Santino Ferrucci
Santino Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998 in Woodbury, Connecticut) is an American racing driver. He currently drives the No. 18 SealMaster Honda for Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan in the NTT IndyCar Series.
Santino Ferrucci | |||||||
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Ferrucci in 2017 | |||||||
Nationality | |||||||
Born | Woodbury, Connecticut, USA | May 31, 1998||||||
IndyCar Series career | |||||||
23 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Team(s) | No. 18 (Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan) | ||||||
2018 position | 13th | ||||||
Best finish | 13th (2019) | ||||||
First race | 2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (Belle Isle) | ||||||
Last race | 2020 Iowa INDYCAR 250s, Race 2 (Iowa) | ||||||
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FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |||||||
Debut season | 2017 | ||||||
Car number | 17 | ||||||
Former teams | Trident | ||||||
Starts | 23 | ||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||
Podiums | 0 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||
Best finish | 19th in 2018 | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2016–17 2015 2014–15 2014 2014 2013 | GP3 Series Toyota Racing Series European Formula 3 British Formula Three German Formula 3 F2000 Championship Series | ||||||
Statistics current as of July 4, 2020. |
Ferrucci has been a controversial figure in motorsports. In 2018, Ferrucci was fired from his Formula 2 team after accusations of intentionally wrecking his teammate and racist behavior.[1]
Career
2012–2013
At 14 years old, Ferrucci made his professional debut in the SBF2000 Winter Series season, winning three out of ten races in the season, with a further three podiums.
2013
Ferrucci made a mid-season debut in the F2000 Championship Series, finishing 5th place in the championship.
2014
Ferrucci competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring 2nd in his fourth. He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational. Ferrucci is the youngest winner in British Formula 3 History
Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in 8th.
2015
At the start of the year, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season 3rd overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring 5 other podiums. Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing 11th overall and scoring his only podium in Formula 3 at Spa. At the end of the year, Ferrucci once again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, this time finishing 6th in the main race.
2016
Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS.[2] Ferrucci's best result was a 3rd in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season 12th in the standings.
2017
In February 2017, DAMS retained Ferrucci for a second GP3 season.[3] Competing in only the first three events, and scoring points in only the first two races, Ferrucci made his Formula 2 debut in Hungary and finished the remainder of the year with Trident, with ninth his best result for a race and 22nd in the season standings.[4]
2018
Ferrucci remained in Formula 2 for 2018, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident. In June, Ferrucci made his debut in IndyCar at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi.[5] Ferrucci retired from his first race after colliding with Charlie Kimball on lap 56.
In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium) after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini after the Sprint Race at Silverstone on the weekend of the British Grand Prix. He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track, and was found to have driven his car from the support race paddock, to the race pit-lane, wearing just one glove while in possession of his cellular telephone, earning him a €60,000 fine. Stewards at Silverstone heard testimony from the Trident team that Ferrucci, having driven into teammate Maini, was deliberate and premeditated, but not from Ferrucci himself, who did not attend, citing a family emergency requiring his immediate return to the United States following the Sprint race.
On July 18, Ferrucci was summarily fired by the Trident F2 team, citing behavioral issues, and non-payment of money required by contract. Trident alleged that money had been made available for the Detroit IndyCar race, whilst noting that Ferrucci had defaulted on F2 debt to them.[6][7] An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments.[8] 6 days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.
Santino contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.[9]
2019
Ferrucci signed with Dale Coyne Racing to contest the full 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season driving the #19 Cly-Del Honda. In his season debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ferrucci recorded a Top-10 finish, bringing his car home in 9th position. At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second Top-10 finish of the IndyCar season heading into preparations for his first Indianapolis 500 effort. After qualifying 23rd for the Indy 500, Ferrucci moved through the 33 car field to finish in 7th position, earning him Rookie of the Year honors in his first ever race at the Indianapolis 500. Three races later, Ferrucci recorded his best career IndyCar finish by taking the checkered flag in 4th position at Texas Motor Speedway.
