Kevin Giovesi

Kevin Giovesi
Nationality	Italian
Born	8 November 1993 Rho (Italy)
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Rapax
Car no.	14
Former teams	Venezuela GP Lazarus
Starts	4
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	29th in 2013
Previous series
2013-14 2012 2010–12 2009	Auto GP European F3 Open Italian F3 Formula Lista Junior
Championship titles
2012 2009	European F3 Open Copa Class Formula Lista Junior

Kevin Giovesi (born 8 November 1993) is an Italian 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 this part of career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF3 category by 2008.^[1]

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.^[2]

Italian Formula Three

Giovesi stepped up to Italian Formula Three Championship, joining BVM – Target Racing,^[3] ut after the first round he switched to JD Motorsport.^[4] He finished half of the season races in points. This brought him fifteenth place in the championship.^[5]

Giovesi remain in Italian championship in 2011 but moved to Lucidi Motors team.^[6] He progressed to the seventh place in the championship standings.^[7]

After skipping first three rounds in 2012, Giovesi returned in the championship, participating with Ghinzani Arco Motorsport.^[8] He finished sixth in the European Series and fourth in the Italian Series.^[9]

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.^[10] He finished sixth in the main class and won the Copa Class.^[11]

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.^[12]

GP2 Series

Giovesi will made his GP2 Series switch in 2013, joining Venezuela GP Lazarus.^[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
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	33rd
2016	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy	Ghinzani Arco Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^* Season still in progress.

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	SEP FEA 16	SEP SPR 10	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 17	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 17	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 20	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MRN FEA	MRN SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	29th	0
2014	Rapax	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA 19	YMC SPR 20	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	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1 13	SIL 2 3	MUG 1 2	MUG 2 5	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 10	DON 1 3	DON 2 3	BRN 2 Ret	BRN 2 6	6th	91
2014	Eurotech Engineering	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 Ret	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 1	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 4	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 1									5th	155
	FMS Racing									IMO 1 2	IMO 2 2	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 7†	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 6	EST 1 WD	EST 2 WD

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "Biography". kevingiovesi.com. Kevin Giovesi. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
2. "LO Formel Lista Junior 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
3. "BVM Target e Giovesi: accordo fatto". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
4. "Giovesi passa a JD Motorsport". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 2010-05-15. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
5. "Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
6. "Lucidi con Giovesi, Cheever e Guerin". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
7. "Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
8. "Misano Racing Weekend, 06–07–08 Luglio 2012: E.S.Italian F3 – C.Italiano F3 – Classifica Libere 1° Turno" [Misano Racing Weekend, 06/07/08 July 2012: E.S.Italian F3 – F3 C.Italiano – 1st Free Practice Ranking] (PDF). Italian Formula Three Championship (in Italian). ACI Sport Italia. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
9. "Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
10. "Dav Racing sceglie Giovesi" [Dav Racing chooses Giovesi]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
11. "European F3 Open – Championship Cup 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
12. "Kevin Giovesi". World Series by Renault Media Guide. Renault Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
13. "Kevin Giovesi joins Venezuela GP Lazarus". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Kevin Giovesi on Twitter
  
• Kevin Giovesi career summary at DriverDB.com