Olivier Beretta

Olivier Beretta

Born	23 November 1969 (1969-11-23) (age 41)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Monegasque
Active years	1994
Teams	Larrousse
Races	10
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1994 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last race	1994 Hungarian Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1996–
Teams	Team Oreca, JML Team Panoz, Corvette Racing
Best finish	4th overall (2001, 2006)
Class wins	6 (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011)

Olivier Beretta (born November 23, 1969 in Monte Carlo) is a racing driver from Monaco who raced in Formula One in 1994 for the Larrousse team, partnering Érik Comas. He participated in 10 grands prix, debuting on March 27, 1994. He scored no championship points, and was replaced when his sponsorship money ran out. During 2003 and 2004, he tested for the Williams team.

Beretta has seen more success in sportscar racing, taking class wins at the 24 Heures du Mans with Viper GTS-Rs in 1999 (10th overall) and 2000 (7th overall), Corvettes in 2004 (C5-R, 6th overall), 2005 (C5-R, 5th overall) and 2006 (C6-R, 4th overall) and driving LMP900 class cars to 6th (2001), 4th (2002) and 3rd (2003) place class finishes.

He made a single NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start at Heartland Park Topeka in 1999 for Bobby Hamilton Racing, qualifying 10th and finishing 17th.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 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	DC	Points
1992	Piquet Racing	SIL 9	PAU Ret	CAT Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR 9	SPA Ret	ALB 17†	NOG 9	MAG Ret	NC	0
1993	Forti Corse	DON 1	SIL 10	PAU 4	PER Ret	HOC 4	NÜR 5	SPA 13	MAG 9	NOG 4		6th	20

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1994	Tourtel Larrousse F1	Larrousse LH94	Ford V8	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	SMR Ret	MON 8	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 14	GER 7	HUN 9	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN	AUS	NC	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	GT1	50	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Viper Team Oreca	Philippe Gache Eric Hélary	283	21st	12th
1997	GT2	61	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Viper Team Oreca	Philippe Gache Dominique Dupuy	263	DNF	DNF
1998	GT2	51	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Viper Team Oreca	Pedro Lamy Tommy Archer	312	13th	2nd
1999	GTS	51	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Viper Team Oreca	Karl Wendlinger Dominique Dupuy	325	10th	1st
2000	GTS	51	M	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0L V10	Viper Team Oreca	Dominique Dupuy Karl Wendlinger	333	7th	1st
2001	LMP900	16	M	Chrysler LMP Chrysler (Mopar) 6.0L V8	Team PlayStation	Karl Wendlinger Pedro Lamy	298	4th	3rd
2002	LMP900	15	M	Dallara SP1 Judd GV4 4.0L V10	PlayStation Team Oreca	Érik Comas Pedro Lamy	359	5th	4th
2003	LMP900	11	M	Panoz LMP01 Evo Élan 6L8 6.0L V8	JML Team Panoz	Gunnar Jeannette Max Papis	360	5th	3rd
2004	GTS	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R Chevrolet 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen	345	6th	1st
2005	GT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen	349	5th	1st
2006	GT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Jan Magnussen	355	4th	1st
2007	GT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Max Papis	22	DNF	DNF
2008	GT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Max Papis	341	15th	3rd
2009	GT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Marcel Fässler	311	DNF	DNF
2010	GT2	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Emmanuel Collard	255	DNF	DNF
2011	GTE Pro	73	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5L V8	Corvette Racing	Tommy Milner Antonio García	314	11th	1st

External links

• Profile on F1 Rejects

Sporting positions
Preceded by Justin Bell	FIA GT2 Champion 1998 with: Pedro Lamy	Succeeded by none
Preceded by Klaus Ludwig Ricardo Zonta	FIA GT Champion 1999 with: Karl Wendlinger	Succeeded by Julian Bailey Jamie Campbell-Walter
Preceded by none	ALMS GTS/GT1 Champion 1999-2000	Succeeded by Terry Borcheller
Preceded by Ron Fellows Johnny O'Connell	ALMS GTS/GT1 Champion 2005-2007 with: Oliver Gavin	Succeeded by Jan Magnussen Johnny O'Connell

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Name	Beretta, Olivier
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Date of birth	November 23, 1969
Place of birth	Monte Carlo
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