Fabio Onidi
NationalityItalian
Birth date9 March 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeMilan, Italy
Racing licence FIA Silver
Current seriesBlancpain Sprint Series
First year2014
Current teamBhaitech
Car number60
Starts14
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th
Year2014
Prev seriesGP2 Series
Auto GP
A1 Grand Prix
Radical European Masters
Italian Formula Renault 2.0
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
British Formula Renault 2.0
Formula BMW ADAC
Prev series years2012
2008–2011
2008–09
2008
2007
2007
2007
2005–06
2004–05

Fabio Onidi (born 9 March 1988 in Milan) is an Itatian former professional racing driver.

Career

Karting

Prior to starting his racing career, Onidi raced in karting for a number of years, finishing sixth in the European Championship ICA Junior category and winning the Italian Championship ICA Junior title in 2003.

Formula BMW

Onidi began his single–seater career in 2004 in the Formula BMW ADAC series, as one of former Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel's team–mates at ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. He finished his debut season in eighth place with the highlight being a Pole position at Brno. He continued in the championship in 2005, switching to the Eifelland Racing team. He finished the season in 11th place despite missing three races during the year. Onidi also took part in the end–of–season Formula BMW World Final, held at the Bahrain International Circuit, but he retired from the event.

Formula Renault 2.0

At the end of 2005, Onidi joined Fortec Motorsport to contest the British Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series. He scored 20 points in the four races to finish 17th in the standings. He continued with the team into the main championship in 2006, finishing the season as the best rookie driver in 11th place.[1]

In 2007, Onidi joined the Motorsport Arena team to contest both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. He took a best finish of eighth place to finish 20th in the Eurocup standings, whilst in the Northern European Cup, he took podium places at both Zandvoort and Nürburgring to finish ninth in the championship, despite missing the last six races of the season.

In November 2007, Onidi took part in the four race Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series with RP Motorsport, taking two podiums to finish third in the standings. He finished level on points with the Cram Competition entry of Daniel Zampieri, but lost out on countback.[2]

Euroseries 3000/Auto GP

For 2008, Onidi moved up to the Euroseries 3000 championship with the GP Racing team. He won his debut race at Vallelunga and took a second victory at Valencia later in the season to finish runner–up in the championship behind Nicolas Prost.[3] In the accompanying Italian Formula 3000 series, he also ended the year as runner–up, finishing a single point behind Durango's Colombian driver Omar Leal.[4]

Onidi remained in the championship in 2009, moving to fellow Italian team Fisichella Motor Sport to partner Rodolfo González.[5] He again took two victories during the season, at Portimão and Vallelunga, but despite leading the championship heading into the final round at Monza, he finished third in the standings, behind Marco Bonanomi and eventual champion Will Bratt.[6]

Onidi continued in the series for a third season in 2010, when the championship was re–branded as Auto GP. He raced for Team Lazarus in a single–car team.[7] After taking a podium at the first event in Brno, Onidi added a further three podium positions to finish the season in eighth place, level on points with Carlos Iaconelli, who took seventh place due to his three race wins.[8] He remained with Lazarus for the 2011 and was joined by compatriot Fabrizio Crestani; the two proved evenly matched, finishing fifth and sixth in the championship with Onidi seven points ahead.

A1 Grand Prix

Onidi made his A1 Grand Prix debut in October 2008, racing for A1 Team Italy at the first round of the 2008–09 season at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.[9] Despite treacherous weather conditions, he finished seventh in the sprint race, although he retired from the feature race after a collision with the A1 Team South Africa car of Adrian Zaugg.

GP2 Series

In the autumn of 2008, Onidi took part in GP2 Series testing at Paul Ricard, testing for BCN Competición, Piquet GP and Super Nova Racing, and a year later he tested for Coloni Motorsport at Jerez.[10] He made his GP2 racing début in the non-championship 2011 season finale with the Super Nova team alongside Giacomo Ricci, and switched to the category full-time for the 2012 season with the Coloni team, where he was paired with Stefano Coletti. He finished 20th in the final championship standings.

