Gianluca Petecof

Gianluca Petecof
Gianluca Petecof
	Petecof in 2020
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	14 November 2002 (age 21); São Paulo, Brazil
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	20
Former teams	Campos Racing
Starts	6 (6 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	27th in 2021
Previous series
2020; 2018-19; 2018-19	FR European Championship; Italian F4 Championship; ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2020	Formula 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]

Career

Karting

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

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

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

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

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

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

Career summary

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
2018	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Prema Theodore Racing	21	0	0	0	1	92	10th
2019	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Powerteam	21	4	2	2	8	233	2nd
2019	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Prema Powerteam	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
2021	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	20	1	0	0	2	353	23rd*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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	BRA 1	BRA 2	INT 1	INT 2	23rd*	353*

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

References

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

External links

Gianluca Petecof career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Frederik Vesti	Formula Regional European Championship Champion 2020	Succeeded by Grégoire Saucy

[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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