Kevin Giovesi

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Kevin Giovesi (born November 8, 1993 in Rho ) is an Italian racing driver .

Career

Giovesi began his motorsport career in karting in 2005 , where he remained active until 2008. In 2009 he switched to formula racing . He immediately succeeded in winning the Lista junior formula . In 2010 Giovesi took part in the Italian Formula 3 championship . After an event at BVM-Target Racing , he switched to JD Motorsport . With a sixth place as the best result, he reached 15th place in the drivers' championship in his debut season. In 2011 Giovesi switched to Lucidi Motorsport within the Italian Formula 3 . He won two races and finished seventh in the championship. So he prevailed against his teammates Víctor Guerin and Eddie Cheever III , who were in the places behind him. In 2012 Giovesi first competed in the European F3 Open for DAV Racing . With a third place as the best result, he finished sixth in the drivers' championship. Since he started in an older vehicle model, Giovesi was also entitled to points in the Copa classification. He decided this for himself. He did not take part in the last event. In 2012 Giovesi also entered the Italian Formula 3 championship for the fourth of eight race weekends. Starting for Ghinzani Arco Motorsport , he won three races and also achieved sixth place overall in this series. Giovesi also took part in one event each of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Northern European Formula Renault .

In 2013 Giovesi started in the GP2 series for Venezuela GP Lazarus . After the fourth race weekend, he lost his cockpit. In contrast to his teammate René Binder, he was without points. Giovesi switched to the Auto GP at Ghinzani Arco Motorsport . Already at the first race weekend he achieved third place. In his second participation, he was second in the main race. With a total of five podium finishes, he finished the season in sixth place. In 2014 Giovesi received a full-time cockpit in the Auto GP at Eurotech Engineering , which was renamed FMS Racing during the season . He won two races and was third three times. In the championship he finished fifth overall at the end of the season. He also made two guest starts in the Euroformula Open, the follow-up series to the European F3 Open, for DAV Racing. In November he returned to the GP2 series for the last race weekend of the 2014 season and started for Rapax as injury substitute for Adrian Quaife-Hobbs .

statistics

Career stations

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
2013 Venezuela GP Lazarus 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 0 29
16 10 DNF 17th DNF 17th DNF 20th INJ INJ                        
2014 Rapax 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 0 33.
                                        19th 20th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "GP2 - Venezuela Lazarus GP confirms Giovesi". Big leap from Formula 3 to GP2. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 13, 2013, accessed March 13, 2013 .
  2. ^ “Ghinzani to expand to two cars for Silverstone Auto GP round”. autosport.com, May 30, 2013, accessed May 31, 2013 .
  3. ^ Peter Allen: "Giovesi to make GP2 return with Rapax in Abu Dhabi". paddockscout.com, November 20, 2014, accessed November 20, 2014 .

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personal data
SURNAME Giovesi, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Rho , Italy