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Luca Ghiotto (born 24 February 1995) is an Italian racing driver who last competed in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2025 European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition. He also competed in select rounds in the 2024 IndyCar Series for Dale Coyne Racing.

NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 31)
Debutseason2024
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Luca Ghiotto
Ghiotto in 2019
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 31)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2024
Current teamInter Europol Competition
Categorisation FIA Platinum
Car number34
Starts12 (12 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th in 2024
IndyCar Series career
4 races run over 1 year
TeamNo. 51 (Dale Coyne Racing)
Best finish34th (2024)
First race2024 Children's of Alabama
Indy Grand Prix
(Barber)
Last race2024 Grand Prix of Monterey
(Laguna Seca)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Previous series
2024
2017–2020, 2022
2016
2014–2015
2014
2013
2012–2013
2012
2011–2012
IndyCar Series
FIA Formula 2 Championship
GP2 Series
GP3 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Abarth
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Career

Karting

Born in Arzignano, Ghiotto entered karting in 2008, when he took the title in the KF3 class of the Champions Cup,[1] before he finished fourth the following year.[2] Ghiotto remained in the KF3 category until the end of 2010.[citation needed]

Formula Abarth

In 2011, Ghiotto made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Formula Abarth series for Prema Powerteam.[3] He finished ninth in the Italian Series standings with a single podium at Misano, while in the European Series he finished sixth with four podiums.[4] He contested a sophomore campaign with the same team in 2012, improving to runner-up spots in both championships.[5]

Formula Renault

Ghiotto remained with Prema, as they moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery to compete in the final rounds of Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at the end of 2012. For 2013, Ghiotto had full-time campaigns in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, staying with Prema.[6] He took a podium finish at Le Castellet, as well as a victory at Spa,[7] and finished ninth in the final championship standings. In the Alps series, he scored five wins and finished as runner-up to teammate Antonio Fuoco. He also won the main race of the Formula Renault 2.0 Pau Trophy.[8]

Ghiotto graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, competing for International Draco Racing.[9]

GP3 Series

2014

Ghiotto made his debut in 2014 with Trident at Spa-Francorchamps.[10] He took pole position on his debut, but did not score in any of the four races he entered.[citation needed]

2015

Ghiotto remained with Trident for 2015,[11] taking five victories in the season, but losing the title to Esteban Ocon by eight points.

GP2 Series

In February 2016, it was announced that Ghiotto would be graduating to the series, whilst continuing his collaboration with Trident. After a shaky start to the season, he claimed his first victory at the sprint race in Sepang and finished eighth in the overall standings.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In 2017, Ghiotto switched to Russian Time.[12] He took one victory that season and finished fourth in the championship. Originally, he won both races in Monza, but was denied the feature race win due to leaving the track after having avoiding contact with Nyck de Vries and Charles Leclerc. After Ghiotto was stripped of his win, the victory was given to his country-mate Antonio Fuoco.

2018

Ghiotto at the 2018 Spielberg Formula 2 round with Campos Racing

In 2018, Ghiotto drove for Campos Racing alongside Israeli Roy Nissany.[13] He took four podiums and finished eighth in the championship.

2019

Ghiotto at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round with UNI-Virtuosi Racing

Ghiotto moved to Virtuosi Racing to partner Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou in 2019.[14] Ghiotto started the season very well with pole position, second place at race 1, and victory at race 2 in Bahrain. However, he scored only two points at Azerbaijan. The Italian once again took pole position at Spain, but was hit by Campos driver Dorian Boccolacci, who was later penalized with a drive-through penalty. He charged through the field to finish fourth and achieved another podium in Race 2, finishing in second. At Monaco, originally, he finished second at the feature race, but was disqualified, and in the second race he hit the Arden car of Tatiana Calderon and the MP Motorsport car of Mahaveer Raghunathan. Ghiotto had to retire the car, and was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with the two drivers. At Le Castellet, he also had a nightmare weekend. In Race 1, he was hit by Juan Manuel Correa, causing him to retire with suspension damage. In Race 2, he only finished thirteenth, scoring no points. In Spielberg, he took two podium finishes with two second places. In Great Britain, he qualified second behind his teammate Guanyu Zhou, who also made history with achieving the first pole position of a Chinese driver in GP2 or F2. He passed Guanyu before the first corner, and took the victory in the feature race. At Hungaroring, he finished fourth and eighth respectively.

