Facu Regalia

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Facu Regalia
Facuregalia2.jpg
Nationality Flag of Argentina.svg Argentine
Born (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 33)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2014
Current team Hilmer Motorsport
Car number12
Starts8
Championships0
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish31st in 2014
Previous series
201213
2012
2012
2011
200810
2009
GP3 Series
Auto GP World Series
European F3 Open
Italian Formula Three
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW Pacific

Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence.

Contents

Career

Karting

Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Spain for the majority of his career. [1]

Formula BMW

Regalia began his formula racing career in 2008 in the newly created Formula BMW Europe with EuroInternational. He finished sixteenth overall in the championship, with nine point-scoring finishes and 60 points. [2]

Regalia remained in the series for the following season but switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing. He improved to eighth in standings, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in sixteen races. In 2010, Regalia completed his third season, joining Eifelland Racing. He finished eighth in the championship for the second successive season, achieving his first podium at Zandvoort. [3]

Formula Three

2011 saw Regalia move to the Italian Formula Three Championship, competing for Arco Motorsport. [4] He finished tenth in the championship with two podiums at Imola and Vallelunga. [5] Also in 2011, he joined Mücke Motorsport to compete in Formula 3 Euro Series in the finale at Hockenheim. [6] He had two finishes on the tenth position and retired in the last race of the week-end.

In 2012 Regalia switched to the European F3 Open Championship, joining Campos Racing. [7]

Auto GP World Series

As well as his European F3 Open commitments, Regalia also participates in the Auto GP World Series with Campos Racing. [7]

GP3 Series

Regalia made his GP3 Series debut, in the fourth round of the 2012 season at Silverstone. He replaced Jakub Klášterka at Jenzer Motorsport. [8] In 2013, Regalia competed with ART Grand Prix with whom he finished runner-up to Daniil Kvyat.

GP2 Series

In 2014, Regalia graduated to GP2 with Hilmer Motorsport. After just four rounds where he failed to score a point, Regalia left the team and the series. [9]

Formula 3.5

Regalia signed with Zeta Course for the 2015 season. [10] However, the team withdrew from the sport due to lack of funding. Regalia attempted to enter the sport with Comtec Racing, [11] but terminated his contract after three days with the team, leaving him without a drive. [12]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2008 Formula BMW Europe EuroInternational 1500006016th
Formula BMW World Final Josef Kaufmann Racing 10000N/A10th
2009 Formula BMW Europe Josef Kaufmann Racing 1600001488th
Formula BMW Pacific EuroInternational 32222N/ANC†
2010 Formula BMW Europe Eifelland Racing1600011488th
2011 Italian Formula 3 Championship Arco Motorsport 1401225510th
Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 30000N/ANC†
2012 Auto GP World Series Campos Racing 100002687th
European F3 Open Championship 1633261864th
GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 20000025th
Atech CRS Grand Prix 20000
2013 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 1611261382nd
2014 GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 80000031st
2015 Auto GP FMS Racing41123682nd‡
FIA European Formula 3 Championship EuroInternational 000000NC
24H Series – 997 MSG Motorsport
2016 24H Series – 991 MSG Motorsport
2020 Formula Regional European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 30000N/ANC†

As Regalia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Position when the season was cancelled.

Complete Auto GP World Series results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012 Campos Racing MNZ
1

4
MNZ
2

9
VAL
1

7
VAL
2

2
MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

10
HUN
1

3
HUN
2

10
ALG
1

6
ALG
2

5
CUR
1
CUR
2
SON
1
SON
2
7th68
2015 FMS Racing HUN
1

1
HUN
2

6
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

2
2nd‡68‡

Position when season was cancelled.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516D.C.Points
2012 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA

14
SIL
SPR

12
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
27th0
Atech CRS Grand Prix HUN
FEA

18
HUN
SPR

18
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
2013 ART Grand Prix CAT
FEA

24†
CAT
SPR

14
VAL
FEA

2
VAL
SPR

7
SIL
FEA

3
SIL
SPR

5
NÜR
FEA

1
NÜR
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

4
SPA
FEA

3
SPA
SPR

3
MNZ
FEA

3
MNZ
SPR

4
YMC
FEA

15
YMC
SPR

16
2nd138

Complete GP2 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2014 Hilmer Motorsport BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

20
CAT
FEA

Ret
CAT
SPR

17
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

21
RBR
FEA

Ret
RBR
SPR

24
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
31st0

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  11. "Regalia switches to Comtec for FR3.5 opener". 21 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  12. "Regalia ends Comtec agreement after 3 days". 24 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.