Robert Vişoiu

Robert Vișoiu (2017)

Robert Vişoiu (born February 10, 1996 in Piteşti ) is a Romanian racing driver . In 2017 he has been driving for Campos Racing in the FIA Formula 2 championship since the race weekend in Monaco .

Career

Vișoiu at the sprint race of the GP3 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

Vişoiu began his motorsport career in 2003 in karting , in which he was active until 2010. He came second in the Southeast European KF3 Championship in 2009 and second in the KF3 WSK World Series and the KF3 WSK Master Series in 2010 . In 2011 Vişoiu switched to formula racing . He competed for Jenzer Motorsport in Formula Abarth . Vişoiu won two races and was sixth in the Italian standings, which his team-mate Patric Niederhauser won. In the European standings he was also beaten by Niederhauser, who was runner-up, and finished the season fourth. In addition, he competed in four races in the Formula Pilota China Series and was on the podium twice. At the end of the year Vişoiu took part in GP3 test drives for Jenzer. He achieved a top 3 time.

In 2012 Vişoiu competed for Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series as well as for Team Ghinzani in the Italian Formula 3 championship . In the GP3 series, he already achieved a podium finish with a second place in the second race. At the end of the season he was 14th in the drivers' championship. In the Italian Formula 3 Vişoiu did not contest all races. At the end of the season he was ninth in the drivers' standings with a win. In 2013 Vişoiu stayed in the GP3 series and moved to MW Arden . He won the sprint races in Valencia and Mogyoród . While his teammate Daniil Kwjat won the championship, Vişoiu finished the season in eleventh place overall. He also competed in the Auto GP for Ghinzani in 2013 . There he achieved eighth place in the drivers' standings with two third places as the best results. In 2014 Visoiu started again for Arden. With a third place as the best result, he was the worst Arden driver and 13th in the overall ranking.

In 2015 Vişoiu switched to Rapax in the GP2 series . He skipped the last two events due to injury. While his teammate Sergei Sirotkin was third overall with 139 points, Vişoiu was 17th in the drivers' standings with 20 points.

In 2017 , Vişoiu will replace Stefano Coletti at Campos Racing, who is paused for family reasons, in the FIA Formula 2 Championship from the race weekend in Monaco .

statistics

Career stations

2003-2010: karting 2011: Formula Abarth , European (4th place) 2011: Formula Abarth, Italian (6th place) 2011: Formula Pilota China Series (9th place)

2012 : GP3 series (14th place) 2012: Italian Formula 3 (9th place) 2013 : GP3 series (11th place) 2013 : Auto GP (8th place)

2014 : GP3 series (13th place) 2015 : GP2 series (17th place) 2017 : FIA Formula 2 Championship

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	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA				24	14th
		8th	2	14th	10	DNF	12	12	5	DSQ	12	12	22nd	15th	13	14th	7th
2013	MW Arden	ESP		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE				44	11.
		9	19th	8th	1	12	DNF	11	23	8th	1	9	8th	DNF	10	10	11
2014	Arden International	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		23	13.
		13	11	DNF	14th	20th	13	10	9	3	5	DNF	20th	19th	14th	DNF	10	15th	8th

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
2015	Rapax	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		20th	17th
		5	7th	18th	23	15th	13	11	9	12	11	9	7th	15th	16	9	DNF	17th	18th	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ

Individual results in the 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	Points	rank
2017	Campos Racing	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE		1	24.
						DNF	15th	15th	11	11	17 *	17th	11	DNF	DNF	10	16	16	19th			-	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ProSport.ro Victorie Românească la Hungaroring! Robert Vişoiu, la al doilea succes din carieră
2. ↑ GSP.ro Istorie în Spania: Robert Vişoiu a cîştigat cursa 2013.06.16 "Robert Vişoiu a realizat astăzi cea mai mare performanţă a motorsportului românesc, reuşind să cîştige a doua cursă de ..."
3. ↑ "GP3 - Jenzer signs Visoiu" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 15, 2012)
4. ↑ -robert-visoiu-avec-jenzer "GP3: Robert Visoiu avec Jenzer" (autohebdo.fr on February 13, 2012)
5. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Arden also confirms Visoiu". Trio complete. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 9, 2013, accessed January 14, 2013 . 
6. ^ Peter Mills: “Auto GP announces 21-car field for 2013 season”. autosport.com, March 15, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Arden confirms Niederhauser and Visoiu". New chapter. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 15, 2014, accessed January 15, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Gruz David Robert Vişoiu graduates to GP2 with Rapax. paddockscout.com, March 6, 2015, accessed March 6, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Peter Allen: Malja back in GP2 for final two rounds, replacing Visoiu at Rapax. paddockscout.com, November 16, 2015, accessed December 19, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Alex Kalinauckas: Visoiu gets Campos F2 seat for rest of the season. motorsport.com, May 22, 2017, accessed July 6, 2017 . 

Web links

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