Kevin Ceccon (born 24 September 1993 in Clusone) is an Italian professional racing driver.

Career

Karting Prior to his single–seater career, Ceccon enjoyed a long and successful spell in the junior karting ranks. In 2005, he achieved a fifth place in the Copa Campeones Trophy Junior class before finishing fourth in the Italian Open Masters KF3 category the following year. In 2008, he won the Italian Open Masters KF3 title, and also secured podium finishes in both the South Garda Winter Cup and Andrea Margutti Trophy.

Formula Three In 2009, Ceccon took the substantial jump from karting to Formula Three, racing in the European F3 Open Championship with RP Motorsport. After a slow start to the season, he finished in the points on nine occasions to be classified 11th in the standings, with fourth–place finishes at Donington Park and Monza being his best race results. He also took part in three rounds of the Italian Formula Three season, finishing in the points in four of his six races to finish 14th in the series.

Ceccon continued with the team for a second season in 2010, improving to fourth place in the final standings after taking six podium places, including his first series win at the final round of the year in Barcelona. In September 2010, Ceccon made a one–off appearance in the Italian Formula Three Championship round at Vallelunga, retiring from the first race before finishing 12th in the second event.

GP2 Series In November 2010, Ceccon took part in four days of post–season GP2 Series testing, held at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, driving for Scuderia Coloni for the first two days, before switching to DPR for the final two days.

It was announced in May 2011 that Ceccon would race in the Barcelona and Monaco rounds of the 2011 season for Scuderia Coloni, replacing fellow Italian Davide Rigon who was injured in the first round of the season in Istanbul. In doing so, he became the youngest ever GP2 Series driver, taking the record previously held by Spaniard Javier Villa by almost a year. After eight races, with a best finish of eleventh, he opted to concentrate on Auto GP, in which he was challenging for the series lead, and relinquished his seat to Luca Filippi. He finished 30th in the drivers' championship standings.

Auto GP

For the 2011 season, Ceccon graduated to the Auto GP championship, racing for Italian team Ombra Racing. He was eligible for the newly created Under 21 Trophy, which he won at the penultimate round of the season in Valencia. In doing so, he also secured a prize GP2 Series test. He currently leads the overall standings with one round of the series remaining, seven points ahead of DAMS driver Sergei Afanasiev.

GP3 Series Ceccon moved to the GP3 Series for 2012, driving for Ocean Racing Technology.Kevin Ceccon signs on with Ocean Racing Technology in the GP3 Séries, Ocean Racing Technology.

Ceccon returned to GP3 in 2014, replacing Christopher Höher at Jenzer Motorsport. Despite only competing in four rounds out of nine, he finished fifteenth in the standings.

Formula One Ceccon tested with Toro Rosso at the 2011 Abu Dhabi young driver test during the week after the Grand Prix there. He drove on the second day of the test (November 16), after Stefano Coletti drove on the first, and finished the day with the tenth fastest time, 4.620s behind Jean-Éric Vergne, who set the fastest time.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2009 European F3 Open Championship RP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 34 11th Italian Formula 3 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 11 14th 2010 European F3 Open Championship RP Motorsport 16 1 0 0 6 92 4th Italian Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th 2011 Auto GP Ombra Racing 14 1 0 3 5 130 1st GP2 Series Scuderia Coloni 8 0 0 0 0 0 30th GP2 Final 2 0 0 0 0 5 7thFormula OneScuderia Toro RossoTest driver 2012 GP3 Series Ocean Racing Technology 16 0 0 2 1 56 9th 2013 GP2 Series Trident Racing 11 0 0 0 1 28 17th 2014 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 20 15th 2015 GP3 Series Arden International 18 2 0 1 3 77 7th 2016 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Murphy Prototypes 1 0 0 0 0 2 33rd 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup ISR 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 4 39th Team Zakspeed 1 0 0 0 0 2018 World Touring Car Cup Team Mulsanne 15 1 1 1 2 102 14th 2019 World Touring Car Cup Team Mulsanne 30 0 0 1 5 164 14th 2021 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Aggressive Italia 12 4 0 1 6 357 2nd 2022 FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup Hyundai Motorsport N200006713th TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Hyundai N Team Aggressive Italia60004192NC†2023 TCR World Tour Aggressive Team Italia 4 0 0 0 0 23 24th TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2 0 0 0 2 63 16th † Ceccon was ineligible for a championship position. * Season still in progress.

Complete Auto GP results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points 2011 Ombra Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 HUN1 HUN2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 MUG1 MUG2 1st 130

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2011 Scuderia ColoniISTFEAISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPRNÜRFEANÜRSPRHUNFEAHUNSPRSPAFEASPASPRMNZFEAMNZSPR 30th 0 2013 Trident Racing SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 17th 28

Complete GP2 Final results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 DC Points 2011 Scuderia Coloni YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 5

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2012 Ocean Racing Technology CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 9th 56 2014 Jenzer Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 15th 20 2015 Arden International CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 77

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2016 Murphy Prototypes LMP2 Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 33rd 2

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2017 ISR Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR NC 0

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2018 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 GER1 GER2 GER3 NED1 NED2 NED3 POR1 POR2 POR3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 WUH1 WUH2 WUH3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 14th 102 2019 Team Mulsanne Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 NED1 NED2 NED3 GER1 GER2 GER3 POR1 POR2 POR3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 MAL1 MAL2 MAL3 14th 164

Complete TCR World Tour results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2023 Aggressive Team Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG1 ALG2 SPA1 SPA2 VAL1 VAL2 HUN1 HUN2 ELP1 ELP2 VIL1 VIL2 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 BAT1 BAT2 BAT3 MAC1 MAC2 24th 23

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2023 Aggressive Team Italia Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG1 ALG2 PAU1 PAU2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 16th 63

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