Gianluca Petecof
Gianluca de Castro Petecof is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 101 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross for KTF Sports. He was champion of the Formula Regional European Championship in 2020, and has competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Campos Racing.
Petecof is a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Career
Lower formulas
In 2018, Petecof made his single-seater racing debut in the Italian and ADAC Formula 4 Championships. The former would be more successful for Petecof, with one win and four further podiums helping him to fifth in the standings, meanwhile the Brazilian only scored one podium in ADAC F4 on his way to tenth.The next year, Petecof continued racing in both [2019 2018 Italian F4 Championship|Italian F4 Championship|Italy] and [2019 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship|ADAC Formula 4 Championship|Germany]. He won four races and became vice-champion in the Italian series, 136 points behind Dennis Hauger. In ADAC F4 Petecof achieved one victory and finished 5th.
Formula Regional European Championship
In 2020 Prema Powerteam announced that Petecof would drive for them in the Formula Regional European Championship alongside Jamie Chadwick, Oliver Rasmussen and fellow Ferrari Academy member Arthur Leclerc. Petecof started the season strongly, amassing four victories in the first three rounds. Despite his strong start to the season, Leclerc was able to keep the championship battle going until the last race of the season at Vallelunga, where Petecof was crowned both rookies' and series champion.FIA Formula 2 Championship
It was announced in early February that Petecof would join Campos for the 2021 FIA F2 Championship. He lined up alongside Ralph Boschung. In June, he left the team, citing financial reasons.Formula One
In December 2017, Ferrari added Petecof to their Driver Academy. In January 2021, Petecof announced he had left the academy.Stock Car Brasil
In 2022, Petecof raced in the Stock Car Brasil with Full Time Sports. He would partner ex-Formula 1 race winner Rubens Barrichello.Racing record
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | Prema Powerteam | ADR 1 5 | ADR 2 2 | ADR 3 7 | LEC 1 13 | LEC 2 4 | LEC 3 6 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | MIS 1 4 | MIS 2 24 | MIS 3 DSQ | IMO 1 6 | IMO 2 6 | IMO 3 6 | VLL 1 2 | VLL 2 5 | VLL 3 5 | MUG 1 1 | MUG 2 3 | MUG 3 2 | 4th | 186 | |
| 2019 | Prema Powerteam | VLL 1 1 | VLL 2 5 | VLL 3 1 | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 3 | MIS 3 C | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 4 | HUN 3 1 | RBR 1 11 | RBR 2 9 | RBR 3 4 | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 2 | IMO 3 14 | IMO 4 3 | MUG 1 23 | MUG 2 6 | MUG 3 4 | MNZ 1 10 | MNZ 2 5 | MNZ 3 Ret | 2nd | 233 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | Prema Theodore Racing | OSC 1 8 | OSC 2 6 | OSC 3 15 | HOC1 1 Ret | HOC1 2 18 | HOC1 3 9 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 Ret | LAU 3 9 | RBR 1 7 | RBR 2 Ret | RBR 3 17 | HOC2 1 6 | HOC2 2 7 | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 6 | NÜR 3 2 | HOC3 1 Ret | HOC3 2 7 | HOC3 3 4 | 10th | 92 |
| 2019 | Prema Powerteam | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 16 | OSC 3 Ret | RBR 1 5 | RBR 2 4 | RBR 3 Ret | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 4 | ZAN 1 5 | ZAN 2 11 | ZAN 3 Ret | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 9 | NÜR 3 Ret | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 7 | SAC 1 7 | SAC 2 3 | SAC 3 5 | 5th | 164 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
| Campos Racing | BHR SP1 17 | BHR SP2 13 | BHR FEA Ret | MCO SP1 Ret | MCO SP2 Ret | MCO FEA 16 | BAK SP1 | BAK SP2 | BAK FEA | SIL SP1 | SIL SP2 | SIL FEA | MNZ SP1 | MNZ SP2 | MNZ FEA | SOC SP1 | SOC SP2 | SOC FEA | JED SP1 | JED SP2 | JED FEA | YMC SP1 | YMC SP2 | YMC FEA | 27th | 0 |