Santino Ferrucci

Driver

Birthday May 31, 1998

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Woodbury, Connecticut, United States

Age 25 years old

Nationality United States

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1922

Ferrucci made his Formula 2 debut in Hungary and finished the remainder of the year with Trident, with ninth his best result for a race and 22nd in the season standings.

1923

After qualifying 23rd for the Indy 500, Ferrucci moved through the 33 car field to finish in 7th position, earning him Rookie of the Year honors in his first-ever race at the Indianapolis 500.

Three races later, Ferrucci recorded his best career IndyCar finish by taking the checkered flag in 4th position at Texas Motor Speedway.

1950

He finished 4th at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top 5s out of 14 races, to finish 13th in points.

Ferrucci signed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to run a third car sponsored by Hyvee at the 2021 Indianapolis 500.

1998

Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver.

He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No 14 Chevrolet for A.J. Foyt Racing.

He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

He competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring 2nd in his fourth.

He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational.

Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix.

Ferrucci finished the main race in 8th.

2010

In his season debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ferrucci recorded a Top-10 finish, bringing his car home in 9th position.

At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second Top-10 finish of the IndyCar season heading into preparations for his first Indianapolis 500 effort.

2011

Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing 11th overall and scoring his only podium in Formula 3 at Spa.

At the end of the year, Ferrucci once again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, this time finishing 6th in the main race.

Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS.

2012

Ferrucci's best result was a 3rd in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season 12th in the standings.

2015

At the start of 2015, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport.

Ferrucci finished the season 3rd overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring 5 other podiums.

2016

After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 2016 GP3 Series, he became a test and reserve driver for the Haas F1 Team alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member and GP3 champion, Charles Leclerc.

Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix.

2017

In February 2017, Ferrucci retained a DAMS drive for a second GP3 season.

He only competed in the first three events, and scored points in only the first two races, before making a switch to Formula 2.

Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.

2018

For the 2018 season Ferrucci remained in Formula 2, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident.

In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium) after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini after the Sprint Race at Silverstone on the weekend of the British Grand Prix.

He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track.

He was also found to have driven his car between the F2 and F1 paddock without one glove and while holding his phone, which resulted in a €6,000 fine.

His attempt to run a "Make America Great Again" livery in reference to Donald Trump was blocked by the FIA as being in violation of the political slogans policy.

On July 18, Ferrucci was summarily fired by the Trident F2 team, citing behavioral issues, and non-payment of money required by contract.

Trident alleged that money had been made available for the Detroit IndyCar race, whilst noting that Ferrucci had defaulted on F2 debt to them.

An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments.

Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.

In June 2018, Ferrucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi.

Ferrucci retired from his first race after colliding with Charlie Kimball on lap 56.

After his departure from Formula 2, Ferrucci contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.

2019

Ferrucci finished 19th in the standings, with seven points and a best result of sixth in the Baku Sprint race.

Ferrucci signed with Coyne to contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season driving the No. 19 Cly-Del Honda.

2020

After teammate Sébastien Bourdais's departure from Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci moved to Bourdais's No. 18 SealMaster Honda for the 2020 season.