Luca Ghiotto

Ghiotto is currently active in Formula 2

Luca Ghiotto (born February 24, 1995 ) is an Italian racing driver . He has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship (formerly GP2 series) since 2016 and will drive for the Hitech Grand Prix in 2020 .

Career

Luca Ghiotto at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

Luca Ghiotto at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2018

Ghiotto began his motorsport career in karting in 2008 , in which he was active until 2010. In 2011 he switched to the single-seater racing and was the Prema Powerteam a cockpit in Formula Abarth . With a second place as the best result, he was sixth in the European and ninth in the Italian standings. In 2012 Ghiotto stayed with the Pream Powerteam in Formula Abarth. He won seven races and was on the podium a total of eleven times. With 246 to 266 points he was defeated by Nicolas Costa and became runner-up. In addition, Ghiotto took part in some races of the Northern European and Alpine Formula Renault for Prema .

In 2013, Ghiotto competed for the Prema Powerteam in several Formula Renault championships. In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup he won a race and was ninth overall. In the Alpine Formula Renault, Ghiotto won five races and was on the podium a total of eight times. With 211 to 245 points he was defeated by his team-mate Antonio Fuoco and became runner-up.

In 2014 Ghiotto left Prema and switched to International Draco Racing in Formula Renault 3.5 . With a fourth place as the best result, he was 17th in the drivers' championship. Internally he was defeated by Pietro Fantin with 26 to 34 points. In addition, Ghiotto took part in four GP3 races for Trident Racing . He achieved pole position once. In 2015 Ghiotto stayed with Trident Racing in the GP3 series and competed for the entire season. At the second main race in Spielberg he achieved his first GP3 ​​victory. On the Hungaroring and Sochi he won the main race again, and the sprint race in Spa-Francorchamps and as-Sachir . With five wins he was the driver with the most victories together with Marvin Kirchhöfer . In the championship he was still defeated by Esteban Ocon , who had only won one race, with 245 to 253 points.

In 2016 Ghiotto stayed with Trident and switched to the GP2 series . After he had already achieved three podium placements, he won the sprint race in Sepang . He finished the season in eighth place. With 111 to 0 points he clearly prevailed against his teammate Philo Paz Patrick Armand . Ghiotto completed his second season in 2017 for the Russian Time team, which is managed by Virtuosi Racing UK . The GP2 series was renamed the FIA Formula 2 Championship before the season . With a win and a total of 7 podium finishes, he finished fourth in the drivers' championship with 185 points. In 2018 he continued to drive in Formula 2 for Campos Vexatec Racing . He finished the season in eighth place. In 2019 he will continue to compete in Formula 2, but will return to Russian Time.

Personal

There are other motorsport enthusiasts in Ghiotto's family. His father Franco and his uncle Sergio are also racing drivers.

statistics

Career stations

2008–2010: karting 2011: Formula Abarth , European (6th place) 2011: Formula Abarth, Italian (9th place) 2012: Formula Abarth (2nd place) 2012: Alpine Formula Renault (19th place)

2012: Northern European Formula Renault (44th place) 2013: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (9th place) 2013: Alpine Formula Renault (2nd place) 2014 : Formula Renault 3.5 (17th place) 2014 : GP3 series (20th place)

2015 : GP3 series (2nd place) 2016 : GP2 series (8th place) 2017 : Formula 2 (4th place) 2018 : Formula 2 (8th place) 2019 : Formula 2 (3rd place) 2020 : Formula 2

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2014	International Draco Racing	MNZ		ALC		MON	SPA		MOS		ONLY		HUN		LEC		JRZ		26th	17th
		16	4th	16	DNF	14th	6th	DNF	16	14th	DNF	15th	11	19th	7th	16	14th	DNF

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
2014	Trident Racing	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		4th	20th
												18th	14th	21st	13
2015	Trident Racing	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		245	2.
		2	8th	1	3	4th	7th	1	4th	5	1	DNF	3	1	8th	4th	1	5	4th

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
2016	Trident	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE				111	8th.
		DNF	12	DNF	14th	9	12	4th	9	5	2	17th	DNF	2	4th	7th	3	6th	DNF	7th	1	11	19th
2017	Russian time	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				185	4th
		7th	2	2	7th	5	4th	16	7th	14th	4th	6th	2	6th	8th	2	3	4th	1	7th	4th	3	5
2018	Campos Vexatec Racing	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		111	8th.
		12	6th	DNF	14th	4th	5	DNF	10	3	3	12	13	5	10	6th	2	7th	6th	10	6th	DNF	14th	3	9
2019	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		207	3.
		2	1	9	DNF	4th	2	DSQ	DNF	DNF	12	2	2	1	15th	4th	8th	C.	C.	2	15th	4th	1	6th	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. ↑ Peter Allen: “Ghiotto to make Formula Renault 3.5 step with Draco”. paddockscout.com, February 5, 2014, accessed February 5, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Ghiotto teams up with Trident for full GP3 season. paddockscout.com, January 9, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Ghiotto secures GP2 promotion with Trident. motorsport.com, February 7, 2016, accessed February 8, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Ghiotto joins Russian Time for sophomore GP2 campaign. motorsport.com, February 15, 2017, accessed February 25, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Alex Kalinauckas: F2 race winner Luca Ghiotto joins Campos Racing for 2018 F2 season. autosport.com, January 30, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Peter Allen: Luca Ghiotto returns to former Russian Time team for F2. Formula Scout, December 6, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Prema's protege: Luca Ghiotto”. paddockscout.com, July 12, 2013, accessed February 28, 2014 . 

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