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🇻🇪 Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Racing driver from Venezuela. Formula 2, Rapax.
Driver facts
Full name
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Born
9 September 1989(b. 1989)
Nationality
Venezuela
Current team
Rapax
Series
Formula 2
Status
Retired
Career wins
5
Career podiums
12
Career starts
109
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
5,561
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,561
Rank 555 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Johnny Cecotto Jr. is a racing driver from Venezuela who last raced in Formula 2 for Rapax. Cecotto Jr. has recorded 5 wins and 12 podiums from 109 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,561 ranks Cecotto Jr. 555th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2017 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBHRBHRESPESPMONMONAZEAZE
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2017-06-25Baku SRFormula 2P14−45
2017-06-24Baku FRFormula 2DNF−149
2017-05-27Monaco SRFormula 2P2+144
2017-05-26Monaco FRFormula 2P8+53
2017-05-14Barcelona SRFormula 2P10+23
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+192Monaco 2012GP2 SeriesP1
+178Hockenheim 2012GP2 SeriesP1
+173Monaco 2010GP2 SeriesP4
+167Yas Marina 2016GP2 SeriesP2
+165Silverstone 2012GP2 SeriesP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Monaco9 starts+48
Yas Marina5 starts+32
Nurburgring5 starts+27
Hockenheim5 starts+16
Struggles
Sochi4 starts-44
Bahrain6 starts-29
Hungaroring4 starts-14
Sepang5 starts-11
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2017▸Formula 2Rapax801110P15↑325−1005,561
2016▸Formula V8 3.5RP Motorsport511000P14−1735,561
▸GP2 SeriesRapax401000P17+259
2015▸GP2 SeriesTrident800000P26−8115,077
2014▸GP2 SeriesTrident1825010P6+4985,759
2013▸GP2 SeriesArden International1700010P15+2205,562
2012▸GP2 SeriesBarwa Addax Team1424010P10+7075,342
2011▸GP2 SeriesOcean Racing Technology1200000P23+2044,635
2010▸GP2 SeriesTrident Racing1100000P22+1914,431
2009▸Formula 3 Euro SeriesHBR Motorsport900000P26+2,8894,239
▸GP2 SeriesDPR300000P23−115
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Cecotto Jr. finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇨🇴 Julián Leal5,48258332557%
🇲🇨 Stefano ColettiFIA Gold4,86458263245%
🇮🇩 Rio HaryantoFIA Platinum5,93054332161%
🇬🇧 Jolyon PalmerFIA Platinum6,35353252847%
🇪🇸 Sergio Canamasas5,23949361373%
🇨🇭 Simon TrummerFIA Gold4,22648341471%
🇨🇭 Fabio Leimer5,14647143330%
🇫🇷 Nathanael BerthonFIA Gold4,68847351274%
🇲🇨 Stéphane RichelmiFIA Gold4,99846262057%
🇩🇪 Sam BirdFIA Platinum5,98245103522%
🇲🇨 Charles LeclercFIA Platinum, 2× champion8,66582625%
🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFIA Platinum, 1× champion7,0181641225%
🇬🇧 Oliver RowlandFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,9621331023%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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550🇬🇧 John MilesFormula 15,566
551🇧🇪 Johnny ClaesFormula 15,564
552🇦🇺 Larry PerkinsFormula 15,562
553🇨🇭 Raffaele MarcielloWEC5,562
554🇯🇵 Frédéric MakowieckiWEC5,561
555🇻🇪 Johnny Cecotto Jr.Formula 25,561
556🇬🇧 Jonny EdgarWEC5,559
557🇺🇸 Tony SettemberFormula 15,558
558🇬🇧 Daniel TicktumFormula E5,557
559🇫🇷 Julien CanalWEC5,557
560🇫🇷 Michel FertéInternational Formula 30005,557
561🇺🇸 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.NASCAR Cup Series5,557
562🇳🇱 Laurens van HoepenFormula 25,556
563🇺🇸 Jonathan BomaritoIMSA WeatherTech5,553
564🇬🇧 Jordan KingFormula E5,553
565🇧🇷 Marco GrecoIndyCar5,550
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Johnny Cecotto Jr. is a retired professional driver who raced single-seater championships at the international level. He drove for Rapax across his two longest campaigns, in GP2 Series and Formula 2, and held a peak Racer Rating of 5,564. His career spanned 2009 to 2016, accumulating 109 starts across four championships.[1]

Cecotto Jr. built his record principally in GP2 Series, where he started 87 times for Rapax over eight seasons from 2009 to 2016 and took four wins and ten podiums. He made brief forays into Formula 3 Euro Series in 2009 with nine starts, contested Formula V8 3.5 in 2016 where he won once in five starts, and raced Formula 2 in 2017 with one podium finish from eight entries. His final season of recorded activity was 2016, when he finished 17th in the GP2 championship standings.[2]

His most regular competitors were established professionals Julián Leal and Stefano Coletti, both of whom Cecotto Jr. matched closely across multiple seasons. He finished ahead of Pierre Gasly, the 2013 Formula Renault Eurocup champion who went on to Formula 1, on four occasions; Gasly would become an elite professional. Cecotto Jr. also beat Oliver Rowland, who won the 2015 Formula V8 3.5 championship and later competed in Formula E, twice across their meetings in the single-seater ranks.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Interview with Johnny Cecotto Jr.: From racing prodigy to serial entrepreneur[1]
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GP2: Cecotto Jr takes pole in Monaco[3]
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9 Jul 2021
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