Other series

In April 2010, Onidi drove for Tech 1 Racing in the final GP3 Series pre–season test held at the Circuit de Catalunya,[11] and in October 2010 he sampled a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Fortec Motorsport and ISR Racing at Motorland Aragón.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2004Formula BMW ADACADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.200100548th
2005Formula BMW ADACEifelland Racing1700104811th
British Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter SeriesFortec Motorsport400?02017th
Formula BMW World FinalASL Team Mücke Motorsport10000N/ANC
2006British Formula Renault 2.0Fortec Motorsport20000019711th
2007Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0Motorsport Arena140000620th
Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup1000021189th
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter SeriesRP Motorsport40002863rd
2008Euroseries 3000GP Racing152066582nd
Italian Formula 300082034342nd
Radical European Master Series - SR3PoleVision Racing?????6712th
2008–09A1 Grand PrixA1 Team Italy2000017†16th†
2009Euroseries 3000Coloni Motorsport ‡132028653rd
Italian Formula 300071015363rd
2010Auto GPTeam Lazarus120004248th
2011Auto GPLazarus131003995th
GP2 FinalSuper Nova Racing20000014th
2012GP2 SeriesScuderia Coloni2400001320th
2013FIA GT SeriesAF Corse800023413th

† – Team standings.

‡ – The team were known as FMS International until the second round of the season.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2007Motorsport ArenaZOL
1

23
ZOL
2

8
NÜR
1

13
NÜR
2

Ret
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

12
DON
1

12
DON
2

Ret
MAG
1

22
MAG
2

14
EST
1

12
EST
2

12
CAT
1

18
CAT
2

21
20th6

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2007Motopark AcademyZAN
1

2
ZAN
2

Ret
OSC
1

7
OSC
2

Ret
ASS
1

4
ASS
2

5
ZOL
1

4
ZOL
1

4
NUR
1

4
NUR
2

3
OSC
1

OSC
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

9th118

Complete GP2 Series results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2012Scuderia ColoniSEP
FEA

20
SEP
SPR

13
BHR1
FEA

8
BHR1
SPR

14
BHR2
FEA

20
BHR2
SPR

9
CAT
FEA

6
CAT
SPR

18
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

Ret
VAL
FEA

13
VAL
SPR

17
SIL
FEA

22
SIL
SPR

8
HOC
FEA

19
HOC
SPR

22
HUN
FEA

11
HUN
SPR

24
SPA
FEA

16
SPA
SPR

12
MNZ
FEA

21
MNZ
SPR

Ret
MRN
FEA

Ret
MRN
SPR

20
20th13

Complete GP2 Final results

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

YearEntrant12DCPoints
2011Super Nova RacingYMC
FEA

18
YMC
SPR

11
14th0

FIA GT Series results

YearClassTeamCar123456789101112Pos.Points
2013Pro-AmAF CorseFerrariNOG
QR

DNS
NOG
CR

DNS
ZOL
QR

9
ZOL
CR

12
ZAN
QR

Ret
ZAN
QR

Ret
SVK
QR

13
SVK
CR

9
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
TBA
QR
TBA
CR
13th34

References

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  2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter series 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  3. ^ "2008 Euroseries 3000". speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  4. ^ "Formula 3000 Italy 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  5. ^ "Fabio Onidi e Rodolfo Gonzalez i piloti 2009 del team FMSI" (in Italian). italiaracing.net. Inpagina. 2009-04-30. Archived from the original on 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
  6. ^ "PartyPoker Euroseries 3000 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  7. ^ "Fabio Onidi in Auto GP with Team Lazarus". autogp.org. Auto GP. 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  8. ^ "Auto GP 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  9. ^ "Il team Italia si presenta, Onidi atteso al via di Zandvoort" (in Italian). italiaracing.net. Inpagina. 2008-09-30. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  10. ^ "Bonanomi, Bratt e Onidi a Jerez con Coloni" (in Italian). italiaracing.net. Inpagina. 2009-09-28. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  11. ^ "Driver entry list for Barcelona test". gp3series.com. GP3 Series. 2010-04-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
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