Kevin Ceccon

Kevin Ceccon
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 Clusone, Italy
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Arden International
Car no.	14
Former teams	Ocean Racing Technology Jenzer Motorsport
Starts	41
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	7th in 2015
Previous series
2011, 13 2011 2009–10 2009–10	GP2 Series Auto GP European F3 Open Italian Formula Three
Championship titles
2011	Auto GP

Kevin Ceccon (born 24 September 1993 in Clusone) is a professional racing driver from Italy.

Career

Karting

Prior to his single–seater career, Ceccon enjoyed a long and successful spell in the junior karting ranks. In 2005 he achieved a fifth place in the Copa Campeones Trophy Junior class before finishing fourth in the Italian Open Masters KF3 category the following year.^[1] In 2008 he won the Italian Open Masters KF3 title,^[2] and also secured podium finishes in both the South Garda Winter Cup and Andrea Margutti Trophy.

Formula Three

In 2009, Ceccon took the substantial jump from karting to Formula Three, racing in the European F3 Open Championship with RP Motorsport. After a slow start to the season, he finished in the points on nine occasions to be classified 11th in the standings, with fourth–place finishes at Donington Park and Monza being his best race results.^[3] He also took part in three rounds of the Italian Formula Three season, finishing in the points in four of his six races to finish 14th in the series.^[4]

Ceccon continued with the team for a second season in 2010, improving to fourth place in the final standings after taking six podium places, including his first series win at the final round of the year in Barcelona.^[5] In September 2010, Ceccon made a one–off appearance in the Italian Formula Three Championship round at Vallelunga, retiring from the first race before finishing 12th in the second event.

GP2 Series

In November 2010, Ceccon took part in four days of post–season GP2 Series testing, held at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, driving for Scuderia Coloni for the first two days,^[6] before switching to DPR for the final two days.^[7]

It was announced in May 2011 that Ceccon would race in the Barcelona and Monaco rounds of the 2011 season for Scuderia Coloni, replacing fellow Italian Davide Rigon who was injured in the first round of the season in Istanbul.^[8] In doing so, he became the youngest ever GP2 Series driver, taking the record previously held by Spaniard Javier Villa by almost a year.^[9] After eight races, with a best finish of eleventh, he opted to concentrate on Auto GP, in which he was challenging for the series lead, and relinquished his seat to Luca Filippi.^[10] He finished 30th in the drivers' championship standings.

Auto GP

For the 2011 season, Ceccon graduated to the Auto GP championship, racing for Italian team Ombra Racing.^[11] He was eligible for the newly created Under 21 Trophy, which he won at the penultimate round of the season in Valencia.^[12] In doing so, he also secured a prize GP2 Series test.^[13] He currently leads the overall standings with one round of the series remaining, seven points ahead of DAMS driver Sergei Afanasiev.^[14]

GP3 Series

Ceccon moved to the GP3 Series for 2012, driving for Ocean Racing Technology.^[15]

Formula One

Ceccon tested with Toro Rosso at the 2011 Abu Dhabi young driver test during the week after the Grand Prix there.^[16] He drove on the second day of the test (November 16), after Stefano Coletti drove on the first, and finished the day with the 10th fastest time, 4.620s behind Jean-Éric Vergne, who set the fastest time.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	European F3 Open Championship	RP Motorsport	16	0	0	0	34	11th
2009	Italian Formula Three Championship	RP Motorsport	6	0	0	0	11	14th
2010	European F3 Open Championship	RP Motorsport	16	1	0	6	92	4th
2010	Italian Formula Three Championship	RP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	28th
2011	Auto GP	Ombra Racing	14	1	3	5	130	1st
2011	GP2 Series	Scuderia Coloni	8	0	0	0	0	30th
2012	GP3 Series	Ocean Racing Technology	16	0	2	1	56	9th
2013	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	11	0	0	1	28	17th
2014	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	8	0	0	0	20	15th
2015	GP3 Series	Arden International	18	2	1	3	77	7th
2016	European Le Mans Series	Murphy Prototypes	1	0	0	0	2	33rd

Complete Auto GP 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	Pos	Points
2011	Ombra Racing	MNZ 1 5	MNZ 2 3	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 10	BRN 1 3	BRN 2 7	DON 1 4	DON 2 6	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 6	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 8	MUG 1 4	MUG 2 7	1st	130

