Santino Ferrucci

Santino Ferrucci at the first Formula 2 race in Spielberg in 2018

Santino Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998 in Woodbury , Connecticut ) is an American automobile racing driver . He started in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017 and 2018 . He has been a full-time pilot in the IndyCar Series since 2019 .

Career

Santino Ferrucci at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

Ferrucci began his motorsport career in karting in 2005 , where he remained active until 2012. He won the Comer Cadet class on the Florida Winter Tour in 2008 and 2009 . In 2012 he finished sixth in the CIK-FIA-KF3 European Championship. In the winter of 2012/13 he entered formula racing and came eleventh in the SBF2000 Winter Series. In 2013 he started in the F2000 Championship Series . He entered the series for the fourth of seven events and finished in the top five in every race. In the overall standings, he was fifth.

In 2014 Ferrucci moved to Europe and got into Formula 3 . Since he had not yet reached the minimum age of 16, he was only allowed to take part in races from June. First he started for EuroInternational at two German Formula 3 events . He achieved a podium placement with a second place. He then took part in five European Formula 3 championship events for EuroInternational. Fourth place was his best result. He then left EuroInternational and switched to Fortec Motorsports . As a guest starter, he went to a racing weekend in the British Formula 3 Championship . He finished twice in first and once in third place. Ferrucci finally competed for Fortec Motorsports in the last two events of the European Formula 3 championship. In the driver standings of this series he was in 19th place at the end of the season. At the Macau Grand Prix , Ferrucci finished eighth with Fortec Motorsports. In early 2015 , Ferrucci competed for Giles Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series . With a win, he finished the drivers' standings in third place overall. Ferrucci then competed for Mücke Motorsport in the 2015 European Formula 3 Championship . With a second place as the best result, he was eleventh overall.

In 2016 Ferrucci switched to DAMS in the GP3 series . Third place was his best result and he was twelfth overall. He was also a Formula 1 test driver at Haas . He also made two guest starts in the North American Lamborghini Super Trofeo , where he crossed the finish line first both times. In the 2017 GP3 series , Ferrucci stayed with DAMS.

During the 2017 season, Ferrucci switched to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident . With 4 points he finished 22nd in the drivers' championship. In 2018 he continued to compete for Trident in Formula 2. On July 18, 2018, Team Trident announced the dismissal of the driver.

In July 2018, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium) after intentional contact with teammate Maini after the sprint race at Silverstone over the weekend of the British Grand Prix. When he purposely pushed Maini off the track, he was disqualified from the sprint race results at Silverstone because of another incident. It was found that he had driven his car from the paddock into the pit lane with just one glove. He used his mobile phone and received a fine of 60,000 euros. The stewards at Silverstone heard testimony from the Trident team that Ferrucci, having ridden in teammate Maini, was deliberate and willful, but not from Ferrucci himself, who was absent, citing a mandatory FIA drug test and family emergency, to which he promptly had to return to the United States after the sprint race.

On July 18, Ferrucci was unceremoniously fired from the Trident F2 team, citing behavior problems and the contractually required non-payment of funds. Trident alleged that money had been made available for the Detroit IndyCar race while finding that Ferrucci was in default on the F2 debt against them. An Italian court ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident € 502,000 plus interest and legal fees for failing to make payments. 6 days later, Trident announced that their GP3 driver Alessio Lorandi would be his successor for the remainder of the season.

Despite the legal disputes, he contested the last two races of the IndyCar season with Dale Coyne Racing. In his first full season, he finished 13th. He was named Rookie of the Year at the Indy 500. The best results were three 4th places.

statistics

Career stations

2005–2012: karting 2013: SBF2000 Winter Series (11th place) 2013: F2000 Championship Series (5th place) 2014 : European Formula 3 (19th place)

2014 : German Formula 3 (10th place) 2015 : Toyota Racing Series (3rd place) 2015 : European Formula 3 (11th place) 2016 : GP3 series (12th place)

2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : GP3 series (19th place) 2017 : Formula 2 (22nd place) 2018 : Formula 2 (19th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2014	EuroInternational	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			24	19th
															DNF	DNS	15th	12	5	4th	16	13	14th	DNF	12	20 *	9	17th	14th
	Fortec Motorsports																													DNF	DNF	16	19th	17th	15th
2015	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			91	11.
			18th	9	13	10	6th	28	DNF	11	10	DNF	4th	8th	4th	2	12	DNF	DNF	6th	28	8th	9	12	13	11	7th	10	DNF	7th	7th	7th	10	17th	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
2016	DAMS	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		36	12.
		15th	11	15th	10	18th	4th	15th	11	9	4th	7th	3	19 *	11	DNF	DNF	9	15th
2017	DAMS	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				3	19th
		9	8th	DNF	13	DNF	9

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	23	24	Points	rank
2017	Trident	BRN		ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		ESP		UAE				4th	22nd
														9	14th	9	10	DNF	14th	DNF	13	14th	15th
2018	Trident	BRN		AZE		ESP		MON		FRA		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		7th	19th
		14th	20th	15th	6th	DNS	11	13	12 *	13	9	10	7th	16	DSQ	EX	EX	EX	EX

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 results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2018	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	66	27.
								22nd	20th								20th	11
2019	Dale Coyne Racing	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG	351	13.
		9	20th	15th	21st	10	7 °	19th	10 °	4th	19th	11	12	12	4th	4 *	17th	24
2020	Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO					116	11.
		21st	9	6th	6th	13	18th

( Legend )

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Formula 3 Cup - Ferrucci attacks for Eurointernational". Motorsport-Magazin.com, May 28, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
2. ^ Peter Allen: "Ferrucci to do FIA F3 from Spa with Eurointernational". paddockscout.com, March 5, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
3. ^ Peter Allen: "Ferrucci for Fortec at British F3 Brands Hatch round". paddockscout.com, August 29, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Marcus Simmons: “Santino Ferrucci in full-time Fortec Formula 3 team switch”. autosport.com, September 4, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
5. ↑ "America's Ferrucci exultant after first Macau F3 outing". (No longer available online.) Racer.com, November 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 29, 2014 ; accessed on December 29, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Gruz David: FIA entry list firms up 35-car European F3 field for 2015. paddockscout.com, March 6, 2015, accessed on March 7, 2015 (English). 
7. ↑ DAMS announces Hughes, Ferrucci and Jorg as 2016 GP3 Series drivers. autosport.com, January 28, 2016, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: F1 juniors spearhead DAMS GP3 line-up. motorsport.com, February 28, 2017, accessed February 28, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Alex Kalinauckas: Haas protege Ferrucci steps up to F2. motorsport.com, July 26, 2017, accessed July 31, 2017 . 
10. ^ Peter Allen: Trident signs Haas juniors Ferrucci and Maini for F2. formulascout.com, February 21, 2018, accessed April 30, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Markus Lüttgens, Jack Benyon: Formula 2 team throws out scandal driver Santino Ferrucci! Motorsport Total, July 18, 2018, accessed July 21, 2018 . 
12. ^ Trident terminates banned Ferrucci's contract . Retrieved July 18, 2018. 
13. ↑ Trident Formula 2 team drops banned Haas F1 junior Santino Ferrucci . Retrieved July 18, 2018. 
14. ↑ SANTINO FERRUCCI ORDERED TO PAY € 502,000 TO TRIDENT BY ITALIAN COURTS . Retrieved October 22, 2018. 

Web links

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• Official Website of Santino Ferrucci (English)
• Career statistics of Santino Ferrucci (English)