Carlos Iaconelli

Carlos Iaconelli
Carlos Iaconelli
	Iaconelli in 2009
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	June 26, 1987 (age 37)
FIA Formula Two Championship career
Debut season	2009
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car number	17
Starts	14
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	11th in 2009
Previous series
2010 ; 2008–09 ; 2008 ; 2008; 2008; 2005–07 ; 2005; 2005; 2005–06; 2004; 2003–04	Auto GP ; GP2 Asia Series ; GP2 Series ; International Formula Master ; Formula Master Italia; Formula Renault 3.5 Series ; Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 ; Formula Renault 2.0 Italia ; Spanish Formula Three ; Formula Three Sudamericana ; Brazilian Formula Renault

Last updated November 22, 2024

Carlos "Iaco" Iaconelli (born June 26, 1987) is a Brazilian racing car driver.

Career

He spent much of his early career in karting before moving into single-seaters in 2004, where he competed in both Brazilian Formula Renault and the South American Formula Three championship. In 2005 he contested six races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship, finishing the season 20th overall. Carlos also contested a handful of races in Italian Formula Renault and the Eurocup Formula Renault series as well as making his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the Austrian team Interwetten.com.

For 2006 Iaconelli raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for three different teams - Eurointernational, Comtec Racing and GD Racing, taking part in twelve races but scoring no championship points. He also contested five races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship.

For the 2007 season he originally joined Interwetten.com for FR3.5, only to be replaced by Russian Daniil Move a month before the first race of the season.^[1] He did, however, sign for Pons Racing a few days later.

In 2008 he raced in the International Formula Master series. He also made his GP2 Series début mid-season, driving for the BCN Competicion team.^[2] He moved to the Durango team for the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, but was replaced by Michael Dalle Stelle following the first round of the championship.^[3]

2009 saw Iaconelli move to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number seventeen.^[4] Despite missing the final round at Circuit de Catalunya due to flu, Iaconelli wrapped up eleventh place in the standings, with his best result of second also coming in Spain, in Valencia.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F.Laps	Points	Position
2003	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	Medina-M4T Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil	PropCar Racing	14	2	4	1	0	183	4th
2004	Formula 3 Sudamericana	PropCar Racing	17	0	3	0	1	59	5th
2005	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Interwetten Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	JD Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	JD Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Spanish Formula Three Championship	GTA Motor Competición	6	0	0	0	0	2	20th
2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Interwetten Racing	12	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Spanish Formula Three Championship	Elide Racing	5	0	1	0	0	23	12th
	Renault Super Clio Cup Brazil	NCT Pailoli Racing	2	0	0	0	0	8	17th
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	17	0	0	0	0	13	21st
2008	GP2 Series	BCN Competición	13	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International Formula Master	Pro Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Master Italia	Pro Motorsport	2	0	0	1	0	1	19th
2008-09	GP2 Asia Series	Durango	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	FIA Formula Two Championship		14	0	1	0	0	21	11th
2010	Auto GP	Durango	12	3	3	0	1	24	7th
2011	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	X Team Race	1	0	0	0	0	127	80th
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Scuderia Vittoria	2	0	0	0	0	4	35th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Scuderia Vittoria	4	0	1	0	0	33	15th
2012	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West		1	0	0	0	0	38	54th
2012	NASCAR K&N Pro Series East		8	0	0	0	0	179	22nd

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2005	Interwetten.com	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	VAL 1	VAL 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	BIL 1	BIL 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1	EST 2	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 20	42nd	0
2006	Eurointernational	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	MON 1	IST 1	IST 2	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 21	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 17									33rd	0
	Comtec Racing										NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 19
	GD Racing												DON 1 21	DON 2 16	LMS 1 26†	LMS 2 12	CAT 1 21	CAT 2 14
2007	Pons Racing	MNZ 1 13	MNZ 2 Ret	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 13	MON 1 15	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 12	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 Ret	DON 1 24†	DON 2 20†	MAG 1 7	MAG 2 5	EST 1 17	EST 2 Ret	CAT 1 14	CAT 2 21	21st	13

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

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	DC	Points
2008	BCN Competición	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	MAG FEA 16	MAG SPR 13	SIL FEA DNS	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 16	HOC SPR 17	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	VAL FEA 13	VAL SPR 11	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 12	MNZ FEA 14	MNZ SPR 14	29th	0

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2009	VAL 1 2	VAL 2 8	BRN 1 Ret	BRN 2 Ret	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 10	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 17	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 9	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 10	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 5	CAT 1	CAT 2	11th	21

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References

↑ "Champs Move Russian in to replace Iaconelli". crash.net. 2007-03-10. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
↑ "Brazilian Iaconelli joins BCN". autosport.com. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
↑ "Durango signs teen for Asia campaign". crash.net. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
↑ "Brazil's Carlos Iaconelli moves from GP2 to Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-01-20. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

External links

Official website
Carlos Iaconelli career summary at DriverDB.com
Carlos Iaconelli driver statistics at Racing-Reference

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[1] "Champs Move Russian in to replace Iaconelli". crash.net. 2007-03-10. Archived from the original on 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2007-06-12.

[2] "Brazilian Iaconelli joins BCN". autosport.com. 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-06-18.

[3] "Durango signs teen for Asia campaign". crash.net. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-12-02.

[4] "Brazil's Carlos Iaconelli moves from GP2 to Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-01-20. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

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