Santino Ferrucci

Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Career Lower formulae Ferrucci competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring second in his fourth. He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational.

Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in eighth.

FIA Formula 3 European Championship Ferrucci competing at Spa-Francorchamps during the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. At the start of 2015, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season third overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring five other podiums.

Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing eleventh overall and scoring his only podium in Formula 3 at Spa. At the end of the year, Ferrucci once again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, this time finishing sixth in the main race.

GP3 Series Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS. Ferrucci's best result was a third in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season twelfth in the standings.

In February 2017, Ferrucci retained a DAMS drive for a second GP3 season. He only competed in the first three events, and scored points in only the first two races, before making a switch to Formula 2.

FIA Formula 2 Championship Ferrucci practicing at Silverstone in Formula 2 before he was banned for four races and fired by Trident. Ferrucci made his Formula 2 debut in Hungary and finished the remainder of the year with Trident, with ninth his best result for a race and 22nd in the season standings. For the 2018 season, Ferrucci remained in Formula 2, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident.

In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium rounds) and fined €60,000 after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini after the Sprint race at Silverstone on the weekend of the British Grand Prix. His attempt to run a "Make America Great Again" livery in support of Donald Trump was blocked by the FIA as being in violation of the political slogans policy.

On July 18, Ferrucci was fired by the Trident F2 team, alleging behavioral issues that were unconfirmed, and non-payment of money required by contract. Trident alleged that money had been made available for the Detroit IndyCar race, whilst noting that Ferrucci had defaulted on F2 debt to them. An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments. Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.

Ferrucci finished nineteenth in the standings, with seven points and a best result of sixth in the Baku Sprint race.

Formula One

After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 2016 GP3 Series, he became a test and reserve driver for the Haas F1 Team alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member and GP3 champion, Charles Leclerc. Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix. Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.

IndyCar Series 2018 Ferrucci, driving for Dale Coyne Racing during testing at Portland in 2018. In June 2018, Ferrucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi. Ferrucci retired from his first race after being shunted out of the race by Charlie Kimball on lap 56.

After his departure from Formula 2, Ferrucci contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.

2019 Ferrucci signed with Coyne to contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season driving the No. 19 Cly-Del Honda. In his season debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ferrucci recorded a top-ten finish, bringing his car home in ninth position. At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second top-ten finish of the IndyCar season heading into preparations for his first Indianapolis 500 effort. After qualifying 23rd for the Indy 500, Ferrucci moved through the 33-car field to finish in seventh position, earning him Rookie of the Year honors in his first-ever race at the Indianapolis 500. Three races later, Ferrucci recorded his best career IndyCar finish by taking the checkered flag in fourth position at Texas Motor Speedway.

2020 After teammate Sébastien Bourdais's departure from Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci moved to Bourdais's No. 18 SealMaster Honda for the 2020 season. He finished fourth at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top-fives out of fourteen races, to finish thirteenth in points.

2021 Ferrucci signed with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to run a third car sponsored by Hyvee at the 2021 Indianapolis 500. Ferucci drove the car to sixth place, the highest of any of the RLL drivers in the race. Ferrucci's results at the Indy 500 earned him four additional drives with RLL at Detroit, Mid-Ohio, and Nashville. Ferrucci recorded top-ten finishes at both races in Detroit as well as Mid Ohio but also crashed the No. 45 car in such a manner that the team could not fix it in time for the second Detroit race, forcing him to run with a car that used what was still drivable off of No. 45 car and Takuma Sato's backup/superspeedway car. Ferrucci expressed to Bobby Rahal that he would be open to a full-time return to IndyCar if Rahal were to give him a drive in the third RLL car. RLL ultimately chose Alpine Academy driver Christian Lundgaard to drive their third car full time, ending Ferrucci's tenure with the team.

2022

Ferrucci signed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to compete in the 2022 Indianapolis 500 alongside Sage Karam. However, he would also fill in for Jack Harvey at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the XPEL 375, as Harvey withdrew after qualifying due to a crash declaring him not fit to race.

After Callum Ilott crashed during the 2022 Indianapolis 500 and was deemed not fit by IndyCar, Ferrucci was appointed as his replacement at the Detroit Grand Prix.

2023 Ferrucci returned to IndyCar in 2023 full-time with A. J. Foyt Racing, partnering Indy Lights graduate Benjamin Pedersen. It was his first full IndyCar campaign since 2020.

