Luca Ghiotto

Luca Ghiotto
Luca Ghiotto
	Ghiotto in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	24 February 1995 (age 29); Arzignano, Veneto, Italy
IndyCar Series career
	3 races run over 1 year
Team(s)	No. 51 (Dale Coyne Racing)
First race	2024 Children's of Alabama ; Indy Grand Prix (Barber)
Last race	2024 XPEL Grand Prix ; (Road America)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2017
Car number	16
Former teams	Russian Time, Campos Racing, UNI-Virtuosi Racing, Hitech Grand Prix, DAMS
Starts	91 (94 entries)
Wins	6
Podiums	24
Poles	3
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	3rd in 2019
Previous series
2017–2020, 2022; 2016; 2014–2015; 2014; 2013; 2012–2013; 2012; 2011–2012	FIA Formula 2 Championship; GP2 Series; GP3 Series; Formula Renault 3.5 Series; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0; Formula Renault 2.0 Alps; Formula Renault 2.0 NEC; Formula Abarth

Luca Ghiotto (born 24 February 1995) is an Italian racing driver who is currently set to compete in the 2024 European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition, having most recently competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS. He is currently the simulator driver for the Nissan Formula E Team.

Career

Karting

Born in Arzignano, Ghiotto entered karting in 2008, when he took the title in the KF3 class of the Champions Cup,^[1] before he finished fourth the following year.^[2] Ghiotto remained in the KF3 category until the end of 2010.

Formula Abarth

In 2011, Ghiotto made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Formula Abarth series for Prema Powerteam.^[3] He finished ninth in the Italian Series standings with a single podium at Misano, while in the European Series he finished sixth with four podiums.^[4] He contested a sophomore campaign with the same team in 2012, improving to runner-up spots in both championships.^[5]

Formula Renault

Ghiotto remained with Prema, as they moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery to compete in the final rounds of Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at the end of 2012. For 2013, Ghiotto had full-time campaigns in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, staying with Prema.^[6] He took a podium finish at Le Castellet, as well as a victory at Spa,^[7] and finished ninth in the final championship standings. In the Alps series, he scored five wins and finished as runner-up to teammate Antonio Fuoco. Also he won the main race of the Formula Renault 2.0 Pau Trophy.^[8]

Ghiotto graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, competing for International Draco Racing.^[9]

GP3 Series

2014

Ghiotto made his debut in 2014, with Trident, at Spa, taking pole position on his debut.

2015

He remained with Trident for 2015, taking five victories in the season, but losing the title to Esteban Ocon by eight points.

GP2 Series

In February 2016, it was announced that Ghiotto would be graduating to the series, whilst continuing his collaboration with Trident. After a shaky start to the season, he claimed his first victory at the sprint race in Sepang and finished eighth in the overall standings.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In 2017, Ghiotto switched to Russian Time. He took one victory that season and finished fourth in the championship. Originally, he won both races in Monza, but was denied the feature race win due to leaving the track after having avoiding contact with Nyck de Vries and Charles Leclerc. After Ghiotto was stripped of his win, the victory was given to his country-mate Antonio Fuoco.

2018

In 2018, he drove for Campos Racing alongside Israeli Roy Nissany. He took four podiums and finished 8th in the championship.

