Gianluca Petecof

Gianluca Petecof (born 14 November 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver. He is the current champion of the Formula Regional European Championship and a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Gianluca Petecof
Nationality Brazil
Born (2002-11-20) 20 November 2002
São Paulo, Brazil
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season2020
Current teamPrema Powerteam
Car number10
Starts23
Wins4
Podiums14
Poles5
Fastest laps7
Best finish1st in 2020
Previous series
2018-2019
2018-2019		Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4

Career

Karting

Born in São Paulo, Petecof started his karting career in 2013. After multiple karting titles in Brazil, Petecof moved over to Europe to compete on an international level. His best result was fifth in the CIK-Karting World Championship in 2016.

Lower formulae

In 2018 Petecof made his single-seater racing debut in the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 Championships.[1] The former would be more successful for Petecof, with one win and four further podiums helping him to fifth in the standings, meanwhile the Brazilian only scored one podium in ADAC F4 on his way to tenth.

The next year Petecof continued racing in both Italy and Germany.[2] He won four races and became vice-champion in the Italian series, 136 points behind Dennis Hauger. In ADAC F4 Petecof achieved one victory and finished 5th.[3]

Formula Regional European Championship

In 2020 Prema Powerteam announced that Petecof would drive for them in the Formula Regional European Championship alongside Jamie Chadwick, Oliver Rasmussen and fellow Ferrari Academy member Arthur Leclerc.[4] Petecof started the season strongly, amassing four victories in the first three rounds. Despite his strong start to the season, Leclerc was able to keep the championship battle going until the last race of the season at Vallelunga, where Petecof was crowned both rookies' and series champion.[5]

Formula One

In December 2017 Ferrari added Petecof to their Driver Academy.[6] In January 2021,Petecof announced he had left the academy.[7]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 18 1 0 1 5 186 4th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 21 0 0 0 1 92 10th
2019 Italian F4 Championship 20 4 2 2 8 233 2nd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 21 1 2 3 5 164 5th
2020 Formula Regional European Championship 23 4 5 7 14 359 1st

References
  1. "New Ferrari recruit Petecof to race in both Italian and German F4 for Prema". February 5, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. "Ferrari junior Petecof remains in ADAC and Italian F4 with Prema". March 11, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  3. "2019 International Formula 4 season review". December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  4. "Arthur Leclerc gets Ferrari junior status, joins Prema in Formula Regional". January 17, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  5. "Petecof takes FREC title at Vallelunga as rival Leclerc crashes out". December 6, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. "Ferrari adds Brazilian karter Gianluca Petecof to Driver Academy". December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  7. "Petecof announces departure of FDA".
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