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Stefano Coletti

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Stefano Coletti
NationalityMonaco Monégasque
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 (age 35)
La Colle, Monaco
European Le Mans Series – LMP2 career
Debut season2016
Racing licence FIA Gold
Former teamsSMP Racing
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2016
Previous series
2015
2011
2010
2009, 2011–14
2009–10
2008–09
2007
2006–07
2006
2005–06		IndyCar Series
GP2 Asia Series
GP3 Series
GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula 3 Euro Series
Italian Formula Renault 2.0
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula BMW USA
Formula BMW ADAC

Stefano Coletti (born 6 April 1989) is a former Monégasque professional racing driver who raced for SMP Racing in the European Le Mans Series. His sister Alexandra Coletti is an alpine skier. He is the first Monégasque driver since Louis Chiron (1931) to have won a race in Monaco.[1]

Career

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Karting

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Born in La Colle, Monaco, Coletti enjoyed a successful karting career prior to moving into single-seater racing. In 2003, he finished as runner-up in the Italian Open Masters ICA–Junior category before winning the Andrea Margutti Trophy and European Championship ICA–Junior titles in 2004.

Formula BMW

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In 2005, Coletti moved up to Formula racing, joining Eifelland Racing to contest the Formula BMW ADAC championship, where he finished eighteenth in the standings. He also took part in the Formula BMW World Final in Bahrain for ASL Team Mücke Motorsport, finishing in twenty-fifth place.

He continued in the championship in 2006, taking four podium places, including a single victory, to finish seventh in the standings. He also took part in four Formula BMW USA races, winning three of them to finish the season in fifth place, despite missing a large proportion of the championship. Coletti once again competed in the Formula BMW World Final, held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, where he finished in third place, behind Mika Mäki and race winner Christian Vietoris.[2]

Formula Renault

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In August 2006, Coletti made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series, driving for the Cram Competition and Motopark Academy teams, although he failed to score a point in any of the six races he entered.

In 2007, he joined the Spanish Epsilon Euskadi team to contest both the Eurocup and Italian Formula Renault 2.0 championships. He finished fourth in the Eurocup standings after taking a win at the Hungaroring and two further podium places, whilst in the Italian series he took two victories – both at Misano – to finish in tenth place.

Formula Three

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Coletti competing at the opening round of the 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

Coletti moved up to the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2008 season, joining the French Signature-Plus team. However, he left the team after the first four races after being dropped from the Red Bull Driver Development scheme.[3] Coletti missed the next round of the series at Pau before joining Prema Powerteam, who he remained with for the rest of the season. He took a best race result of fourth to finish the year in twentieth position. He also took part in the Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix non-championship races, but retired from both events.

In January 2009, Prema announced that Coletti would be staying with the team for the 2009 season.[4] At the first round of the year in Hockenheim, Coletti qualified on the front row of the grid before going on to win the opening race of the season.[5] The following month, Coletti took part in the Masters of Formula 3 event held at Zandvoort, qualifying in fourth position before finishing the race in third place, behind Finns Mika Mäki and race winner Valtteri Bottas.[6]

Coletti was involved in a controversial incident after the first race at the Norisring. Having finished third to move into third in the championship, Coletti had an altercation with race winner Jules Bianchi. Coletti felt that Bianchi had said "bad words" to him, and struck the ART Grand Prix driver and championship leader. Coletti was then stripped of his third place, and was excluded from the rest of the meeting.[7] Coletti failed to score points after the Oschersleben rounds, and finished tenth in the championship.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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In November 2008, Coletti sampled Formula Renault 3.5 Series machinery for the first time, testing for RC Motorsport at Valencia alongside former GP2 Series driver Andy Soucek. On 15 May 2009 it was announced that Coletti would race for Prema Powerteam in the Monaco round of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, replacing Frankie Provenzano.[8] He originally finished in eleventh place, but after Marco Barba received a 25-second penalty, Coletti was promoted into the final points paying position in tenth.

Coletti returned to the series for a full season in 2010, driving alongside Greg Mansell at Comtec Racing.[9] He took five podium finishes on his way to sixth place in the championship.

GP3 Series

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Coletti also contested fourteen races of the inaugural GP3 Series season for the Tech 1 Racing team, replacing Daniel Juncadella after the first round of the championship. His team-mates were variously Doru Sechelariu, Jean-Éric Vergne, Jim Pla and the returning Juncadella. Coletti finished the year ninth in the championship; the best-placed of the Tech 1 drivers.

GP2 Series

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Coletti during the 2014 GP2 Series round at Silverstone.