2019

Ghiotto moved to Virtuosi Racing to partner Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou in 2019. Ghiotto started the season very well with pole position, second place at race 1, and victory at race 2 in Bahrain. However, he scored only 2 points at Azerbaijan. The Italian once again took pole position at Spain, but was hit by Campos driver Dorian Boccolacci, who was later penalized with a drive-through penalty. He charged through the field to finish 4th and achieved another podium in Race 2, finishing in 2nd. At Monaco, originally, he finished second at the feature race, but was disqualified, and in the second race he hit the Arden car of Tatiana Calderon and the MP Motorsport car of Mahaveer Raghunathan. Ghiotto had to retire the car, and was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with the two drivers. At Le Castellet, he also had a nightmare weekend. In Race 1, he was hit by Juan Manuel Correa, causing him to retire with suspension damage. In Race 2, he only finished 13th, scoring no points. In Spielberg, he took two podium finishes with two second places. In Great Britain, he qualified 2nd behind his teammate Guanyu Zhou, who also made history with achieving the first pole position of a Chinese driver in GP2 or F2. He passed Guanyu before the first corner, and took the victory in the feature race. At Hungaroring, he finished 4th and 8th respectively. In Spa-Francorchamps, the two races were cancelled after a tragic accident in the feature race, after Giuliano Alesi lost control of his car due to a puncture, which provoked an accident, that resulted in serious injures for Juan Manuel Correa, and the death of French driver Anthoine Hubert. In Monza Ghiotto took the fastest lap along with second place in the feature race, but after making contact with Sérgio Sette Câmara and Nyck de Vries he only finished in 15th position in the sprint race. At Sochi he finished fourth in the first race with taking fastest lap once again, however he lost the podium to Louis Delétraz on the final lap. In the second race, he came from fifth on the grid to 1st place and took his third win of the year. In the final round at Abu Dhabi the Italian scored 8 points in the first race by finishing sixth. In the sprint race, he started third, but overtook Nicholas Latifi for second place. A few laps later he passed Trident driver Giuliano Alesi for the race lead. Due to the retirements of Artem Markelov, Sean Gelael and contact between Nikita Mazepin and Matevos Isaakyan, there were three virtual safety cars. By that, Ghiotto extended his race lead and comfortably won his fourth race of the year. The Italian driver finished third in the championship, just behind champion Nyck de Vries and runner-up Nicholas Latifi.

2020

In 2020 Ghiotto drove for the new Hitech Grand Prix team alongside Nikita Mazepin. He won the sprint race in Budapest and ended up tenth in the standings, five positions behind his Russian teammate. Ghiotto left Formula 2 at the end of the season.

2022

Ghiotto returned to the 2022 Formula 2 Championship on a one-off return at Monza, replacing Roy Nissany as the Israeli driver was serving a race ban.^[10]

Formula One

In August 2017, Ghiotto participated in the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test for Williams Martini Racing.^[11]

Formula E

In April 2023, Ghiotto was announced to drive for the Nissan Formula E Team during the Berlin rookie test, whilst also being confirmed as the team's simulator driver.^[12]^[13] Ghiotto once again drove Formula E machinery during the rookie practice session at the Rome ePrix.^[14] He then took part in the rookie pre-season test with the team for the 2023–24 season.^[15]

IndyCar Series

Dale Coyne Racing (2024–)

In April 2024, Ghiotto signed a two-race contract to drive for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing for the races at Barber Motorsports Park and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.^[16]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2008	Champions Cup — KF3		1st
	Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3		11th
	Torneo Industrie — KF3	Gandolfio Ennio Racing	18th
	Italian Open Masters — KF3	Ghiotti Franco	DNF
2009	Spanish Karting Championship — KF3		36th
	South Garda Winter Cup — KF3	Gandolfi Ennio Racing	DNF
	WSK International Series — KF3	Gandolfi Ennio Racing	DNF
2010	Trofeo delle Industrie — KF2		20th
	WSK Master Series — KF2		13th
	Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF2		8th
	WSK World Series — KF2		21st
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF2		30th
	CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — KF2	Chiesa Corse	71st
	CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship — KF2		21st
	Karting World Championship — KF2		23rd

