Leonardo Pulcini

Leonardo Pulcini
Leonardo Pulcini
	Pulcini at the 2018 Spielberg GP3 Series round
Nationality	Italian
Born	25 June 1998 (age 26); Rome, Italy
FIA F3 career
Debut season	2019
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	27
Former teams	Hitech Grand Prix, Carlin Buzz Racing
Starts	18 (18 entries)
Wins	1
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	8th in 2019
Previous series
2014-16; 2015; 2014	Euroformula Open Championship; Auto GP; Italian F4 Championship
Championship titles
2016	Euroformula Open Championship

Leonardo Pulcini (born 25 June 1998, in Rome) is an Italian racing driver and the 2016 Euroformula Open champion.^[1]

Career

Karting

Born in Rome, Pulcini began karting professionally in 2012, and came 7th in the KF3 category in the Italian ACI Karting Championship, won the ROK Cup International Final in the Junior ROK class. He rounded off the season participating in the 23° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - KF3 category, coming in 22nd.

In 2013, he came runner-up to the Italian Championship in the KF3 category, and made his WSK debut, competing in the WSK Super Master Series and the WSK Euro Series in the KF Junior, coming in 9th and 6th.

He came 6th in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship and runner-up to the CIK-FIA World Championship. Pulcini made his KF debut in 2014, during his first year in single-seaters, coming 29th in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. He also made his WSK Champions Cup debut, coming in 10th, Pulcini also came 18th in the WSK Super Master Series.

Lower Formulae

In 2014, Pulcini graduated to single-seaters, competing with DAV Racing in the inaugural season of the Italian F4 Championship, where he finished fourth. He also partook in two rounds of that year's Euroformula Open Championship with the same team.

In 2015, Pulcini switched to Euroformula Open full-time with DAV Racing, scoring his maiden victory at the first race at the Red Bull Ring and finished ninth in the standings. He also partook in the first round of the 2015 Auto GP Series.

The following year he switched to Campos Racing.^[2] With them, he took seven victories, three pole positions and eight fastest laps to secure the Euroformula Open title.

GP3 Series

In November 2016, it was announced that Pulcini would reunite with Campos for GP3 Series post-season testing at Yas Marina.^[3] In January 2017, Pulcini signed to race with Arden International.^[4] A second place in the first round at Catalunya would end up being his only points-scoring finish and the Italian ended up 14th in the championship.

For 2018 Pulcini moved to Campos Racing in what would be the final season of the GP3 Series. His results were much better, and after two race wins and three further podiums Pulcini finished fourth in the drivers' standings.

Sports car racing

Ahead of the 2023 season, Pulcini was named a Lamborghini factory driver.^[5] His first assignment was a customer racing drive in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Iron Lynx. His co-drivers in the Gold Cup class were Rolf Ineichen and Michele Beretta.^[6]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Position
2012	Italian ACI Karting Championship - KF3	7th
	ROK Cup International Final - Junior ROK	1st
	23° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - KF3	22nd
2013	Italian ACI Karting Championship - KF3	2nd
	WSK Super Master Series - KF Junior	9th
	WSK Euro Series - KF Junior	6th
	CIK-FIA European Championship - KF Junior	6th
	CIK-FIA World Championship - KF Junior	2nd
2014	CIK-FIA European Championship - KF	29th
	WSK Super Master Series - KF	18th
	WSK Champions Cup - KF	10th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Italian F4 Championship	DAV Racing	21	0	0	0	6	187	4th
	Euroformula Open Championship		4	0	0	0	0	14	19th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2015	Euroformula Open Championship	DAV Racing	16	1	0	0	2	91	9th
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship	DAV Racing	6	0	0	0	0	22	9th
	Auto GP Series	FMS Racing	2	0	0	0	1	27	5th‡
2016	Euroformula Open Championship	Campos Racing	16	7	3	8	13	303	1st
2016	Spanish Formula 3 Championship	Campos Racing	6	1	1	4	5	105	1st
2017	GP3 Series	Arden International	15	0	0	1	1	20	14th
2018	GP3 Series	Campos Racing	18	2	2	2	5	156	4th
2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	16	1	0	0	2	78	8th
2019	Macau Grand Prix	Campos Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	4	0	0	0	1	27	8th
2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Buzz Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2021	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Oregon Team	12	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2022	International GT Open	Oregon Team	13	4	2	1	7	128	1st
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup	Iron Lynx	5	0	1	0	1	44	8th
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Oregon Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2024	International GT Open	Oregon Team	13	1	0	0	2	68	10th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Iron Lynx	1	0	0	0	0	271	15th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Iron Lynx

