Stefano Coletti

Stefano Coletti
Born	(1989-04-06) April 6, 1989 La Colle, Monaco
Occupation	Racing driver
Known for	Participation in IndyCar Series, European Le Mans Series, GP2 Series

Stefano Coletti (born 6 April 1989) is a former professional racing driver from Monaco, recognized for his participation in the IndyCar Series, European Le Mans Series, and GP2 Series, where he achieved seven victories. He holds the distinction of being the first Monégasque racer to win a race in Monaco since Louis Chiron in 1931. His sister, Alexandra Coletti, competes as an alpine skier.

Karting

Hailing from La Colle, Monaco, Coletti enjoyed a prosperous karting tenure prior to transitioning into single-seater racing. In 2003, he secured second place in the Italian Open Masters ICA–Junior division and went on to claim both the Andrea Margutti Trophy and the European Championship titles in the ICA–Junior category in 2004.

Formula BMW

Coletti progressed to Formula BMW ADAC in 2005 with Eifelland Racing, concluding the season in eighteenth position. Additionally, he took part in the Formula BMW World Final held in Bahrain representing ASL Team Mücke Motorsport, where he finished twenty-fifth.

In 2006, he continued competing in Formula BMW ADAC, achieving four podium finishes including one victory to end seventh overall. That same year, he participated in four Formula BMW USA races, winning three events and ranking fifth despite limited appearances. At the Formula BMW World Final at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, he earned third place behind Mika Mäki and Christian Vietoris.

Formula Renault

Coletti made his debut in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series in August 2006 with Cram Competition and Motopark Academy, though he did not accumulate points across six starts.

For the 2007 season, he joined Spanish outfit Epsilon Euskadi to compete simultaneously in the Eurocup and Italian Formula Renault 2.0 championships. In the Eurocup, he secured fourth overall with one victory at the Hungaroring and two additional podiums; meanwhile, in Italy, he claimed two wins at Misano and finished tenth in the standings.

Formula Three

In 2008, Coletti stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series driving for French squad Signature-Plus. After four rounds, he parted ways following his release from the Red Bull Driver Development program. Missing the subsequent round at Pau, he then signed with Prema Powerteam for the remainder of the campaign, achieving a best result of fourth place and ending twentieth overall. He also entered the non-championship Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix events but retired from both races.

Prema retained him for the 2009 season. At Hockenheim, Coletti qualified on the front row and won the opening race. In June at the Masters of Formula 3 held at Zandvoort, he finished third behind Mika Mäki and winner Valtteri Bottas.

During competition at the Norisring, after securing third place in one race, Coletti was involved in a dispute with race winner Jules Bianchi that led to his disqualification from that event and suspension from subsequent rounds. He did not score any points following the Oschersleben races and concluded the season tenth in the championship standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In November 2008, Coletti underwent testing with RC Motorsport’s Formula Renault 3.5 car at Valencia alongside former GP2 competitor Andy Soucek. On 15 May 2009, it was confirmed that he would compete for Prema Powerteam during the Monaco round of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series, substituting for Frankie Provenzano. Although originally finishing eleventh, he was elevated to tenth place after a penalty was issued to Marco Barba.

He returned for a full campaign in 2010 with Comtec Racing alongside teammate Greg Mansell, achieving five podium finishes and securing sixth position overall in the championship.

GP3 Series

During the first-ever 2010 GP3 Series, Coletti participated in fourteen events for Tech 1 Racing, stepping in for Daniel Juncadella after the initial round. His teammates that season were Doru Sechelariu, Jean-Éric Vergne, Jim Pla, and Juncadella himself. Coletti secured ninth place in the overall standings, achieving the best result among Tech 1 drivers.

GP2 Series

Coletti made his GP2 debut in 2009 at Valencia with Durango, taking over from Davide Valsecchi. His initial weekend proved difficult as he incurred three drive-through penalties and retired from the first race. In the second race, he stalled on the grid and was involved in a collision with Dani Clos before receiving a penalty. At Spa-Francorchamps, he suffered a significant crash late in the race that resulted in compressed vertebrae, forcing him to miss several following rounds.

In 2011, Coletti returned to GP2 driving for Trident Racing alongside Rodolfo González. He claimed sprint race victories at Yas Marina and Istanbul Park, as well as another sprint win in Hungary. Unfortunately, a serious accident at Spa led to two fractured vertebrae, causing him to miss the remainder of the season; Stéphane Richelmi took his place.

After recovering, Coletti competed in the 2012 GP2 season with Scuderia Coloni alongside Fabio Onidi but parted ways with the team by mutual agreement after ten rounds, holding 14th position with one podium finish. He then joined Rapax for the final races of the year, replacing Daniël de Jong, scoring points on three occasions and finishing 13th overall ahead of Rio Haryanto.

