David Ostella

David Ostella
David Ostella
Nationality	Canadian
Born	October 8, 1991 (age 33)
Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada by Michelin career
Debut season	2011
Current team	SpeedMerchants Motorsports
Car number	13
Wins	2
Poles	2
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2013
Previous series
2011-2012 ; 2009–2012 ; 2008	Indy Lights ; Star Mazda Championship ; Formula BMW Americas
Championship titles
2006; 2013	Ron Fellows Karting Championship; Ultra 94 Porsche GT3 Cup Canada

Last updated November 14, 2024

David Ostella (born October 8, 1991) is a Canadian racing driver from Maple, Ontario.

After racing in various American and Canadian karting series, Ostella made his professional racing debut in Formula BMW Americas in 2008 for Eurointernational, finishing 9th in points. In 2009 he moved to the Star Mazda Series with AIM Autosport and finished 13th in points with one podium finish. In 2010 he returned to the series with AIM and improved to 12th in points.^[1] For 2011, he signed with Jensen MotorSport to race in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Ostella finished the championship 9th overall, accruing 287 points after contesting 13 of the 14 rounds.^[2] Ostella finished a career best 4th for Jensen in the season opener on the streets of St. Petersberg. He signed with Team Moore Racing to return to Indy Lights in 2012.^[3] Ostella improved to eighth in points and captured his first series podium, a runner-up finish in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway where he also recorded the fastest lap of the race.

In 2013, David Ostella was hired by PR1/Mathasian Motorsports to drive in the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring in an LMPC car. Ostella helped the team win the race in the PC class and finish 9th overall.^[4]

David finished the 2013 season in the Ultra 94 IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada with SpeedMerchants Motorsports. Taking home two wins and nine podium finishes Ostella was able to clinch the top spot in the points standings in the Platinum Cup championship. As the points champion Ostella was given his own Porsche 911 to race around the streets of his native Toronto for one year.

Motorsports career results

American open–wheel racing

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

Star Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2009		SEB ?	VIR ?	MMP ?	NJ1 ?	NJ2 ?	WIS ?	IOW ?	ILL ?	ILL ?	QUE ?	ONT ?	ATL ?	LAG ?	13th	294
2010	AIM Autosport	SEB 13	STP 7	LAG 18	ORP 8	IOW 14	NJ1 22	NJ2 7	ACC 4	ACC 23	TRO 5	ROA 7	MOS 10	ATL	12th	306

Indy Lights Results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2011	Jensen MotorSport	STP 4	ALA 13	LBH 9	INDY 8	MIL 7	IOW 9	TOR 13	EDM1 14	EDM2 8	TRO 7	NHM 6	BAL 15	KTY 12	LVS	9th	287
2012	Team Moore Racing	STP 15	ALA 9	LBH 8	INDY 18	DET 13	MIL 4	IOW 5	TOR 7	EDM 10	TRO 6	BAL 4	FON 2			8th	298

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2014	Performance Tech	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 10†	LGA 8	KAN 9	WGL 4	IND 4	ELK 6	VIR 2	COA 10†	ATL 10	11th	198
2017	PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports	P	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS 8	ELK	LGA	PET	34th	23

^† Ostella did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

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References

↑ David Ostella – career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-12-06
↑ Ostella to Firestone Indy Lights with Jensen team Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine , AutoWeek, November 15, 2010, Retrieved 2010-12-06
↑ Ostella Joins Team Moore in Firestone Indy Lights Series, David Ostella PR, January 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-02
↑ PC victory for Canadian David Ostella in Sebring 12 Hour race, motorsport.com, March 17, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-17

External links

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[1] David Ostella – career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-12-06

[2] Ostella to Firestone Indy Lights with Jensen team Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine , AutoWeek, November 15, 2010, Retrieved 2010-12-06

[3] Ostella Joins Team Moore in Firestone Indy Lights Series, David Ostella PR, January 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-02

[4] PC victory for Canadian David Ostella in Sebring 12 Hour race, motorsport.com, March 17, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-17

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