Santino Ferrucci

Santino Ferrucci
Ferrucci at Pocono Raceway in 2021
BornSantino Michael Ferrucci
(1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 25)
Woodbury, Connecticut, United States
Awards
IndyCar Series career
60 races run over 6 years
Team(s)No. 14 (A. J. Foyt Enterprises)
2022 position28th
Best finish13th (2019, 2020)
First race2018 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Race 1 (Belle Isle)
Last race2023 Grand Prix of Monterey (Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 2 years
2021 position37th
Best finish37th (2021)
First race2021 Contender Boats 250 (Homestead)
Last race2022 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2017
Car number17
Former teamsTrident
Starts23
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish19th in 2018
Previous series
201617
2015
201415
2014
2014
2013
GP3 Series
Toyota Racing Series
European Formula 3
British Formula Three
German Formula 3
F2000 Championship Series
Last updated on: April 2, 2023.

Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver. He competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No 14 Chevrolet for A.J. Foyt Racing. He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Career

Lower formulae

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.

FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Ferrucci competing at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

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.

GP3 Series

Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS. 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. He only competed in the first three events, and scored points in only the first two races, before making a switch to Formula 2.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Ferrucci practicing at Silverstone in Formula 2 before he was banned for four races and fired by Trident.

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. 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) after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini after the Sprint Race at Silverstone on the weekend of the British Grand Prix. He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track. 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 a €6,000 fine. His attempt to run a "Make America Great Again" livery in reference to Donald Trump was blocked by the FIA as being in violation of the political slogans policy.

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. An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments. Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.

Ferrucci testing for Haas in 2016.

Ferrucci finished 19th in the standings, with seven points and a best result of sixth in the Baku Sprint race.

Formula One

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. Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix. Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.

IndyCar Series

2018

Ferrucci, driving for Dale Coyne Racing during testing at Portland in 2018.

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. 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.

2019

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.

2020

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 during the 2022 XPEL 375

2021

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.

2022

Ferrucci during the 2023 Indianapolis 500

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.

2023

Ferrucci returned to IndyCar in 2023 full-time with A.J. Foyt Racing, partnering Indy Lights graduate Benjamin Pedersen. It is his first full IndyCar campaign since 2020.

Ferrucci qualified 4th for the 2023 Indy 500 in the A.J. Foyt Racing #14 Chevrolet with a speed of 233.661 mph.

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.

Midget car racing

Ferrucci in 2022

In January 2021, Ferrucci made his midget car racing debut in the Chili Bowl for Dave Mac Motorsports. He failed to finish his G Feature race and was classified in tenth.

NASCAR

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. Ferrucci would return to the team's No. 26 car for the Xfinity Series races at Pocono and the Indianapolis Road Course in 2022.

Personal life

Ferrucci was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, to Mike and Valerie Ferrucci. Growing up, his racing idol was Michael Schumacher.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
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 SeriesKF3 11th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipKF3 6th

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2012–13 SBF2000 Winter Series ? 10 3 3 4 6 - NC
2013 F2000 Championship ? 8 0 1 0 4 288 5th
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship EuroInternational 20 0 0 0 0 24 19th
German Formula 3 Championship 5 0 0 0 1 33 10th
British Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsport 3 2 1 2 3 - NC
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 33 0 0 1 1 91 11th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 16 1 0 2 6 765 3rd
2016 GP3 Series DAMS 18 0 0 0 1 36 12th
Formula One Haas F1 Team Test/Reserve driver
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 10 0 0 0 0 4 22nd
GP3 Series DAMS 6 0 0 0 0 3 19th
Formula One Haas F1 Team Development driver
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 13 0 0 0 0 7 19th
IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing 4 0 0 0 0 66 27th
Formula One Haas F1 Team Development driver
2019 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing 17 0 0 0 0 351 13th
2020 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 14 0 0 0 0 290 13th
2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Sam Hunt Racing 6 0 0 N/A N/A 102 35th
IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 5 0 0 1 0 146 24th
2022 IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1 0 0 0 0 71 28th
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1 0 0 0 0
Juncos Hollinger Racing 1 0 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series Sam Hunt Racing 2 0 0 0 0 22 60th
2023 IndyCar Series A.J. Foyt Enterprises 17 0 0 0 1 214 19th
2024 IndyCar Series A. J. Foyt Racing

As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(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
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

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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 DC Points
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

Complete GP3 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 Pos Points
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.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(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
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.

American open-wheel racing results

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

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref
2018 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 19 Honda STP PHX LBH ALA IMS INDY DET
22
DET
20
TXS ROA IOW TOR MDO POC GTW 27th 66
39 POR
20
SNM
11
2019 19 STP
9
COA
20
ALA
15
LBH
21
IMS
10
INDY
7
DET
19
DET
10
TXS
4
RDA
19
TOR
11
IOW
12
MDO
12
POC
4
GTW
4
POR
17
LAG
24
13th 351
2020 Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan 18 TXS
21
IMS
9
ROA
6
ROA
6
IOW
13
IOW
18
INDY
4
GTW
16
GTW
10
MDO
14
MDO
14
IMS
15
IMS
12
STP
23
13th 290
2021 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 45 ALA STP TXS TXS IMS INDY
6
DET
6
DET
10
ROA MDO
9
NSH
11
IMS GTW POR LAG LBH 24th 146
2022 STP TXS
9
LBH
ALA
IMS
28th 71
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 23 Chevrolet INDY
10
Juncos Hollinger Racing 77 DET
21
ROA
MDO
TOR
IOW
IOW
IMS
NSH
GTW
POR
LAG
2023 A.J. Foyt Enterprises 14 STP
24
TXS
21
LBH
11
ALA
20
IMS
21
INDY
3
DET
21
ROA
16
MDO
24
TOR
17
IOW
26
IOW
22
NSH
18
IMS
23
GTW
13
POR
16
LAG
17
19th 214
2024 STP
TRM
LBH
ALA
IMS
INDY
DET
ROA
LAG
MDO
IOW
IOW
TOR
GTW
POR
MIL
MIL
NSH
0

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
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

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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
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

* Season still in progress


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