Johnny cecotto jr.

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Cecotto at the Formula 3 Euro Series at the Hockenheimring (2009)

Johnny Amadeus Cecotto , known as Johnny Cecotto junior , (born September 9, 1989 in Augsburg , Germany ) is a Venezuelan- German automobile racing driver . He has both Venezuelan and German citizenship, but starts with a Venezuelan license. He is the son of former Formula 1 driver and motorcycle world champion Johnny Cecotto . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series) since 2009 .

Career

Cecotto began his motorsport career in karting . In contrast to his father, Cecotto jr. directly into the single-seater racing and in 2005 his debut in the German Formula BMW . He also took part in some races of the Italian Formula Renault . In 2006 Cecotto was active in various racing series. He was most successful in the German Formula 3 Cup , where he finished eleventh in the overall standings with a race win. In addition, he competed in the Northern European and Italian Formula Renault as well as in the Euroseries 3000 . In 2007, Cecotto switched to the international Formula Master and finished eighth overall in this category. He also took part in a Euroseries 3000 race weekend again. He achieved a third place.

In 2008, Cecotto Jr. back to the German Formula 3 Cup. With two wins, he was tied with second Sebastián Saavedra and third in the overall standings. In 2009, Cecotto switched to the higher-class Formula 3 Euro Series at HBR Motorsport . Cecotto was stronger than his teammates, but didn't score any points for the team either. In September, Cecotto made his GP2 series debut , racing for David Price Racing to replace the disappointing Franck Perera . He performed well on his debut and was eliminated from the sprint race just before the end of the race near the top ten drivers.

Cecotto for Ocean Racing Technology in the 2011 GP2 series in Monza

He then started for Trident Racing in the first run of the 2009/2010 season of the GP2 Asia series . Although he had scored points in both races, he was replaced by Dani Clos after the first race weekend . In the overall ranking he finished 17th. Cecotto returned to Trident Racing for the 2010 GP2 series . After eight race weekends he was replaced by Edoardo Piscopo . With a fifth place as the best result, he finished 23rd overall at the end of the season. In 2011 , Cecotto initially took part in the GP2 Asia series for Super Nova Racing . At the end of the season he finished 15th overall. He then received a contract with Ocean Racing Technology for the 2011 season . His teammate at the start of the season was Kevin Mirocha , with whom he had already formed a driver duo for a number of races in the Formula 3 Euro Series. For the last two racing weekends, Brendon Hartley replaced Mirocha. While Hartley scored points, Cecotto and Mirocha remained without points and Cecotto finished the season behind his teammates in 24th place in the drivers' standings. After the season, Cecotto completed his first Formula 1 test for Force India .

Johnny cecotto jr. at the main race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

In 2012 , Cecotto started for the Barwa Addax Team in the GP2 series. The racing team won the team championship the previous season. After reaching the top 10 only once on the first four race weekends, he scored a victory in the main race in Monte Carlo starting from pole position. It was his first victory and also his first podium finish in GP2. After finishing second in the main race at Silverstone , he managed to win another main race at Hockenheim . With four podium finishes, he finished the season as the best driver in his team in ninth place. He also completed Formula 1 test drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso . For the 2013 season, Cecotto moved to Arden International and played his fifth season in the GP2 series. In Barcelona, ​​Cecotto deliberately rammed Sergio Canamasas in a duel for fifth place. An event later in Monaco, he achieved pole position. At the start, he triggered a pile-up by blocking the first corner. Due to several unsportsmanlike actions in the 2013 season, he was finally banned from a race. With two fifth places as the best results, he finished the season in 16th place overall. He lost to Mitch Evans with 41 to 56 points within the team . In addition, he again completed Formula 1 test drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso.

In his sixth year in the GP2 Cecotto returned in 2014 back to Trident Racing. In the second main race in Barcelona , Cecotto managed to win the race from 16th on the grid. Another victory followed in Spielberg . In total, he was on the podium five times. The internal duel against Sergio Canamasas was decided by Cecotto with 140 to 29 points. In the overall classification he achieved his best final placement in the GP2 series with fifth place. In 2015 , Cecotto took part in two GP2 events for Hilmer Motorsport and one each for Carlin and Trident. After taking part in the 2015 GP2 round in Monza for Trident , Cecotto announced the end of his motorsport career at the age of 26. As a reason for his early resignation, he cited the suspension of sponsorship payments from Venezuela. Despite his announcement, he still took part in a GP2 race weekend for Trident and only then retired. In addition, Cecotto took part in two Auto GP races in 2015.

