🇻🇪 Johnny Cecotto Jr.

Johnny Cecotto Jr. was an established professional racing driver competing in single-seater sprint championships across nine seasons from 2009 to 2017. He spent the bulk of his career in the GP2 Series, where he drove for Rapax, and also competed in Formula 2, Formula V8 3.5, and Formula 3 Euro Series. He accumulated 109 starts across these championships, taking five wins and twelve podiums.[1]

His record in GP2 Series spanned eight seasons and eighty-seven starts, producing four wins and ten podiums. In 2017 he stepped up to Formula 2, the successor championship, but managed only one podium from eight starts before returning to GP2 for a final partial campaign that year. His best individual result against stronger opposition came in Formula V8 3.5, where he won one of his five starts. He also tested for Formula One teams Force India and Toro Rosso, though he did not compete in the series.[2]

Cecotto Jr. raced regularly against established professionals of his era including Julián Leal and Stefano Coletti, with whom he was closely matched across multiple championships. He finished ahead of Pierre Gasly, who would become an elite professional and Formula Renault Eurocup champion, four times in head-to-head meetings. He also beat Oliver Rowland, later a Formula V8 3.5 champion and Formula E driver, twice. His final indexed appearance came in 2016.