Vittorio Ghirelli

Viottorio Ghirelli (born 9 May 1994 in Fasano, Apulia, Italy) is an Italian racing driver, who competed in the 2013 FIA GP2 Series with Venezuela GP Lazarus. Aged just nineteen when he joined GP2, Ghirelli would claim a single point in his GP2 career, dovetailing his partial campaign with a run to the 2013 Auto GP title.

Ghirelli was given his chance to compete in GP2 ahead of the 2013 Hungaroring Feature Race, replacing Fabrizio Crestani in the #25 car. The Italian went on to claim a single point in ten races as he completed the 2013 season with Team Lazarus, ending the campaign in 27th in the Series.

After being overlook for a GP2 seat in-spite of his appearances and Auto GP title, Ghirelli moved to Indy Lights for 2014. After a few on-off seasons racing in the Renault Sport Trophy and Italian GT3, Ghirelli made a full return to racing in 2019, competing in the NASCAR Euro Series.

Background
Ghirelli began his career in karting in his native Italy, prior to making his race car debut in 2010 in the Italian Formula Renault championship. That year also saw Ghirelli compete in the F3 Brazil Open championship, before taking on the inaugural GP3 Series as his main programme for the year. Despite failing to score at all in GP3 in 2010, Ghirelli would manage to secure a return to the GP3 Series in 2011, which he would again combine with runs in FR in the Eurocup and Alps series.

Rapid Ranks: 2011-2013
The 2011 season saw Ghirelli again struggle in the GP3 Series, the Italian racer failing to score, although he did claim ninth in the FR Alps series with a run on podium finishes. For 2012 Ghirelli made the Formula Renault 3.5 Series his main focus, finishing 24th, with the Italian racer also making to appearances in the unrelated FIA Formula Two Championship. Auto GP would subsequently become Ghirelli's main focus for 2013, in which Ghirelli appeared to finally find some form as he claimed the Auto GP title with two wins.

Post GP2 Series Career
Having missed out on a GP2 seat for 2014, Ghirelli opted to run a dual campaign in Auto GP and Indy Lights, finishing without a win in either. For 2015 Ghirelli moved into the Renault Sport Trophy, again without major success, before sitting out the 2016 season without a drive. 2017 saw Ghirelli compete in the Italian GT Championship in the Pro class, claiming one win, before having sit out the 2018 season having failed to secure a drive.

Ghirelli made his racing return in 2019 taking a seat in the Elite 2 class of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, finishing third with one win. The Italian racer would subsequently claim the Elite 2 title in 2020 in his second season in the NASCAR Euro Series, claiming five wins in ten races.

Full GP2 Series Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in the GP2 Series in statistical form.

GP2 Series Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their GP2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full GP2 Series record.


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