Steven Goldstein (racing driver)

Steven Goldstein
NationalityColombian
Born23 February 1981[1] · [2] · [3]
Bogotá, Colombia
Awards
2004

2011, 2012, 2013		Formula Dodge Eastern Race Series, Sportsman Division
GTS Cup Trophy

Steven Goldstein is a Colombian racing driver.

Racing career

In 2004 he won the Sportsman Division of the Formula Dodge Eastern Race Series[4] in the United States. In 2005 he won a Panoz GT Summer Series race.[5]

In 2006 he made his debut in the Italian Superstars Championship with an Audi RS4 entered by Audi Sport Italia, finishing eleventh overall after taking part in the last four races; in the following two seasons he raced with the same team, finishing eighth in 2007 and twelfth in 2008,[6] when he missed the final two races.

In 2009 he took part in the Italian CSAI GT Cup on board a Ferrari 430 entered by the Kessel Racing team.[7] In the same year he won the 6 Hours of Bogotá on board a Ferrari 430 and a Radical. Driving two separate cars he won the race in two different categories and finished first and second in the overall ranking.[8]

In 2010 he raced in the European championship Trofeo Maserati and finished second overall alongside Peter Sundberg.[9]

In 2011 he competed in the International GT Sprint Series on board a Ferrari 430 with Spanish teammate Antonio de la Reina; they won the GTS Cup Trophy.[10] In 2012 he raced both a Lamborghini Gallardo and a Porsche 997;[10] Goldstein claimed again the trophy, this time by a margin of 4 points.[11] In 2013, for the third year in a row, he was first in the standings again paired with de la Reina.[12]

In 2014 he competed in the Italian GT Championship first division on board a Lamborghini Gallardo, finishing second in the Pirelli Tyres Cup standings.[13]

In 2015 it was confirmed that Goldstein was joining the Formula One as test driver for the Force India team.[14]

gollark: Well, yes, but you can follow those *anyway*.
gollark: ... *seriously*?
gollark: I mean, since you also go to church and whatnot presumably, "why the hell not" is that you could be doing other things instead.
gollark: That's a *really* bad reason.
gollark: Why?

References
  1. "Steven Goldstein". superstarsworld.com. Superstars Series. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. Pablo de Narváez (14 April 2011). "Goldstein o talento para frotarse las manos" (in Spanish). Semana.
  3. "Sueño de los colombianos Felipe Merjech y Steven Goldstein está en España" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 14 August 2009.
  4. "Past Champions". formuladodge.com. Formula Dodge. Archived from the original on 14 April 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. "2005 Summer Series Final Point standings". panozracingseries.com. Panoz Racing Series. Archived from the original on 2 November 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  6. "Steven Goldstein". driverdb.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. "Classifica piloti 2009 Trofeo Nazionale CSAI GT Cup". nuvolari3000.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  8. "Sebastián Saavedra, Steven Goldstein, Felipe Merjch y Frank Kanayet, ganadores de 6 Horas de Bogotá". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. "Trofeo Maserati: Zumerle e Sicart i vincitori dei due titoli 2010". duemotori.com (in Italian). 13 October 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. "Steven Goldstein (Porsche 997 – GDL Racing) leads Roberto Delli Guanti, Gianfranco Bocellari (Ferrari 430 – Kessel Racing) by 5 points going into closing stint of 2012". flagworld.com. Flagworld Communications. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  11. "International GTS Cup Trophy Standing" (PDF). superstarsworld.com. Superstars Series. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. "International GTS Cup Trophy Standing". superstarsworld.com. Superstars Series. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  13. "Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo 2014 Classe GT Cup – Classifica "Pirelli Tyres Cup"" (PDF). acisportitalia.it. ACI Sport. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  14. "El colombiano Steven Goldstein llega al mundo de la F1". 25 March 2015.
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