Richard Antinucci

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Richard Antinucci (born January 26, 1981 in Rome , Italy ) is a former American automobile racing driver . He is a nephew of former Formula 1 driver Eddie Cheever .

Career

Antinucci began his motorsport career in 1989 in karting , which he practiced until 1997. In 1998 he set in the Italian Formula Ford his first experience in Formula racing . After taking part in the British Formula Renault winter championship in 1999 , he competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Italian Formula Renault in 2000 . The American was most successful in the Eurocup, where he finished fourth overall with a win. 2001 Antinucci moved to Manor Motorsport in the British Formula Renault and won the runner-up title with four wins. He let u. a. the later Formula 1- Driver Heikki Kovalainen behind.

In 2002 Antinucci Manor Motorsport remained loyal and started for his team in the British Formula 3 Championship . With two podium finishes, he finished tenth overall at the end of the season. In 2003 the American contested his second season in British Formula 3 and was fourth in the overall standings that season, in which he drove for Carlin Motorsport and Promatecme UK . In both years he could not win a race. In 2004 Antinucci switched to the Japanese Formula 3 championship and finished fourth overall in this championship with a race win.

In 2005 the American returned to Europe and competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series for the Midland Euroseries team . There, however, he was replaced by Nico Verdonck after four race weekends . Later in the year he took part in a racing weekend in the World Series by Renault . For 2006 Antinucci received a cockpit in the Formula 3 Euro Series at the Austrian racing team HBR Motorsport . This time he contested the entire season and managed to win two races. Thanks to further podium finishes, he finished fifth in the championship at the end of the season. Antinucci was even more successful at the prestigious Macau Grand Prix , in which he finished second behind Mike Conway .

In 2007 Antinucci moved to Indy Lights to join his uncle Eddie Cheever's team . With two victories he finished 15th overall at the end of the season. His bad performance was explained by the fact that he did not start in the oval races. In 2008 the American stayed in the Indy Lights and played his second season for Sam Schmidt Motorsports . Again he was able to win two races, but this time he started in all races and finally won the runner-up title behind Raphael Matos . In 2009 Antinucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series , in which he competed in five races. In 2010 he ended his racing career.

After his racing career, he worked for Lamborghini as a test driver and racing instructor.

statistics

Career stations

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2016 United StatesUnited States O'Gara Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 United StatesUnited States Bill Sweedler United StatesUnited States Townsend Bell failure accident
2017 AustriaAustria GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracan GT3 GermanyGermany Christian Engelhart SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rolf Ineichen ItalyItaly Mirko Bortolotti Rank 24

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "IPS: Cheever confirms seat for nephew Antinucci" (crash.net on February 15, 2007)
personal data
SURNAME Antinucci, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy