Kevin Giovesi (born 8 November 1993) is an Italian racing driver. He is the

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European F3 Open Copa Class champion.

Career

Karting

Born in

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, Giovesi began karting in 2005 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of this part of career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the

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category by 2008.

Formula Lista Junior

In 2009, Giovesi graduated to single–seaters into the

Formula Lista Junior Formula LO, previously known formally as LO Formel Lista Junior, was an open wheel racing series based in mainland Europe, which often ran as a support series to the Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland. The first season was in 2000 and is based in S ...

series, competing with Daltec Racing. He won races at Nürburgring,

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and Hockenheimring with four another podium finishes on his way to the championship title.

Italian Formula Three

Giovesi stepped up to

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, joining BVM – Target Racing, ut after the first round he switched to JD Motorsport. He finished half of the season races in points. This brought him fifteenth place in the championship. Giovesi remain in Italian championship in 2011 but moved to

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team. He progressed to the seventh place in the championship standings. After skipping first three rounds in

, Giovesi returned in the championship, participating with Ghinzani Arco Motorsport. He finished sixth in the European Series and fourth in the Italian Series.

European F3 Open

, Giovesi decided to race in Copa Class of the European F3 Open Championship for the

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F308 cars with DAV Racing. He finished sixth in the main class and won the Copa Class.

Formula Renault

Giovesi had single appearances in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and in Formula Renault Northern European Cup 2012 with

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and Daltec Racing.

GP2 Series

Giovesi made his

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switch in

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, joining Venezuela GP Lazarus.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete Auto GP results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giovesi, Kevin 1993 births Living people People from Rho, Lombardy Italian racing drivers Formula Lista Junior drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers GP2 Series drivers Auto GP drivers Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan EPIC Racing drivers BVM Target drivers JD Motorsport drivers Team Lazarus drivers Rapax Team drivers