Giovanni Venturini

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Giovanni Venturini
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Venturini in 2012.
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1991-11-09) 9 November 1991 (age 31)
Vicenza (Italy)
Blancpain Endurance Series career
Debut season 2015
Current team Grasser Racing Team
Car number63
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.

Contents

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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2008 Formula 2000 Light Italy - Winter Trophy CO2 Motorsport20002562nd
Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 - Winter Series 40000167th
2009 Formula 2000 Light Italy CO2 Motorsport210120NC†
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 1210092743rd
Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 12333102702nd
2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Epsilon Euskadi 161002765th
Formula Renault UK 200001229th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 301003124th
2011 Auto GP Griffitz Durango 142103769th
2012 GP3 Series Trident Racing 1000023113th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series BVM Target 70000325th
2013 GP3 Series Trident Racing 1610012615th
2014Lamborghini Super Trofeo EuropeEurotech Engineering100002575th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final200000NC
International GT Open 000000NC
2015 Blancpain Endurance Series GRT Grasser Racing Team 500002912th
Italian GT ChampionshipImperiale Racing20000936th
2016 Italian GT Championship Imperiale Racing14000052.510th
2017 International GT Open Imperiale Racing1420061141st
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Attempto Racing60100720th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 200000NC
2018 International GT Open Imperiale Racing141007944th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup GRT Grasser Racing Team 100000NC
2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Orange1 FFF Racing Team 50001309th
2020 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Imperiale Racing100000NC
2021 GT World Challenge America - Pro K-Pax Racing 13201102342nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 10000618th
2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup Romeo Ferraris 6000020910th

† – 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)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
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		9th76

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
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 		25th3

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516D.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		13th31
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		15th26

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.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 		20th7

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  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.
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