Kevin Ceccon

Kevin Ceccon, 2017

Kevin Ceccon (born September 24, 1993 in Clusone ) is an Italian racing driver . In 2011 he won the championship title of the Auto GP . He started in the GP3 series in 2012, 2014 and 2015 .

Career

Ceccon began his motorsport career in karting in 2001 , in which he was active until 2009. Among other things, he won the Italian KF3 Open Masters in 2008 . In 2009, Ceccon also switched to formula racing and competed for RP Motorsport in every race of the European F3 Open . With two fourth places as the best results, he finished his debut season in twelfth place overall, while his teammate Stefano Bizzarri finished the season in third place. Ceccon also took part in six races of the Italian Formula 3 championship and was 14th in the drivers' championship. In 2010, Ceccon stayed with RP Motorsport in the European F3 Open. After several podium finishes, he scored his first victory in the penultimate race of the season at the Circuit de Catalunya . In the drivers' championship he was beaten again by Fumanelli, who had finished third with 112 points, and finished fourth with 92 points. He also took part in a racing weekend in the Italian Formula 3 championship and was 28th in the championship.

After Ceccon in November 2010 for various teams in GP2 had participated -Testfahrten, he moved in 2011 to the Auto GP to Ombra Racing . He scored his first victory on the Hungaroring . He benefited from a mistake made by the race management, who mistakenly sent the safety car onto the track before the second driver. Ceccon therefore had the opportunity to catch up with the field as the leader and win the race safely. Ceccon won the championship with a total of five podium finishes. He prevailed with 130 to 127 points against Luca Filippi , who did not take part in a race weekend. In addition, Ceccon was the winner of the U21 classification of the Auto GP. In addition, Ceccon took part in four GP2 race weekends for Coloni in 2011 as a substitute for the injured Davide Rigon . At the age of 17 years and 243 days, he became the youngest GP2 driver to date. He finished 30th in the drivers' championship. At the end of the season he also took part in the 2011 GP2 Final for Coloni , where he finished seventh. He also made his debut in test drives for Toro Rosso in a Formula 1 car.

In 2012 , Ceccon competed for Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 series . Ceccon achieved a podium finish with a third place and was the only driver of his team to score points. At the end of the season he was ninth in the drivers' championship. In 2013 , Ceccon received a GP2 cockpit from Trident Racing . In Monte Carlo , he achieved his first podium finish in the GP2 series with a second place in the main race. After the sixth event, he lost his cockpit to Ricardo Teixeira , even though he was the only driver on his team to score points at the time. Ceccon's contract was only signed for one race weekend at a time, as he had no personal sponsors. Ceccon finished 17th in the drivers' championship and scored more points than his team-mate and his successors combined over the course of the season. In addition, Ceccon made two guest starts in the International GT Open for Ombra in GT racing in 2013 .

In 2014 , Ceccon was initially without a cockpit. In August he received a contract with Jenzer Motorsport for the last four events of the GP3 series. A fifth place was his best result and he finished the season in 15th place. Ceccon was the best driver who hadn't participated in every race weekend. In 2015 , Ceccon stayed in the GP3 series and moved to Arden International . He won the sprint races at Silverstone and Mogyoród and improved to seventh overall.

statistics

Career stations

2001–2009: karting 2009: European F3 Open (12th place) 2009: Italian Formula 3 (14th place) 2010: European F3 Open (4th place)

2010: Italian Formula 3 (28th place) 2011 : Auto GP (champion) 2011 : GP2 series (30th place) 2011 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2012 : GP3 series (9th place) 2013 : GP2 series (17th place) 2014 : GP3 series (15th place) 2015 : GP3 series (7th place)

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2011	Scuderia Coloni	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA						0	30th
				19th	15th	11	12	18th	20 *	19th	DNF
2013	Trident Racing	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE		28	17th
		17th	22nd	11	10	7th	7th	2	7th	DNF	12	DNF	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
2012	Ocean Racing Technology	ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA				56	9.
		DNF	10	3	6th	7th	4th	8th	7th	17th	15th	4th	8th	12	20th	13	9
2014	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		20th	15th
												11	11	12	6th	5	DNF	9	6th
2015	Arden International	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		77	7th
		7th	6th	DNF	WD	7th	1	7th	1	DNF	13	3	4th	DNF	DNS	14th	18th	DNF	10

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Profilo" (kevinceccon.eu; accessed on March 5, 2011)
2. ↑ "Abu Dhabi: Herck with the best time on the last day of testing" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 28, 2010)
3. ↑ “Ceccon and Ombra Racing together in Auto GP” (autogp.org on March 5, 2011)
4. ↑ “Appeal confirms Ceccon's Budapest win” (autogp.org on June 17, 2011)
5. ^ "Ceccon: Two GP2 guest performances and a record" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 19, 2011)
6. ↑ “Stefano Coletti completes Coloni GP2 line-up for non-championship Yas Marina event” (autosport.com on November 3rd, 2011)
7. ↑ "Ceccon 'one step closer' to Formula 1" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 19, 2011)
8. ^ "GP3 - Kevin Ceccon drives for Ocean" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 6, 2012)
9. ↑ Matt Beer: “Trident to field Nathanael Berthon and Kevin Ceccon in GP2 opener”. autosport.com, March 20, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 . 
10. ^ Peter Allen: “Teixeira replaces Ceccon at Trident for Hungary”. paddockscout.com, July 24, 2013, accessed August 2, 2013 . 
11. ↑ Peter Allen: “Kevin Ceccon joins Jenzer GP3 team for the rest of 2014”. paddockscout.com, August 19, 2014, accessed on August 23, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Peter Allen: Arden GP3 team signs Kevin Ceccon for 2015 season. paddockscout.com, March 4, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 

Web links

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• Official website of Kevin Ceccon (Italian)
• Career statistics of Kevin Ceccon (English)