Carlos "Iaco" Iaconelli (born June 26, 1987) is a Brazilian

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driver.

Career

He spent much of his early career in

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before moving into single-seaters in 2004, where he competed in both

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and the

South American Formula Three Formula 3 Sudamericana was a South American Formula Three championship. It was inaugurated in 1987 and primarily held races in Brazil and Argentina, with a small number of events held in other countries across the continent. Its most notable gr ...

championship. In 2005 he contested six races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship, finishing the season 20th overall. Carlos also contested a handful of races in

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and the Eurocup Formula Renault series as well as making his debut in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the

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n team Interwetten.com. For 2006 Iaconelli raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for three different teams -

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, Comtec Racing and GD Racing, taking part in twelve races but scoring no championship points. He also contested five races in the Spanish Formula Three Championship. For the 2007 season he originally joined Interwetten.com for FR3.5, only to be replaced by

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a month before the first race of the season. He did, however, sign for Pons Racing a few days later. In 2008 he raced in the

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series. He also made his

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début mid-season, driving for the

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team. He moved to the

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team for the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, but was replaced by

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following the first round of the championship.

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saw Iaconelli move to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number seventeen. Despite missing the final round at

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due to flu, Iaconelli wrapped up eleventh place in the standings, with his best result of second also coming in Spain, in

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Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

( key) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

References

External links

Official websiteCareer details at driverdb.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iaconelli, Carlos 1987 births Living people Brazilian NASCAR drivers Brazilian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula 3 Sudamericana drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers International Formula Master drivers GP2 Series drivers GP2 Series drivers from Brazil GP2 Asia Series drivers FIA Formula Two Championship drivers Auto GP drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers Pons Racing drivers EuroInternational drivers Comtec Racing drivers JD Motorsport drivers Durango drivers