Santino Ferrucci | |||||||
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Born | Santino Michael Ferrucci May 31, 1998 Woodbury, Connecticut, United States | ||||||
IndyCar Series career | |||||||
77 races run over 7 years | |||||||
Team(s) | No. 14 (A. J. Foyt Enterprises) | ||||||
Best finish | 9th (2024) | ||||||
First race | 2018 Detroit Grand Prix, Race 1 (Belle Isle) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Music City Grand Prix (Nashville Superspeedway) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
9 races run over 2 years | |||||||
2021 position | 37th | ||||||
Best finish | 37th (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 Contender Boats 250 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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Previous series | |||||||
2017–18 2016–17 2015 2014–15 2014 2014 2013 | FIA Formula 2 Championship GP3 Series Toyota Racing Series European Formula 3 British Formula Three German Formula 3 F2000 Championship Series |
Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No 14 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
He competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring 2nd in his fourth. He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational.
Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in 8th.
At the start of 2015, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season 3rd overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring 5 other podiums.
Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing 11th overall and scoring his only podium in Formula 3 at Spa. At the end of the year, Ferrucci once again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, this time finishing 6th in the main race.
Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS. [1] Ferrucci's best result was a 3rd in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season 12th in the standings.
In February 2017, Ferrucci retained a DAMS drive for a second GP3 season. [2] He only competed in the first three events, and scored points in only the first two races, before making a switch to Formula 2.
Ferrucci made his Formula 2 debut in Hungary and finished the remainder of the year with Trident, with ninth his best result for a race and 22nd in the season standings. [3] For the 2018 season Ferrucci remained in Formula 2, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident.
In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium rounds) and fined €60,000 after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini after the Sprint race at Silverstone on the weekend of the British Grand Prix. [4] [5] He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track. [4] He was also found to have driven his car between the F2 and F1 paddock without one glove and while holding his phone, which resulted in an additional €6,000 fine. [5] His attempt to run a "Make America Great Again" livery in support of Donald Trump was blocked by the FIA as being in violation of the political slogans policy. [6]
On July 18, Ferrucci was summarily fired by the Trident F2 team, citing behavioral issues, and non-payment of money required by contract. Trident alleged that money had been made available for the Detroit IndyCar race, whilst noting that Ferrucci had defaulted on F2 debt to them. [7] [8] An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments. [9] Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.
Ferrucci finished 19th in the standings, with seven points and a best result of sixth in the Baku Sprint race.
After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 2016 GP3 Series, he became a test and reserve driver for the Haas F1 Team alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member and GP3 champion, Charles Leclerc. [10] Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix. [11] Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018. [12] [13]
In June 2018, Ferrucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi. [14] Ferrucci retired from his first race after colliding with Charlie Kimball on lap 56.
After his departure from Formula 2, Ferrucci contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing. [15]
Ferrucci signed with Coyne to contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season driving the No. 19 Cly-Del Honda. In his season debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ferrucci recorded a Top-10 finish, bringing his car home in 9th position. At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second Top-10 finish of the IndyCar season heading into preparations for his first Indianapolis 500 effort. After qualifying 23rd for the Indy 500, Ferrucci moved through the 33 car field to finish in 7th position, earning him Rookie of the Year honors in his first-ever race at the Indianapolis 500. Three races later, Ferrucci recorded his best career IndyCar finish by taking the checkered flag in 4th position at Texas Motor Speedway.
After teammate Sébastien Bourdais's departure from Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci moved to Bourdais's No. 18 SealMaster Honda for the 2020 season. He finished 4th at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top 5s out of 14 races, to finish 13th in points.