In 2016 , Cecotto initially received a cockpit at RP Motorsport in Formula V8 3.5 . He scored the first win for the racing team, but lost his cockpit after the third racing weekend. Furthermore, Cecotto played two GP2 events for Rapax as a representative for Arthur Pic . In 2017 , Cecotto again received a regular cockpit at Rapax in the GP2 series, which had been renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship in winter .

statistics

Career stations

  • 2013 : GP2 series (16th place)
  • 2013 : Formula 1 (test driver)
  • 2014 : GP2 series (5th place)
  • 2015 : GP2 series (28th place)
  • 2015 : Auto GP (8th place)
  • 2016 : Formula V8 3.5 (14th place)
  • 2016 : GP2 series (18th place)
  • 2017 : Formula 2

Individual results in the GP2 series / 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
2009 David Price Racing SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON TurkeyTurkey DOOR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN European UnionEuropean Union EUR BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA PortugalPortugal POR         0 30th
                                18th 16 DNS 18th        
2010 Trident Racing SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE         3 23.
DNF 17th 9 4th 12 12 DNF 14th 18th 23 13 DNF DNF 13 10 DNF                
2011 Ocean Racing Technology TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA             0 24.
DNF 13 14th 13 DNF 17th 14th 17th 12 DNF 10 DNF DNF DNF 11 8th 17th 15th            
2012 Barwa Addax team MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN 104 9.
DNF 22nd DNF 22 * 9 DNF 18th 13 1 DNF DSQ DNF 2 18 * 1 6th DNF DNF 17th DNF 2 5 DNF 9
2013 Arden International MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     41 16.
12 5 10 12 8th 5 DNF EX 17th DNF 10 5 21st DNF 14th 7th 12 8th 14th 6th 8th DNF    
2014 Trident Racing BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     140 5.
21st 14th 1 6th 4th 4th 6th 1 6th 3 7th DNF DNF DNF 3 2 10 DNF 19th 23 * 6th 6th    
2015 Hilmer Motorsport BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     0 28.
    21st DNF 20th DNF                                    
Carlin         13 25th
Trident     18th 13 13 22 *
2016 Rapax SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA MalaysiaMalaysia MAS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     18th 18th
                                    13 9 7th 2    
2017 Rapax BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE     16 16.
15th 9 17th 10 8th 2 DNF 14th                         - -    

Individual results in Formula V8 3.5

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2016 RP Motorsport SpainSpain ALC HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LEC United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL AustriaAustria SPI ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain JER SpainSpain CAT 43 14th
9 6th 1 6th 12 * DNF                        

Individual evidence

  1. "Cecotto makes GP2 debut at DPR" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 8, 2009)
  2. ^ "Hülkenberg GP2 champion, Razia surprise winner" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 13, 2009)
  3. "Further pilots confirmed for GP2 Asia" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 21, 2009)
  4. "Cecotto continues to start for Trident" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 23, 2010)
  5. “CECOTTO WITH SUPER NOVA IN GP2 ASIA SERIES” ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (gp2series.com on January 26, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gp2series.com
  6. "GP2 - Cecotto & Mirocha drive for ORT" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 5, 2011)
  7. "Force India again does not get the maximum out" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 16, 2011)
  8. "Johnny Cecotto Jr switches to Addax for 2012 GP2 campaign" (autosport.com on January 20, 2012)
  9. ^ "Formula 1 - Razia and Cecotto for Toro Rosso in Abu Dhabi". GP2 youngsters at the Young Driver Days. Motorsport-Magazin.com, October 24, 2012, accessed February 14, 2013 .
  10. “Johnny Cecotto Jr. joins Arden International for 2013 Season”. gp2series.com, January 8, 2013, accessed January 8, 2013 .
  11. Norman Fischer: "Race suspension: Cecotto has to watch in Monaco". Motorsport-Total.com, May 24, 2013, accessed June 1, 2013 .
  12. ^ Peter Allen: "Cecotto returns to Trident to remain in GP2 for 2014". paddockscout.com, February 28, 2014, accessed February 28, 2014 .
  13. ^ Peter Allen: Hilmer returns for Barcelona with Yelloly and Cecotto. paddockscout.com, May 7, 2015, accessed May 8, 2015 .
  14. David Gruz: Cecotto, Baptista enter Formula V8 3.5 with RP Motorsport. Motorsport.com, April 7, 2016, accessed November 5, 2016 .
  15. Valentin Khorounzhiy: Cecotto replaces Pic for Sepang GP2 round. motorsport.com, September 26, 2016, accessed February 18, 2017 .
  16. Valentin Khorounzhiy: Rapax to field Cecotto and McLaren junior de Vries in F2 2017. motorsport.com, March 11, 2017, accessed on March 12, 2017 (English).

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