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series	Prema Powerteam	14	0	1	2	1	42	9th
2011	Formula Abarth European Series	Prema Powerteam	14	0	0	1	4	65	6th
2012	Formula Abarth European Series	Prema Powerteam	24	7	8	9	11	246	2nd
	Formula Abarth Italian Series		18	6	7	7	7	175	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps		4	0	0	0	0	22	19th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		2	0	0	0	0	7	44th
2013	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Prema Powerteam	14	5	0	2	8	211	2nd
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	1	1	0	2	69	9th
	Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2014	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	International Draco Racing	17	0	0	0	0	26	17th
2014	GP3 Series	Trident	4	0	1	0	0	4	20th
2015	GP3 Series	Trident	18	5	5	9	8	245	2nd
2016	GP2 Series	Trident	22	1	0	2	4	111	8th
2017	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Russian Time	22	1	0	0	7	185	4th
2017	Formula One	Williams Martini Racing	Test driver
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Vexatec Racing	24	0	0	1	4	111	8th
2019	FIA Formula 2 Championship	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	22	4	2	2	9	207	3rd
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship	Team LNT	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	24th
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	23	1	0	2	4	106	10th
2020	Intercontinental GT Challenge	R-Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Italian GT Championship	Imperiale Racing	6	0	1	1	5	46	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Emil Frey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	T3 Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	21	28th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Tresor by Car Collection	8	0	0	0	0	22	10th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor by Car Collection	5	0	0	0	0	12	24th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP2	G-Drive Racing by APR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA Formula 2 Championship	DAMS	2	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2022–23	Formula E	Nissan Formula E Team	Simulator driver
2023–24	Formula E	Nissan Formula E Team	Simulator driver
2024	European Le Mans Series – LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	2	0	0	0	0	4	10th*
2024	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	1	0	0	0	0	9	30th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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	Pos	Points
2013	Prema Powerteam	ALC 1 14	ALC 2 25	SPA 1 31	SPA 2 1	MSC 1 5	MSC 2 9	RBR 1 32	RBR 2 7	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 11	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 22	CAT 1 27	CAT 2 23	9th	69

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2014	International Draco Racing	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 4	ALC 1 16	ALC 2 Ret	MON 1 14	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 Ret	MSC 1 16	MSC 2 14	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 15	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 19	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 16	JER 1 13	JER 2 Ret	17th	26

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
2014	Trident	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA 18	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 21	MNZ SPR 13	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	20th	4
2015	Trident	CAT FEA 2	CAT SPR 8	RBR FEA 1	RBR SPR 3	SIL FEA 4	SIL SPR 7	HUN FEA 1	HUN SPR 4	SPA FEA 5	SPA SPR 1	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 3	SOC FEA 1	SOC SPR 8	BHR FEA 4	BHR SPR 1	YMC FEA 5	YMC SPR 4	2nd	245

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	21	22	DC	Points
2016	Trident	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 12	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 14	BAK FEA 9	BAK SPR 12	RBR FEA 4	RBR SPR 9	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 2	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR Ret	HOC FEA 2	HOC SPR 4	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR 3	MNZ FEA 6	MNZ SPR Ret	SEP FEA 7	SEP SPR 1	YMC FEA 11	YMC SPR 19	8th	111

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	25	26	27	28	DC	Points
2017	Russian Time	BHR FEA 7	BHR SPR 2	CAT FEA 2	CAT SPR 7	MON FEA 5	MON SPR 4	BAK FEA 16	BAK SPR 7	RBR FEA 14	RBR SPR 4	SIL FEA 6	SIL SPR 2	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 8	SPA FEA 2	SPA SPR 3	MNZ FEA 4	MNZ SPR 1	JER FEA 7	JER SPR 4	YMC FEA 3	YMC SPR 5							4th	185
2018	Campos Vexatec Racing	BHR FEA 12	BHR SPR 6	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 14	CAT FEA 4	CAT SPR 5	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 10	LEC FEA 3	LEC SPR 3	RBR FEA 12	RBR SPR 13	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 10	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 2	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR 6	MNZ FEA 10	MNZ SPR 6	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR 14	YMC FEA 3	YMC SPR 9					8th	111
2019	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	BHR FEA 2	BHR SPR 1	BAK FEA 9	BAK SPR Ret	CAT FEA 4	CAT SPR 2	MON FEA DSQ	MON SPR Ret	LEC FEA Ret	LEC SPR 12	RBR FEA 2	RBR SPR 2	SIL FEA 1	SIL SPR 15	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 8	SPA FEA C	SPA SPR C	MNZ FEA 2	MNZ SPR 15	SOC FEA 4	SOC SPR 1	YMC FEA 6	YMC SPR 1					3rd	207
2020	Hitech Grand Prix	RBR FEA DNS	RBR SPR Ret	RBR FEA 11	RBR SPR 10	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 1	SIL FEA 17	SIL SPR 19†	SIL FEA 13	SIL SPR 10	CAT FEA 8	CAT SPR 2	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 5	MNZ FEA 2	MNZ SPR 15	MUG FEA 2	MUG SPR Ret	SOC FEA 4	SOC SPR 5	BHR FEA 12	BHR SPR Ret	BHR FEA 16	BHR SPR 7					10th	106
2022	DAMS	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	LEC SPR	LEC FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR 13	MNZ FEA Ret	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	25th	0

