Santino Ferrucci

Santino Ferrucci
Ferrucci at Pocono Raceway in 2021
Born	Santino Michael Ferrucci (1998-05-31) May 31, 1998 (age 26) Woodbury, Connecticut, United States
IndyCar Series career
77 races run over 7 years
Team(s)	No. 14 (A. J. Foyt Enterprises)
Best finish	9th (2024)
First race	2018 Detroit Grand Prix, Race 1 (Belle Isle)
Last race	2024 Music City Grand Prix (Nashville Superspeedway)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 1 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
9 races run over 2 years
2021 position	37th
Best finish	37th (2021)
First race	2021 Contender Boats 250 (Homestead)
Last race	2022 Pennzoil 150 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Previous series
2017–18 2016–17 2015 2014–15 2014 2014 2013	FIA Formula 2 Championship GP3 Series Toyota Racing Series European Formula 3 British Formula Three German Formula 3 F2000 Championship Series

Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American racing driver. He competes 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.

He competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring 2nd 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 8th.

At the start of 2015, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season 3rd overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring 5 other podiums.

Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing 11th 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 6th in the main race.

Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS.^[1] Ferrucci's best result was a 3rd in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season 12th in the standings.

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

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.^[3] 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.^[4][5] He was also disqualified from the Sprint Race results at Silverstone for a separate incident when he deliberately forced Maini off the track.^[4] He was also found to have driven his car between the F2 and F1 paddock without one glove and while holding his phone, which resulted in an additional €6,000 fine.^[5] 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.^[6]

On July 18, Ferrucci was summarily fired by the Trident F2 team, citing behavioral issues, 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.^[7][8] An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for failing to make payments.^[9] Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be his replacement for the rest of the season.

Ferrucci finished 19th in the standings, with seven points and a best result of sixth in the Baku Sprint race.

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.^[10] Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix.^[11] Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.^[12][13]

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.^[14] Ferrucci retired from his first race after colliding with 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.^[15]

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-10 finish, bringing his car home in 9th position. At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second Top-10 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 7th 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 4th position at Texas Motor Speedway.

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 4th at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top 5s out of 14 races, to finish 13th in points.

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 #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 #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.

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.^[16]

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.^[17]

Ferrucci qualified 4th for the 2023 Indy 500 in the A.J. Foyt Racing #14 Chevrolet with a speed of 233.661 mph.^[18]

Ferrucci finished third in the 2023 Indy 500 in the A.J. Foyt Racing #14, the best finish of an A.J. Foyt racing entry since 2000.

Ferrucci continued with A.J. Foyt Racing in 2024, now alongside Sting Ray Robb.^[19]

Ferrucci qualified 6th for the 2024 Indianapolis 500 and finished 8th.^[20][21]

In June, Ferrucci apologized for making homophobic comments after Saturday practice incidents involving Andretti Global drivers Colton Herta and Kyle Kirkwood at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix.^[22][23] At the 2024 Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s he finished 4th in both the first and second races.^[24]

In January 2021, Ferrucci made his midget car racing debut in the Chili Bowl for Dave Mac Motorsports.^[25] He failed to finish his G Feature race and was classified in tenth.^[26]

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.^[27] Ferrucci would return to the team's No. 26 car for the Xfinity Series races at Pocono and the Indianapolis Road Course in 2022.^[28]

Ferrucci was born in Woodbury, Connecticut, to Mike and Valerie Ferrucci. Growing up, his racing idol was Michael Schumacher.^[29]

Season	Series	Team	Position
2005	SKUSA SuperNationals — Comer		9th
2006	WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Yamaha Junior Sportsman		25th
	WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Cadet Sportsman		21st
	Stars of Karting National — Cadet		33rd
2007	Florida Winter Tour — Comer Cadet		10th
	Stars of Karting West — Cadet	Team OVRP	14th
	Stars of Karting East — Cadet		10th
2008	Canadian National Karting Championships — Rotax Mini MAX		12th
	Canadian National Karting Championships — Rotax Micro MAX		2nd
	Rotax Max Challenge USA Grand Nationals — Minimax		3rd
	Stars of Karting National — Cadet		12th
	Stars of Karting West — Cadet		6th
	Stars of Karting East — Cadet		3rd
	Florida Winter Tour — Comer Cadet	San Yves Motorsports	1st
2009	WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Yamaha Sportsman Lite		7th
	WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Yamaha Sportsman Heavy		11th
	WSK North American Series — Cadet	Maranello North America	8th
	WKA Manufacturer's Cup — Cadet Sportsman		2nd
	Florida Winter Tour — Comer Cadet		1st
2010	WSK Nations Cup — 60 Mini		6th
	Rotax Max Challenge Northeast Regional Series — Mini Max		1st
	MSA Formula Kart Stars — Cadet		8th
	Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet		7th
2011	SKUSA SuperNationals — Junior		15th
	WSK Master Series — 60 Mini	Lenzokart	8th
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini	Luxor Racing Team	14th
2012	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior		62nd
	WSK Euro Series — KF3		11th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KF3		6th

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 Team	Test/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 Team	Development 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 Team	Development 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 Racing	2	0	0	0	0	22	60th
2023	IndyCar Series	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	17	0	0	0	1	214	19th
2024	IndyCar Series	A. J. Foyt Racing

^† As Ferrucci was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. ^* Season still in progress.