In Spa-Francorchamps, the two races were cancelled after a tragic accident in the feature race, after Giuliano Alesi lost control of his car due to a puncture, which provoked an accident, that resulted in serious injures for Juan Manuel Correa, and the death of French driver Anthoine Hubert. In Monza Ghiotto took the fastest lap along with second place in the feature race, but after making contact with Sérgio Sette Câmara and Nyck de Vries, he only finished in fifteenth position in the sprint race. At Sochi, he finished fourth in the first race with taking fastest lap once again, however he lost the podium to Louis Delétraz on the final lap. In the second race, he came from fifth on the grid to first place and took his third win of the year. In the final round at Abu Dhabi, Ghiotto scored eight points in the first race by finishing sixth. In the sprint race, he started third, but overtook Nicholas Latifi for second place. A few laps later, he passed Trident driver Giuliano Alesi for the race lead. Due to the retirements of Artem Markelov, Sean Gelael and contact between Nikita Mazepin and Matevos Isaakyan, there were three virtual safety cars. By that, Ghiotto extended his race lead and comfortably won his fourth race of the year. He finished third in the championship, just behind champion Nyck de Vries and runner-up Nicholas Latifi.

2020

In 2020, Ghiotto drove for the new Hitech Grand Prix team alongside Nikita Mazepin.[15] He won the sprint race in Budapest and ended up tenth in the standings, five positions behind his Russian teammate. Ghiotto left Formula 2 at the end of the season.

2022

Ghiotto returned to the 2022 Formula 2 Championship on a one-off return at Monza, replacing Roy Nissany as the Israeli driver was serving a race ban.[16]

Formula One

In August 2017, Ghiotto participated in the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test for Williams Martini Racing.[17]

Formula E

In April 2023, Ghiotto was announced to drive for the Nissan Formula E Team during the Berlin rookie test, whilst also being confirmed as the team's simulator driver.[18][19] Ghiotto once again drove Formula E machinery during the rookie practice session at the Rome ePrix.[20] He then took part in the rookie pre-season test with the team for the 2023–24 season.[21]

IndyCar Series

Dale Coyne Racing (2024)

In April 2024, Ghiotto signed a two-race contract to drive for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing for the races at Barber Motorsports Park and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.[22] He later drove for the team at Road America and Laguna Seca.[citation needed]

Karting record

Karting career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Position
2008 Champions Cup — KF3 1st
Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3 11th
Torneo Industrie — KF3 Gandolfio Ennio Racing 18th
Italian Open Masters — KF3 Ghiotti Franco DNF
2009 Spanish Karting Championship — KF3 36th
South Garda Winter Cup — KF3 Gandolfi Ennio Racing DNF
WSK International Series — KF3 DNF
2010 Trofeo delle Industrie — KF2 20th
WSK Master Series — KF2 13th
Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF2 8th
WSK World Series — KF2 21st
Andrea Margutti Trophy — KF2 30th
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — KF2 Chiesa Corse 71st
CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Championship — KF2 21st
Karting World Championship — KF2 23rd
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Racing record

