Esteban Guerrieri
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Esteban Guerrieri (born January 19, 1985 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine automobile racing driver . He competed in the Indy Lights in 2011 and 2012 .
Career
After Guerrieri was active in kart racing from 1993 to 1999 , he began his formula racing career in 2000 and immediately won the championship title of the Argentine Formula Renault . In 2001 Guerrieri moved to Europe and competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , in which he finished tenth in the overall standings. A year later he drove in the German Formula Renault and came third in the overall standings. In 2003 Guerrieri won the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup championship and was runner-up in the Italian Formula Renault.
For 2004 Guerrieri got a cockpit at BCN Competición in the international Formula 3000 . Even if he couldn't keep up with his experienced team-mate Enrico Toccacelo , he had a good debut season and finished seventh in the overall standings , including a third place at Hockenheim . Despite his good performance, Guerrieri did not get a cockpit in the Formula 3000 successor series GP2 in 2005 . He decided to switch to the Formula 3 Euro Series . After finishing 16th overall in 2005, he won two races in 2006 and was fourth overall.
In 2007 Guerrieri moved to the British Formula 3 Championship and was 13th in the overall standings. In addition, he started in two races of the Formula 3 Euro Series and the Formula Renault 3.5 . In 2008 Guerrieri started the season in the British Formula 3 championship, but switched to Formula Renault 3.5 after three racing weekends, in which he won the last race of the season. In 2009 Guerrieri competed in a number of touring car races in Argentina and also won two races in the Superleague Formula . He also returned to Formula Renault 3.5 on the last race weekend.
In 2010 Guerrieri received a cockpit in the Formula Renault 3.5 at ISR Racing . After retiring from the first two races and not starting the third race, he won the fourth race at Spa-Francorchamps , which was held in the rain. After he had been represented by Alexander Rossi on the third race weekend , he returned to his cockpit in Brno and won both races. After his team had skipped two races for technical reasons, he returned to Hockenheim and won the second race. One race weekend later at Silverstone , Guerrieri was the fastest driver in both races. In the first race he finished in first place, but was disqualified after the technical inspection because an adhesive tape was used instead of a nail at a connection point. In the second race he took second place behind Daniel Ricciardo for a long time . With two laps to go, he put him under a lot of pressure and managed to overtake him so that he won the race. With a win at the season finale in Barcelona , he finished the season behind Mikhail Aljoschin and Ricciardo in third place in the championship. With six wins, Guerrieri was the driver who had won the most races and the driver who had scored the most points per race. He also recorded for Charouz-Gravity Racing at a race weekend of the 2010 season, the Auto GP part and finished 18th in the overall standings. In addition, he took part in a Superleague Formula racing weekend and finished second in a race for PSV Eindhoven .
In 2011 Guerrieri left Europe and moved to Sam Schmidt Motorsports in the North American Indy Lights . With three wins and three second places he was runner- up behind his team-mate Josef Newgarden . He lost to him in the title duel with 459 to 553 points. In 2012 Guerrieri completed his second Indy Lights season for Sam Schmidt Motorsports. Guerrieri won three races, finished every race in the top 10 and led the drivers' standings at times. At the end of the season he was again defeated by his teammate in the title duel. With 453 to 461 points he was second behind Tristan Vautier .
Guerrieri has been active in GT and touring car racing since 2012 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ “Renault reveals FR3.5 team changes” (autosport.com on April 10, 2010)
- ^ "Guerrieri stripped of Silverstone win" (autosport.com on September 18, 2010)
- ↑ "Guerrieri triumphs after epic battle" (autosport.com on September 19, 2010)
- ↑ "Guerrieri Joins Schmidt for 2011 Firestone Indy Lights Season" (catchfence.com on March 7, 2011)
- ^ "Indy Lights - Esteban Guerrieri ci riprova con Sam Schmidt Motorsports" (stopandgo.tv on March 15, 2012)
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| SURNAME | Guerrieri, Esteban |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires , Argentina |