Antonio Fuoco

Antonio Fuoco at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg in 2018

Antonio Fuoco (born May 20, 1996 in Cosenza ) is an Italian racing driver . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship since 2017 .

Career

Antonio Fuoco at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship

Fuoco began his motorsport career at the age of four in karting , where he remained active until 2012. Among other things, he was Italian KF3 runner-up in 2010 and third in the KF2-WSK Euro Series in 2012 and fourth in the CIK-FIA European Championship. In 2013 Fuoco entered formula racing . He was accepted into the Ferrari Driver Academy earlier this year after setting the new track record for a Formula Abarth on the Pista di Fiorano . Fuoco made his formula racing debut in the winter series of the Panam GP Series , which took place in North America. He won a race and was runner-up in that series. Subsequently, Fuoco received a cockpit for the Alpine Formula Renault with the Prema Powerteam . In this, Fuoco won six races, stood on the podium eleven times in 14 races and won the championship straight away. In addition, he made two guest starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , where he achieved a pole position .

At the beginning of 2014 , Fuoco started again in North America and competed in the Florida Winter Series . Fuoco won four races and was the driver with the best individual placements. Then Fuoco returned to Europe and took part in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship for the Prema Powerteam . He won a race at his season opener at Silverstone and finished fifth overall with another win and a total of ten podium finishes. His teammate Esteban Ocon won the championship title.

In 2015 Fuoco moved to Carlin in the GP3 series . With two second places as the best results, he finished the season as the best Carlin driver in sixth place overall. He also took part in Formula 1 test drives for Scuderia Ferrari for the first time . In 2016 Fuoco completed his second GP3 season for Trident . He won two races and was on the podium a total of eight times. He improved to third place in the championship.

In 2017 Fuoco received a cockpit at Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 championship . With one win and four third places achieved a total of five podium finishes. In the drivers' championship he finished eighth. In 2018 he switched to Charouz Racing System within Formula 2 . He won 2 races and finished the season in seventh place.

Personal

During his karting career, Fuoco sometimes competed under the pseudonym Speedy .

statistics

Career stations

2000–2012: karting 2013: Panam GP Series , Winter Series (2nd place) 2013: Alpine Formula Renault (champion)

2014 : Florida Winter Series 2014 : European Formula 3 (5th place) 2015 : GP3 series (6th place)

2016 : GP3 series (3rd place) 2017 : Formula 2 (8th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (7th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2014	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			255	5.
			4th	3	1	11	DNF	3	17th	19 *	11	19th	2	2	5	DNF	16	DNF	7th	9	6th	2	3	6th	1	19th	2	4th	4th	16	25th	2	14th	DSQ	DNS

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2015	Carlin	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		88	6th
		8th	4th	2	DNF	18th	23	8th	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	11	6th	4th	9	5	7th	2
2016	Trident	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		157	3.
		4th	3	5	3	3	1	2	10	1	18 *	4th	2	8th	3	8th	DNF	16	17th

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula 2 Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2017	Prema Racing	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				98	8th.
		9	10	13	DNF	11	10	DNF	12	3	5	16	12	DNF	17th	3	7th	1	3	3	5	DSQ	11
2018	Charouz Racing System	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		141	7th
		17th	12	3	DNS	10	7th	8th	1	4th	4th	3	4th	3	DNF	3	17th	17th	19th	DSQ	10	6th	9	7th	1

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Peter Allen: “Ferrari's bright spark: Antonio Fuoco”. paddockscout.com, October 10, 2013, accessed January 27, 2014 . 
2. ^ Peter Allen: "Fuoco joins Ferrari Driver Academy, Maisano out". paddockscout.com, December 21, 2012, accessed January 27, 2014 . 
3. ↑ “Antonio Fuoco”. ferrari.com, accessed January 27, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ Marcus Simmons: “Ferrari protege Antonio Fuoco to race in F3 European championship”. autosport.com, January 20, 2014, accessed January 27, 2014 . 
5. ^ Peter Allen: Ferrari protege Antonio Fuoco joins Carlin for GP3 move. paddockscout.com, January 23, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 
6. ^ Sven Haidinger: Spielberg test: debutant Fuoco damages Ferrari in a crash. Motorsport-Total.com, June 23, 2015, accessed February 2, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Gruz David: Trident sign Fuoco and Alesi to lead four-car GP3 lineup. paddockscout.com, February 1, 2016, accessed February 1, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Mitchell Adam: Ferrari F1 juniors Leclerc and Fuoco to Prema in GP2 for 2017. autosport.com, November 28, 2016, accessed on February 25, 2017 (English). 
9. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: F2 newcomer Charouz signs Fuoco, Deletraz. motorsport.com, December 14, 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 . 

Web links

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• Official website of Antonio Fuoco
• Career statistics of Antonio Fuoco (English)