David Ostella

David Ostella (born October 8, 1991) is a Canadian racing driver from Maple, Ontario.

David Ostella
NationalityCanadian
Born (1991-10-08) October 8, 1991
Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin career
Debut season2011
Current teamSpeedMerchants Motorsports
Car number13
Wins2
Poles2
Fastest laps1
Best finish1st in 2013
Previous series
2011-2012
2009–2012
2008		Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship
Formula BMW Americas
Championship titles
2006
2013		Ron Fellows Karting Championship
Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Canada

After racing in various American and Canadian karting series, Ostella made his professional racing debut in Formula BMW Americas in 2008 for Eurointernational, finishing 9th in points. In 2009 he moved to the Star Mazda Series with AIM Autosport and finished 13th in points with one podium finish. In 2010 he returned to the series with AIM and improved to 12th in points.[1] For 2011, he signed with Jensen MotorSport to race in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Ostella finished the championship 9th overall, accruing 287 points after contesting 13 of the 14 rounds.[2] Ostella finished a career best 4th for Jensen in the season opener on the streets of St. Petersberg. He signed with Team Moore Racing to return to Indy Lights in 2012.[3] Ostella improved to eighth in points and captured his first series podium, a runner-up finish in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway where he also recorded the fastest lap of the race.

In 2013, David Ostella was hired by PR1/Mathasian Motorsports to drive in the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring in an LMPC car. Ostella helped the team win the race in the PC class and finish 9th overall.[4]

David finished the 2013 season in the Ultra 94 IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada with SpeedMerchants Motorsports. Taking home two wins and nine podium finishes Ostella was able to clinch the top spot in the points standings in the Platinum Cup championship. As the points champion Ostella was given his own Porsche 911 to race around the streets of his native Toronto for one year.

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing

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

Star Mazda Championship
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
2009 SEB
?		 VIR
?		 MMP
?		 NJ1
?		 NJ2
?		 WIS
?		 IOW
?		 ILL
?		 ILL
?		 QUE
?		 ONT
?		 ATL
?		 LAG
?		 13th 294
2010 AIM Autosport SEB
13		 STP
7		 LAG
18		 ORP
8		 IOW
14		 NJ1
22		 NJ2
7		 ACC
4		 ACC
23		 TRO
5		 ROA
7		 MOS
10		 ATL 12th 306

Indy Lights Results
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
2011 Jensen MotorSport STP
4		 ALA
13		 LBH
9		 INDY
8		 MIL
7		 IOW
9		 TOR
13		 EDM1
14		 EDM2
8		 TRO
7		 NHM
6		 BAL
15		 KTY
12		 LVS 9th 287
2012 Team Moore Racing STP
15		 ALA
9		 LBH
8		 INDY
18		 DET
13		 MIL
4		 IOW
5		 TOR
7		 EDM
10		 TRO
6		 BAL
4		 FON
2		 8th 298

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports P Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH AUS BEL WGL
 MOS
8		 ELK
 LGA
 ATL
 34th 23

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. David Ostella – career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-12-06
  2. Ostella to Firestone Indy Lights with Jensen team Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, AutoWeek, November 15, 2010, Retrieved 2010-12-06
  3. Ostella Joins Team Moore in Firestone Indy Lights Series, David Ostella PR, January 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-02
  4. PC victory for Canadian David Ostella in Sebring 12 Hour race, motorsport.com, March 17, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-17
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