Ferrucci signed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to run a third car sponsored by Hyvee at the 2021 Indianapolis 500. Ferucci drove the car to sixth place, the highest of any of the RLL drivers in the race. Ferrucci's results at the Indy 500 earned him four additional drives with RLL at Detroit, Mid Ohio, and Nashville. Ferrucci recorded top-ten finishes at both races in Detroit as well as Mid Ohio but also crashed the #45 car in such a manner that the team could not fix it in time for the second Detroit race, forcing him to run with a car that used what was still drivable off of #45 car and Takuma Sato's backup/superspeedway car. Ferrucci expressed to Bobby Rahal that he would be open to a full-time return to IndyCar if Rahal were to give him a drive in the third RLL car. RLL ultimately chose Alpine Academy driver Christian Lundgaard to drive their third car full time, ending Ferrucci's tenure with the team.
Ferrucci signed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to compete in the 2022 Indianapolis 500 alongside Sage Karam. However, he would also fill in for Jack Harvey at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the XPEL 375, as Harvey withdrew after qualifying due to a crash declaring him not fit to race.
After Callum Ilott crashed during the 2022 Indianapolis 500 and was deemed not fit by Indycar, Ferrucci was appointed as his replacement at the Detroit Grand Prix. [16]
Ferrucci returned to IndyCar in 2023 full-time with A.J. Foyt Racing, partnering Indy Lights graduate Benjamin Pedersen. It was his first full IndyCar campaign since 2020. [17]
Ferrucci qualified 4th for the 2023 Indy 500 in the A.J. Foyt Racing #14 Chevrolet with a speed of 233.661 mph. [18]
Ferrucci finished third in the 2023 Indy 500 in the A.J. Foyt Racing #14, the best finish of an A.J. Foyt racing entry since 2000.
Ferrucci continued with A.J. Foyt Racing in 2024, now alongside Sting Ray Robb. [19]
Ferrucci qualified 6th for the 2024 Indianapolis 500 and finished 8th. [20] [21]
In June, Ferrucci apologized for making homophobic comments after Saturday practice incidents involving Andretti Global drivers Colton Herta and Kyle Kirkwood at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix. [22] [23] At the 2024 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s he finished 4th in both the first and second races. [24]
In January 2021, Ferrucci made his midget car racing debut in the Chili Bowl for Dave Mac Motorsports. [25] He failed to finish his G Feature race and was classified in tenth. [26]
On January 8, 2021, it was confirmed that Ferrucci would run a 20-race schedule piloting the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Ferrucci had limited stock car racing experience prior to NASCAR, with his lone foray being a super late model test with Fury Race Cars in 2020. [27] Ferrucci would return to the team's No. 26 car for the Xfinity Series races at Pocono and the Indianapolis Road Course in 2022. [28]
Ferrucci was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, to Mike and Valerie Ferrucci. Growing up, his racing idol was Michael Schumacher. [29]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2005 | SKUSA SuperNationals — Comer | 9th | |
2006 | WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Yamaha Junior Sportsman | 25th | |
WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Cadet Sportsman | 21st | ||
Stars of Karting National — Cadet | 33rd | ||
2007 | Florida Winter Tour — Comer Cadet | 10th | |
Stars of Karting West — Cadet | Team OVRP | 14th | |
Stars of Karting East — Cadet | 10th | ||
2008 | Canadian National Karting Championships — Rotax Mini MAX | 12th | |
Canadian National Karting Championships — Rotax Micro MAX | 2nd | ||
Rotax Max Challenge USA Grand Nationals — Minimax | 3rd | ||
Stars of Karting National — Cadet | 12th | ||
Stars of Karting West — Cadet | 6th | ||
Stars of Karting East — Cadet | 3rd | ||
Florida Winter Tour — Comer Cadet | San Yves Motorsports | 1st | |
2009 | WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Yamaha Sportsman Lite | 7th | |
WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Yamaha Sportsman Heavy | 11th | ||
WSK North American Series — Cadet | Maranello North America | 8th | |
WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Cadet Sportsman | 2nd | ||
Florida Winter Tour — Comer Cadet | 1st | ||
2010 | WSK Nations Cup — 60 Mini | 6th | |
Rotax Max Challenge Northeast Regional Series — Mini Max | 1st | ||
