Enzo Potolicchio

Enzo Potolicchio
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1968-08-07) August 7, 1968 Caracas
FIA World Endurance Championship Rolex Sports Car Series career
Current team	Starworks Motorsport
Former teams	HP-Tech Motorsport
Previous series
Ferrari Challenge, Formula Ford, Porsche Super Cup
Championship titles
2005	Venezuelan Formula Ford 2000
Awards
1998	Venezuelan Automobile Driver of the Year

Vicente "Enzo" Potolicchio (born 7 August 1968 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan racing driver and businessman, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Rolex Sports Car Series for Starworks Motorsport. He won the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, both in the LMP2 class.

Early racing career

Potolicchio spent his early career racing Formula Ford, both at home in Venezuela where he was champion in 2005, and in the American F2000 Championship Series. He also took part in Venezuelan Porsche Super Cup in 1998, which saw him earn 11 victories and the country's Automobile Driver of the Year award.

Ferrari Challenge

Potolicchio participated in two Ferrari Challenge North America races in 2009, earning a victory and a third-place finish. In 2010 and 2011 he won back-to-back Ferrari Challenge titles.

Rolex Sports Car Series

Potolicchio made his Grand-Am debut in 2011, racing in the Rolex Sports Car Series for Starworks Motorsport. He earned his first career victory at Mid-Ohio, teamed with Ryan Dalziel, finishing 13th in the end-of-season Daytona Prototype points standings.

In 2012, Potolicchio finished second overall in the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona, teamed with Ryan Dalziel, Alex Popow, Lucas Luhr and Allan McNish. He has collected four podium finishes in eight races to date.

Leading up to the second race at Watkins Glen, Potolicchio announced he was leaving the Rolex Series, but would continue to support the #8 Starworks car in the title challenge.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Together with Starworks, Potolicchio made his FIA World Endurance Championship debut at the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, where he, Ryan Dalziel and Stéphane Sarrazin finished third overall and first in LMP2. The trio finished 14th in class at the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, punctuated by a mechanical issue.

Potolicchio and teammates Ryan Dalziel and Tom Kimber-Smith won the Le Mans in the LMP2 class. Starworks also won the FIA LMP2 Trophy in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship season.

In 2013, Potolicchio announced that he would enter the 2013 FIA WEC season with his newly created team, 8Star Motorsports, competing with one Ferrari 458 Italia GT2.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

USF2000 National Championship results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2001	Amores Motorsports	HMS1 25	HMS2 13	HMS3 14	WGI1 12	WGI2 24	IRP	MDO1	MDO2	ROA1	ROA2	MDO3	SEB1	SEB2				20th	26
2004	Aiken Racing	SEB1	SEB2	ATL1	ATL2	LS1	LS2	MOS1	MOS2	MDO1 7	MDO2 9	SON1	SON2	MDO3	MDO4	ROA1	ROA2	N.C.	N.C.
2005	Cape Motorsports	ATL1 3	ATL2 7	MDO1 6	MDO2 4	CLE1	CLE2	ROA1	ROA2	MDO3	MDO4	VIR1	VIR2					12th	72

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	Starworks Motorsport	Ryan Dalziel Tom Kimber-Smith	HPD ARX-03b	LMP2	354	7th	1st
2013	8 Star Motorsports	Rui Águas Jason Bright	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	294	37th	10th

External links

• Official website (Spanish)
• Enzo Potolicchio career summary at DriverDB.com