Ferrucci qualified fourth for the 2023 Indy 500 in the A. J. Foyt Racing No. 14 Chevrolet with a speed of 233.661 mph.

Ferrucci finished third in the 2023 Indy 500 in the A. J. Foyt Racing No. 14, the best finish of an A. J. Foyt Racing entry since 2000.

2024

Ferrucci continued with A. J. Foyt Racing in 2024, now alongside Sting Ray Robb.

Ferrucci qualified sixth for the 2024 Indianapolis 500 and finished 8th.

In June, Ferrucci apologized for making insensitive comments after Saturday practice incidents involving Andretti Global drivers Colton Herta and Kyle Kirkwood at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix. At Portland, Ferrucci took his first pole position and would go on to finish eighth in the race. At the 2024 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s, he finished fourth in both the first and second races.

Ferrucci was the revelation of the season, using the team's technical partnership with Penske to score 11 top-10 finishes in 17 starts, propelling him to his best championship finish of 9th.

2025 Ferrucci had a slow start to the 2025 season, but finished fifth at the Indianapolis 500, kicking off a streak of four straight top-fives, including his second and third career podiums at Detroit and Road America, respectively.

Midget car racing In January 2021, Ferrucci made his midget car racing debut in the Chili Bowl for Dave Mac Motorsports. He failed to finish his G Feature race and was classified in tenth.

NASCAR

On January 8, 2021, it was confirmed that Ferrucci would run a 20-race schedule piloting the No. 26 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series season. Ferrucci had limited stock car racing experience prior to NASCAR, with his lone foray being a super late model test with Fury Race Cars in 2020. Ferrucci would return to the team's No. 26 car for the Xfinity Series races at Pocono and the Indianapolis Road Course in 2022.

Personal life Ferrucci was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, to Mike and Valerie Ferrucci. Growing up, his racing idol was Michael Schumacher.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2012–13 SBF2000 Winter Series ? 10 3 3 4 6 - NC 2013 F2000 Championship ? 8 0 1 0 4 288 5th 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship EuroInternational 20 0 0 0 0 24 19th German Formula 3 Championship 5 0 0 0 1 33 10th British Formula 3 Championship Fortec Motorsport 3 2 1 2 3 - NC† Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 33 0 0 1 1 91 11th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 16 1 0 2 6 765 3rd 2016 GP3 Series DAMS 18 0 0 0 1 36 12th Formula One Haas F1 TeamTest/Reserve driver 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 10 0 0 0 0 4 22nd GP3 Series DAMS 6 0 0 0 0 3 19th Formula One Haas F1 TeamDevelopment driver 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 13 0 0 0 0 7 19th IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing 4 0 0 0 0 66 27th Formula One Haas F1 TeamDevelopment driver 2019 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing 17 0 0 0 0 351 13th 2020 IndyCar Series Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 14 0 0 0 0 290 13th 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Sam Hunt Racing 7 0 0 N/A N/A 122 37th IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 5 0 0 1 0 146 24th 2022 IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1 0 0 0 0 71 28th Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 1 0 0 0 0 Juncos Hollinger Racing 1 0 0 0 0 NASCAR Xfinity Series Sam Hunt Racing200002260th 2023 IndyCar Series A. J. Foyt Enterprises 17 0 0 0 1 214 19th2024 IndyCar Series A. J. Foyt Enterprises1701003679th2025 IndyCar Series A. J. Foyt Enterprises17000229316th2026IndyCar SeriesA. J. Foyt Enterprises70000122*15th* † As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points 2014 EuroInternational Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 19th 24 2015 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 11th 91

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2015 Giles Motorsport RUA1 RUA2 RUA3 TER1 TER2 TER3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 TAU4 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 3rd 765

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 17 18 Pos Points 2016 DAMS CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPRYMCFEA YMCSPR 12th 36 2017 DAMS CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 19th 3 † Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points Trident BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR JERFEA JERSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 22nd 4 Trident BHRFEA BHRSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR LECFEA LECSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 19th 7 † Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

American open-wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

IndyCar Series (key)

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2019 Dallara Honda23 7 Dale Coyne Racing 2020194 Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan 2021 236 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 2022 Chevrolet 15 10 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2023 4 3 A. J. Foyt Enterprises 2024 6 8 2025 15 5 2026 5 8

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2021 Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota DAY DRC HOM30 LVS13 PHO15 ATL15 MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC14 ROA ATL33 NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL17 ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 37th 122 2022 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC35 IRC17 MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 60th 22

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points