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Gianluca Petecof

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Gianluca Petecof
Petecof in 2020
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 22)
São Paulo, Brazil
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2021
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number20
Former teamsCampos Racing
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish27th in 2021
Previous series
2020
2018-19
2018-19
FR European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2020Formula Regional European Championship

Gianluca de Castro Petecof[1] (born 14 November 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 101 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Sports.[2] He was champion of the Formula Regional European Championship in 2020,[3] and has competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Racing.[4]

He was a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Career

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Karting

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Born in São Paulo, Petecof started his karting career in 2010. After multiple karting titles in Brazil, Petecof moved over to Europe to compete on an international level. His best result was fifth in the CIK-Karting World Championship in 2016.

Lower formulas

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In 2018 Petecof made his single-seater racing debut in the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 Championships.[5] The former would be more successful for Petecof, with one win and four further podiums helping him to fifth in the standings, meanwhile the Brazilian only scored one podium in ADAC F4 on his way to tenth.

The next year Petecof continued racing in both Italy and Germany.[6] He won four races and became vice-champion in the Italian series, 136 points behind Dennis Hauger. In ADAC F4 Petecof achieved one victory and finished 5th.[7]

Formula Regional European Championship

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Petecof at the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship

In 2020 Prema Powerteam announced that Petecof would drive for them in the Formula Regional European Championship alongside Jamie Chadwick, Oliver Rasmussen and fellow Ferrari Academy member Arthur Leclerc.[8] Petecof started the season strongly, amassing four victories in the first three rounds. Despite his strong start to the season, Leclerc was able to keep the championship battle going until the last race of the season at Vallelunga, where Petecof was crowned both rookies' and series champion.[9]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

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It was announced in early February that he would join Campos for the 2021 FIA F2 Championship. He lined up alongside Ralph Boschung.[10] In June, he left the team citing financial reasons.

Formula One

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In December 2017 Ferrari added Petecof to their Driver Academy.[11] In January 2021, Petecof announced he had left the academy.[12]

Stock Car Brasil

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Petecof is due to join Stock Car Brasil in 2022 with Full Time Sports. He will partner ex-Formula 1 race winner Rubens Barrichello.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Italian F4 Championship Prema Theodore Racing 18 1 0 1 5 186 4th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 21 0 0 0 1 92 10th
2019 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 21 4 2 2 8 233 2nd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 20 1 2 3 5 164 5th
2020 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 23 4 5 7 14 359 1st
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula Regional European Championship KIC Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 5 22nd
2022 Stock Car Pro Series Full Time Sports 12 0 0 0 0 42 30th
2023 Stock Car Pro Series Full Time Sports 23 0 0 0 3 205 13th
2024 Stock Car Pro Series Full Time Sports 22 1 0 0 2 376 24th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Pos Points
2018 Prema Powerteam ADR
1

5
ADR
2

2
ADR
3

7
LEC
1

13
LEC
2

4
LEC
3

6
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MNZ
3
MIS
1

4
MIS
2

24
MIS
3

DSQ
IMO
1

6
IMO
2

6
IMO
3

6
VLL
1

2
VLL
2

5
VLL
3

5
MUG
1

1
MUG
2

3
MUG
3

2
4th 186
2019 Prema Powerteam VLL
1

1
VLL
2

5
VLL
3

1
MIS
1

1
MIS
2

3
MIS
3

C
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

4
HUN
3

1
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

9
RBR
3

4
IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

2
IMO
3

14
IMO
4

3
MUG
1

23
MUG
2

6
MUG
3

4
MNZ
1

10
MNZ
2

5
MNZ
3

Ret
2nd 233

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2018 Prema Theodore Racing OSC
1

8
OSC
2

6
OSC
3

15
HOC1
1

Ret
HOC1
2

18
HOC1
3

9
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

Ret
LAU
3

9
RBR
1

7
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

17
HOC2
1

6
HOC2
2

7
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

6
NÜR
3

2
HOC3
1

Ret
HOC3
2

7
HOC3
3

4
10th 92
2019 Prema Powerteam OSC
1

1
OSC
2

16
OSC
3

Ret
RBR
1

5
RBR
2

4
RBR
3

Ret
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

4
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

11
ZAN
3

Ret
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

9
NÜR
3

Ret
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

2
HOC
3

7
SAC
1

7
SAC
2

3
SAC
3

5
5th 164

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Points
2020 Prema Powerteam MIS
1