Coletti made his GP2 debut in 2009 at Valencia when he replaced Davide Valsecchi at Durango.[10] He suffered a fraught first meeting in the series, receiving three drive-through penalties. In race one he received one for jumping the start and one for crossing the white line at the pit lane exit, before retiring from the race. In race two he stalled on the grid and was penalised for starting from the grid instead of the pitlane; he collided with Dani Clos before taking this penalty. In his third GP2 race, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Coletti crashed heavily with two laps remaining causing the race to finish under safety car conditions.[11] He escaped with compressed vertebrae and minor bruising, missing the following day's sprint race as his car's monocoque was written off by the impact.[12] He also missed the Brands Hatch rounds of the F3 Euroseries due to his injury. He was due to return to GP2 at Monza having originally been passed fit, but pulled out due to recurring pain during Thursday scrutineering.[13]

Coletti returned to GP2 in 2011, driving for Trident Racing alongside Rodolfo González. In the Asia series, he scored a victory in the sprint race at Yas Marina on his way to fourth place in the drivers' standings. He also began the main series strongly, winning the sprint race of the first round of the championship, held at Istanbul Park. After winning the sprint race in Hungary, he crashed heavily during the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps and sustained two vertebral compression fractures, two years after sustaining a similar, but more minor injury. He missed the rest of the season as a result.[14] His seat was taken by compatriot Stéphane Richelmi.[15]

Coletti during practice at Sonoma Raceway in 2015.
Coletti at the 2015 Indianapolis 500

His injury healed, Coletti returned to GP2 for the 2012 season with Scuderia Coloni, alongside Fabio Onidi, but after ten rounds of the championship, lying only 14th in the championship with one podium finish, he left the team by mutual consent.[16] He promptly joined the Rapax team for the final rounds of the championship, replacing Daniël de Jong.[17] He finished in the points in three of the remaining four races, moving him above Rio Haryanto into a final championship position of 13th.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Formula BMW ADAC Eifelland Racing 20 0 0 0 0 13 18th
Formula BMW World Final ASL Team Mücke Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 16 1 0 2 4 103 7th
Formula BMW World Final EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 0 1 3rd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Motopark Academy 4 0 0 0 0
Formula BMW USA EuroInternational 4 3 2 2 4 75 5th
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Epsilon Euskadi 14 1 1 0 3 71 4th
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 14 2 1 0 3 164 10th
2008 Formula 3 Euro Series Signature-Plus 4 0 0 0 0 6.5 20th
Prema Powerteam 14 0 0 0 0
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2009 Formula 3 Euro Series Prema Powerteam 17 1 0 2 2 19 10th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series 1 0 0 0 0 1 28th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
GP2 Series Durango 3 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2010 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 17 0 0 0 5 76 6th
GP3 Series Tech 1 Racing 14 0 0 0 2 18 9th
Auto GP Charouz–Gravity Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2 20th
2011 GP2 Series Trident Racing 16 2 0 0 2 22 11th
GP2 Asia Series 4 1 0 0 1 11 4th
GP2 Final Scuderia Coloni 2 0 0 0 0 0 13th
2012 GP2 Series Scuderia Coloni 20 0 0 2 1 50 13th
Rapax 4 0 0 1 0
2013 GP2 Series Rapax 22 3 1 4 7 135 5th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Ma-con 2 0 0 0 0 0 36th
Macau Grand Prix EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2014 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 2 0 5 5 136 6th
Macau Grand Prix EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2015 IndyCar Series KV Racing Technology 16 0 0 1 0 203 19th
2015-16 Formula E Team Aguri Test driver
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 SMP Racing 6 0 0 0 3 83 3rd
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - PC Starworks Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 1 31st
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2020 International GT Open Team Lazarus 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2008 Signature-Plus Dallara F308/011 Volkswagen HOC
1
18 		HOC
2
21 		MUG
1
21 		MUG
2
11 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		20th 6.5
Prema Powerteam Dallara F308/047 Mercedes NOR
1
11 		NOR
2
6 		ZAN
1
19 		ZAN
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
Ret 		BRH
1
19 		BRH
2
25 		CAT
1
15 		CAT
2
Ret 		LMS
1
19 		LMS
2
9 		HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
Ret
2009 Prema Powerteam Dallara F309/014 Mercedes HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
5 		LAU
1
15 		LAU
2
23 		NOR
1
DSQ 		NOR
2
EX 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
12 		OSC
1
7 		OSC
2
2 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
10 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
15 		DIJ
1
21 		DIJ
2
Ret 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
9 		10th 19

