Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1989-09-09) 9 September 1989 Augsburg, West Germany
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Trident
Car no.	12
Former teams	Carlin Hilmer Motorsport Arden International Barwa Addax Team Ocean Racing Technology David Price Racing
Starts	114
Wins	4
Poles	3
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	5th in 2014
Previous series
2009–10–2011 2009 2007 2007 2006, 2008 2006 2006 2006–07 2006–07 2005 2005 2005	GP2 Asia Series Formula 3 Euro Series International Formula Master British Formula 3 German Formula Three Formula Renault NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Euroseries 3000 Italian Formula 3000 Formula BMW ADAC Formula Junior 1600 Italy FR2.0 Italia Winter Series

Johnny Amadeus Cecotto, more commonly known as Johnny Cecotto Jr. (born 9 September 1989 in Augsburg, West Germany) is a racing driver. He races with a Venezuelan license but holds both German and Venezuelan nationality. He is the son of former racing driver and motorcycle world champion Johnny Cecotto.

Career

File:J Cecotto Monza 2011.jpg

Cecotto driving for Ocean Racing Technology at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

Early career

He began his racing career in kart racing, then progressing to open wheel single seater racing. He competed in Formula BMW ADAC in 2005. In 2006 he raced in the German Formula Three Championship, taking one victory, and also in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup.

In 2007 he raced in the International Formula Master series, finishing eighth with three podiums. He returned to the German F3 Championship, finishing in third with two victories.

In 2009 he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for the HBR Motorsport team, before the team missed races at Brands Hatch. He then signed a deal to compete in the GP2 Series, partnering Michael Herck at David Price Racing.

GP2

He joined up with Trident Racing for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, but was replaced by Dani Clos after the first round. He returned to Trident for the 2010 Main Series and scored his first championship points at Monaco, but was replaced by Edoardo Piscopo after sixteen races.

Cecotto moved to Super Nova Racing for the 2011 GP2 Asia Series season alongside Fairuz Fauzy, and finished fifteenth in the drivers' championship. For the main series season, he switched to the Ocean Racing Technology team and was partnered with Kevin Mirocha and later Brendon Hartley, finishing 24th in the championship.

He switched to the Addax team for the 2012 season, alongside Josef Král. After a difficult start to the season, he suddenly hit form at Monaco, taking his first pole position and race victory in the category. He also won the feature race at Hockenheim after his decision to start with dry tyres on a wet but drying track paid off. Despite also posting seven retirements, the season was comfortably Cecotto's best in the series, finishing ninth in the championship as a result.

In 2013 lacked the pace he had shown in the previous year and struggled with no podiums. However he was once again quick in Monaco taking pole for the feature race, but he caused a first corner multi-car pile-up leaving him out of the race and banned from the following day's sprint race for causing the collision. Despite this he had his most consistent GP2 season with 10 points finishes ending with 41 points. He returned to Trident for 2014, he scored two victories and three further podium finishes but struggled in the latter stages, he would go on to finish a career-best 5th in the championship.

Formula One

Cecotto was confirmed as one of the Force India team drivers to participate in the young driver test held in Yas Marina Circuit, after the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

In 2012, Cecotto took part in the young driver test again, this time with Toro Rosso.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Lauderbach Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	3	22nd
		Mamerow Racing
	Formula Junior 1600 Italia	Kiwi ESP	4	0	0	0	1	40	12th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series		4	0	0	1	1	18	7th
2006	German Formula Three Championship	Ombra Racing	8	1	0	0	1	20	11th
		Target Racing
	Euroseries 3000	Coloni Rookies Team	2	0	0	0	0	2	17th
	Italian Formula 3000								16th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Kiwi ESP	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Koiranen bros. Motorsport	8	0	0	0	1	92	17th
2007	International Formula Master	Ombra Racing	16	0	0	0	3	30	8th
	Euroseries 3000	ELK Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	4	20th
	Italian Formula 3000								13th
	British Formula 3 Championship	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	0†	0	0	0	0	0†	NC†
2008	German Formula Three Championship	HS Technik	16	2	3	4	10	99	3rd
2009	GP2 Series	David Price Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	30th
	Formula 3 Euro Series	HBR Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	0	3	17th
2010	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	16	0	0	0	0	3	23rd
2011	GP2 Asia Series	Super Nova Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	15th
	GP2 Series	Ocean Racing Technology	18	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2012	GP2 Series	Barwa Addax Team	24	2	1	1	4	104	9th
2013	GP2 Series	Arden International	21	0	1	1	0	41	16th
2014	GP2 Series	Trident	22	2	1	0	5	140	5th
2015	Auto GP	Virtuosi UK	2	0	0	0	1	22	8th‡
	GP2 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	28th
		Carlin	2	0	0	0	0
		Trident	4	0	0	0	0
2016	Formula V8 3.5 Series	RP Motorsport	6	1	0	0	1	43	6th*