Racing career summary

More information Season, Series ...
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Formula Abarth Italian Series Prema Powerteam 14 0 1 2 1 42 9th
Formula Abarth European Series 14 0 0 1 4 65 6th
2012 Formula Abarth European Series Prema Powerteam 24 7 8 9 11 246 2nd
Formula Abarth Italian Series 18 6 7 7 7 175 2nd
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps 4 0 0 0 0 22 19th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2 0 0 0 0 7 44th
2013 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Prema Powerteam 14 5 0 2 8 211 2nd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 1 1 0 2 69 9th
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 17 0 0 0 0 26 17th
GP3 Series Trident 4 0 1 0 0 4 20th
2015 GP3 Series Trident 18 5 5 9 8 245 2nd
2016 GP2 Series Trident 22 1 0 2 4 111 8th
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Russian Time 22 1 0 0 7 185 4th
Formula One Williams Martini Racing Test driver
2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Vexatec Racing 24 0 0 1 4 111 8th
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship UNI-Virtuosi Racing 22 4 2 2 9 207 3rd
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship Team LNT 1 0 0 0 1 0.5 24th
2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 23 1 0 2 4 106 10th
Intercontinental GT Challenge R-Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 Italian GT Championship Imperiale Racing 6 0 1 1 5 46 5th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Emil Frey Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
ADAC GT Masters T3 Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 21 28th
2022 GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Tresor by Car Collection 8 0 0 0 0 22 10th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 12 24th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing by APR 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th
2022–23 Formula E Nissan Formula E Team Simulator driver
2023–24 Formula E Nissan Formula E Team Simulator driver
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 6 0 0 0 1 47 7th
IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing 4 0 0 0 0 27 34th
2025 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition 6 0 0 1 0 23 12th
2026 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3 Oregon Team
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup - GT3 Easy Race
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Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2012 Prema Powerteam MNZ
1

MNZ
2

PAU
1

PAU
2

IMO
1

IMO
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

MUG
1

6
MUG
2

6
CAT
1

13
CAT
2

7
19th 22
2013 Prema Powerteam VLL
1

5
VLL
2

2
IMO1
1

6
IMO1
2

6
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

1
MNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

1
MIS
1

11
MIS
2

1
MUG
1

3
MUG
2

5
IMO2
1

1
IMO2
2

1
2nd 211
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Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
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 Prema Powerteam HOC
1

HOC
2

HOC
3

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

OSC
1

OSC
2

OSC
3

ASS
1

ASS
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

MST
1

MST
2

MST
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

SPA
1

14
SPA
2

Ret
44th 7
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Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2013 Prema Powerteam ALC
1

14
ALC
2

25
SPA
1

31
SPA
2

1
MSC
1

5
MSC
2

9
RBR
1

32
RBR
2

7
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

11
LEC
1

2
LEC
2

22
CAT
1

27
CAT
2

23
9th 69
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Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2014 International Draco Racing MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

4
ALC
1

16
ALC
2

Ret
MON
1

14
SPA
1

6
SPA
2

Ret
MSC
1

16
MSC
2

14
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

15
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

19
LEC
1

7
LEC
2

16
JER
1

13
JER
2

Ret
17th 26
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Complete GP3 Series results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
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Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019–20 Team LNT LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL FUJ
11
SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 24th 0.5
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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2021 Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Pro MNZ
LEC
SPA
6H

SPA
12H

SPA
24H

NÜR
5
CAT
21st 10
2022 Tresor by Car Collection Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro IMO
4
LEC
12
SPA
6H

Ret
SPA
12H

Ret
SPA
24H

Ret
HOC
38
CAT
42
24th 12
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GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2022 Tresor by Car Collection Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH
1

6
BRH
2

7
MAG
1

5
MAG
2

8
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

13
MIS
1
MIS
2
VAL
1

6
VAL
2

13
10th 22
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2022 G-Drive Racing by APR LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
8†
SEB LGA MDO WGL ELK PET NC† 0†
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† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

More information Year, Entrant ...
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2024 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
8
LEC
Ret
IMO
7
SPA
4
MUG
3
ALG
5
7th 47
2025 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
9
LEC
10
IMO
6
SPA
5
SIL
9
ALG
Ret
12th 23
2026 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
LEC
7
IMO
SPA
SIL
ALG
11th* 6*
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2025 Poland Inter Europol Competition United States Nick Boulle
France Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer
Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 363 27th 10th
LMP2 Pro-Am 5th
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American open-wheel racing results

IndyCar Series

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref
2024 Dale Coyne Racing w/
Rick Ware Racing
51 Dallara DW12 Honda STP THE LBH ALA
21
IMS
25
INDY DET ROA
22
LAG
27
MDO IOW IOW TOR GTW POR MIL MIL NSH 34th 27 [23]
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