Victor Coelho Franzoni da Silva (born 5 October 1995) is a Brazilian racing driver who most recently competed in

Copa Truck The Copa Truck is a Brazilian auto racing series, composed of trucks prepared for race. The category replaced the Fórmula Truck series in 2017. History The origin of the category came after nine teams left Formula Truck because of disagreeme ...

. Franzoni raced in

Formula Renault Formula Renault are classes of formula racing popular in Europe and elsewhere. Regarded as an entry-level series to auto racing, motor racing, it was founded in 1971, and was a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before mov ...

in Europe before switching to competition in the United States on the

Road to Indy The USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire, formerly known as the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires, is a racecar driver development program, providing a scholarship-funded path to reach the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500. ...

. He was champion of the

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in 2017, and previously competed in the

IMSA SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (I ...

and

Indy NXT Indy NXT (pronounced "Indy Next"), previously Indy Lights, is an American Minor league, developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as INDY NXT by Firestone for sponsorship reasons. Indy NXT is the highest step ...

for

Juncos Racing Juncos Hollinger Racing (, ), formerly Juncos Racing, is an Argentine-American racing team competing in the IndyCar Series. Owned by Ricardo Juncos, who formed the team in 1997, the team was initially based in Argentina before limited racing opp ...

Career

After

karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...

Franzoni made his auto racing debut in the Brazilian

Formula Future Fiat Formula Future Fiat was an open wheel racing series founded in 2010 by Felipe Massa and his family. It was based in Brazil. The champion received support to compete in Formula Abarth. The category was founded in 2010 by Felipe Massa and his fami ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. Franzoni won races at

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and

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. A strong end of the season, with four consecutive podium finishes, placed Franzoni fourth in the series standings. In August 2011 Franzoni made his European racing debut at

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. In the

2011 Formula Abarth season The 2011 Formula Abarth season was the seventh season of the former Formula Abarth, Formula Azzurra, and the second under its guise of "Formula Abarth". It was the first split in European and Italian series. The Italian Championship began on 17 A ...

the Brazilian joined

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with a best finish of ninth. In

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Franzoni started the season in the

Formula 3 Brazil Open The Formula 3 Brazil Open, also known as the F3 Brazil Open, was an annual open wheel racing event at the grand prix circuit of Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos) in São Paulo, Brazil. The inaugural meeting took place in January 2010. In ...

. Racing in Class B, for older cars, Franzoni crashed out of the final race. For the regular season Franzoni joined Koiranen Motorsport for the 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series. With two fourth places at the

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as his best result, Franzoni ended eleventh in the final standings. For 2013 Franzoni remained at Koiranen for their 2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 campaign. Struggling midfield Franzoni scored two point finishes. In January 2014 Franzoni raced at Interlagos to compete in the

2014 Formula 3 Brazil Open The 2014 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the fifth Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 16–19, 2014. Drivers and teams * All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. Classificatio ...

. With a retirement in the pre-final Franzoni was condemned to start the final race in seventh place. After a strong race Franzoni finished second, behind

Felipe Guimarães Felipe "Lopes" Guimarães (born March 22, 1991, in Anápolis, Goiás) is a Brazilian racing driver. After a childhood in karting, Guimarães transitioned to the extremely competitive Formula Three Sudamericana series at the age of 16 and finished ...

. The 2014 regular season marked his debut in the American

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series. At Afterburner Autosport Franzoni won his debut race in the streets of

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. Collecting a total of four podium finishes, including his oval racing debut at

Lucas Oil Raceway Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park, O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, and Lucas Oil Raceway) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, about northwest of downtown Indianapolis. It includes a ...

, Franzoni ended fifth in the season standings. The following season Franzoni remained at Afterburner for the first six races of the season. Franzoni won one of the races at

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before moving up into the

, scoring another three top five finishes. Moving back into USF2000 Franzoni joined ArmsUp Motorsports. Franzoni won three races, at

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, and two at

Laguna Seca Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for sponsorship reasons) is a paved Racing track#Motorsport, road racing track in central California used for both auto racing and Motorcyc ...

. With another eight podium finishes Franzoni secured the third place in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

American open-wheel racing results

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

USF2000 National Championship

Pro Mazda Championship

Indy Lights

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franzoni, Victor 1995 births Living people U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers Formula Abarth drivers Indy Pro 2000 Championship drivers Indy Lights drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Brazilian WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Súper TC 2000 drivers Racing drivers from São Paulo Juncos Hollinger Racing drivers Brazilian Formula Three Championship drivers Koiranen GP drivers Newman Wachs Racing drivers Formula Regional Americas Championship drivers Cram Competition drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Brazilian racing drivers