Santino Ferrucci


Santino Ferrucci is an American racing driver. He currently drives the No. 18 SealMaster Honda for Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan in the NTT IndyCar Series.
Ferrucci has been a controversial figure in motorsports. In 2018, Ferrucci was fired from his Formula 2 team after accusations of intentionally wrecking his teammate and racist behavior.

Career

2012–2013

At 14 years old, Ferrucci made his professional debut in the SBF2000 Winter Series season, winning three out of ten races in the season, with a further three podiums.

2013

Ferrucci made a mid-season debut in the F2000 Championship Series, finishing 5th place in the championship.

2014

Ferrucci 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. Ferrucci is the youngest winner in British Formula 3 History
Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in 8th.

2015

At the start of the year, 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.
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.

2016

Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS. Ferrucci's best result was a 3rd in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season 12th in the standings.

2017

In February 2017, DAMS retained Ferrucci for a second GP3 season. Competing in only the first three events, and scoring points in only the first two races, 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.

2018

Ferrucci remained in Formula 2 for 2018, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident. In June, Ferrucci made his debut in IndyCar 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.
In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races 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, and was found to have driven his car from the support race paddock, to the race pit-lane, wearing just one glove while in possession of his cellular telephone, earning him a €60,000 fine. Stewards at Silverstone heard testimony from the Trident team that Ferrucci, having driven into teammate Maini, was deliberate and premeditated, but not from Ferrucci himself, who did not attend, citing a family emergency requiring his immediate return to the United States following the Sprint race.
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.
6 days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.
Santino contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.

2019

Ferrucci signed with Dale Coyne Racing to contest the full 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season driving the #19 Cly-Del Honda. 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. 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.

Formula 1

After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 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. Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.

Controversy and criticism

In 2018, Ferrucci was fired by Trident Racing after accusations of misbehavior. At Silverstone Circuit on July 8, Ferrucci intentionally wrecked his teammate, Arjun Maini, after the race had ended and was caught on camera texting as he was driving back to the garage. Formula 2 also suspended Ferrucci for his actions. Maini later accused Ferrucci and his father of racist remarks over the weekend.
Ferrucci has stated that he has no regrets over the incidents.

Racing record

Career summary

† As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
2014EuroInternationalMercedesSIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		HOC
1		HOC
2		HOC
3		PAU
1		PAU
2		PAU
3		HUN
1		HUN
2		HUN
3		SPA
1
Ret		SPA
2
DNS		SPA
3
15		NOR
1
12		NOR
2
5		NOR
3
4		MSC
1
16		MSC
2
13		MSC
3
14		RBR
1
Ret		RBR
2
12		RBR
3
20		NÜR
1
9		NÜR
2
17		NÜR
3
14		IMO
1
Ret		IMO
2
Ret		IMO
3
16		HOC
1
19		HOC
2
17		HOC
3
15		19th24
2015kfzteile24 Mücke MotorsportMercedesSIL
1
18		SIL
2
9		SIL
3
13		HOC
1
10		HOC
2
6		HOC
3
28		PAU
1
Ret		PAU
2
11		PAU
3
10		MNZ
1
Ret		MNZ
2
4		MNZ
3
8		SPA
1
4		SPA
2
2		SPA
3
12		NOR
1
Ret		NOR
2
Ret		NOR
3
6		ZAN
1
28		ZAN
2
8		ZAN
3
9		RBR
1
12		RBR
2
13		RBR
3
11		ALG
1
7		ALG
2
10		ALG
3
Ret		NÜR
1
7		NÜR
2
7		NÜR
3
7		HOC
1
10		HOC
2
17		HOC
3
Ret		11th91

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2016DAMSCAT
FEA
15		CAT
SPR
11		RBR
FEA
15		RBR
SPR
10		SIL
FEA
18		SIL
SPR
4		HUN
FEA
15		HUN
SPR
11		HOC
FEA
9		HOC
SPR
4		SPA
FEA
7		SPA
SPR
3		MNZ
FEA
19†		MNZ
SPR
11		SEP
FEA
Ret		SEP
SPR
Ret		YMC
FEA
9		YMC
SPR
15		12th36
2017DAMSCAT
FEA
9		CAT
SPR
8		RBR
FEA
Ret		RBR
SPR
13		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
9		HUN
FEA		HUN
SPR		SPA
FEA		SPA
SPR		MNZ
FEA		MNZ
SPR		JER
FEA		JER
SPR		YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR		19th3

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

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
TridentBHR
FEA		BHR
SPR		CAT
FEA		CAT
SPR		MON
FEA		MON
SPR		BAK
FEA		BAK
SPR		RBR
FEA		RBR
SPR		SIL
FEA		SIL
SPR		HUN
FEA
9		HUN
SPR
14		SPA
FEA
9		SPA
SPR
10		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
14		JER
FEA
Ret		JER
SPR
13		YMC
FEA
14		YMC
SPR
15		22nd4
TridentBHR
FEA
14		BHR
SPR
20		BAK
FEA
11		BAK
SPR
6		CAT
FEA
DNS		CAT
SPR
11		MON
FEA
13		MON
SPR
12†		LEC
FEA
13		LEC
SPR
9		RBR
FEA
10		RBR
SPR
7		SIL
FEA
16		SIL
SPR
DSQ		HUN
FEA		HUN
SPR		SPA
FEA		SPA
SPR		MNZ
FEA		MNZ
SPR		SOC
FEA		SOC
SPR		YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR		19th7

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

American open-wheel racing results

IndyCar Series