Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Born	(1989-09-09) September 9, 1989 Augsburg, West Germany
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2005–2017
Known for	GP2 Series driver, son of motorcycle world champion Johnny Cecotto

Johnny Amadeus Cecotto (born 9 September 1989 in Augsburg, West Germany), commonly referred to as Johnny Cecotto Jr., is a former racing driver who competed with a Venezuelan racing licence and holds both German and Venezuelan citizenship. He is the son of the ex-motorcycle world champion Johnny Cecotto.

Early career

Cecotto Jr. initiated his motorsport journey in kart racing before progressing to open wheel single seater competitions. In 2005, he took part in the Formula BMW ADAC series. The following year, he competed in the German Formula Three Championship, where he achieved one victory, and also participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. In 2007, he raced in the International Formula Master championship, concluding the season eighth overall with three podium finishes. Subsequently, he returned to German F3, securing third place in the standings with two wins.

In 2009, Cecotto Jr. joined the Formula Three Euroseries driving for HBR Motorsport but missed several rounds at Brands Hatch. Later that year, he signed with the GP2 Series, teaming up with Michael Herck at David Price Racing.

GP2

For the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, he was enlisted by Trident Racing but was replaced after just one round. He returned for the 2010 GP2 Series season, scoring his inaugural championship points at Monaco, though he was substituted after sixteen races.

In 2011, Cecotto competed with Super Nova Racing in the Asia Series, finishing fifteenth, before switching to Ocean Racing Technology for the main GP2 season where he ended 24th overall.

In 2012, he joined Addax Team, partnering with Josef Král. Despite a slow start, he achieved his first pole position and race victory at Monaco and secured another win at Hockenheim through a clever tyre strategy. Although plagued by seven retirements during the season, it marked his strongest performance to date, finishing ninth in the championship.

The 2013 season saw a decline in form without any podiums. He earned pole position once more at Monaco but was involved in a multi-car collision that resulted in a race ban. Nevertheless, this year represented his most consistent GP2 campaign with ten points finishes accumulating to 41 points. Returning to Trident Racing in 2014, Cecotto claimed two victories and three podiums but experienced a drop-off towards the end of the season, ultimately finishing fifth—the highest ranking of his career.

Formula One

Cecotto participated in Force India's young driver test held at Yas Marina Circuit following the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He repeated this experience in 2012 by taking part in Toro Rosso’s young driver test.

Formula V8 3.5 Series

In 2016, Cecotto competed in the Formula V8 3.5 Series with RP Motorsport and earned his first race win at Hungaroring. However, after Spa-Francorchamps, he parted ways with the team and found himself without a racing seat.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Lauderbach Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	3	22nd
		Mamerow Racing	6	0	0	0	0
	Formula Junior 1600 Italia	Kiwi ESP	4	0	0	0	1	40	12th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series		4	0	0	1	1	18	7th
2006	German Formula 3 Championship	Ombra Racing	4	1	0	0	1	20	11th
		Target Racing	4	0	0	0	0
	Euroseries 3000	Coloni Rookies Team	2	0	0	0	0	2	17th
	Italian Formula 3000								16th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Kiwi ESP	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Koiranen bros. Motorsport	8	0	0	0	1	92	17th
2007	International Formula Master	Ombra Racing	16	0	0	0	3	30	8th
	Euroseries 3000	ELK Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	rowspan=2	4	20th
								Italian Formula 3000	13th
	British Formula 3 Championship	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	0†	0	0	0	0	0†	NC†
2008	German Formula 3 Championship	HS Technik	16	2	3	4	10	99	style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
2009	Formula 3 Euro Series	HBR Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	0	26th
	GP2 Series	DPR	3	0	0	0	0	0	30th
"2009–10"	GP2 Asia Series	Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	0	3	17th
2010	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	16	0	0	0	0	3	23rd
"2011"	GP2 Series	Ocean Racing Technology	18	0	0	0	0	0	24th
	GP2 Asia Series	Super Nova Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	15th
2012	GP2 Series	Barwa Addax Team	24	2	1	1	4	104	9th
2013	GP2 Series	Arden International	21	0	1	1	0	41	16th
2014	GP2 Series	Trident	22	2	1	0	5	140	5th
2015	Auto GP	Virtuosi UK	2	0	0	0	1	22	8th‡
	GP2 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	4		-		-		-		-		-		28th
			Carlin		2		-		-		-		-		-		28th
			Trident		4		-		-		-		-		-		28th
2016		Formula V8 3.5 Series		RP Motorsport		6		1		-		-		1		43		14th
		GP2 Series		Rapax		4		-		-		-		1		18		18th
2017		FIA Formula 2 Championship		Rapax		8		-		-		-		1		16		16th

† Cecotto was a guest competitor at Brands Hatch and therefore not eligible for points; however, he did not start either event.
‡ Final standing when season was cancelled.
* Season ongoing.

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(key) (Events shown in bold represent pole positions; those in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points
2006	Koiranen bros. Motorsport	OSC 1	OSC 2	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 3	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 8	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 Ret	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 Ret	ASS 1	ASS 2	AND 1	AND 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	17th place	92 points

Full Formula 3 Euro Series Results

(key) (Pole positions are indicated by bold text; fastest laps appear in italics)

Year	Team	Car Chassis	Engine Manufacturer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Standing	Points Scored
2009	HBR Motorsport	Dallara F308/052 model	Mercedes engine	HOC 1 21	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 16	LAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 17	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 20	OSC 1 17	OSC 2 19	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 11	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	DIJ 1	DIJ 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	26th position	0 points

Full GP2 Series/FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics denote 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	22	23	24	Final Position	Points Scored
2009	DPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA 18†	MNZ SPR 16†	ALG FEA DNS	ALG SPR 18					30th	0
2010	Trident Racing	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 17	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 4	IST FEA 12	IST SPR 12	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 14	(remaining events omitted for brevity)	23rd	3
(Subsequent seasons continue with similarly detailed race outcomes and points earned)

^† Although the driver did not complete the race, classification was granted for completing over 90% of the total distance.

Full GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Pole positions are in bold; fastest laps are in italics)

Year	Team Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Standing	Points Accumulated
2009–10	Trident Racing	YMC1 FEA 7	YMC1 SPR 6	YMC2 FEA	YMC2 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR	BHR2 FEA	BHR2 SPR	17th	3
2011	Super Nova Racing	YMC FEA 15	YMC SPR 7	IMO FEA 16 /* style="background:#CFCFFF;" */IMO SPR 19	15th	0

Full Auto GP Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races in italics signify fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	Final Position	Points Scored
2015	Virtuosi UK	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 3	SIL 1	SIL 2	8th‡	22‡

^‡ Standing at the time the season was halted.

Complete Formula V8 3.5 Championship Results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold; fastest laps are in italics)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Points Total
2016	RP Motorsport	ALC 1 9	ALC 2 6	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 6	SPA 1 12†	SPA 2 Ret													14th	42

^† Classified despite not completing the race, having covered over 90% of the distance.