Fulvio Ballabio (born 8 October 1954) is a race car driver born in Milan, Italy. He raced in Formula Two in 1983, in Formula 3000 in 1986 and 6 starts in CART from 1987 to 1989 for Dick Simon Racing and Dale Coyne Racing. More recently he drove in two races of the 2004 Formula X Sport Series.

In 1983 he started the Monte Carlo Automobile car manufacturer.

In 1989, he designed the "Montecarlo GTB Centenaire", a SuperCar, built of carbon fiber, the idea came from Lamborghini Countach Evoluzione (first car in the world made in carbon fiber completed in 1986). The engine, a V12 Biturbo with 720 horsepower, was modified by Carlo Chiti, who used to work for Alfa Romeo. The company, "Monte Carlo Automobile" was based in Fontvieille, Monaco. Originally the project was to make 100 supercars, but the project failed with only 5 cars made in the initial period, including the spider car named "Beau Rivage". [1]

In 2005 he started as Montecarlo Automobile the collaboration with FIA/ACI/CSAI in the challenge of car powered by green energy from the street legal ALA 50 presented in 2008 powered by Methane and LPG and the Quadrifuel "Carlo Chiti" powered by Methane, Ethanol fuel, LPG and gasoline with which got the podium in the Methane class of FIA Alternative Energies Cup to the Montecarlo/BRC W 12 powered by LPG.

25 March 2012, Montecarlo/BRC competed in the 4 hours of international endurance race of Monza getting the eighth position among other car powered by gasoline like Ferrari 458, Lamborghini, Porsche, Chevrolet Corvette.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1983 Merzario Team Srl Merzario M28 BMW SIL
Ret 		THR
Ret 		HOC
14 		NÜR
Ret 		16th 3
Ecurie Armagnac Bigarre Nogaro AGS JH19 VAL
Ret 		PAU
7 		JAR
12 		DON
Ret 		MIS
5 		PER
9 		ZOL
NC 		MUG
6

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1985 Lola Motorsport Lola T950 Cosworth SIL THR EST NÜR VAL PAU SPA DIJ PER ÖST ZAN DON
14 		NC 0
1986 Écurie Monaco Monte Carlo 001 Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO
DNQ 		MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1986 Germany Obermaier Racing Team Germany Jürgen Lässig
United Kingdom Dudley Wood 		Porsche 956 C1 345 5th 5th

CART PPG Indy Car World Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Pts Ref
1987 Dick Simon Racing Lola T87/00 Cosworth DFX V8t LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA CLE TOR MCH POC ROA MDO NAZ LAG MIA
26 		48th 0 [2]
1988 Dick Simon Racing Lola T87/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH
25 		INDY MIL POR CLE TOR MEA MCH POC MDO
17 		ROA
18 		NAZ LAG MIA 39th 0 [3]
1989 Dale Coyne Racing Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH
21 		INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH POC MDO
18 		ROA
DNQ 		NAZ LAG 46th 0 [4]
1990 Gohr Racing Lola T88/00 Cosworth DFX V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR MCH DEN VAN MDO ROA NAZ LAG
DNQ 		NC - [5]

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Notes

  1. ^ Article of Auto Capital monthly magazine, March 1991
  2. ^ "Fulvio Ballabio – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Fulvio Ballabio – 1988 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "Fulvio Ballabio – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Fulvio Ballabio – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

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