Leonardo Pulcini

Leonardo Pulcini (born 25 June 1998, in Rome) is an Italian racing driver and the 2016 Euroformula Open champion.[1]

Leonardo Pulcini
Nationality Italian
Born (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998
Rome, Italy
FIA F3 career
Debut season2019
Current teamCarlin Buzz Racing
Car number27
Former teamsHitech Grand Prix
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish8th in 2019
Previous series
2014-16
2015
2014
Euroformula Open Championship
Auto GP
Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2016Euroformula Open Championship

Career

Karting

Born in Rome, Pulcini began karting professionally in 2012 and came second in the CIK-FIA KF Junior championship a year later.

Lower Formulae

In 2014, Pulcini graduated to single-seaters, competing with DAV Racing in the inaugural season of the Italian F4 Championship, where he finished fourth. He also partook in two rounds of that year's Euroformula Open Championship with the same team.

In 2015, Pulcini switched to Euroformula Open full-time with DAV Racing, scoring his maiden victory at the first race at the Red Bull Ring and finished ninth in the standings. He also partook in the first round of the 2015 Auto GP Series.

The following year he switched to Campos Racing.[2] With them, he took seven victories, three pole positions and eight fastest laps to secure the Euroformula Open title.

GP3 Series

In November 2016, it was announced that Pulcini would reunite with Campos for GP3 Series post-season testing at Yas Marina.[3] In January 2017, Pulcini signed to race with Arden International.[4] A second place in the first round at Catalunya would end up being his only points-scoring finish and the Italian ended up 14th in the championship.

For 2018 Pulcini moved to Campos Racing in what would be the final season of the GP3 Series. His results were much better, and after two race wins and three further podiums Pulcini finished fourth in the drivers' standings.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Italian F4 Championship DAV Racing 21 0 0 0 6 187 4th
Euroformula Open Championship 4 0 0 0 0 14 19th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 Euroformula Open Championship DAV Racing 16 1 0 0 2 91 9th
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 22 9th
Auto GP Series FMS Racing 2 0 0 0 1 27 5th‡
2016 Euroformula Open Championship Campos Racing 16 7 3 8 13 303 1st
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 1 1 4 5 105 1st
2017 GP3 Series Arden International 15 0 0 1 1 20 14th
2018 GP3 Series Campos Racing 18 2 2 2 5 156 4th
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 16 1 0 0 2 78 8th
Macau Grand Prix Campos Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Carlin Buzz Racing 2 33rd

Position when season was cancelled. As Pulcini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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
2017 Arden International CAT
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

17
RBR
FEA

Ret
RBR
SPR

14
SIL
FEA

11
SIL
SPR

12
HUN
FEA

15
HUN
SPR

10
SPA
FEA

11
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

C
JER
FEA

14
JER
SPR

13
YMC
FEA

17†
YMC
SPR

Ret
14th 20
2018 Campos Racing CAT
FEA

4
CAT
SPR

9
LEC
FEA

4
LEC
SPR

8
RBR
FEA

2
RBR
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

6
SIL
SPR

6
HUN
FEA

2
HUN
SPR

4
SPA
FEA

15
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

14
MNZ
SPR

7
SOC
FEA

1
SOC
SPR

8
YMC
FEA

1
YMC
SPR

12
4th 156

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 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 DC Points
2019 Hitech Grand Prix CAT
FEA

20
CAT
SPR

21
LEC
FEA

Ret
LEC
SPR

12
RBR
FEA

9
RBR
SPR

5
SIL
FEA

4
SIL
SPR

1
HUN
FEA

7
HUN
SPR

2
SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

7
MNZ
FEA

10
MNZ
SPR

6
SOC
FEA

4
SOC
SPR

16
8th 78
2020 Carlin Buzz Racing RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
CAT
FEA

16
CAT
SPR

24
SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MUG
FEA

MUG
SPR

33rd 0

References

  1. "Euroformula Open: Leonardo Pulcini è il campione 2016 (Euroformula Open: Leonardo Pulcini is the champion 2016)". October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  2. "Campos Racing confirm Diego Menchaca, Julio Moreno and Leonardo Pulcini as F.3 drivers in 2016". February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  3. "F3 and Formula Renault frontrunners headline GP3 test entry list". November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  4. "Arden announces 2017 driver line-up". February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Vitor Baptista
Euroformula Open Championship
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Harrison Scott
Preceded by
Konstantin Tereshchenko
Spanish Formula 3 Championship
Champion

2016
Succeeded by
Devlin DeFrancesco
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