Team story
Origins
Andrea Sassetti bought the Coloni organisation in 1991 and gave it the name of his footwear company. The planned debut at Kyalami in 1992 came to a halt before the race: Andrea Moda was considered a new team and had not paid the required deposit. The modified Coloni C4B therefore did not guarantee automatic access to the championship.
The Formula 1 journey
Simtek's S921 arrived late, and Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia soon gave way to Roberto Moreno and Perry McCarthy. At Monaco, Moreno made it through both pre-qualifying and qualifying, securing the last place on the grid. It was the team's only start: the Judd engine failed after eleven laps, without turning that difficult passage into the race into a placing.
Historical timeline
Three chapters in the story of Andrea Moda
Three episodes to revisit the people, cars and races that shaped this journey.
First appearance · Monaco Grand Prix
Roberto Moreno · Monaco Grand Prix 1992. The recorded outcome is DNF. This is the first recorded race start, or the first entry if the team never started a race.
Sporting landmark · Andrea Moda
No classified race result is documented for this part of Andrea Moda’s record. The entries and cars listed elsewhere on the page provide the available reference points; they should not be read as completed races.
Latest recorded appearance · Monaco Grand Prix
Roberto Moreno · Monaco Grand Prix 1992. The recorded outcome is DNF. This is the last race start attributed to this constructor in the archive, not necessarily the end of the organisation behind it.
A distinctive way of racing
The car had an externally developed design and a Judd V10, but the operational continuity needed to run two cars was missing. McCarthy received very little track time; in Britain, he was sent out on wet-weather tyres on a dry circuit. The lack of available engines in Canada also showed how supply and management mattered more than the chassis's theoretical potential.
What remains
The FIA excluded Andrea Moda from the championship during the season, and the team could not enter the Monza paddock. The name remains associated with Moreno's qualification in the Principality and McCarthy's almost non-existent programme. The archive's ten entries include exclusions and failed attempts: they do not describe ten Grands Prix contested or a sporting season completed normally.