Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Nationality Venezuelan
Born (1989-09-09) 9 September 1989
Augsburg (Germany)
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2009
Current team Trident
Car no. 12
Former teams Carlin
Hilmer Motorsport
Arden International
Barwa Addax Team
Ocean Racing Technology
David Price Racing
Starts 114
Wins 4
Poles 3
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 5th in 2014
Previous series
2009–102011
2009
2007
2007
2006, 2008
2006
2006
200607
200607
2005
2005
2005
GP2 Asia Series
Formula 3 Euro Series
International Formula Master
British Formula 3
German Formula Three
Formula Renault NEC
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Euroseries 3000
Italian Formula 3000
Formula BMW ADAC
Formula Junior 1600 Italy
FR2.0 Italia Winter Series

Johnny Amadeus Cecotto,[1] more commonly known as Johnny Cecotto Jr. (born September 9, 1989 in Augsburg, Germany) is a racing driver. He races with a Venezuelan license but holds both German and Venezuelan nationality. He is the son of former racing driver and motorcycle world champion Johnny Cecotto.

Career

Cecotto driving for Ocean Racing Technology at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

Early career

He began his racing career in kart racing, then progressing to open wheel single seater racing. He competed in Formula BMW ADAC in 2005. In 2006 he raced in the German Formula Three Championship, taking one victory, and also in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.

In 2007 he raced in the International Formula Master series, finishing eighth with three podiums. He returned to the German F3 Championship, finishing in third with two victories.

In 2009 he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for the HBR Motorsport team,[2] before the team missed races at Brands Hatch. He then signed a deal to compete in the GP2 Series, partnering Michael Herck at David Price Racing.[1]

GP2

He joined up with Trident Racing for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season,[3] but was replaced by Dani Clos after the first round. He returned to Trident for the 2010 Main Series and scored his first championship points at Monaco, but was replaced by Edoardo Piscopo after sixteen races.[4]

Cecotto moved to Super Nova Racing for the 2011 GP2 Asia Series season alongside Fairuz Fauzy, and finished fifteenth in the drivers' championship. For the main series season, he switched to the Ocean Racing Technology team and was partnered with Kevin Mirocha and later Brendon Hartley, finishing 24th in the championship.

He switched to the Addax team for the 2012 season, alongside Josef Král. After a difficult start to the season, he suddenly hit form at Monaco, taking his first pole position and race victory in the category.[5] He also won the feature race at Hockenheim after his decision to start with dry tyres on a wet but drying track paid off. Despite also posting seven retirements, the season was comfortably Cecotto's best in the series, finishing ninth in the championship as a result.

In 2013 lacked the pace he had shown in the previous year and struggled with no podiums. However he was once again quick in Monaco taking pole for the feature race, but he caused a first corner multi-car pile-up leaving him out of the race and banned from the following day's sprint race for causing the collision. Despite this he had his most consistent GP2 season with 10 points finishes ending with 41 points. He returned to Trident for 2014, he scored two victories and three further podium finishes but struggled in the latter stages, he would go on to finish a career-best 5th in the championship.

Formula One

Cecotto was confirmed as one of the Force India team drivers to participate in the young driver test held in Yas Marina Circuit, after the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

In 2012, Cecotto took part in the young driver test again, this time with Toro Rosso.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Final Placing
2005 Formula BMW ADAC Lauderbach Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 3 22nd
Mamerow Racing
Formula Junior 1600 Italia Kiwi ESP 4 0 0 0 1 40 12th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series 4 0 0 1 1 18 7th
2006 German Formula Three Championship Ombra Racing 8 1 0 0 1 20 11th
Target Racing
Euroseries 3000 Coloni Rookies Team 2 0 0 0 0 2 17th
Italian Formula 3000 16th
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Kiwi ESP 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Koiranen bros. Motorsport 8 0 0 0 1 92 17th
2007 International Formula Master Ombra Racing 16 0 0 0 3 30 8th
Euroseries 3000 ELK Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 4 20th
Italian Formula 3000 13th
British Formula 3 Championship Räikkönen Robertson Racing 0† 0 0 0 0 0† NC†
2008 German Formula Three Championship HS Technik 16 2 3 4 10 99 3rd
2009 GP2 Series David Price Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 30th
Formula 3 Euro Series HBR Motorsport 12 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Trident Racing 2 0 0 0 0 3 17th
2010 GP2 Series Trident Racing 16 0 0 0 0 3 23rd
2011 GP2 Asia Series Super Nova Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 15th
GP2 Series Ocean Racing Technology 18 0 0 0 0 0 24th
2012 GP2 Series Barwa Addax Team 24 2 1 1 4 104 9th
2013 GP2 Series Arden International 21 0 1 1 0 41 16th
2014 GP2 Series Trident 22 2 1 0 5 140 5th
2015 Auto GP Virtuosi UK 2 0 0 0 1 22 8th
GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Carlin
Trident