(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	SIL 1	SIL 2	SIL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	PAU 1	PAU 2	PAU 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 DNS	SPA 3 15	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 5	NOR 3 4	MSC 1 16	MSC 2 13	MSC 3 14	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 12	RBR 3 20	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 17	NÜR 3 14	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 Ret	IMO 3 16	HOC 1 19	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 15	19th	24
2015	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 9	SIL 3 13	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 6	HOC 3 28	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 11	PAU 3 10	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 4	MNZ 3 8	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 12	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	NOR 3 6	ZAN 1 28	ZAN 2 8	ZAN 3 9	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 13	RBR 3 11	ALG 1 7	ALG 2 10	ALG 3 Ret	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 7	NÜR 3 7	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 Ret	11th	91

(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	RUA 1 7	RUA 2 5	RUA 3 4	TER 1 Ret	TER 2 17	TER 3 2	HMP 1 3	HMP 2 3	HMP 3 5	TAU 1 2	TAU 2 2	TAU 3 8	TAU 4 16	MAN 1 5	MAN 2 1	MAN 3 5	3rd	765

(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	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 11	RBR FEA 15	RBR SPR 10	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR 4	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 11	HOC FEA 9	HOC SPR 4	SPA FEA 7	SPA SPR 3	MNZ FEA 19†	MNZ SPR 11	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR Ret	YMC FEA 9	YMC SPR 15	12th	36
2017	DAMS	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 8	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 13	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 9	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	JER FEA	JER SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR			19th	3

^† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

(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
2017	Trident	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	BAK FEA	BAK SPR	RBR FEA	RBR SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR 14	SPA FEA 9	SPA SPR 10	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 14	JER FEA Ret	JER SPR 13	YMC FEA 14	YMC SPR 15			22nd	4
2018	Trident	BHR FEA 14	BHR SPR 20	BAK FEA 11	BAK SPR 6	CAT FEA DNS	CAT SPR 11	MON FEA 13	MON SPR 12†	LEC FEA 13	LEC SPR 9	RBR FEA 10	RBR SPR 7	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR DSQ	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	19th	7

^† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2018	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara DW12	19	Honda	STP	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET 22	DET 20	TXS	ROA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	GTW				27th	66	[30]
			39																	POR 20	SNM 11
2019			19		STP 9	COA 20	ALA 15	LBH 21	IMS 10	INDY 7	DET 19	DET 10	TXS 4	RDA 19	TOR 11	IOW 12	MDO 12	POC 4	GTW 4	POR 17	LAG 24		13th	351	[31]
2020	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan		18		TXS 21	IMS 9	ROA 6	ROA 6	IOW 13	IOW 18	INDY 4	GTW 16	GTW 10	MDO 14	MDO 14	IMS 15	IMS 12	STP 23					13th	290	[32]
2021	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		45		ALA	STP	TXS	TXS	IMS	INDY 6	DET 6	DET 10	ROA	MDO 9	NSH 11	IMS	GTW	POR	LAG	LBH			24th	146	[33]
2022					STP	TXS 9	LBH	ALA	IMS														28th	71	[34]
	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		23	Chevrolet						INDY 10
	Juncos Hollinger Racing		77								DET 21	ROA	MDO	TOR	IOW	IOW	IMS	NSH	GTW	POR	LAG
2023	A.J. Foyt Enterprises		14		STP 24	TXS 21	LBH 11	ALA 20	IMS 21	INDY 3	DET 21	ROA 16	MDO 24	TOR 17	IOW 26	IOW 22	NSH 18	IMS 23	GTW 13	POR 16	LAG 17		19th	214	[35]
2024					STP 9	THE DNQ	LBH 21	ALA 7	IMS 27	INDY 8	DET 9	ROA 15	LAG 9	MDO 10	IOW 6	IOW 11	TOR 20	GTW 12	POR 8	MIL 4	MIL 4	NSH 6	9th	367	[36]

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2019	Dallara	Honda	23	7	Dale Coyne Racing
2020	Dallara	Honda	19	4	Dale Coyne Racing w/ Vasser-Sullivan
2021	Dallara	Honda	23	6	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2022	Dallara	Chevrolet	15	10	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2023	Dallara	Chevrolet	4	3	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
2024	Dallara	Chevrolet	6	8	A.J. Foyt Enterprises

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

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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2021	Sam Hunt Racing	26	Toyota	DAY	DAY	HOM 30	LVS 13	PHO 15	ATL 15	MAR	TAL	DAR	DOV	COA	CLT	MOH	TEX	NSH	POC 14	ROA	ATL 33	NHA	GLN	IND	MCH	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL 17	CLT	TEX	KAN	MAR	PHO	37th	122	[37]
2022				DAY	CAL	LVS	PHO	ATL	COA	RCH	MAR	TAL	DOV	DAR	TEX	CLT	PIR	NSH	ROA	ATL	NHA	POC 35	IND 17	MCH	GLN	DAY	DAR	KAN	BRI	TEX	TAL	CLT	LVS	HOM	MAR	PHO	60th	22	[38]

^* Season still in progress

• Official website
• Santino Ferrucci driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Santino Ferrucci career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Robert Wickens	Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year 2019	Succeeded by Patricio O'Ward