Robert Vișoiu
Robert Vișoiu is a Romanian racing driver. He currently competes in the Le Mans Cup, driving for TS Corse, and the International GT Open, driving for Team Motopark.
Career
Karting
At the age of six, Vișoiu first sat behind the wheel of a kart, the beginning of his karting career. He raced primarily in his native Romania up to 2009, becoming a two-time champion in the Mini Class and champion in the KF3 category. In 2009 Vișoiu switched to International KF3 competitions.Formula Abarth
In 2011, Vișoiu graduated to single-seaters, racing in the Formula Abarth series for Jenzer Motorsport. Race victory in Misano and another two podiums saw him finish on sixth position in the Italian series. In European Series the Romanian driver finished on fourth place with two race victories, including win in series' finale at Circuit de Catalunya.GP3 Series
Vișoiu continued his collaboration with Jenzer Motorsport into the GP3 Series in 2012. He finished the season fourteenth overall with twenty-four points, including a podium finish in Barcelona. In 2013, he raced for MW Arden alongside series debutants Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr. He finished eleventh in the standings, taking two sprint race wins. He continued with Arden in 2014, but struggled more than the previous season, finishing thirteen with just one podium.Formula Three
Despite his GP3 commitments, Vișoiu also took part in the 2012 [Italian Formula Three season|2012] Italian Formula Three Championship with Ghinzani Arco Motorsport. He finished the season ninth overall, scoring two podiums at the Hungaroring and winning the sprint race at the Mugello Circuit round. Vișoiu did not take part in the Misano or Imola rounds, owing to clashes with the Silverstone GP2 and GP3 Series rounds|Silverstone] and Spa-Francorchamps GP2 and GP3 Series rounds|Spa-Francorchamps] rounds of the GP3 Series season.GP2 Series
Originally intending to leave motorsport to focus on his education, it was announced that Vișoiu would partake in the 2015 season, racing with Rapax. There he finished seventeenth overall, in sharp contrast to his third placed teammate Sergey Sirotkin.FIA Formula 2
After a year out of motorsport in 2016, Vișoiu was signed to Campos Racing from the Monaco round of the 2017 FIA [Formula 2 Championship|2017 season] onwards. However Vișoiu departed the series and all forms of motorsport before the Jerez round, calling time on his racing career and subsequently being replaced by Álex Palou.Racing record
Career summary
Complete GP3 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | |
| 2012 | Jenzer Motorsport | CAT FEA 8 | CAT SPR 2 | MON FEA 14 | MON SPR 10 | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 12 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR 5 | HOC FEA DSQ | HOC SPR 12 | HUN FEA 12 | HUN SPR 22 | SPA FEA 15 | SPA SPR 13 | MNZ FEA 14 | MNZ SPR 7 | 14th | 24 | ||
| 2013 | MW Arden | CAT FEA 9 | CAT SPR 19 | VAL FEA 8 | VAL SPR 1 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR Ret | NÜR FEA 11 | NÜR SPR 23 | HUN FEA 8 | HUN SPR 1 | SPA FEA 9 | SPA SPR 8 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 10 | YMC FEA 10 | YMC SPR 11 | 11th | 44 | ||
| 2014 | Arden International | CAT FEA 13 | CAT SPR 11 | RBR FEA Ret | RBR SPR 14 | SIL FEA 20 | SIL SPR 13 | HOC FEA 10 | HOC SPR 9 | HUN FEA 3 | HUN SPR 5 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 20 | MNZ FEA 19 | MNZ SPR 14 | SOC FEA Ret | SOC SPR 10 | YMC FEA 15 | YMC SPR 8 | 13th | 23 |
Complete Auto GP results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
| 2013 | Ghinzani Motorsport | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 6 | MAR 1 14† | MAR 2 4 | HUN 1 15† | HUN 2 10 | SIL 1 9 | SIL 2 Ret | MUG 1 Ret | MUG 2 15† | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 12 | DON 1 4 | DON 2 11 | BRN 1 3 | BRN 2 Ret | 8th | 67 |
Complete GP2 Series/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 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | Rapax | BHR FEA 5 | BHR SPR 7 | CAT FEA 18 | CAT SPR 23 | MON FEA 15 | MON SPR 13 | RBR FEA 11 | RBR SPR 9 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR 11 | HUN FEA 9 | HUN SPR 7 | SPA FEA 15 | SPA SPR 16 | MNZ FEA 9 | MNZ SPR Ret | SOC FEA 17 | SOC SPR 18 | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 17th | 20 |
| Campos Racing | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 15 | BAK FEA 15 | BAK SPR 11 | RBR FEA 11 | RBR SPR 17† | SIL FEA 17 | SIL SPR 11 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR Ret | SPA FEA 10 | SPA SPR 16 | MNZ FEA 16 | MNZ SPR 19 | JER FEA | JER SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 24th | 1 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.