As Cecotto was a guest driver at Brands Hatch and was thus ineligible for points, but he did not start in both races.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2009 HBR Motorsport Dallara F308/052 Mercedes HOC
1

21
HOC
2

Ret
LAU
1

16
LAU
2

Ret
NOR
1

17
NOR
2

Ret
ZAN
1

15
ZAN
2

20
OSC
1

17
OSC
2

19
NÜR
1

16
NÜR
2

11
BRH
1
BRH
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
DIJ
1
DIJ
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
26th 0

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 23 24 DC Points
2009 David Price Racing ESP
FEA
ESP
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
GBR
FEA
GBR
SPR
GER
FEA
GER
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
ITA
FEA

18
ITA
SPR

16
POR
FEA

DNS
POR
SPR

18
30th 0
2010 Trident Racing ESP
FEA

Ret
ESP
SPR

17
MON
FEA

9
MON
SPR

4
TUR
FEA

12
TUR
SPR

12
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

14
GBR
FEA

18
GBR
SPR

23
GER
FEA

13
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

13
BEL
FEA

10
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
ABU
FEA
ABU
SPR
23rd 3
2011 Ocean Racing Technology TUR
FEA

Ret
TUR
SPR

13
ESP
FEA

14
ESP
SPR

13
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

17
VAL
FEA

14
VAL
SPR

17
GBR
FEA

12
GBR
SPR

Ret
GER
FEA

10
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

11
BEL
SPR

8
ITA
FEA

17
ITA
SPR

15
24th 0
2012 Barwa Addax Team MYS
FEA

Ret
MYS
SPR

22
BHR1
FEA

Ret
BHR1
SPR

22
BHR2
FEA

9
BHR2
SPR

Ret
ESP
FEA

18
ESP
SPR

13
MON
FEA

1
MON
SPR

Ret
VAL
FEA

DSQ
VAL
SPR

Ret
GBR
FEA

2
GBR
SPR

18
GER
FEA

1
GER
SPR

6
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

17
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

2
ITA
SPR

5
SGP
FEA

Ret
SGP
SPR

9
9th 104
2013 Arden International MYS
FEA

12
MYS
SPR

5
BHR
FEA

10
BHR
SPR

12
ESP
FEA

8
ESP
SPR

5
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

EX
GBR
FEA

17
GBR
SPR

Ret
GER
FEA

10
GER
SPR

5
HUN
FEA

21
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

14
BEL
SPR

7
ITA
FEA

12
ITA
SPR

8
SGP
FEA

14
SGP
SPR

6
ABU
FEA

8
ABU
SPR

Ret
16th 41
2014 Trident BHR
FEA

21
BHR
SPR

14
ESP
FEA

1
ESP
SPR

6
MON
FEA

4
MON
SPR

4
AUT
FEA

6
AUT
SPR

1
GBR
FEA

6
GBR
SPR

3
GER
FEA

7
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

Ret
BEL
FEA

3
BEL
SPR

2
ITA
FEA

10
ITA
SPR

Ret
RUS
FEA

19
RUS
SPR

23†
ABU
FEA

6
ABU
SPR

6
5th 140
2015 Hilmer Motorsport BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

ESP
FEA

21
ESP
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

20
MON
SPR

Ret
AUT
FEA

AUT
SPR

28th 0
Carlin GBR
FEA

13
GBR
SPR

25
HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

BEL
FEA

BEL
SPR

Trident ITA
FEA

18
ITA
SPR

13
RUS
FEA

13
RUS
SPR

22†
BHR
FEA

BHR
SPR

ABU
FEA

ABU
SPR

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

Complete GP2 Asia 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 DC Points
2009–10 Trident Racing ABU1
FEA

7
ABU1
SPR

6
ABU2
FEA
ABU2
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
17th 3
2011 Super Nova Racing ABU
FEA

15
ABU
SPR

7
ITA
FEA

16
ITA
SPR

19
15th 0

Complete Auto GP results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 Pos Points
2015 Zele Racing HUN
1

5
HUN
2

3
SIL
1

SIL
2

8th 22

References

  1. 1 2 "Cecotto to debut with DPR". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
  2. "The HBR pairing: Mirocha and Cecotto". gpupdate.net. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. "Trident signs Kralev and Cecotto". gpupdate.net (GPUpdate). 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  4. Beer, Matt (2010-09-08). "Piscopo joins Trident for Monza". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  5. "Johnny Cecotto grabs maiden GP2 win in Monaco". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

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