Stéphane Richelmi
Stéphane Richelmi (born 17 March 1990 in Monte Carlo ) is a Monegasque racing driver. It occurs since 2011 in the GP2 series.
Career
Richelmi began his motorsport career in 2001 in karting, where he was active until 2005. In 2006 he made his debut in Formula racing in the Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 and ended his first season in twelfth place overall. In 2007 he moved to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and also took part in two races in the Italian Formula Renault. He stayed in two series with no points. In 2008, he initially joined again in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup on, left the series, however, two race weekends left in the season brought no points to be had. He also began until the beginning of the Western European Formula Renault, where he finished 16th overall, and as a guest driver in the Formula 3 Euro Series for the last three races of the season.
2009 started Richelmi to eight out of ten race weekends of the British Formula 3 Championship and finished the season in 19th place overall. He was more successful in the Italian Formula 3 Championship, in which he entered for the third race weekend at RC Motorsport. Richelmi finished two races in second place and finished the season in sixth place overall. In 2010, he remained in the Italian Formula 3 Championship and joined Lucidi Motors. Richelmi won his first race on the first race weekend. With a total of four victories, he was behind César Ramos runner-up. As a reward for this service he received in early December the opportunity to Formula 1 test driving participate for the Scuderia Ferrari.
2011 joined Richelmi for International Draco Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5. With a seventh place as the best result, he finished the season starting on the 26th place in the overall standings. In addition, he participated in an event of the GP2 Series as the representative of his injured compatriot Stefano Coletti for Trident Racing. After the season, he went again for Trident Racing GP2 Final at 2011 at the start and was 26
2012 denied Richelmi the complete GP2 season for Trident. In the main race at Hockenheim, he scored his first GP2 podium placing third. He finished the season starting on the 18th. Internally, he sat down against Julian Leal with 25 to 9 points through. 2013 moved Richelmi within the GP2 Series for DAMS, the champion team of the preseason. In the main race at Silverstone he scored with a second place had hitherto been his best GP2 placement, which remained his only podium placing in the season at the same time. In the championship, he improved to eighth place. Internal team was defeated Marcus Ericsson with 103 to 121 points. 2014 remained Richelmi at DAMS and received with Jolyon Palmer a new teammates. After the first race weekend, he finished ninth overall.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2001-2005: Karting
- 2006: Belgian Formula Renault 1.6
- 2007: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
- 2007: Italian Formula Renault
- 2008: Western European Formula Renault ( 16th place)
- 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
- 2009: Italian Formula 3 ( 6th place)
- 2009: British Formula 3 ( 19th place )
- 2010: Italian Formula 3 (2nd place)
- 2011: Formula Renault 3.5 (ranked 26)
- 2011: GP2 Series (No. 31)
- 2012: GP2 Series (No. 18)
- 2013: GP2 Series (8th place )
- 2014: GP2 Series