Luca Ghiotto


Luca Ghiotto is an Italian racing driver who last competed in the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2025 European Le Mans Series for Inter Europol Competition. He also competed in select rounds in the 2024 IndyCar Series for Dale Coyne Racing.

Career

Karting

Born in Arzignano, Ghiotto entered karting in 2008, when he took the title in the KF3 class of the Champions Cup, before he finished fourth the following year. Ghiotto remained in the KF3 category until the end of 2010.

Formula Abarth

In 2011, Ghiotto made his début in single-seaters, taking part in the Formula Abarth series for Prema Powerteam. He finished ninth in the Italian Series standings with a single podium at Misano, while in the European Series he finished sixth with four podiums. He contested a sophomore campaign with the same team in 2012, improving to runner-up spots in both championships.

Formula Renault

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 [Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season|2013], Ghiotto had full-time campaigns in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, staying with Prema. He took a podium finish at Le Castellet, as well as a victory at Spa, and finished ninth in the final championship standings. In the Alps series, he scored five wins and finished as runner-up to teammate Antonio Fuoco. He also won the main race of the Formula Renault 2.0 Pau Trophy.
Ghiotto graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, competing for International Draco Racing.

GP3 Series

2014

Ghiotto made his debut in 2014 with Trident at Spa-Francorchamps. He took pole position on his debut, but did not score in any of the four races he entered.

2015

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

GP2 Series

In February 2016, it was announced that Ghiotto would be graduating to the series, whilst continuing his collaboration with Trident. After a shaky start to the season, he claimed his first victory at the sprint race in Sepang and finished eighth in the overall standings.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In, Ghiotto switched to Russian Time. He took one victory that season and finished fourth in the championship. Originally, he won both races in 2017 Monza [Formula 2 round|Monza], but was denied the feature race win due to leaving the track after having avoiding contact with Nyck de Vries and Charles Leclerc. After Ghiotto was stripped of his win, the victory was given to his country-mate Antonio Fuoco.

2018

In, Ghiotto drove for Campos Racing alongside Israeli Roy Nissany. He took four podiums and finished eighth in the championship.

2019

Ghiotto moved to Virtuosi Racing to partner Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou in 2019. Ghiotto started the season very well with pole position, second place at race 1, and victory at race 2 in Bahrain. However, he scored only two points at Azerbaijan. The Italian once again took pole position at Spain, but was hit by Campos driver Dorian Boccolacci, who was later penalized with a drive-through penalty. He charged through the field to finish fourth and achieved another podium in Race 2, finishing in second. At Monaco, originally, he finished second at the feature race, but was disqualified, and in the second race he hit the Arden car of Tatiana Calderon and the MP Motorsport car of Mahaveer Raghunathan. Ghiotto had to retire the car, and was given a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with the two drivers. At Le Castellet, he also had a nightmare weekend. In Race 1, he was hit by Juan Manuel Correa, causing him to retire with suspension damage. In Race 2, he only finished thirteenth, scoring no points. In Spielberg, he took two podium finishes with two second places. In Great Britain, he qualified second behind his teammate Guanyu Zhou, who also made history with achieving the first pole position of a Chinese driver in GP2 or F2. He passed Guanyu before the first corner, and took the victory in the feature race. At Hungaroring, he finished 4th and 8th respectively.
In Spa-Francorchamps, the two races were cancelled after a tragic accident in the feature race, after Giuliano Alesi lost control of his car due to a puncture, which provoked an accident, that resulted in serious injures for Juan Manuel Correa, and the death of French driver Anthoine Hubert. In Monza Ghiotto took the fastest lap along with second place in the feature race, but after making contact with Sérgio Sette Câmara and Nyck de Vries, he only finished in fifteenth position in the sprint race. At Sochi, he finished fourth in the first race with taking fastest lap once again, however he lost the podium to Louis Delétraz on the final lap. In the second race, he came from fifth on the grid to first place and took his third win of the year. In the final round at Abu Dhabi, Ghiotto scored eight points in the first race by finishing sixth. In the sprint race, he started third, but overtook Nicholas Latifi for second place. A few laps later, he passed Trident driver Giuliano Alesi for the race lead. Due to the retirements of Artem Markelov, Sean Gelael and contact between Nikita Mazepin and Matevos Isaakyan, there were three virtual safety cars. By that, Ghiotto extended his race lead and comfortably won his fourth race of the year. He finished third in the championship, just behind champion Nyck de Vries and runner-up Nicholas Latifi.

2020

In 2020, Ghiotto drove for the new Hitech Grand Prix team alongside Nikita Mazepin. He won the sprint race in Budapest and ended up tenth in the standings, five positions behind his Russian teammate. Ghiotto left Formula 2 at the end of the season.

2022

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.

Formula One

In August 2017, Ghiotto participated in the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test for Williams Martini Racing.

Formula E

In April 2023, Ghiotto was announced to drive for the Nissan Formula E Team during the Berlin rookie test, whilst also being confirmed as the team's simulator driver. Ghiotto once again drove Formula E machinery during the rookie practice session at the Rome ePrix. He then took part in the rookie pre-season test with the team for the 2023–24 season.

IndyCar Series

Dale Coyne Racing (2024)

In April 2024, Ghiotto signed a two-race contract to drive for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing for the races at Barber Motorsports Park and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. He later drove for the team at Road America and Laguna Seca.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012Prema PowerteamMNZ
1

MNZ
2

PAU
1

PAU
2

IMO
1

IMO
2

SPA
1

SPA
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

MUG
1

6
MUG
2

6
CAT
1

13
CAT
2

7
19th22
2013Prema PowerteamVLL
1

5
VLL
2

2
IMO1
1

6
IMO1
2

6
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

1
MNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

1
MIS
1

11
MIS
2

1
MUG
1

3
MUG
2

5
IMO2
1

1
IMO2
2

1
2nd211

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2012Prema PowerteamHOC
1

HOC
2

HOC
3

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

OSC
1

OSC
2

OSC
3

ASS
1

ASS
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

MST
1

MST
2

MST
3

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ZAN
3

SPA
1

14
SPA
2

Ret
44th7

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2013Prema PowerteamALC
1

14
ALC
2

25
SPA
1

31
SPA
2

1
MSC
1

5
MSC
2

9
RBR
1

32
RBR
2

7
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

11
LEC
1

2
LEC
2

22
CAT
1

27
CAT
2

23
9th69

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2014International Draco RacingMNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

4
ALC
1

16
ALC
2

Ret
MON
1

14
SPA
1

6
SPA
2

Ret
MSC
1

16
MSC
2

14
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

15
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

19
LEC
1

7
LEC
2

16
JER
1

13
JER
2

Ret
17th26

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2014TridentCAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA

18
SPA
SPR

14
MNZ
FEA

21
MNZ
SPR

13
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
20th4
2015TridentCAT
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

8
RBR
FEA

1
RBR
SPR

3
SIL
FEA

4
SIL
SPR

7
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

4
SPA
FEA

5
SPA
SPR

1
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

3
SOC
FEA

1
SOC
SPR

8
BHR
FEA

4
BHR
SPR

1
YMC
FEA

5
YMC
SPR

4
2nd245

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567Points
2022G-Drive Racing by APRLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 V8DAY
8†
SEBLGAMDOWGLELKPETNC†0†

Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.
* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

YearTeamCarClass12345678910Pos.Points
2022 [GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup|2022]Tresor by Car CollectionAudi R8 LMS Evo IIProBRH
1

6
BRH
2

7
MAG
1

5
MAG
2

8
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

13
MIS
1
MIS
2
VAL
1

6
VAL
2

13
10th22

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2024Inter Europol CompetitionLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CAT
8
LEC
Ret
IMO
7
SPA
4
MUG
3
ALG
5
7th47
2025Inter Europol CompetitionLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CAT
9
LEC
10
IMO
6
SPA
5
SIL
9
ALG
Ret
12th23

American open-wheel racing results

IndyCar Series

YearTeamNo.ChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718RankPointsRef
2024Dale Coyne Racing w/
Rick Ware Racing
51Dallara DW12HondaSTPTHELBHALA
21
IMS
25
INDYDETROA
22
LAG
27
MDOIOWIOWTORGTWPORMILMILNSH34th27