Facu Regalia

Facu Regalia
Nationality Argentine
Born 23 November 1991
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Hilmer Motorsport
Car no. 12
Starts 8
Championships 0
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 31st in 2014
Previous series
201213
2012
2012
2011
200810
2009
GP3 Series
Auto GP World Series
European F3 Open
Italian Formula Three
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW Pacific

Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence.

Career

Karting

Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Spain for the majority of his career.[1]

Formula BMW

Regalia began his formula racing career in 2008 in the newly created Formula BMW Europe with EuroInternational. He finished sixteenth overall in the championship, with nine point-scoring finishes and 60 points.[2]

Regalia remained in the series for the following season but switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing. He improved to eighth in standings, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in sixteen races. In 2010, Regalia completed his third season, joining Eifelland Racing. He finished eighth in the championship for the second successive season, achieving his first podium at Zandvoort.[3]

Formula Three

2011 saw Regalia move to the Italian Formula Three Championship, competing for Arco Motorsport.[4] He finished tenth in the championship with two podiums at Imola and Vallelunga.[5] Also in 2011, he joined Mücke Motorsport to compete in Formula 3 Euro Series in the finale at Hockenheim.[6] He had two finishes on the tenth position and retired in the last race of the week-end.

In 2012 Regalia switched to the European F3 Open Championship, joining Campos Racing.[7]

Auto GP World Series

As well as his European F3 Open commitments, Regalia also participates in the Auto GP World Series with Campos Racing.[7]

GP3 Series

Regalia made his GP3 Series debut, in the fourth round of the 2012 season at Silverstone. He replaced Jakub Klášterka at Jenzer Motorsport.[8] In 2013, Regalia will be competing with ART Grand Prix.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2008 Formula BMW Europe EuroInternational 15 0 0 0 0 60 16th
Formula BMW World Final Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2009 Formula BMW Europe Josef Kaufmann Racing 16 0 0 0 0 148 8th
Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 3 2 2 2 2 N/A NC†
2010 Formula BMW Europe Eifelland Racing 16 0 0 0 1 148 8th
2011 Italian Formula Three Championship Arco Motorsport 14 0 1 2 2 55 10th
Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
2012 Auto GP World Series Campos Racing 10 0 0 0 2 68 7th
European F3 Open Championship 16 3 3 2 6 186 4th
GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Atech CRS Grand Prix
2013 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 16 1 1 2 6 138 2nd
2014 GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 0 31st

 – As Regalia was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Auto GP World 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 Pos Points
2012 Campos Racing MNZ
1

4
MNZ
2

9
VAL
1

7
VAL
2

2
MAR
1
Ret
MAR
2
10
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

10
ALG
1
6
ALG
2
5
CUR
1
CUR
2
SON
1
SON
2
7th 68

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 D.C. Points
2012 Jenzer Motorsport ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
GBR
FEA

14
GBR
SPR

12
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
27th 0
Atech CRS Grand Prix HUN
FEA

18
HUN
SPR

18
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
2013 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA
24†
ESP
SPR
14
VAL
FEA

2
VAL
SPR

7
GBR
FEA

3
GBR
SPR

5
GER
FEA

1
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

4
BEL
FEA

3
BEL
SPR

3
ITA
FEA

3
ITA
SPR

4
ABU
FEA

15
ABU
SPR

16
2nd 138

Complete GP2 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 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2014 Hilmer Motorsport BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

20
ESP
FEA
Ret
ESP
SPR
17
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

21
AUT
FEA

Ret
AUT
SPR

24
GBR
FEA
GBR
SPR
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
RUS
FEA
RUS
SPR
ABU
FEA
ABU
SPR
31st 0

References

  1. "Biography". facuregalia.com.com. Facu Regalia. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. "Formula BMW Europe 2008". Driver Database. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. "Formula BMW Europe 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  4. Mancini, Antonio (2 March 2011). "Facundo Regalia ha firmato con il Team Ghinzani" [Facundo Regalia has signed with Team Ghinzani]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  5. "Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  6. "Wittmann, Juncadella and Melker to battle it out for second place". Formula 3 Euro Series (ITR e.V.). 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Hornsby, Tom (4 January 2012). "Regalia joins Campos for F3 Open assault". motorstv.com (Motors TV). Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  8. "Facu Regalia (ARG) joins us for Silverstone". jenzermotorsport.ch (Jenzer Motorsport). 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

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