^‡ Position when season was cancelled.
^† As Pulcini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2014	DAV Racing	ADR 1 8	ADR 2 4	ADR 3 2	IMO1 1 3	IMO1 2 5	IMO1 3 5	MUG 1 3	MUG 2 10	MUG 3 14	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 7	MAG 3 3	VLL 1 6	VLL 2 5	VLL 3 5	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 9	IMO2 1 4	IMO2 2 17	IMO2 3 3	4th	187

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2014	DAV Racing	NÜR	NÜR	ALG	ALG	JER	JER	HUN	HUN	SIL	SIL	SPA DNS	SPA DNS	MNZ	MNZ	CAT 7	CAT 8	19th	14
2015	DAV Racing	JER 1 Ret	JER 2 Ret	LEC 1 18	LEC 2 11	EST 1 9	EST 2 5	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 4	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 5	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 Ret	MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 7	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 DNS	9th	91
2016	Campos Racing	EST 1 1	EST 2 2	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 1	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 1	SIL 1 1	SIL 2 17	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 2	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 1	JER 1 2	JER 2 1	CAT 1 16	CAT 2 3	1st	303

Complete Auto GP Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	Pos	Points
2015	FMS Racing	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	5th	27

Complete GP3 Series/FIA Formula 3 Championship 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	Pos	Points
2017	Arden International	CAT FEA 2	CAT SPR 17	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 14	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 12	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 10	SPA FEA 11	SPA SPR 11	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR C	JER FEA 14	JER SPR 13	YMC FEA 17†	YMC SPR Ret			14th	20
2018	Campos Racing	CAT FEA 4	CAT SPR 9	LEC FEA 4	LEC SPR 8	RBR FEA 2	RBR SPR 3	SIL FEA 6	SIL SPR 6	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 4	SPA FEA 15	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 14	MNZ SPR 7	SOC FEA 1	SOC SPR 8	YMC FEA 1	YMC SPR 12	4th	156
2019	Hitech Grand Prix	CAT FEA 20	CAT SPR 21	LEC FEA Ret	LEC SPR 12	RBR FEA 9	RBR SPR 5	SIL FEA 4	SIL SPR 1	HUN FEA 7	HUN SPR 2	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR 7	MNZ FEA 10	MNZ SPR 6	SOC FEA 4	SOC SPR 16			8th	78
2020	Carlin Buzz Racing	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR 24	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	MUG FEA	MUG SPR	33rd	0

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Campos Racing	Dallara F3 2019	25th	10th	DNF

Complete International GT Open results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2022	Oregon Team	Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	EST 1 1	EST 2 1	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 6	SPA 1	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 13	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 1	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 2	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 5		1st	128
2024	Oregon Team	Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	PRT 1 9	PRT 2 6	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 7	SPA WD	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 1	LEC 1	LEC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MNZ	7th*	40*

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Gold	MNZ Ret	LEC 34	SPA 6H 30	SPA 12H 48	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 12	CAT Ret	8th	44
2024	Iron Lynx	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Pro	LEC	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ 18	JED	NC*	0*

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2024	Iron Lynx	GTD Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB 6	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	15th*	271*

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "Euroformula Open: Leonardo Pulcini è il campione 2016 (Euroformula Open: Leonardo Pulcini is the champion 2016)". October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ "Campos Racing confirm Diego Menchaca, Julio Moreno and Leonardo Pulcini as F.3 drivers in 2016". February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ "F3 and Formula Renault frontrunners headline GP3 test entry list". November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ "Arden announces 2017 driver line-up". February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
^ "Pulcini Named Lamborghini Factory Driver in Shootout". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
^ Kilbey, Stephen (6 March 2023). "Iron Lynx & Dames Line-Ups Confirmed For World Challenge Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 6 March 2023. The #19 will compete in the Gold Cup, with drivers Rolf Ineichen, Michele Beretta and Lamborghini factory driver Leonardo Pulcini teaming up.

External links

Leonardo Pulcini career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Vitor Baptista	Euroformula Open Championship Champion 2016	Succeeded by Harrison Scott
Preceded by Konstantin Tereshchenko	Spanish Formula 3 Championship Champion 2016	Succeeded by Devlin DeFrancesco

[1] "Euroformula Open: Leonardo Pulcini è il campione 2016 (Euroformula Open: Leonardo Pulcini is the champion 2016)". October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[2] "Campos Racing confirm Diego Menchaca, Julio Moreno and Leonardo Pulcini as F.3 drivers in 2016". February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[3] "F3 and Formula Renault frontrunners headline GP3 test entry list". November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[4] "Arden announces 2017 driver line-up". February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.

[5] "Pulcini Named Lamborghini Factory Driver in Shootout". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[6] Kilbey, Stephen (6 March 2023). "Iron Lynx & Dames Line-Ups Confirmed For World Challenge Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 6 March 2023. The #19 will compete in the Gold Cup, with drivers Rolf Ineichen, Michele Beretta and Lamborghini factory driver Leonardo Pulcini teaming up.

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