Giovanni Venturini

Giovanni Venturini
Venturini in 2012.
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 33) Vicenza (Italy)
Blancpain Endurance Series career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Grasser Racing Team
Car number	63
Previous series
2014 2012-13 2012 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2008–09 2008	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Formula Renault 3.5 Series Auto GP Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 British Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Formula 2000 Light Italy Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0

Giovanni Venturini (born 9 November 1991 in Vicenza) is a professional racing driver from Italy.

Career

Formula 2000 Light

Venturini began his Formula racing career in November 2008, racing in the Formula 2000 Light Italy Winter Trophy, where he finished as runner–up in the two–race series behind Martin Scuncio. ^[1] The following season, he took part in the opening round of the main Formula 2000 Light season at Magione. He finished on the podium in both races, winning one of them, but as the event didn't count towards the championship he received no points.

Formula Renault 2.0

In late 2008, Venturini took part in the Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, held over two rounds at Jerez and Estoril, finishing tied on points with Adrian Quaife–Hobbs in 7th place. ^[2]

2009 saw Venturini tackle dual–campaigns in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series with CO₂ Motorsport. Despite missing the second round at Varano, he finished the Italian season third overall, recording nine podiums including a win at Misano. In the Swiss Championship, he took three race wins and a total of ten podium places en–route to the runner–up spot behind Jenzer Motorsport's Nico Müller.

In 2010, Venturini graduated to the premier Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series with the Spanish Epsilon Euskadi team. ^[3] Racing with the brand–new Barazi–Epsilon designed chassis, Venturini finished the season fifth overall, taking two podium finishes including a win at Magny–Cours. ^[4] He also took part in the British Formula Renault 2.0 support round at the Silverstone World Series by Renault meeting, finishing the two races in 16th and 14th places respectively, and also made an outing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup round at Spa–Francorchamps, taking a pole position for one of the three races.

Auto GP

In January 2011, Venturini took part in a two–day Auto GP test session held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, finishing as the fastest driver on the first day. ^[5] Early the following month he was confirmed at the Durango team for the 2011 season, racing alongside fellow Italian driver Giuseppe Cipriani. ^[6] He took his first series victory in the opening race of the season at Monza after starting from pole position. ^[7] Another podium finish came at the following round at the Hungaroring before Venturini won his second race of the year at Oschersleben in July. ^[8]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In October 2010, Venturini drove a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, driving for Epsilon Euskadi and Junior Lotus Racing in the two–day test session held at the Circuit de Catalunya. ^[9] The following week, he was one of 25 drivers invited by Renault Sport Technologies to participate in the next FR3.5 Series test session, held at Motorland Aragón in Spain, as a reward for finishing fifth in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. ^[10]

After testing extensively for Draco Racing and Fortec Motorsport in late 2011, Venturini will graduate to the series in 2012, joining Nikolay Martsenko at Italian team BVM Target. ^[11]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2008	Formula 2000 Light Italy - Winter Trophy	CO2 Motorsport	2	0	0	0	2	56	2nd
	Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter Series		4	0	0	0	0	16	7th
2009	Formula 2000 Light Italy	CO2 Motorsport	2	1	0	1	2	0	NC†
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		12	1	0	0	9	274	3rd
	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0		12	3	3	3	10	270	2nd
2010	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Epsilon Euskadi	16	1	0	0	2	76	5th
	Formula Renault UK		2	0	0	0	0	12	29th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		3	0	1	0	0	31	24th
2011	Auto GP	Griffitz Durango	14	2	1	0	3	76	9th
2012	GP3 Series	Trident Racing	10	0	0	0	2	31	13th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	BVM Target	7	0	0	0	0	3	25th
2013	GP3 Series	Trident Racing	16	1	0	0	1	26	15th
2014	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Eurotech Engineering	10	0	0	0	2	57	5th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International GT Open		0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series	GRT Grasser Racing Team	5	0	0	0	0	29	12th
	Italian GT Championship	Imperiale Racing	2	0	0	0	0	9	36th
2016	Italian GT Championship	Imperiale Racing	14	0	0	0	0	52.5	10th
2017	International GT Open	Imperiale Racing	14	2	0	0	6	114	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	6	0	1	0	0	7	20th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	International GT Open	Imperiale Racing	14	1	0	0	7	94	4th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	GRT Grasser Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Orange1 FFF Racing Team	5	0	0	0	1	30	9th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Imperiale Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	GT World Challenge America - Pro	K-Pax Racing	13	2	0	1	10	234	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	6	18th
2022	FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup	Romeo Ferraris	6	0	0	0	0	209	10th

† – As Venturini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Auto GP 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	Pos	Points
2011	Griffitz Durango	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 5	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 7	BRN 1 Ret	BRN 2 11	DON 1 9	DON 2 7	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 1	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 9	MUG 1 11	MUG 2 9	9th	76

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2012	BVM Target	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 9	MON 1 Ret	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 10	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 14	MSC 1	MSC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	25th	3

Complete GP3 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	D.C.	Points
2012	Trident Racing	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA 13	SIL SPR 16	HOC FEA 3	HOC SPR 8	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 9	MNZ FEA 8	MNZ SPR 3	13th	31
2013	Trident Racing	CAT FEA 12	CAT SPR 8	VAL FEA 15	VAL SPR 13	SIL FEA 8	SIL SPR 1	NÜR FEA 16	NÜR SPR 14	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR 6	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA 11	MNZ SPR Ret	YMC FEA 11	YMC SPR 9	15th	26

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2017	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MIS QR 23	MIS CR 27	BRH QR 9	BRH CR 13	ZOL QR 9	ZOL CR 7	HUN QR	HUN CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	20th	7

References

1. "Formula 2000 Light Italy Winter Trophy 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
2. "Formula Junior FR2.0 Portugal Winter Series 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
3. Wilkinson, Andy (5 February 2010). "Epsilon sign Venturini for FR Eurocup". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
4. "Giovanni Venturini comes good". World Series by Renault . Renault Sport. 20 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
5. "Campos, Durango and Lazarus opened 2011". autogp.org. Auto GP World Series. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
6. "Venturini and Cipriani join Durango". autogp.org. Auto GP World Series. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
7. "Maiden win for Venturini in Monza". autogp.org. Auto GP World Series. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
8. "Oschersleben, Venturini takes Race 2 win". autogp.org. Auto GP World Series. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
9. "Barcellona Test La lista degli abbinamenti piloti-team". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 11 October 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
10. "Test WSR 3.5 at Alcaniz Venturini in the top ten". giovanni-venturini.com. Giovanni Venturini. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
11. Mills, Peter (11 March 2012). "Giovanni Venturini joins BVM Target for Formula Renault 3.5 campaign". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 12 March 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Giovanni Venturini on Twitter
• Giovanni Venturini career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Thomas Biagi Fabrizio Crestani	International GT Open Champion 2017	Succeeded by Mikkel Mac