Giovanni Venturini


Giovanni Venturini is a professional racing driver from Italy.

Career

Formula 2000 Light

Venturini began his Formula Racing career in November 2008, racing in the Formula 2000 Light Italy Winter Trophy, where he finished as runner–up in the two–race series behind Martin Scuncio. The following season, he took part in the opening round of the main Formula 2000 Light season at Magione. He finished on the podium in both races, winning one of them, but as the event didn't count towards the championship he received no points.

Formula Renault 2.0

In late 2008, Venturini took part in the Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series, held over two rounds at Jerez and Estoril, finishing tied on points with Adrian Quaife–Hobbs in 7th place.
2009 saw Venturini tackle dual–campaigns in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series with C02 Motorsport. Despite missing the second round at Varano, he finished the Italian season third overall, recording nine podiums including a win at Misano. In the Swiss Championship, he took three race wins and a total of ten podium places en–route to the runner–up spot behind Jenzer Motorsport's Nico Müller.
In 2010, Venturini graduated to the premier Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series with the Spanish Epsilon Euskadi team. Racing with the brand–new Barazi–Epsilon designed chassis, Venturini finished the season fifth overall, taking two podium finishes including a win at Magny–Cours. He also took part in the British Formula Renault 2.0 support round at the Silverstone World Series by Renault meeting, finishing the two races in 16th and 14th places respectively, and also made an outing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup round at Spa–Francorchamps, taking a pole position for one of the three races.

Auto GP

In January 2011, Venturini took part in a two–day Auto GP test session held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia, finishing as the fastest driver on the first day. Early the following month he was confirmed at the Durango team for the 2011 season, racing alongside fellow Italian driver Giuseppe Cipriani. He took his first series victory in the opening race of the season at Monza after starting from pole position. Another podium finish came at the following round at the Hungaroring before Venturini won his second race of the year at Oschersleben in July.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

In October 2010, Venturini drove a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, driving for Epsilon Euskadi and Junior Lotus Racing in the two–day test session held at the Circuit de Catalunya. The following week, he was one of 25 drivers invited by Renault Sport Technologies to participate in the next FR3.5 Series test session, held at Motorland Aragón in Spain, as a reward for finishing fifth in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup.
After testing extensively for Draco Racing and Fortec Motorsport in late 2011, Venturini will graduate to the series in 2012, joining Nikolay Martsenko at Italian team BVM Target.

Racing record

Career summary

† – As Venturini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Auto GP results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2011Griffitz DurangoMNZ
1
1		MNZ
2
5		HUN
1
3		HUN
2
7		BRN
1
Ret		BRN
2
11		DON
1
9		DON
2
7		OSC
1
8		OSC
2
1		VAL
1
10		VAL
2
9		MUG
1
11		MUG
2
9		9th76

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2012BVM TargetALC
1
Ret		ALC
2
9		MON
1
Ret		SPA
1
16		SPA
2
10		NÜR
1
22		NÜR
2
14		MSC
1		MSC
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		HUN
1		HUN
2		LEC
1		LEC
2		CAT
1		CAT
2		25th3

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516Points
2012Trident RacingCAT
FEA		CAT
SPR		MON
FEA		MON
SPR		VAL
FEA		VAL
SPR		SIL
FEA
13		SIL
SPR
16		HOC
FEA
3		HOC
SPR
8		HUN
FEA
11		HUN
SPR
Ret		SPA
FEA
9		SPA
SPR
9		MNZ
FEA
8		MNZ
SPR
3		13th31
2013Trident RacingCAT
FEA
12		CAT
SPR
8		VAL
FEA
15		VAL
SPR
13		SIL
FEA
8		SIL
SPR
1		NÜR
FEA
16		NÜR
SPR
14		HUN
FEA
9		HUN
SPR
6		SPA
FEA
11		SPA
SPR
11		MNZ
FEA
11		MNZ
SPR
Ret		YMC
FEA
11		YMC
SPR
9		15th26

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results