Roberto La Rocca (born 9 July 1988) is a
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
n racing driver.
Career
Early career
Born in
Caracas
Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...
, La Rocca started his racing career in Skip Barber Southern Regional Series in 2008, finishing fourth. Also he spent ten races in Skip Barber National Championship in 2009.
After one-year absence he switched to
F2000 Championship Series
The F2000 Championship Series is a North American–based Open wheel car, open wheel road racing series based on Formula Continental, a wings and slicks series that is designed to be the second step after Formula Ford, Formula F 1600.
The seri ...
. He joined HP-Tech team and finished on the fifth place in the championship. He remained in the series for
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
with the same team, winning eleven from fourteen races on his way to the championship title.
European F3 Open
Also in 2012 La Rocca moved to Europe and debuted in
European F3 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
Team West-Tec F3. Finishing tenth with six point-scoring finishes. La Rocca will continue with Team West-Tec in 2013 European F3 Open Championship.
GP3 Series
La Rocca was supposed to make his
GP3 Series
The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and the ...
debut with
Bamboo Engineering
Craft-Bamboo Racing is an auto racing team. It was founded in 2014 after the merger of Craft Racing from Hong Kong and Bamboo Engineering from the United Kingdom.
Craft Racing was established by Frank Yu in 2009 and was a front running team in ...
in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
. However, two months before the start of the season, he was replaced by
Carmen Jordá
Carmen Jordá Buades (born 28 May 1988) is a Spanish Motorsport, motor racing driver. From 2015 to 2017, she was a development driver for the Lotus and Renault Sport Formula One teams. Her appointment by Lotus saw her become just the eleventh w ...
due to uncertainty from his sponsors.
Auto GP
In August 2013 La Rocca Signed on a short-term deal with Virtuosi Racing by Comtec. In the first round La Rocca finished 7th beating the drivers in the main team Virtuosi Racing.
are looking into the possibility of a main assault in Auto GP next season alongside there Renault 3.5 campaign, a series which may interest La Rocca.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Auto GP results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Racing drivers from Caracas
Venezuelan people of Italian descent
Venezuelan racing drivers
Euroformula Open Championship drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Auto GP drivers
Team West-Tec drivers
Hitech Grand Prix drivers
Comtec Racing drivers
Virtuosi Racing drivers