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	20	0	0	0	0	13	18th
	Formula BMW World Final	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	16	1	0	2	4	103	7th
	Formula BMW World Final	EuroInternational	1	0	0	0	0	1	3rd
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Cram Competition	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Motopark Academy	4	0	0	0	0
	Formula BMW USA	EuroInternational	4	3	'2	'2	'4	'75	'5th
2007	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Epsilon Euskadi	'14	'1	'1	'0	'3	'71	'4th
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0	'14	'2	'1	'0	'3	'164	'10th
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Signature-Plus	'4	'0	'0	'0	'0	6.5	20th
	Prema Powerteam	'14'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'
	2008 Macau Grand Prix	'1'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'N/A'	'DNF'
2009	Formula 3 Euro Series	Prema Powerteam	'17'	'1'	'0'	'2'	'2'	'19'	'10th'
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	'1'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'1'	'28th'
	2009 Macau Grand Prix	'1'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'N/A'	'DNF'
	GP2 Series	Durango (racing team)	'3'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'0'	'25th'
2010	align=left |Formula Renault 3.5 Series	align=left |Comtec Racing	17	0	0	0	5	76	6th
	align=left |GP3 Series	align=left |Tech 1 Racing	14	0	0	0	2	18	9th
	align=left |Auto GP	align=left |Charouz Racing System–Genii Capital	2	0	0	0	0	2	20th
2011	align=left |GP2 Series	align=left rowspan=2 |Trident Racing	16	2	0	0	2	22	11th
	align=left |GP2 Asia Series	4	1	0	0	1	11	4th
	align=left |GP2 Final	align=left |Scuderia Coloni	2	0	0	0	0	0	13th
2012	rowspan=2 align=left |GP2 Series	align=left |Scuderia Coloni	20	0	00 '||02 '||01 '||rowspan="2"50 '||rowspan="2"13th
	rownspn =3 2013 '|| align = left '2013 GP2 Series season' '|| align = left 'Rapax Team' '||22 '||3 '||1 '||4 '||7 '||135 '||5th '- '|| align = left '2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship' '|| align = left 'Ma-con' '||2 '||00 '||00 '||00 '||00 '||00 '||36th '- '|| align = left '2013 Macau Grand Prix' '|| align = left 'EuroInternational' '||1 '||00 '||00 '||00 '||00 '||N/A '||DNF '-	rownspn = 2014	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	22	2	00	05	05	136	6th '-' 2014 Macau Grand Prix EuroInternational 1 00 00 00 00 N/A 6th '-' 2015 IndyCar Series KV Racing Technology 16 00 01 00 203 19th '-' 2015-16 Formula E Championship Team Aguri colspan="7" Test driver '-' 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 SMP Racing 6 00 03 83 style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd '-' 2016 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - PC Starworks Motorsport 1 00 01 31st '-' 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Campos Racing 2 00 00 00 00 27th '-' 2020 International GT Open Team Lazarus 4 00 00 00 NC

^* Season still ongoing.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2006 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Cram Motorsport							style="background:#CFCFFF;"| style="background:#CFCFFF;"|							39th ! rowspan="2"|0 | -	Motopark Academy									style="background:#EFCFFF;"| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| - 2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	nowrap | EPIC Racing style="background:#EFCFFF;"| style="background:#DFFFDF;" style="small"|5 style="background:#EFCFFF;" style="background:#EFCFFF;" style="background:#EFCFFF;" style="background:#FFFFBF;" style="small"|1 style="background:#FFDF9F;" style="small"|3 style="background:#DFDFDF;" style="small"|2 style="background:#FFDF9F;" style="small"|4 style="background:#CFCFFF;" style="small"|27† style="background:#EFCFFF;" style="small"|Ret style="background:#DFFFDF;" style="small"|7 style="background:#DFFFDF;" style="small"|6 style="background:#DFFFDF;" style="small"|4 !4th !71 | } Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bold races indicate pole positions; italics denote fastest laps) - row span for years and teams omitted for brevity - } Complete Macau Grand Prix results - row entries omitted for brevity - } Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bold indicates pole position; italics fastest lap) - rows omitted for brevity - } Complete GP2 Series/FIA Formula Two Championship results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bold denotes pole position; italics fastest lap) - rows omitted for brevity - } † Despite not finishing, classified due to completing over ninety percent of race distance. Complete GP2 Asia Series results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bold shows pole positions; italics fastest laps) - rows omitted for brevity - } Complete GP2 Final results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) - rows omitted for brevity - } Complete GP3 Series results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) - rows omitted for brevity - } (Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend#key) - rows omitted for brevity - } Indianapolis 500 - rows omitted for brevity - } Complete European Le Mans Series results (Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) - rows omitted for brevity - } External links