Sergio Campana (racing driver)

Sergio Campana 2019

Sergio Campana (born June 5, 1986 in Reggio nell'Emilia ) is an Italian racing driver . He became Italian Formula 3 champion in 2011 .

Career

Campana began his motorsport career in 2003 in kart racing , in which he was active until 2007. In 2007 he also made his debut in formula racing . He finished 31st in the Italian Formula Renault . He also made guest starts in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . In 2008 Campana competed in the Italian Formula Renault and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. While he finished fifth in the Italian series with three wins, he finished the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup on the 26th championship place. Following the season he took part in the winter series of the Portuguese Formula Renault and was 15th in this series.

In 2009 Campana moved to Lucidi Motors in the Italian Formula 3 championship . He won three races and finished the championship in fourth place. Campana's second season in the Italian Formula 3 championship for Lucidi Motors followed in 2010. While his team-mate Stéphane Richelmi was runner-up, Campana finished the season with three wins in fifth place overall. In 2011 he switched to BVM - Target Racing . Campana won two races and won the championship with 149 to 136 points against Michael Lewis . As a reward for winning the title, Campana completed a Formula 1 test for Ferrari in November .

In 2012 Campana competed for the MLR71 Racing Team in the Auto GP World Series . His team boss, Michele La Rosa , was also his teammate. In the first race, he finished in second place. However, since his team made a mistake during the pit stop, he was penalized with a minute and dropped to tenth place. In Marrakech he finally won the main race. After the fifth race weekend, Campana left the MLR71 Racing Team and completed the last events for Euronova Racing and Zele Racing . With two podium finishes, he finished the season in sixth place. In 2013 Campana stayed in the Auto GP. He got a cockpit with the Ibiza Racing Team , a new racing team. Campana won the main races in Monza , Marrakech and Mugello . With a total of seven podium finishes and was third overall at the end of the season. In 2013 Campana also took part in a GP2 series event for Trident Racing .

In 2014 , Campana started for Zele Racing at the Auto GP season opener. He then switched to Formula Acceleration 1 , in which the same vehicles as the Auto GP were driven. In this series, he moved to an event for Azerti Motorsport for Team Ghinzani . With three podium finishes, he was sixth overall at the end of the season. Campana also competed for Venezuela GP Lazarus at two GP2 events. From 2015 to 2017 he switched to the Lamborghini Super Trofeo European racing series and in 2018 to the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy.

statistics

Career stations

2003-2007: karting 2007: Italian Formula Renault (31st place) 2008: Italian Formula Renault (5th place) 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (26th place) 2008: Portuguese Formula Renault, winter series (15th place) 2009: Italian Formula 3 (4th place) 2010: Italian Formula 3 (5th place)

2011: Italian Formula 3 (champions) 2012 : Auto GP (6th place) 2013 : Auto GP (3rd place) 2013 : GP2 series (32nd place) 2014: Formula Acceleration 1 (6th place) 2014 : GP2 series (30th place) 2014 : Auto GP (21st place)

2015: Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, Pro Class (14th place) 2016: Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, Pro-Am class (11th place) 2017: Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, Pro-Am class (not classified) 2018: Porsche Carrera Cup Italy (15th place) 2019: European Le Mans Series (24th place)

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	Trident Racing	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE		0	32.
																		15th	24
2014	Venezuela GP Lazarus	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		0	30th
																		15th	DNF	DNF	20th

Web links

• Sergio Campana in the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Formula 3 talents at Ferrari test similarly fast" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 15, 2011)
2. ↑ “16 drivers on the Auto GP World Series grid” (autogp.org on March 8, 2012)
3. ↑ “MLR 71 pair Sergio Campana and Michele la Rosa given penalties after first Monza Auto GP race” (autosport.com on March 10, 2012)
4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Karthikeyan and Campana complete Auto GP lineup for Monza”. paddockscout.com, March 21, 2013, accessed March 21, 2013 .