Vittorio Ghirelli

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Vittorio Ghirelli (2012)

Vittorio Ghirelli (born May 9, 1994 in Fasano ) is an Italian racing driver . He won the Auto GP in 2013 .

Career

Ghirelli began his motorsport career in karting in 2005 , where he was active until 2009. Among other things, he won the Italian KF2 Open Masters Championship in 2009 . At the age of 15, he moved in 2010 to the single-seater racing and launched directly to Formula 3 level. He made his debut at the F3 Brazil Open that he finished fifth. He then started for Atech CRS GP in the first season of the newly founded GP3 series . He remained without points and finished 34th overall. At 16, Ghirelli is the youngest racing driver in the GP3 series. Ghirelli also took part in five race weekends of the Italian Formula 3 championship for the Ghinzani team. He finished the season with no points in 23rd place. He also completed two races in the Italian Formula Renault.

In 2011 Ghirelli contested his second season in the GP3 series for Jenzer Motorsport . As he was again unable to score points, he left Jenzer Motorsport two events before the end. For the last race weekend he returned to the GP3 series for the Addax team . Ghirelli was again without points and finished the season in 25th place overall. He also competed this season for One Racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and in the Alpine Formula Renault . While he finished the Eurocup with one point in 23rd place, he finished ninth in the Alpine Formula Renault with a second place as the best result. He also made a guest start for One Racing in the Northern European Formula Renault .

In 2012 Ghirelli started for Comtec Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 . While his teammate Nick Yelloly achieved fifth place with race wins, Ghirelli was 24th in the drivers' standings with an eighth place as the best result. In addition, Ghirelli took part in an event of the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2012 . He achieved sixth place in both races. In 2013 Ghirelli switched to SuperNova International in the Auto GP . He won the sprint race on the Hungaroring and the main race in Donington Park . He was on the podium in 11 of 16 races. With 222 to 213 points he prevailed against Kimiya Satō and won the championship title of the Auto GP. In addition, he rose in the current season for Venezuela GP Lazarus in the GP2 series . He played five events and was 27th overall.

In 2014 Ghirelli switched to Team Moore Racing in the North American Indy Lights . After the fourth race, he withdrew from the series. Fourth place was his best result. Later in the year he returned to Europe and competed in four races in the Auto GP for various teams. He was on the podium once with a second place.

In 2015 Ghirelli switched to touring car racing and received a cockpit in the newly founded Renault Sport Trophy at Zele Racing .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2010 Atech CRS GP SpainSpain ESP TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA 0 34.
DNS DNS 17th 26th 20th 22nd 20th 21st 15th 16 24 15th DNF DNF 23 21st
2011 Jenzer Motorsport TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA 0 25th
25th DNF 9 8th 13 9 14th 22nd 13 11 22nd DNF     DNF 18th

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 Venezuela GP Lazarus MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 1 27.
                        17th 17th 18th 18th 10 20th DNF 19th DNF 19th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Vittorio Ghirelli” (omnicorse.it; accessed on May 29, 2010)
  2. ↑ Profilo / Curriculum ( Memento from September 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (vittorioghirelli.com; accessed on May 29, 2010)
  3. ↑ “GP3 Series: Llista d'inscrits / Entry list”. circuitcat.com, May 5, 2010; archived from the original on June 14, 2011 ; Retrieved May 5, 2010 .
  4. ↑ “Alex Fontana Replaces Vittorio Ghirelli At Jenzer” (thecheckeredflag.co.uk on August 24, 2011)
  5. ↑ “Ghirelli to partner Yelloly as Comtec completes 2012 FR3.5 line-up” (autosport.com on March 7, 2012)
  6. ^ Peter Mills: “Super Nova signs Antonio Spavone and Vittorio Ghirelli for Auto GP”. autosport.com, March 14, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Timo Pape: "http://www.motorsport-total.com/formelsport/news/2013/07/clos-steig-bei-mp-motorsport-ein-ghirelli- geht-zu-lazarus-13072501.html ". Motorsport-Total.com, July 25, 2013, accessed July 25, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Ghirelli drives for Zele in the Renault RS01 Trophy. formelaustria.at, May 6, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ghirelli, Vittorio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Fasano , Italy