Francesco Castellacci

Francesco Castellacci
Francesco Castellacci
	Castellacci in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	4 April 1987 (age 37); Rome, Italy
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	AF Corse
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in 2012
Previous series
2011 ; 2008–09–10 ; 2007 ; 2005–06	FIA GT3 European Championship ; Italian Formula Three ; British Formula 3 ; Formula Azzurra
Championship titles
2011	FIA GT3 European Championship

Last updated February 09, 2025

Francesco Castellacci de Villanova^[1] (born 4 April 1987 in Rome) is a professional racing driver from Italy. Francesco studied at Marymount International School, Rome and Universita' Bocconi before starting his career as a racing driver.

Career

Formula Azzurra

Castellacci began his single-seater career in late 2005, racing in the Formula Azzurra Winter Trophy. In the series' four races, all held at Adria International Raceway, he achieved two podium places to be classified in third place. In 2006, he entered the full Formula Azzurra championship, scoring 24 points to finish eighth in the final standings.^[2]

Formula Three

In late 2006, Castellacci tested a Formula Three car for the first time, driving for the British team Hitech Racing at Rockingham Motor Speedway. In 2007, he took part in the full British Formula 3 Championship season, racing alongside Australian driver John Martin at Alan Docking Racing.^[3] Castellacci failed to score a point in the 22 races he competed in, with his best result coming in the first race at Donington Park, where he finished in fifteenth position. He also took part in the Masters of Formula 3 race held at Zolder, finishing in 26th place.

The following year, Castellacci returned to his native Italy to compete in the Italian Formula Three Championship for Lucidi Motors.^[4] He finished the season fourth overall, taking six podium places along with a double pole position at the Monza round. The title was won by his team-mate Mirko Bortolotti.^[5]

Castellacci continued in the series for 2009, switching teams to join Prema Powerteam.^[6] He finished in the points on eleven occasions and took a single podium position at Misano to be classified in eighth place overall. During the year, he once again took part in the Masters of Formula Three event, this time racing for Manor Motorsport. He finished the race in 30th place.^[7]

Porsche Supercup

In June 2010, Castellacci made his debut in the Porsche Supercup round at the Valencia Street Circuit, finishing in 17th position. He is also due to contest the rounds at Silverstone, Hungaroring and Monza later in the season.^[8]

A month earlier, he also made his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo, finishing in 14th place.^[8]

Other Series

In October 2009, Castellacci sampled a GP2 car for the first time during the first post-season test at Jerez. Driving for the Italian Durango team, he completed 107 laps during the course of the three-day test, recording a best time of 1:27.615 on the final day of running.^[9]

Castellacci also took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series testing during October and November 2009, driving cars for Draco Racing, Interwetten.com Racing and Prema Powerteam.^[10]

For 2011, Castellacci raced in the FIA GT3 European Championship with AF Corse, sharing a Ferrari 458 with fellow Italian driver Federico Leo. The duo won the drivers' title at the final round of the season in Zandvoort.

The following year, a switch to the FIA GT1 World Championship was in order for the Italian, who partnered Enzo Ide at AF Corse.^[11] With a best result of fifth, the duo finished 14th in the standings.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula Azzurra – Winter Trophy	Team Europa Corse	4	0	1	0	2	?	3rd
2006	Formula Azzurra	Team Federkarting	14	0	0	0	0	24	8th
2007	British Formula 3 Championship	Alan Docking Racing	22	0	0	0	0	0	22nd
2007	Masters of Formula 3	Alan Docking Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	26th
2008	Italian Formula Three Championship	Lucidi Motors	16	0	2	0	6	57	4th
2009	Italian Formula Three Championship	Prema Powerteam	16	0	0	0	1	64	8th
2009	Masters of Formula 3	Manor Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	30th
2010	Italian Formula Three Championship	RC Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	6	18th
	Italian GT Championship - GT Cup	Petri Corse Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	1	60th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup	Schnabl Engineering Parker Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A†	NC†
	Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup	Sanitec Giltrap Racing	2	0	0	0	0	N/A†	NC†
2011	FIA GT3 European Championship	AF Corse	12	1	3	0	4	111	1st
2011	24H Dubai - A6	MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2012	FIA GT1 World Championship	AF Corse	18	0	0	0	0	42	14th
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Vita4One Team Italy	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Kessel Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		Belgian Audi Club WRT	1	0	0	0	0
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Winter Series by GT Sport - GTS	Kessel Racing	4	0	0	1	1	?	?
	Spanish GT Championship - GTS		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International GT Open - GTS		4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Gulf 12 Hours - GT3 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Cup	Scuderia Villorba Corse	4	0	0	0	2	81	2nd
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Cup	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	81	2nd
	European Le Mans Series - GTC		2	0	0	1	0	14	16th
	International GT Open - GTS		5	0	0	0	0	3	31st
	Gulf 12 Hours - GT3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme V de V	Raceworks Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	8	0	0	0	0	54	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	European Le Mans Series - GTC	AF Corse	5	2	1	1	3	81	2nd
2016	Michelin GT3 Le Mans Cup	AF Corse	6	0	0	1	0	34	7th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am		2	0	0	1	0	6	23rd
	Gulf 12 Hours - Pro-Am		1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
	24H Series - SP3	JR Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Touring Car Endurance Series - SP3	JR Motorsport
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	9	1	0	1	4	109	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	16	25th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	European Le Mans Series - GTE	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	8	14th
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	8	0	0	0	2	99	4th
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Spirit of Race	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	AF Corse	7	0	0	0	0	71	12th
2020	European Le Mans Series - GTE	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	AF Corse	4	0	0	0	0	1.5	16th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am		6	0	0	0	1	71	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	AF Corse	6	0	0	0	0	58	8th
2022	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	AF Corse	7	1	0	0	1	91	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		2	0	0	0	0	337	47th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Vista AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	15*	5th*

