Johnny Cecotto, Jr.

Johnny Cecotto, Jr.
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	September 9, 1989 (1989-09-09) Augsburg (Germany)
2012 GP2 Series
Debut season	2009
Current team	Barwa Addax Team
Car no.	TBA
Former teams	David Price Racing Trident Racing Ocean Racing Technology
Starts	37
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	23rd in 2010
Previous series
2009–10-2011 2009 2007 2007 2006, 2008 2006 2006 2006–07 2006–07 2005 2005 2005	GP2 Asia Series Formula Three Euroseries International Formula Master British Formula Three German Formula Three Formula Renault NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Euroseries 3000 Italian Formula 3000 Formula BMW ADAC Formula Junior 1600 Italy FR2.0 Italia Winter Series

Johnny Amadeus Cecotto, more commonly known as Johnny Cecotto, Jr. (born September 9, 1989 in Augsburg, Germany) is a racing driver. He races with a Venezuelan license but holds both German and Venezuelan nationality. He is the son of former racing driver and motorcycle world champion Johnny Cecotto.

Career

Cecotto driving for Ocean Racing Technology at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

He began his racing career in kart racing, then progressing to open wheel single seater racing. He competed in Formula BMW ADAC in 2005. In 2006 he raced in the German Formula Three Championship, taking one victory, and also in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.

In 2007 he raced in the International Formula Master series, finishing eighth with three podiums. He returned to the German F3 Championship, finishing in third with two victories.

In 2009 he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for the HBR Motorsport team, before the team missed races at Brands Hatch. He then signed a deal to compete in the GP2 Series, partnering Michael Herck at David Price Racing.

He joined up with Trident Racing for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, but was replaced by Dani Clos after the first round. In returned to Trident for the 2010 Main Series and scored his first championship points at Monaco, but was replaced by Edoardo Piscopo after sixteen races.

Cecotto moved to Super Nova Racing for the 2011 GP2 Asia Series season alongside Fairuz Fauzy, and finished fifteenth in the drivers' championship. For the main series season, he switched to the Ocean Racing Technology team and was partnered with Kevin Mirocha and later Brendon Hartley, finishing 24th in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Points	Final Placing
2005	Formula Junior 1600 Italia	Kiwi ESP	4	0	0	1	40	12th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series		4	0	0	1	18	7th
	Formula BMW ADAC	Lauderbach Motorsport	18	0	0	0	3	22nd
		Mamerow Racing
2006	Euroseries 3000	Coloni Rookies Team	2	0	0	0	2	17th
	Italian Formula 3000							16th
	German Formula Three Championship	Ombra Racing	8	0	1	1	20	11th
		Target Racing
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Kiwi ESP	4	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Koiranen bros. Motorsport	8	0	0	1	92	17th
2007	Euroseries 3000	ELK Motorsport	2	0	0	0	4	20th
	Italian Formula 3000							13th
	International Formula Master	Ombra Racing	16	0	0	3	30	8th
	British Formula Three Championship	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1	0	0	0	0†	NC†
2008	German Formula Three Championship	HS Technik	16	3	2	10	99	3rd
2009	GP2 Series	David Price Racing	3	0	0	0	0	30th
	Formula Three Euroseries	HBR Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	26th
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	3	17th
2010	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	16	0	0	0	3	23rd
2011	GP2 Asia Series	Super Nova Racing	4	0	0	0	0	15th
	GP2 Series	Ocean Racing Technology	18	0	0	0	0	24th

† - As Cecotto was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete GP2 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	19	20	DC	Points
2009	David Price Racing	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA 18	ITA SPR 16	POR FEA DNS	POR SPR 18	30th	0
2010	Trident Racing	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 17	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 4	TUR FEA 12	TUR SPR 12	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 14	GBR FEA 18	GBR SPR 23	GER FEA 13	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	23rd	3
2011	Ocean Racing Technology	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR 13	ESP FEA 14	ESP SPR 13	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 17	VAL FEA 14	VAL SPR 17	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 10	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 11	BEL SPR 8	ITA FEA 17	ITA SPR 15			24th	0

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2009–10	Trident Racing	ABU1 FEA 7	ABU1 SPR 6	ABU2 FEA	ABU2 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	17th	3
2011	Super Nova Racing	ABU FEA 15	ABU SPR 7	ITA FEA 16	ITA SPR 19					15th	0

External links

• Official website
• Career statistics from Driver Database