^* Season still in progress. ^† As Cecotto was a guest driver at Brands Hatch and was thus ineligible for points, but he did not start in both races. ^‡ Position when season was cancelled.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2009	HBR Motorsport	Dallara F308/052	Mercedes	HOC 1 21	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 16	LAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 17	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 20	OSC 1 17	OSC 2 19	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 11	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	DIJ 1	DIJ 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	26th	0

Complete GP2 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2009	David Price Racing	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	TUR FEA	TUR SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA 18	ITA SPR 16	POR FEA DNS	POR SPR 18					30th	0
2010	Trident Racing	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 17	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 4	TUR FEA 12	TUR SPR 12	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 14	GBR FEA 18	GBR SPR 23	GER FEA 13	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR					23rd	3
2011	Ocean Racing Technology	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR 13	ESP FEA 14	ESP SPR 13	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 17	VAL FEA 14	VAL SPR 17	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 10	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 11	BEL SPR 8	ITA FEA 17	ITA SPR 15							24th	0
2012	Barwa Addax Team	MYS FEA Ret	MYS SPR 22	BHR1 FEA Ret	BHR1 SPR 22	BHR2 FEA 9	BHR2 SPR Ret	ESP FEA 18	ESP SPR 13	MON FEA 1	MON SPR Ret	VAL FEA DSQ	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA 2	GBR SPR 18	GER FEA 1	GER SPR 6	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 17	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 2	ITA SPR 5	SGP FEA Ret	SGP SPR 9	9th	104
2013	Arden International	MYS FEA 12	MYS SPR 5	BHR FEA 10	BHR SPR 12	ESP FEA 8	ESP SPR 5	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR EX	GBR FEA 17	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 10	GER SPR 5	HUN FEA 21	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 14	BEL SPR 7	ITA FEA 12	ITA SPR 8	SGP FEA 14	SGP SPR 6	ABU FEA 8	ABU SPR Ret			16th	41
2014	Trident	BHR FEA 21	BHR SPR 14	ESP FEA 1	ESP SPR 6	MON FEA 4	MON SPR 4	AUT FEA 6	AUT SPR 1	GBR FEA 6	GBR SPR 3	GER FEA 7	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 3	BEL SPR 2	ITA FEA 10	ITA SPR Ret	RUS FEA 19	RUS SPR 23†	ABU FEA 6	ABU SPR 6			5th	140
2015	Hilmer Motorsport	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ESP FEA 21	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA 20	MON SPR Ret	AUT FEA	AUT SPR																	28th	0
	Carlin									GBR FEA 13	GBR SPR 25	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR
	Trident															ITA FEA 18	ITA SPR 13	RUS FEA 13	RUS SPR 22†	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2009–10	Trident Racing	ABU1 FEA 7	ABU1 SPR 6	ABU2 FEA	ABU2 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	17th	3
2011	Super Nova Racing	ABU FEA 15	ABU SPR 7	ITA FEA 16	ITA SPR 19					15th	0

Complete Auto GP results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	Pos	Points
2015	Virtuosi UK	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	8th‡	22‡

^‡ Position when season was cancelled.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 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	18	Pos.	Points
2016	RP Motorsport	ALC 1 9	ALC 2 6	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 6	SPA 1 12†	SPA 2 Ret	LEC 1	LEC 1	SIL 1	SIL 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	JER 1	JER 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	6th*	42*

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ^* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website
• Johnny Cecotto Jr. on Twitter
• Johnny Cecotto Jr. career summary at DriverDB.com