Leonardo Pulcini (born 25 June 1998, in

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racing driver and the 2016 Euroformula Open champion.

Career

Karting

Born in Rome, Pulcini began karting professionally in 2012, and came 7th in the KF3 category in the Italian ACI Karting Championship, won the ROK Cup International Final in the Junior ROK class. He rounded off the season participating in the 23° Trofeo Andrea Margutti - KF3 category, coming in 22nd. In 2013, he came runner-up to the Italian Championship in the KF3 category, and made his WSK debut, competing in the

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and the

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in the KF Junior, coming in 9th and 6th. He came 6th in the

CIK-FIA Karting European Championship The FIA Karting European Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Alongside the Karting World Championship, it is one ...

and runner-up to the CIK-FIA World Championship. Pulcini made his KF debut in 2014, during his first year in

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, coming 29th in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. He also made his

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debut, coming in 10th, Pulcini also came 18th in the WSK Super Master Series.

Lower Formulae

In 2014, Pulcini graduated to single-seaters, competing with DAV Racing in the inaugural season of the

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, where he finished fourth. He also partook in two rounds of that year's

Euroformula Open Championship The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe ...

with the same team. In 2015, Pulcini switched to Euroformula Open full-time with DAV Racing, scoring his maiden victory at the first race at the

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and finished ninth in the standings. He also partook in the first round of the 2015 Auto GP Series. The following year he switched to

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. With them, he took seven victories, three pole positions and eight fastest laps to secure the Euroformula Open title.

GP3 Series

In November 2016, it was announced that Pulcini would reunite with Campos for

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post-season testing at Yas Marina. In January 2017, Pulcini signed to race with

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. A second place in the first round at

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would end up being his only points-scoring finish and the Italian ended up 14th in the championship. For 2018 Pulcini moved to

in what would be the final season of the GP3 Series. His results were much better, and after two race wins and three further podiums Pulcini finished fourth in the drivers' standings.

Sports car racing

Ahead of the 2023 season, Pulcini was named a

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factory driver. His first assignment was a customer racing drive in the

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with Iron Lynx. His co-drivers in the Gold Cup class were Rolf Ineichen and Michele Beretta.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^‡ Position when season was cancelled.
^† As Pulcini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

Complete Auto GP Series results

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

Complete GP3 Series/FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete International GT Open results

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

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pulcini, Leonardo 1998 births Living people Racing drivers from Rome Italian racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers Auto GP drivers Italian GP3 Series drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Carlin racing drivers Arden International drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers International GT Open drivers Campos Racing drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Euronova Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Iron Lynx drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers