Roberto La Rocca

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Roberto La Rocca
NationalityVenezuelan
Born (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 34)
Caracas, Venezuela
Previous series
2012-13
201112
2009
European F3 Open Championship
F2000 Championship Series
Skip Barber National Championship
Championship titles
2012 F2000 Championship Series

Roberto La Rocca (born 9 July 1988) is a Venezuelan racing driver.

Contents

Career

Early career

Born in Caracas, La Rocca started his racing career in Skip Barber Southern Regional Series in 2008, finishing fourth. [1] Also he spent ten races in Skip Barber National Championship in 2009. [2]

After one-year absence he switched to F2000 Championship Series. He joined HP-Tech team and finished on the fifth place in the championship. [3] He remained in the series for 2012 with the same team, winning eleven from fourteen races on his way to the championship title. [4]

European F3 Open

Also in 2012 La Rocca moved in Europe and debuted in European F3 Open Championship with Team West-Tec F3. [5] Finishing tenth with six point-scoring finishes. [6] La Rocca will continue with Team West-Tec in 2013 European F3 Open Championship. [7]

GP3 Series

La Rocca was supposed to make his GP3 Series debut with Bamboo Engineering in 2013. [8] However, two months before the start of the season, he was replaced by Carmen Jordá due to uncertainty from his sponsors. [9]

Auto GP

In August 2013 La Rocca Signed on a short term deal with Virtuosi Racing by Comtec. In the first round La Rocca finished 7th beating the drivers in the main team Virtuosi Racing. <Comtec Racing> are looking into the possibility of a main assault in Auto GP next season alongside there Renault 3.5 campaign, a series which may interest La Rocca.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2011 F2000 Championship Series HP-Tech1400023365th
2012 F2000 Championship Series HP-Tech14111212136261st
European F3 Open Team West-Tec F3 1200004410th
Formula 3 Brazil Open Hitech Racing Brazil 10000N/ANC
2013 Formula 3 Brazil Open Hitech Racing Brazil 10000N/A4th
Auto GP Series Comtec by Virtuosi 600002015th
European F3 Open Championship Team West-Tec F3 600011514th
2017 IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3 HP-Tech200013017th

Complete Auto GP results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2013 Comtec by Virtuosi MNZ
1
MNZ
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
MUG
1
MUG
2
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

7
DON
1

11
DON
2

7
BRN
1

8
BRN
2

7
15th20

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References

  1. "Skip Barber Southern Regional Series 2008–09". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. "HP-Tech Announces 2011 F2000 Effort with RFR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  4. "F2000 Championship Series 2012". driverdatabase.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. Weeks, James (13 April 2012). "West-Tec add La Rocca to F3 Open squad". motorstv.cpm. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  6. "European F3 Open 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  7. "Roberto La Rocca Returns to Team West-Tec F3". teamwest-tec.com. Team West-Tec. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  8. "Roberto La Rocca joins Bamboo Engineering". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  9. "Bamboo Engineering GP3 announce signing of Carmen Jorda". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Remy Audette
F2000 Championship Series
Champion

2012
Succeeded by