David Ostella (born October 8, 1991) is a Canadian racing driver from Maple, Ontario.
After racing in various American and Canadian karting series, Ostella made his professional racing debut in Formula BMW Americas in 2008 for Eurointernational, finishing 9th in points. In 2009 he moved to the Star Mazda Series with AIM Autosport and finished thirteenth in points with one podium finish. In 2010, he returned to the series with AIM and improved to twelfth in points.David Ostella – career detail, Driver Database, Retrieved 2010-12-06 For 2011, he signed with Jensen MotorSport to race in the Firestone Indy Lights series. Ostella finished the championship ninth overall, accruing 287 points after contesting thirteen of the fourteen rounds.Ostella to Firestone Indy Lights with Jensen team , AutoWeek, November 15, 2010, Retrieved 2010-12-06 Ostella finished a career best fourth for Jensen in the season opener on the streets of St. Petersberg. He signed with Team Moore Racing to return to Indy Lights in 2012.Ostella Joins Team Moore in Firestone Indy Lights Series, David Ostella PR, January 2, 2012, Retrieved 2012-01-02 Ostella improved to eighth in points and captured his first series podium, a runner-up finish in the season finale at Auto Club Speedway where he also recorded the fastest lap of the race.
In 2013, Ostella was hired by PR1/Mathasian Motorsports to drive in the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring in an LMPC car. Ostella helped the team win the race in the PC class and finish ninth overall.PC victory for Canadian David Ostella in Sebring 12 Hour race, motorsport.com, March 17, 2013, Retrieved 2013-03-17
Ostella finished the 2013 season in the Ultra 94 IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada with SpeedMerchants Motorsports. Taking home two wins and nine podium finishes, Ostella was able to clinch the top spot in the points standings in the Platinum Cup championship. As the points champion, Ostella was given his own Porsche 911 to race around the streets of his native Toronto for one year.
Motorsports career results
American open–wheel racing (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Star Mazda Championship
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points 2009 SEB? VIR? MMP? NJ1? NJ2? WIS? IOW? ILL? ILL? QUE? ONT? ATL? LAG? 13th 294 2010 AIM Autosport SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ1 NJ2 ACC ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL 12th 306
Indy Lights Results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2011 Jensen MotorSportSTPALALBHINDYMILIOWTOREDM1EDM2TRONHMBALKTYLVS9th287 2012 Team Moore RacingSTPALALBHINDYDETMILIOWTOREDMTROBALFON8th298
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Ref 2014 Performance Tech PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8DAY SEB LGA KAN WGL IND ELK VIR COA ATL 11th 198 2017 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports P Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8DAY SEB LBH AUS BEL WGL MOSELK LGA PET 34th 23 † Ostella did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.
References
External links David Ostella official website