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2008 Italy Prema Powerteam Dallara F308 12th 7th DNF
2009 Italy Prema Powerteam Dallara F308 9th 22nd DNF
2013 Italy EuroInternational Dallara F312 17th 11th DNF
2014 Italy EuroInternational Dallara F312 12th 10th 6th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(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
2009 Prema Powerteam CAT
1 		CAT
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MON
1
10 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		BUG
1 		BUG
2 		ALG
1 		ALG
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		ALC
1 		ALC
2 		28th 1
2010 Comtec Racing ALC
1
Ret 		ALC
2
13 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
3 		MON
1
5 		BRN
1
9 		BRN
2
12 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
7 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
10 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
2 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
12 		CAT
1
10 		CAT
2
5 		6th 76

Complete GP2 Series results

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(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 23 24 DC Points
2009 Durango CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		IST
FEA 		IST
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		NÜR
FEA 		NÜR
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		VAL
FEA
Ret 		VAL
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
12† 		SPA
SPR
DNS 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		ALG
FEA 		ALG
SPR 		25th 0
2011 Trident Racing IST
FEA
5 		IST
SPR
1 		CAT
FEA
10 		CAT
SPR
20† 		MON
FEA
5 		MON
SPR
Ret 		VAL
FEA
17 		VAL
SPR
19† 		SIL
FEA
7 		SIL
SPR
22 		NÜR
FEA
Ret 		NÜR
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
21 		HUN
SPR
1 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
DNS 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		11th 22
2012 Scuderia Coloni SEP
FEA
5 		SEP
SPR
23† 		BHR1
FEA
Ret 		BHR1
SPR
23† 		BHR2
FEA
21 		BHR2
SPR
18 		CAT
FEA
3 		CAT
SPR
8 		MON
FEA
10 		MON
SPR
Ret 		VAL
FEA
9 		VAL
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
20 		HOC
SPR
19 		HUN
FEA
10 		HUN
SPR
9 		SPA
FEA
20† 		SPA
SPR
8 		13th 50
Rapax MNZ
FEA
8 		MNZ
SPR
4 		MRN
FEA
13 		MRN
SPR
8
2013 Rapax SEP
FEA
3 		SEP
SPR
1 		BHR
FEA
2 		BHR
SPR
3 		CAT
FEA
4 		CAT
SPR
1 		MON
FEA
6 		MON
SPR
1 		SIL
FEA
21† 		SIL
SPR
10 		NÜR
FEA
3 		NÜR
SPR
19 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
20† 		SPA
FEA
13 		SPA
SPR
23 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
13 		MRN
FEA
12 		MRN
SPR
24 		YMC
FEA
20† 		YMC
SPR
9 		5th 135
2014 Racing Engineering BHR
FEA
4 		BHR
SPR
23 		CAT
FEA
16 		CAT
SPR
8 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
9 		RBR
FEA
4 		RBR
SPR
2 		SIL
FEA
4 		SIL
SPR
2 		HOC
FEA
4 		HOC
SPR
1 		HUN
FEA
18 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
7 		MNZ
FEA
9 		MNZ
SPR
2 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
8 		YMC
FEA
7 		YMC
SPR
1 		6th 136

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 DC Points
2011 Trident Racing YMC
FEA
8 		YMC
SPR
1 		IMO
FEA
5 		IMO
SPR
Ret 		4th 11

Complete GP2 Final results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points
2011 Scuderia Coloni YMC
FEA
10 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		13th 0

Complete GP3 Series results

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(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 DC Points
2010 Tech 1 Racing CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		IST
FEA
24 		IST
SPR
14 		VAL
FEA
10 		VAL
SPR
6 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HOC
FEA
5 		HOC
SPR
3 		HUN
FEA
3 		HUN
SPR
4 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
24 		MNZ
FEA
16 		MNZ
SPR
20 		9th 18

Complete IndyCar Series results

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(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 Rank Points Ref
2015 KV Racing Technology Dallara DW12 4 Chevrolet STP
20 		NLA
17 		LBH
23 		ALA
19 		IMS
8 		INDY
25 		DET
15 		DET
16 		TXS
19 		TOR
23 		FON
12 		MIL
20 		IOW
20 		MDO
19 		POC
24 		SNM
17 		19th 203 [18]

Indianapolis 500

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Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2015 Dallara Chevrolet 29 25 KV Racing Technology

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
2 		IMO
4 		RBR
4 		LEC
2 		SPA
6 		EST
3 		3rd 83

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2017 Campos Racing BHR
FEA
16 		BHR
SPR
15 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		JER
FEA 		JER
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		27th 0

References

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