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2019–20	Team LNT	LMP1	Ginetta G60-LT-P1	AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6	SIL	FUJ 11	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA	LMS	BHR	24th	0.5

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	G-Drive Racing by APR	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY 8†	SEB	LGA	MDO	WGL	ELK	PET	NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2022	Tresor by Car Collection	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 7	MAG 1 5	MAG 2 8	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 13	MIS 1	MIS 2	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 13	10th	22

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2024	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 8	LEC Ret	IMO	SPA	MUG	ALG	10th*	4*

^* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

IndyCar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2024	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing	Dallara DW12	51	Honda	STP	THE	LBH	ALA 21	IMS 25	INDY	DET	ROA 22	LAG	MDO	IOW	IOW	TOR	GTW	POR	MIL	MIL	NSH	29th*	22*	^[17]

References

^ "Champions Cup — KF3 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
^ "Championnat de France — Minime 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
^ "Formula Abarth — Ghiotto joins Prema". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
^ Allen, Peter (30 March 2012). "PaddockScout Preview: Italian championships begin...in Spain!". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin. "Roundup: Bianchi steals FR3.5 points lead with home win". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (8 February 2013). "Prema Powerteam promote Luca Ghiotto to the Eurocup". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ Musker, Ant (2 June 2013). "Ghiotto claims maiden Eurocup victory in Spa". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ "Race" (PDF). peterautoracing. Peter Auto. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
^ Allen, Peter (5 February 2014). "Ghiotto to make Formula Renault 3.5 step with Draco". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ Wood, Ida (7 September 2022). "Luca Ghiotto makes surprise F2 return with DAMS to replace Nissany". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
^ "WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING CONFIRMS LUCA GHIOTTO FOR HUNGARY YOUNG DRIVER TEST". 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
^ "Ghiotto And Martins in at Nissan For Berlin Rookie Test". FIA Formula E. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ "Nissan Formula E Team completes strong Berlin Rookie Test with Ghiotto and Martins". nismo.com. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Nissan Formula E Team returns to Rome for penultimate event of Season 9". nismo.com. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Nissan Formula E Team continues Season 10 preparation with Valencia test". nismo.com. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ Glendenning, Mark (25 April 2024). "Ghiotto to make IndyCar debut with Coyne at Barber". RACER. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ "Luca Ghiotto – 2024 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

External links

Luca Ghiotto career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] "Champions Cup — KF3 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 5 February 2013.

[2] "Championnat de France — Minime 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

[3] "Formula Abarth — Ghiotto joins Prema". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.

[4] Allen, Peter (30 March 2012). "PaddockScout Preview: Italian championships begin...in Spain!". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[5] Khorounzhiy, Valentin. "Roundup: Bianchi steals FR3.5 points lead with home win". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[6] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (8 February 2013). "Prema Powerteam promote Luca Ghiotto to the Eurocup". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[7] Musker, Ant (2 June 2013). "Ghiotto claims maiden Eurocup victory in Spa". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[8] "Race" (PDF). peterautoracing. Peter Auto. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

[9] Allen, Peter (5 February 2014). "Ghiotto to make Formula Renault 3.5 step with Draco". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[10] Wood, Ida (7 September 2022). "Luca Ghiotto makes surprise F2 return with DAMS to replace Nissany". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[11] "WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING CONFIRMS LUCA GHIOTTO FOR HUNGARY YOUNG DRIVER TEST". 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.

[12] "Ghiotto And Martins in at Nissan For Berlin Rookie Test". FIA Formula E. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[13] "Nissan Formula E Team completes strong Berlin Rookie Test with Ghiotto and Martins". nismo.com. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[14] "Nissan Formula E Team returns to Rome for penultimate event of Season 9". nismo.com. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[15] "Nissan Formula E Team continues Season 10 preparation with Valencia test". nismo.com. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[16] Glendenning, Mark (25 April 2024). "Ghiotto to make IndyCar debut with Coyne at Barber". RACER. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

[17] "Luca Ghiotto – 2024 NTT IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

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