in 1988, when he succeeded in the feat of winning both the Formula 3 race in
Monte Carlo
and the
Macau Grand Prix
with
Damon Hill
coming in second and
Jean Alesi
in third position. He made his debut in
Formula 3000
in 1988. In the
1988 International Formula 3000 Championship
he was entered in four races, failed to qualify in the first three and then managed a "career-best" 19th position at
Jerez
.
In 1989 he obtained a
Formula One
ride with
Coloni
, replacing
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
. He participated in six races towards the end of the season and was in fact the slowest entrant in all six. He was entered for two Grand Prix with
Andrea Moda
in 1992, but the team was excluded from the first, and withdrew from the second, following which Bertaggia left the team. He made an attempt to return to Andrea Moda with a new sponsorship deal, but owner
Andrea Sassetti
had already used up his allowed number of driver changes.
In 1990 and 1991 Bertaggia raced Formula 3000 in Japan with the
Footwork
team. In 1995 he was runner up at the
24 Hours of Le Mans
in the
GT2
class with
Callaway Corvette
.
His career continued and included Super Touring Car Championships,
Porsche Carrera Cup
and Sportscar Racing.
Coaching
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Bertaggia has worked as the Chief Instructor at the Italian Federal School for young and talented race car drivers, which has been exclusively granting national professional racing licenses since 1992. After working at various professional driving schools (
BMW
,
Renault
) in 1987 Enrico Bertaggia became the Course Director for the Official
Ferrari
Driving School and the only instructor worldwide to teach the private glamorous Ferrari Enzo Courses. He was also Chief Instructor at the
Alfa Romeo
safety driving school and the
Maserati
Master GT School.
In February 2005 Bertaggia joined the staff at Ferrari GB as Chief Instructor for the exclusive and prestigious Ferrari GB official Club “Fiorano Ferrari”. He was made MotorSports Director at Ferrari GB and has created a 6 car team for the
Ferrari European Challenge
races as well as continuing to take the responsibility for the "Fiorano Ferrari" track days.
Business ventures
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In 2011 Bertaggia moved to the United States to create as part owner
Dream Racing
, a 5 Star Luxury Driving Experience based at the
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
. He is since then the CEO of the company, which initially offered 12 Ferrari F430 GT Race Cars to drive for customers, since then the fleet has grown to over 80 cars which includes both GT race cars and supercars, and hosts more than 60,000 customers per year. In 2016 Dream Racing also launched Dream Racing motor sport.
Racing record
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Complete International Formula 3000 results
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Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results
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Complete Formula One results
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Complete British Formula Two Championship results
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24 Hours of Le Mans results
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Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
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Complete Italian Superturismo Championship results
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