Formula 1
After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the GP3 Series, he became a test and reserve driver for the Haas F1 Team alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member and GP3 champion, Charles Leclerc.[10]
Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix.[11] Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.[12][13]
Controversy and criticism
In 2018, Ferrucci was fired by Trident Racing after accusations of misbehavior. At Silverstone Circuit on July 8, Ferrucci intentionally wrecked his teammate, Arjun Maini, after the race had ended and was caught on camera texting as he was driving back to the garage. Formula 2 also suspended Ferrucci for his actions.[14] Maini later accused Ferrucci and his father of racist remarks over the weekend.[15]
Ferrucci has stated that he has no regrets over the incidents.[16]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2012–13 | SBF2000 Winter Series | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | n/a | |
2013 | F2000 Championship | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 288 | 5th | |
2014 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | EuroInternational | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19th |
German Formula 3 Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 10th | ||
British Formula 3 Championship | Fortec Motorsport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | NC† | |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | ||
2015 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Mücke Motorsport | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 91 | 11th |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | ||
Toyota Racing Series | Giles Motorsport | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 765 | 3rd | |
2016 | GP3 Series | DAMS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 12th |
Formula One | Haas F1 Team | Test and Development driver | |||||||
2017 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Trident | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22nd |
GP3 Series | DAMS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19th | |
Formula One | Haas F1 Team | Test and Development driver | |||||||
2018 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Trident | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th |
Formula One | Haas F1 Team | Test and Development driver | |||||||
IndyCar Series | Dale Coyne Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 27th | |
2019 | IndyCar Series | Dale Coyne Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 13th |
† As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
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2014 | EuroInternational | Mercedes | SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
PAU 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 DNS |
SPA 3 15 |
NOR 1 12 |
NOR 2 5 |
NOR 3 4 |
MSC 1 16 |
MSC 2 13 |
MSC 3 14 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 12 |
RBR 3 20 |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 17 |
NÜR 3 14 |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 Ret |
IMO 3 16 |
HOC 1 19 |
HOC 2 17 |
HOC 3 15 |
19th | 24 |
2015 | kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | Mercedes | SIL 1 18 |
SIL 2 9 |
SIL 3 13 |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 6 |
HOC 3 28 |
PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 11 |
PAU 3 10 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 4 |
MNZ 3 8 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 2 |
SPA 3 12 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 Ret |
NOR 3 6 |
ZAN 1 28 |
ZAN 2 8 |
ZAN 3 9 |
RBR 1 12 |
RBR 2 13 |
RBR 3 11 |
ALG 1 7 |
ALG 2 10 |
ALG 3 Ret |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 7 |
NÜR 3 7 |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 17 |
HOC 3 Ret |
11th | 91 |
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2016 | DAMS | CAT FEA 15 |
CAT SPR 11 |
RBR FEA 15 |
RBR SPR 10 |
SIL FEA 18 |
SIL SPR 4 |
HUN FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 11 |
HOC FEA 9 |
HOC SPR 4 |
SPA FEA 7 |
SPA SPR 3 |
MNZ FEA 19† |
MNZ SPR 11 |
SEP FEA Ret |
SEP SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 9 |
YMC SPR 15 |
12th | 36 |
2017 | DAMS | CAT FEA 9 |
CAT SPR 8 |
RBR FEA Ret |
RBR SPR 13 |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR 9 |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
JER FEA |
JER SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
19th | 3 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Trident | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
BAK FEA |
BAK SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA 9 |
HUN SPR 14 |
SPA FEA 9 |
SPA SPR 10 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 14 |
JER FEA Ret |
JER SPR 13 |
YMC FEA 14 |
YMC SPR 15 |
22nd | 4 | ||
2018 | Trident | BHR FEA 14 |
BHR SPR 20 |
BAK FEA 11 |
BAK SPR 6 |
CAT FEA DNS |
CAT SPR 11 |
MON FEA 13 |
MON SPR 12† |
LEC FEA 13 |
LEC SPR 9 |
RBR FEA 10 |
RBR SPR 7 |
SIL FEA 16 |
SIL SPR DSQ |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
19th | 7 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
American open-wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
IndyCar Series
(key)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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2018 | Dale Coyne Racing | Dallara DW12 | Honda | STP | PHX | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET 22 |
DET 20 |
TXS | ROA | IOW | TOR | MDO | POC | GTW | POR 20 |
SNM 11 |
27th | 66 |
2019 | STP 9 |
COA 20 |
ALA 15 |
LBH 21 |
IMS 10 |
INDY 7 |
DET 19 |
DET 10 |
TXS 4 |
RDA 19 |
TOR 11 |
IOW 12 |
MDO 12 |
POC 4 |
GTW 4 |
POR 17 |
LAG 24 |
13th | 351 | |||
2020 | Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan | TXS 21 |
IMS 9 |
ROA 6 |
ROA 6 |
IOW 13 |
IOW 18 |
INDY |
GTW |
GTW |
IMS | IMS | STP |
11th* | 116* |
References
- "Banned Haas junior Ferrucci dumped by F2 team". ESPN.com. July 18, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "DAMS puts faith in impressive all-rookie line-up for maiden GP3 Series campaign". GP3 Series. GP2 Series Limited. January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- "DAMS reveal 2017 line up". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- "Santino Ferrucci to join Trident for remainder of 2017 Formula 2 Season from Budapest". July 26, 2017.
- Robinson, Cooper. "FERRUCCI IMPRESSES IN OFFICIAL INDYCAR PRACTICE DEBUT". IndyCar. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- "Trident terminates banned Ferrucci's contract". Motorsport.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "Trident Formula 2 team drops banned Haas F1 junior Santino Ferrucci". Autosport.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "SANTINO FERRUCCI ORDERED TO PAY €502,000 TO TRIDENT BY ITALIAN COURTS". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- "Ferrucci to contest two more IndyCar races with Coyne". Motorsport.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- Larson, Mike (March 10, 2016). "Haas F1 signs American development driver". Autoweek. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- Collantine, Keith (July 6, 2016). "Haas to run American driver at Silverstone test". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- Barretto, Lawrence (December 22, 2016). "Haas F1 team will keep Santino Ferrucci as development driver in 2017". Autosport. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- Edmondson, Laurence (March 28, 2018). "Haas retains Santino Ferrucci as development driver". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- "Santino Ferrucci suspended for hitting teammate; Fined for operating cell phone from a race car". July 13, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- Jacobs, Caleb. "How F2 Driver Santino Ferrucci Dismantled His Racing Career in One Weekend". The Drive. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- Weaver, Matt (August 23, 2019). "Santino Ferrucci has no regrets over behavioral incidents, is focused on IndyCar success". Autoweek. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Santino Ferrucci career summary at DriverDB.com
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Preceded by Robert Wickens |
Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2019 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |