Facu Regalia
| Facu Regalia | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Born | 23 November 1991 |
| GP2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Hilmer Motorsport |
| Car number | 12 |
| Starts | 8 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 31st in 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012–13 2012 2012 2011 2008–10 2009 | GP3 Series Auto GP World Series European F3 Open Italian Formula Three Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW Pacific |
Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Tigre) is an Argentine former racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence.
Career
Karting
Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Spain for the majority of his career.[1]
Formula BMW
Regalia began his formula racing career in 2008 in the newly created Formula BMW Europe with EuroInternational. He finished sixteenth overall in the championship, with nine point-scoring finishes and 60 points.[2]
Regalia remained in the series for the following season but switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing. He improved to eighth in standings, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in sixteen races. In 2010, Regalia completed his third season, joining Eifelland Racing.[3] He finished eighth in the championship for the second successive season, achieving his first podium at Zandvoort.[4]
Formula Three
2011 saw Regalia move to the Italian Formula Three Championship, competing for Arco Motorsport.[5] He finished tenth in the championship with two podiums at Imola and Vallelunga.[6] Also in 2011, he joined Mücke Motorsport to compete in Formula 3 Euro Series in the finale at Hockenheim.[7] He had two finishes on the tenth position and retired in the last race of the week-end.
In 2012, Regalia switched to the European F3 Open Championship, joining Campos Racing.[8]
Auto GP World Series
As well as his European F3 Open commitments, Regalia also participated in the Auto GP World Series with Campos Racing.[8]
GP3 Series
Regalia made his GP3 Series debut, in the fourth round of the 2012 season at Silverstone. He replaced Jakub Klášterka at Jenzer Motorsport.[9] In 2013, Regalia competed with ART Grand Prix with whom he finished runner-up to Daniil Kvyat.
GP2 Series
In 2014, Regalia graduated to GP2 with Hilmer Motorsport. After just four rounds where he failed to score a point, Regalia left the team and the series.[10]
Formula 3.5
Regalia signed with Zeta Course for the 2015 season.[11] However, the team withdrew from the sport due to lack of funding. Regalia attempted to enter the sport with Comtec Racing,[12] but terminated his contract after three days with the team, leaving him without a drive.[13]
Racing record
Career summary
† As Regalia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
‡ Position when the season was cancelled.
Complete Auto GP World Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Campos Racing | MNZ 1 4 |
MNZ 2 9 |
VAL 1 7 |
VAL 2 2 |
MAR 1 Ret |
MAR 2 10 |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 10 |
ALG 1 6 |
ALG 2 5 |
CUR 1 |
CUR 2 |
SON 1 |
SON 2 |
7th | 68 |
| 2015 | FMS Racing | HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 6 |
SIL 1 2 |
SIL 2 2 |
2nd‡ | 68‡ |
‡ Position when season was cancelled.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | D.C. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Jenzer Motorsport | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
SIL FEA 14 |
SIL SPR 12 |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
27th | 0 | ||||||
| Atech CRS Grand Prix | HUN FEA 18 |
HUN SPR 18 |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | ART Grand Prix | CAT FEA 24† |
CAT SPR 14 |
VAL FEA 2 |
VAL SPR 7 |
SIL FEA 3 |
SIL SPR 5 |
NÜR FEA 1 |
NÜR SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 6 |
HUN SPR 4 |
SPA FEA 3 |
SPA SPR 3 |
MNZ FEA 3 |
MNZ SPR 4 |
YMC FEA 15 |
YMC SPR 16 |
2nd | 138 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hilmer Motorsport | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 20 |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 17 |
MON FEA Ret |
MON SPR 21 |
RBR FEA Ret |
RBR SPR 24 |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
31st | 0 |
References
- ^ "Biography". facuregalia.com.com. Facu Regalia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Formula BMW Europe 2008". Driver Database. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Facu Regalia signs with Eifelland Racing for 2010". Facundo Regalia. Diseño Integral Web S.L. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Formula BMW Europe 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ Mancini, Antonio (2 March 2011). "Facundo Regalia ha firmato con il Team Ghinzani" [Facundo Regalia has signed with Team Ghinzani]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian). Stop&Go. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Wittmann, Juncadella and Melker to battle it out for second place". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ a b Hornsby, Tom (4 January 2012). "Regalia joins Campos for F3 Open assault". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Facu Regalia (ARG) joins us for Silverstone". jenzermotorsport.ch. Jenzer Motorsport. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Force India affiliated driver Facu Regalia leaves Hilmer GP2 team". Autosport. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Facu Regalia joins World Series by Renault field in 2015". 27 February 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Regalia switches to Comtec for FR3.5 opener". 21 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Regalia ends Comtec agreement after 3 days". 24 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Facu Regalia career summary at DriverDB.com