4
MIS
2

2
MIS
3

1
LEC
1

2
LEC
2

1
LEC
3

2
RBR
1

1
RBR
2

2
RBR
3

1
MUG
1

4
MUG
2

3
MUG
3

2
MNZ
1

2
MNZ
2

6
MNZ
3

2
CAT
1

5
CAT
2

6
CAT
3

3
IMO
1

8
IMO
2

3
IMO
3

4
VLL
1

4
VLL
2

C
VLL
3

5
1st 359
2021 KIC Motorsport IMO
1
IMO
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
MCO
1
MCO
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
RBR
1

Ret
RBR
2

28
VAL
1

22
VAL
2

11
MUG
1

8
MUG
2

10
MNZ
1

21
MNZ
2

14
22nd 5

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(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 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2021 Campos Racing BHR
SP1

17
BHR
SP2

13
BHR
FEA

Ret
MCO
SP1

Ret
MCO
SP2

Ret
MCO
FEA

16
BAK
SP1
BAK
SP2
BAK
FEA
SIL
SP1
SIL
SP2
SIL
FEA
MNZ
SP1
MNZ
SP2
MNZ
FEA
SOC
SP1
SOC
SP2
SOC
FEA
JED
SP1
JED
SP2
JED
FEA
YMC
SP1
YMC
SP2
YMC
FEA
27th 0

Complete Stock Car Pro Series results

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

Year Team Car 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 Rank Points
2022 Full Time Sports Toyota Corolla INT
1

22
GOI
1

30
GOI
2

Ret
RIO
1

15
RIO
2

4
VCA
1

19
VCA
2

26
VEL
1

Ret
VEL
2

13
VEL
1

16
VEL
2

17
INT
1
INT
2
VCA
1
VCA
2
SCZ
1
SCZ
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
GOI
1
GOI
2
INT
1

Ret
INT
2

DNS
30th 42
2023 Full Time Sports Toyota Corolla GOI
1

24
GOI
2

18
INT
1

Ret
INT
2

DNS
TAR
1

13
TAR
2

10
CAS
1

19
CAS
2

13
INT
1

9
INT
2

8
VCA
1

2
VCA
2

4
GOI
1

13
GOI
2

4
VEL
1

3
VEL
2

4
BUE
1

3
BUE
2

5
VCA
1

18
VCA
2

Ret
CAS
1

20
CAS
2

Ret
INT
1

22
INT
2

Ret
13th 205
2024 Full Time Sports Toyota Corolla GOI
1

22
GOI
2

18
VCA
1

Ret
VCA
2

C
INT
1

19
INT
2

22
CAS
1

18
CAS
2

DSQ
VCA
1

10
VCA
2

14
VCA
3

18
GOI
1

11
GOI
2

19
BLH
1

23†
BLH
2

Ret
VEL
1

1
VEL
2

3
BUE
1

21†
BUE
2

Ret
URU
1

25
URU
2

15
GOI
1

25
GOI
2

21
INT
1

INT
2

24th* 376*

Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

References

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  1. ^ "Gianluca Petecof conquista vice-campeonato na Copa Brasil de Kart" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  2. ^ "Petecof lands Stock Car Brasil chance with Toyota team". 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ "FREC champion Gianluca Petecof to leave Ferrari Driver Academy". February 2021.
  4. ^ "FREC champion Petecof completes Campos F2 line-up". Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ^ "New Ferrari recruit Petecof to race in both Italian and German F4 for Prema". February 5, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Ferrari junior Petecof remains in ADAC and Italian F4 with Prema". March 11, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  7. ^ "2019 International Formula 4 season review". December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "Arthur Leclerc gets Ferrari junior status, joins Prema in Formula Regional". January 17, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "Petecof takes FREC title at Vallelunga as rival Leclerc crashes out". December 6, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  10. ^ Howard, Tom (8 February 2021). "FREC champion Petecof completes Campos F2 line-up". Autosport. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Ferrari adds Brazilian karter Gianluca Petecof to Driver Academy". December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Petecof announces departure of FDA".
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Regional European Championship
Champion

2020
Succeeded by