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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122PosPoints
2018Prema PowerteamADR
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
4th186
2019Prema PowerteamVLL
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
2nd233

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2018Prema Theodore RacingOSC
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
10th92
2019Prema PowerteamOSC
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
5th164

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
Campos RacingBHR
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
27th0

Complete Stock Car Pro Series results

Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.