† - As Castellacci is a guest driver, he is ineligible to score points.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2012	AF Corse	Ferrari	NOG QR 10	NOG CR 5	ZOL QR 7	ZOL CR 11	NAV QR 13	NAV QR 11	SVK QR 12	SVK CR 9	ALG QR 11	ALG CR 7	SVK QR 10	SVK CR Ret	MOS QR 8	MOS CR 6	NÜR QR 10	NÜR CR 7	DON QR 7	DON CR 5	14th	42

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2015	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 4	SPA 6	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	COA 6	FUJ 7	SHA 6	BHR 7		9th	54
2017	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL Ret	SPA 4	LMS 7	NÜR 2	MEX 4	COA 3	FUJ 1	SHA Ret	BHR 3	4th	109
2018–19	Spirit of Race	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA 8	LMS 2	SIL 9	FUJ 6	SHA 4	SEB 2	SPA 4	LMS 7		4th	99
2019–20	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 9	FUJ 6	SHA 8	BHR 5	COA 7	SPA 7	LMS 4			12th	71
2021	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA 4	ALG 3	MNZ 7	LMS 7	BHR 7	BHR 6				6th	71
2022	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SEB 9	SPA 4	LMS 5	MNZ 9	FUJ 4	BHR 7				8th	58
2023	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SEB 5	PRT 4	SPA NC	LMS 5	MNZ 10	FUJ 1	BHR 4			3rd	91
2024	Vista AF Corse	LMGT3	Ferrari 296 GT3	Ferrari F163 3.0 L Turbo V6	QAT 5	IMO	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR		5th*	15*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	187	DNF	DNF
2017	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	326	41st	12th
2018	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	335	26th	2nd
2019	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	327	43rd	12th
2020	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	330	39th	13th
2021	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	329	39th	11th
2022	AF Corse	Nick Cassidy Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	340	39th	6th
2023	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	312	31st	5th
2024	Vista AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	LMGT3	30	DNF	DNF

References

↑ "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Francesco Castellacci de Villanova". www.24h-en-piste.com (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2023.
↑ "Formula Azzurra 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Italian joins ADR line-up". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Formula 3 Italia 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Prema signs Francesco Castellacci for the Formula 3 Italia". f3italia.it. 2009-02-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Zandvoort Masters: Valtteri Bottas takes win". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 2009-06-14. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
1 2 Wilkinson, Andy (2010-06-17). "Castellacci to make Supercup debut". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
↑ English, Steven (2009-10-08). "Ericsson fastest, Loeb slowest at Jerez". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2009-10-23.
↑ "Draco Team in Barcelona with Castellacci, Garcia and Berthon the 3–4 November". dracoracing.com. International DracoRacing. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
↑ "Castellacci-Ide per AF Corse" [Castellacci-Ide for AF Corse]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

External links

Official page on Facebook
Francesco Castellacci career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christian Hohenadel Daniel Keilwitz	FIA GT3 European Champion 2011 with: Federico Leo	Succeeded by Dominik Baumann Maximilian Bühk

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[1] "Pilote des 24 heures du Mans : Francesco Castellacci de Villanova". www.24h-en-piste.com (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2023.

[2] "Formula Azzurra 2006". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[3] "Italian joins ADR line-up". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[4] "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[5] "Formula 3 Italia 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[6] "Prema signs Francesco Castellacci for the Formula 3 Italia". f3italia.it. 2009-02-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[7] "Zandvoort Masters: Valtteri Bottas takes win". ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 2009-06-14. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[Porsche-8] 1 2 Wilkinson, Andy (2010-06-17). "Castellacci to make Supercup debut". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2010-07-06.

[9] English, Steven (2009-10-08). "Ericsson fastest, Loeb slowest at Jerez". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[10] "Draco Team in Barcelona with Castellacci, Garcia and Berthon the 3–4 November". dracoracing.com. International DracoRacing. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2010-07-06.

[AF_Corse-11] "Castellacci-Ide per AF Corse" [Castellacci-Ide for AF Corse]. Italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

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