Antonio Fuoco
Italian racing driver

Antonio Fuoco

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20 May 1996(Cariati, Italy)
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Introduction

Antonio Fuoco (born 20 May 1996) is a professional Italian racing driver who currently serves as a development driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team and is a junior driver for the CompetizioneGT. He previously competed in Formula 2 for Charouz Racing System, and was a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Career

Karting

Born in Cariati, Fuoco debuted in karting at the age of four and raced in various European championships, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2012, when he finished third in WSK Euro Series and fourth in the CIK-FIA European KF2 Championship.

Formula Renault

In 2013,Fuoco graduated to single-seaters, racing in the newly launched Formula Renault 2.0 Alps series for Prema Junior. He won races at Vallelunga, Imola, Monza and Mugello and amassed another three podiums. He also competed in a round of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship with the team, at Spa-Francorchamps.

Formula Three

Fuoco stepped up to FIA European Formula Three Championship in 2014, continuing with Prema Powerteam. He finished fifth in the driver standings, with two wins at Silverstone and Spielberg, and 10 podiums out of 33 races.

GP3 Series

On 23 January 2015, it was announced Fuoco would be racing in the GP3 Series with Carlin Motorsport. Despite scoring two podiums, Fuoco experienced an inconsistent season, including crashes at the Red Bull Ring, the Hungaroring, Spa and Monza.

In February 2016, following Carlin's departure from the series, it was announced Fuoco would be racing for Trident, where he collected his maiden victories and finished third in the championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In November 2016, it was announced that Fuoco would graduate to the series, reunite with Prema and partner fellow Ferrari junior and GP3 champion Charles Leclerc for the 2017 season.

FIA Formula E

In October 2018, Fuoco partook in the pre-season test at Valencia with GEOX Dragon and the following month, was named the team's reserve and test driver for the 2018-19 season. In January 2019, Dragon ran Fuoco in the rookie test at Marrakesh where he set the third best time in the overall classification.

Formula One

On 23 June 2015, Fuoco had his first Formula One test with Ferrari during the 2-day post-Austrian Grand Prix test in Spielberg at the Red Bull Ring.

On 19 January 2019, when Mick Schumacher was confirmed as a Ferrari Driver Academy driver, it was also confirmed that Fuoco was no longer part of the Academy, but was instead promoted to Ferrari’s F1 simulator team.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Prema Junior 14 6 5 5 11 245 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Prema Powerteam 2 0 1 0 0 N/A NC†
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship 32 2 0 2 10 255 5th
Florida Winter Series N/A 12 4 3 3 7 N/A 1st
2015 GP3 Series Carlin 18 0 0 0 2 88 6th
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Development driver
2016 GP3 Series Trident 18 2 0 0 8 157 3rd
Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Development driver
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 22 1 0 1 5 98 8th
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Charouz Racing System 23 2 0 1 6 141 7th
2018–19 Formula E GEOX Dragon Reserve and development driver
2019 Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Simulator driver
2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Car Guy Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 16th

† As Fuoco was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

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 Prema Powerteam Mercedes SIL1
4
SIL2
3
SIL3
1
HOC1
11
HOC2
Ret
HOC3
3
PAU1
17
PAU2
19†
PAU3
11
HUN1
19
HUN2
2
HUN3
2
SPA1
5
SPA2
Ret
SPA3
16
NOR1
Ret
NOR2
7
NOR3
9
MSC1
6
MSC2
2
MSC3
3
RBR1
6
RBR2
1
RBR3
19
NÜR1
2
NÜR2
4
NÜR3
4
IMO1
16
IMO2
25
IMO3
2
HOC1
14
HOC2
DSQ
HOC3
DNS
5th 255

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

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
2015 Carlin CATFEA
8
CATSPR
4
RBRFEA
2
RBRSPR
Ret
SILFEA
18
SILSPR
23
HUNFEA
8
HUNSPR
Ret
SPAFEA
4
SPASPR
Ret
MNZFEA
Ret
MNZSPR
11
SOCFEA
6
SOCSPR
4
BHRFEA
9
BHRSPR
5
YMCFEA
7
YMCSPR
2
6th 88
2016 Trident CATFEA
4
CATSPR
3
RBRFEA
5
RBRSPR
3
SILFEA
3
SILSPR
1
HUNFEA
2
HUNSPR
10
HOCFEA
1
HOCSPR
18†
SPAFEA
4
SPASPR
2
MNZFEA
8
MNZSPR
3
SEPFEA
8
SEPSPR
Ret
YMCFEA
16
YMCSPR
17
3rd 157

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 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
2017 Prema Racing BHRFEA
9
BHRSPR
11
CATFEA
13
CATSPR
Ret
MONFEA
11
MONSPR
10
BAKFEA
Ret
BAKSPR
12
RBRFEA
3
RBRSPR
5
SILFEA
16
SILSPR
12
HUNFEA
Ret
HUNSPR
17
SPAFEA
3
SPASPR
7
MNZFEA
1
MNZSPR
3
JERFEA
3
JERSPR
5
YMCFEA
DSQ
YMCSPR
11
8th 98
2018 Charouz Racing System BHRFEA
17
BHRSPR
12
BAKFEA
3
BAKSPR
DNS
CATFEA
10
CATSPR
7
MONFEA
8
MONSPR
1
LECFEA
4
LECSPR
4
RBRFEA
3
RBRSPR
4
SILFEA
3
SILSPR
Ret
HUNFEA
3
HUNSPR
17
SPAFEA
17
SPASPR
19
MNZFEA
DSQ
MNZSPR
10
SOCFEA
6
SOCSPR
9
YMCFEA
7
YMCSPR
1
7th 141