24 Facts About Luca Ghiotto

Luca Ghiotto was born on 24 February 1995 and is an Italian racing driver who most recently raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS.

Luca Ghiotto is currently the simulator driver for the Nissan Formula E Team.

Luca Ghiotto remained in the KF3 category until the end of 2010.

In 2011, Luca Ghiotto made his debut in single-seaters, taking part in the Formula Abarth series for Prema Powerteam.

Luca Ghiotto finished ninth in the Italian Series standings with a single podium at Misano, while in the European Series he finished sixth with four podiums.

Luca Ghiotto contested a sophomore campaign with the same team in 2012, improving to runner-up spots in both championships.

Luca Ghiotto remained with Prema, as they moved to the 2-litre Formula Renault machinery to compete in the final rounds of Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC at the end of 2012.

For 2013, Luca Ghiotto had full-time campaigns in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, staying with Prema.

Luca Ghiotto took a podium finish at Le Castellet, as well as a victory at Spa, and finished ninth in the final championship standings.

Luca Ghiotto graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, competing for International Draco Racing.

Luca Ghiotto made his debut in 2014, with Trident, at Spa, taking pole position on his debut.

Luca Ghiotto remained with Trident for 2015, taking five victories in the season, but losing the title to Esteban Ocon by eight points.

In February 2016, it was announced that Luca Ghiotto would be graduating to the series, whilst continuing his collaboration with Trident.

Luca Ghiotto took one victory that season and finished fourth in the championship.

Luca Ghiotto took four podiums and finished 8th in the championship.

Luca Ghiotto moved to Virtuosi Racing to partner Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou in 2019.

Luca Ghiotto started the season very well with pole position, second place at race 1, and victory at race 2 in Bahrain.

Luca Ghiotto charged through the field to finish 4th and achieved another podium in Race 2, finishing in 2nd.

Luca Ghiotto had to retire the car, and was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with the two drivers.

Luca Ghiotto passed Guanyu before the first corner, and took the victory in the feature race.

In Monza Luca Ghiotto took the fastest lap along with second place in the feature race, but after making contact with Sergio Sette Camara and Nyck de Vries he only finished in 15th position in the sprint race.

In 2020 Luca Ghiotto drove for the new Hitech Grand Prix team alongside Nikita Mazepin.

Luca Ghiotto won the sprint race in Budapest and ended up tenth in the standings, five positions behind his Russian teammate.

Luca Ghiotto returned to the 2022 Formula 2 Championship on a one-off return at Monza, replacing Roy Nissany as the Israeli driver was serving a race ban.