Olivier Beretta (Montecarlo, November 23, 1969) was a Formula One driver from Monaco who raced for the Larrousse team. He participated in 10 grands prix, debuting on March 27, 1994. He scored 0 championship points. Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... The Larrousse-Calmels Formula One team was founded in 1987 by Didier Calmels and former racer Gérard Larrousse. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
Corvette Racing driver OlivierBeretta is one of the most successful drivers in international endurance racing, winning championships and scoring victories at many of the world’s most renowned circuits.
Beretta switched to a prototype in 2001, driving a Dallara to fourth overall at Le Mans and to fifth overall in 2002.
At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Beretta held the ALMS records for most career victories (24, tied with Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell), the most career poles (17), the most single-season wins in the GT1 class (9, tied with Karl Wendlinger), and the most top-10 finishes in a season (12 in 2000).
If your name and birthplace has anything to do with where you are headed in life, then OlivierBeretta, born on 23 November, 1969 in Monaco, was destined for greatness as a racing driver.
Beretta's F3000 efforts, though, impressed Gerard Larrousse enough to be signed on for the Frenchman's F1 team in 1994, using a Cosworth V8 engine as team-mate to Erik Comas.
By race end, Gerhard Berger had won for Ferrari, with the Ligiers of Olivier Panis and Bernard 2nd and 3rd, the Footworks of Christian Fittipaldi and Gianni Morbidelli 4th and 5th, and the Larrousses 6th and 7th, Comas ahead.
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