. Chiesa began racing in 1980 with karts, and continued to cars in 1985, competing in Italian
Formula 3 and
Formula 3000. In 1992, he progressed to Formula One and raced with the
Fondmetal team. However, he qualified for only three grands prix out of ten, and scored no championship points after retiring from each race. After the
German GP, the team replaced him with
Eric van de Poele. After Formula One, Chiesa returned to kart racing and
touring cars for several years. Chiesa currently drives
GT cars. In 2007, he raced for Speedy Racing in a
Spyker C8 GT2 car in LeMans Series. In April 2009, racing squad Swiss Team announced they would be fielding a
Maserati Quattroporte in the Italian
Superstars touring car series with Chiesa as a driver. ==Racing record==