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Santino Ferrucci
Ferrucci in 2018
Born (1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 26)
Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., teamNo. 26 (Sam Hunt Racing)
IndyCar Series career
35 races run over 3 years
2018 position13th
Best finish13th (2019)
First race2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (Belle Isle)
Last race2020 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2017
Car number17
Former teamsTrident
Starts23
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish19th 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
Last updated on: December 21, 2020.

Santino Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Prior to stock car racing, he raced in open-wheel racing such as the FIA Formula 2 Championship and IndyCar Series.

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.[1]

Career

Open-wheel ladder

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, driving for Dale Coyne Racing during testing at Portland in 2018.

Ferrucci remained in Formula 2 for 2018, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident.

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.[5] He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track.[5] He was also found to have driven his car between the F2 and F1 paddock without one glove and while holding his phone, which resulted in a €6,000 fine.[6]

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.[7][8] An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments.[9] Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.

Formula One

After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 2016 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]

IndyCar Series

2018

In June 2018, Ferrucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi.[14] Ferrucci retired from his first race after colliding with Charlie Kimball on lap 56.

After his departure from Formula 2, Ferrucci contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.[15]

2019

Ferrucci (right) at Texas Motor Speedway in 2019

Ferrucci signed with Coyne to contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season driving the No. 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.

2020

After teammate Sébastien Bourdais's departure from Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci moved to Bourdais's No. 18 SealMaster Honda for the 2020 season. He finished 4th at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top 5s out of 14 races, to finish 13th in points.

NASCAR

On January 8, 2021, it was confirmed that Ferrucci would run a 20-race schedule piloting the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Ferrucci had limited stock car racing experience prior to NASCAR, with his lone foray being a super late model test with Fury Race Cars in 2020.[16]

Other racing

In January 2021, Ferrucci made his midget car racing debut in the Chili Bowl for Dave Mac Motorsports.[17] He failed to finish his G Feature race and was classified in tenth.[18]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
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
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 10 0 0 0 0 4 22nd
GP3 Series DAMS 3 0 0 0 0 3 19th
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 13 0 0 0 0 7 19th
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
2020 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan 14 0 0 0 0 290 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
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
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
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
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
4 		GTW
16 		GTW
10 		MDO
14 		MDO
14 		IMS
15 		IMS
12 		STP
23 		13th 290

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2019 Dallara Honda 23 7 Dale Coyne Racing
2020 Dallara Honda 19 4 Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 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 NXSC Pts Ref
2021 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY DAY HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IND MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL CLT TEX KAN MAR PHO

References

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  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "DAMS reveal 2017 line up". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Santino Ferrucci to join Trident for remainder of 2017 Formula 2 Season from Budapest". July 26, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Ferrucci suspended from F2 rounds in Hungary and Belgium". Crash. July 8, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  6. ^ "Ferrucci handed four-race ban for hitting teammate". www.motorsport.com. July 8, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  7. ^ "Trident terminates banned Ferrucci's contract". Motorsport.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "Trident Formula 2 team drops banned Haas F1 junior Santino Ferrucci". Autosport.com. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  9. ^ "SANTINO FERRUCCI ORDERED TO PAY €502,000 TO TRIDENT BY ITALIAN COURTS". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
  10. ^ Larson, Mike (March 10, 2016). "Haas F1 signs American development driver". Autoweek. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  11. ^ Collantine, Keith (July 6, 2016). "Haas to run American driver at Silverstone test". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  12. ^ Barretto, Lawrence (December 22, 2016). "Haas F1 team will keep Santino Ferrucci as development driver in 2017". Autosport. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  13. ^ Edmondson, Laurence (March 28, 2018). "Haas retains Santino Ferrucci as development driver". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  14. ^ Robinson, Cooper. "FERRUCCI IMPRESSES IN OFFICIAL INDYCAR PRACTICE DEBUT". IndyCar. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  15. ^ "Ferrucci to contest two more IndyCar races with Coyne". Motorsport.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  16. ^ Glendenning, Mark (January 8, 2021). "Ferrucci signs part-time Xfinity deal with Sam Hunt Racing". Racer. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  17. ^ Seelman, Jacob (December 21, 2020). "Ferrucci, Reimer Fill Out Dave Mac Chili Bowl Squad". Speed Sport. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  18. ^ "Lineups/Results - Championship Saturday". Chili Bowl. January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
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