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	DC	Points
2011	Scuderia Coloni	IST FEA	IST SPR	CAT FEA 19	CAT SPR 15	MON FEA 11	MON SPR 12	VAL FEA 18	VAL SPR 20	SIL FEA 19	SIL SPR Ret	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR					30th	0
2013	Trident Racing	SEP FEA 17	SEP SPR 22	BHR FEA 11	BHR SPR 10	CAT FEA 7	CAT SPR 7	MON FEA 2	MON SPR 7	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 12	NÜR FEA Ret	NÜR SPR DNS	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MRN FEA	MRN SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	17th	28

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	DC	Points
2012	Ocean Racing Technology	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 10	MON FEA 3	MON SPR 6	VAL FEA 7	VAL SPR 4	SIL FEA 8	SIL SPR 7	HOC FEA 17	HOC SPR 15	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 8	SPA FEA 12	SPA SPR 20	MNZ FEA 13	MNZ SPR 9			9th	56
2014	Jenzer Motorsport	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR 6	SOC FEA 5	SOC SPR Ret	YMC FEA 9	YMC SPR 6	15th	20
2015	Arden International	CAT FEA 7	CAT SPR 6	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR DNS	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 1	HUN FEA 7	HUN SPR 1	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 13	MNZ FEA 3	MNZ SPR 4	SOC FEA Ret	SOC SPR DNS	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 18	YMC FEA Ret	YMC SPR 10	7th	77

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2016	Murphy Prototypes	LMP2	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	LEC 9	SPA	EST	33rd	2

References

↑ "Italian Open Masters – KF3 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "Italian Open Masters – KF3 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "European F3 Open 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "Formula 3 Italia 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ Hornsby, Tom (1 November 2010). "F3 Open: Ceccon and Fumanelli seal Barcelona win apiece". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "Kevin will participate in the GP2 test in Abu Dhabi with the Scuderia Coloni". kevinceccon.eu. Kevin Ceccon. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "GP2 – Abu Dhabi Test, Day 3 Report: Great performance and hard work even with the DPR". kevinceccon.eu. Kevin Ceccon. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ Van De Burgt, Andrew (17 May 2011). "Ceccon replaces Rigon at Coloni". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
↑ "Ceccon set for GP2 debut". autogp.org. Auto GP. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
↑ O'Leary, Jamie (2011-07-20). "Luca Filippi switches from Super Nova to Coloni for Nurburgring GP2 round". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
↑ "Ceccon and Ombra Racing together in Auto GP". autogp.org. Auto GP. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "Ceccon: "Under 21 title was my first aim"". autogp.org. Auto GP. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
↑ "Series champion and best U21 to get GP2 test". autogp.org. Auto GP. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "Auto GP 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
↑ Kevin Ceccon signs on with Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 Séries, Ocean Racing Technology.
↑ "Jean-Eric Vergne quickest as day two of testing in Abu Dhabi comes to an end". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

External links

Official website (Dutch)
Kevin Ceccon on Twitter
Kevin Ceccon career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Romain Grosjean	Auto GP Drivers' Champion 2011	Succeeded by Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Auto GP World Series

Teams and drivers who competed in the 2016 GP3 Series season

ART Grand Prix	Trident	Arden International

1. Charles Leclerc 2. Nirei Fukuzumi 3. Alexander Albon 4. Nyck de Vries	5. Antonio Fuoco 6. Artur Janosz 7. Giuliano Alesi 8. Sandy Stuvik	9. Jake Dennis 10. Tatiana Calderón 11. Jack Aitken

Koiranen GP	Jenzer Motorsport	Campos Racing	DAMS

14. Matt Parry 15. Matevos Isaakyan 17. Ralph Boschung	18. Akash Nandy 20. Arjun Maini	22. Álex Palou 23. Steijn Schothorst 24. Konstantin Tereshchenko	26. Santino Ferrucci 27. Jake Hughes 28. Kevin Jörg

Other drivers: Richard Gonda (Jenzer Motorsport); Óscar Tunjo (Jenzer Motorsport); Mahaveer Raghunathan (Koiranen GP)

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