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Kevin Ceccon

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Kevin Ceccon
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 31)
Clusone, Italy
GP3 Series career
Debut season2012
Current teamArden International
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number14
Former teamsOcean Racing Technology
Jenzer Motorsport
Starts41
Wins2
Poles0
Fastest laps3
Best finish7th in 2015
Previous series
2011, 13
2011
200910
200910
GP2 Series
Auto GP
European F3 Open
Italian Formula Three
Championship titles
2011Auto GP

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

Career

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Karting

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Formula One

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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

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2009 European F3 Open Championship RP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 34 11th
Italian Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 11 14th
2010 European F3 Open Championship RP Motorsport 16 1 0 0 6 92 4th
Italian Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2011 Auto GP Ombra Racing 14 1 0 3 5 130 1st
GP2 Series Scuderia Coloni 8 0 0 0 0 0 30th
GP2 Final 2 0 0 0 0 5 7th
2012 GP3 Series Ocean Racing Technology 16 0 0 2 1 56 9th
2013 GP2 Series Trident Racing 11 0 0 0 1 28 17th
2014 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 20 15th
2015 GP3 Series Arden International 18 2 0 1 3 77 7th
2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Murphy Prototypes 1 0 0 0 0 2 33rd
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup ISR 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 4 39th
Team Zakspeed 1 0 0 0 0
2018 World Touring Car Cup Team Mulsanne 15 1 1 1 2 102 14th
2019 World Touring Car Cup Team Mulsanne 30 0 0 1 5 164 14th
2021 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Aggressive Italia 12 4 0 1 6 357 2nd
2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup Hyundai Motorsport N 2 0 0 0 0 67 13th
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia 6 0 0 0 4 192 NC†
2023 TCR World Tour Aggressive Team Italia 4 0 0 0 0 23 24th
TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2 0 0 0 2 63 16th

Ceccon was ineligible for a championship position. * Season still in progress.

Complete Auto GP results

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(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

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(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 GP2 Final results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points
2011 Scuderia Coloni YMC
FEA

5
YMC
SPR

6
7th 5

Complete GP3 Series results

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(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

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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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 ISR Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR

21
MIS
CR

25
BRH
QR

10
BRH
CR

Ret
ZOL
QR

28
ZOL
CR

30
HUN
QR

26
HUN
CR

14
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

Ret
NC 0

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Year Team Car 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 DC Points
2018 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR MAR
1
MAR
2
MAR
3
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
GER
1
GER
2
GER
3
NED
1
NED
2
NED
3
POR
1
POR
2
POR
3
SVK
1

16
SVK
2

11
SVK
3

6
CHN
1

12
CHN
2

12
CHN
3

14
WUH
1

6
WUH
2

11
WUH
3

8
JPN
1

1
JPN
2

6
JPN
3

3
MAC
1

Ret
MAC
2

4
MAC
3

7
14th 102
2019 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR MAR
1

9
MAR
2

19
MAR
3

16
HUN
1

19
HUN
2

16
HUN
3

Ret
SVK
1

Ret
SVK
2

3
SVK
3

3
NED
1

18
NED
2

20
NED
3

18
GER
1

19
GER
2

19
GER
3

11
POR
1

18
POR
2

Ret
POR
3

12
CHN
1

17
CHN
2

9
CHN
3

9
JPN
1

8
JPN
2

4
JPN
3

6
MAC
1

3
MAC
2

3
MAC
3

9
MAL
1

19
MAL
2

5
MAL
3

2
14th 164

Complete TCR World Tour results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 Aggressive Team Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG
1
ALG
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
VAL
1

13
VAL
2

9
HUN
1

12
HUN
2

11
ELP
1
ELP
2
VIL
1
VIL
2
SYD
1
SYD
2
SYD
3
BAT
1
BAT
2
BAT
3
MAC
1
MAC
2
24th 23

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2023 Aggressive Team Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG
1
ALG
2
PAU
1
PAU
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
HUN
1

12
HUN
2

11
LEC
1
LEC
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
16th 63

References

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  1. ^ "Italian Open Masters – KF3 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Italian Open Masters – KF3 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  3. ^ "European F3 Open 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Formula 3 Italia 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  5. ^ Hornsby, Tom (1 November 2010). "F3 Open: Ceccon and Fumanelli seal Barcelona win apiece". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Kevin will participate in the GP2 test in Abu Dhabi with the Scuderia Coloni". kevinceccon.eu. Kevin Ceccon. 9 November 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  7. ^ "GP2 – Abu Dhabi Test, Day 3 Report: Great performance and hard work even with the DPR". kevinceccon.eu. Kevin Ceccon. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 18 January 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  8. ^ Van De Burgt, Andrew (17 May 2011). "Ceccon replaces Rigon at Coloni". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Ceccon set for GP2 debut". autogp.org. Auto GP. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Ceccon and Ombra Racing together in Auto GP". autogp.org. Auto GP. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  12. ^ "Ceccon: "Under 21 title was my first aim"". autogp.org. Auto GP. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  13. ^ "Series champion and best U21 to get GP2 test". autogp.org. Auto GP. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  14. ^ "Auto GP 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  15. ^ Kevin Ceccon signs on with Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 Séries, Ocean Racing Technology.
  16. ^ "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.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Auto GP
Drivers' Champion

2011
Succeeded by
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Auto GP World Series