MSA Formula Kart Stars — Cadet | 8th | ||
Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet | 7th | ||
2011 | SKUSA SuperNationals — Junior | 15th | |
WSK Master Series — 60 Mini | Lenzokart | 8th | |
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini | Luxor Racing Team | 14th | |
2012 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior | 62nd | |
WSK Euro Series — KF3 | 11th | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3 | 6th |
† As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
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2014 | EuroInternational | Mercedes | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | PAU 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 DNS | SPA 3 15 | NOR 1 12 | NOR 2 5 | NOR 3 4 | MSC 1 16 | MSC 2 13 | MSC 3 14 | RBR 1 Ret | RBR 2 12 | RBR 3 20 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 17 | NÜR 3 14 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 Ret | IMO 3 16 | HOC 1 19 | HOC 2 17 | HOC 3 15 | 19th | 24 |
2015 | kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport | Mercedes | SIL 1 18 | SIL 2 9 | SIL 3 13 | HOC 1 10 | HOC 2 6 | HOC 3 28 | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 11 | PAU 3 10 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 4 | MNZ 3 8 | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 12 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 Ret | NOR 3 6 | ZAN 1 28 | ZAN 2 8 | ZAN 3 9 | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 13 | RBR 3 11 | ALG 1 7 | ALG 2 10 | ALG 3 Ret | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 7 | NÜR 3 7 | HOC 1 10 | HOC 2 17 | HOC 3 Ret | 11th | 91 |
(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 | DC | Points |
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2015 | Giles Motorsport | RUA 1 7 | RUA 2 5 | RUA 3 4 | TER 1 Ret | TER 2 17 | TER 3 2 | HMP 1 3 | HMP 2 3 | HMP 3 5 | TAU 1 2 | TAU 2 2 | TAU 3 8 | TAU 4 16 | MAN 1 5 | MAN 2 1 | MAN 3 5 | 3rd | 765 |
(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 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2016 | DAMS | CAT FEA 15 | CAT SPR 11 | RBR FEA 15 | RBR SPR 10 | SIL FEA 18 | SIL SPR 4 | HUN FEA 15 | HUN SPR 11 | HOC FEA 9 | HOC SPR 4 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 3 | MNZ FEA 19† | MNZ SPR 11 | SEP FEA Ret | SEP SPR Ret | YMC FEA 9 | YMC SPR 15 | 12th | 36 |
2017 | DAMS | CAT FEA 9 | CAT SPR 8 | RBR FEA Ret | RBR SPR 13 | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR 9 | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | JER FEA | JER SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 19th | 3 |
† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Trident | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA 9 | HUN SPR 14 | SPA FEA 9 | SPA SPR 10 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 14 | JER FEA Ret | JER SPR 13 | YMC FEA 14 | YMC SPR 15 | 22nd | 4 | ||
2018 | Trident | BHR FEA 14 | BHR SPR 20 | BAK FEA 11 | BAK SPR 6 | CAT FEA DNS | CAT SPR 11 | MON FEA 13 | MON SPR 12† | LEC FEA 13 | LEC SPR 9 | RBR FEA 10 | RBR SPR 7 | SIL FEA 16 | SIL SPR DSQ | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 19th | 7 |
† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team |
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2019 | Dallara | Honda | 23 | 7 | Dale Coyne Racing |
2020 | Dallara | Honda | 19 | 4 | Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan |
2021 | Dallara | Honda | 23 | 6 | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
2022 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 15 | 10 | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
2023 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 4 | 3 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
2024 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 6 | 8 | A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
2021 | Sam Hunt Racing | 26 | Toyota | DAY | DAY | HOM 30 | LVS 13 | PHO 15 | ATL 15 | MAR | TAL | DAR | DOV | COA | CLT | MOH | TEX | NSH | POC 14 | ROA | ATL 33 | NHA | GLN | IND | MCH | DAY | DAR | RCH | BRI | LVS | TAL 17 | CLT | TEX | KAN | MAR | PHO | 37th | 122 | [37] | ||
2022 | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | TEX | CLT | PIR | NSH | ROA | ATL | NHA | POC 35 | IND 17 | MCH | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | CLT | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 60th | 22 | [38] |
* Season still in progress
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