Kevin Giovesi (born 8 November 1993) is an Italian former racing driver. He is the 2012 European F3 Open Copa Class champion.
Career
Karting Born in Rho, Giovesi began karting in 2005 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF3 category by 2008.
Formula Lista Junior In 2009, Giovesi graduated to single–seaters into the Formula Lista Junior series, competing with Daltec Racing. He won races at Nürburgring, Magny-Cours and Hockenheimring with four another podium finishes on his way to the championship title.
Italian Formula Three Giovesi stepped up to Italian Formula Three Championship, joining BVM – Target Racing, but after the first round he switched to JD Motorsport. He finished half of the seasons races in the points. This brought him fifteenth place in the championship.
Giovesi remained in the Italian championship in 2011 but moved to Lucidi Motors team. He progressed to the seventh place in the championship standings.
After skipping the first three rounds in 2012, Giovesi returned in the championship, participating with Ghinzani Arco Motorsport. He finished sixth in the European Series and fourth in the Italian Series.
European F3 Open In 2012, Giovesi decided to race in Copa Class of the European F3 Open Championship for the Dallara F308 cars with DAV Racing. He finished sixth in the main class and won the Copa Class.
Formula Renault Giovesi had single appearances in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and in Formula Renault Northern European Cup 2012 with EPIC Racing and Daltec Racing.
GP2 Series Giovesi made his GP2 Series switch in 2013, joining Venezuela GP Lazarus.
Racing record
Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2009 Formula Lista Junior Daltec Racing 12 5 6 2 9 184 1st 2010 Italian Formula Three BVM – Target Racing 16 0 0 0 0 18 15th JD Motorsport 2011 Italian Formula Three Lucidi Motors 16 2 0 1 3 184 7th 2012 European F3 Open DAV Racing 14 0 0 0 1 93 6th European F3 Open – Copa Class 14 11 12 7 11 110 1st Italian Formula Three European Series Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 14 3 0 0 5 121 6th Italian Formula Three Italian Series 14 3 0 0 5 124 4th Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup Daltec Racing 3 0 0 0 0 14 40th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 EPIC Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 41st 2013 Auto GP Ghinzani Motorsport 10 0 0 0 5 91 6th GP2 Series Venezuela GP Lazarus 8 0 0 0 0 0 29th 2014 Auto GP Eurotech Engineering 14 2 2 0 5 155 5th FMS Racing GP2 Series Rapax 2 0 0 0 0 0 33rdEuroformula Open ChampionshipDAV Racing200100NC2015Porsche Carrera Cup ItaliaGhinzani Arco Motorsport200011219th 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia Ghinzani Arco Motorsport 8 0 0 0 2 58 13th
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 DC Points 2012 EPIC RacingALC1ALC2SPA1SPA2NÜR1NÜR2MSC1MSC2HUN1HUN2LEC1LEC2CAT1CAT2 41st 0
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 DC Points 2012 Daltec RacingHOC1HOC2HOC3NÜR1NÜR2OSC1OSC2OSC3ASS1ASS2RBR1RBR2MST1MST2MST3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SPA1SPA2 40th 14
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 2013 Venezuela GP Lazarus SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 29th 0 2014 Rapax BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 33rd 0
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 15 16 Pos Points 2013 Ghinzani Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 BRN2 BRN2 6th 91 2014 Eurotech Engineering MAR1 MAR2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 5th 155 FMS Racing IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR27† NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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