Roberto La Rocca (born 9 July 1988) is a

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n racing driver.

Career

Early career

Born in

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, La Rocca started his racing career in Skip Barber Southern Regional Series in 2008, finishing fourth. Also he spent ten races in Skip Barber National Championship in 2009. After one-year absence he switched to

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. He joined HP-Tech team and finished on the fifth place in the championship. He remained in the series for

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with the same team, winning eleven from fourteen races on his way to the championship title.

European F3 Open

Also in 2012 La Rocca moved in Europe and debuted in

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with Team West-Tec F3. Finishing tenth with six point-scoring finishes. La Rocca will continue with Team West-Tec in 2013 European F3 Open Championship.

GP3 Series

La Rocca was supposed to make his

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debut with

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. However, two months before the start of the season, he was replaced by Carmen Jordá due to uncertainty from his sponsors.

Auto GP

In August 2013 La Rocca Signed on a short term deal with Virtuosi Racing by Comtec. In the first round La Rocca finished 7th beating the drivers in the main team Virtuosi Racing. are looking into the possibility of a main assault in Auto GP next season alongside there Renault 3.5 campaign, a series which may interest La Rocca.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Auto GP results

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:La Rocca, Roberto 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Caracas Venezuelan people of Italian descent Venezuelan racing drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Auto GP drivers Team West-Tec drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Comtec Racing drivers Virtuosi Racing drivers