Francesco Dracone

Francesco Dracone
Nationality Italian
Born (1983-09-21) 21 September 1983
Turin, Italy
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2010
Current team Dale Coyne Racing
Car no. 19
Former teams Conquest Racing
Starts 7
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 34th in 2015
Previous series
2011–14
2006–09
2002–05		 Auto GP
Euroseries 3000
Italian Formula Three

Francesco Dracone (born 21 September 1983) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Born in Turin, Dracone began racing professionally in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 2002. He raced in that series until 2005. In 2006 he moved to Euroseries 3000 driving for Euronova Racing. He finished 21st in points. He returned in 2007 driving for ASR and 2G Racing finishing 23rd in points. In 2008 he drove for Emmebi Motorsport and improved to 17th in points. He returned to the team and series in 2009 and improved further to 7th in points with a best finish of 5th at Monza. He also competed in the International Superstars Series season finale at Kyalami for Ferlito Motors. In July 2010 he participated in an IndyCar Series rookie test with Conquest Racing. After passing the test he signed on to compete with the team at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Infineon Raceway.[1]

He was slowest among drivers who logged a qualifying time at Mid-Ohio but started 23rd on the 27 car grid due to being in the same group as Milka Duno who elected not to participate in qualifying and Graham Rahal who was penalized. Dracone finished the race 3 laps down in 22nd place. He started last at Infineon, despite being a second quicker than Duno. The race saw Dracone spin off track close to the finish and he was credited with 20th place. He finished 37th in the championship.

After four years in Auto GP he returned to IndyCar in 2015, signing a deal to drive the first four races for Dale Coyne Racing. At NOLA Motorsports Park he spun on the first lap but rejoined, before hitting his mechanic Todd Phillips after losing control of his car in the pit lane.[2]

Racing record

American open–wheel results

(key)

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
2010 Conquest Racing Dallara Honda SAO STP ALA LBH KAN INDY TXS IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO
22		 SNM
20		 CHI KTY MOT HMS 37th 24
2015 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 Honda STP
23		 NLA
23		 LBH
21		 ALA
23		 IMS
22		 INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM 34th 38
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)		 Top 10s
(Non-podium)		 Indianapolis 500
Wins		 Championships
2 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 15 16 Pos Points
2011 Emmebi Motorsport MNZ
1
10		 MNZ
2
13		 HUN
1
12		 HUN
2
12		 BRN
1
Ret		 BRN
2
14†		 21st 1
Ombra Racing DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
10		 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
12†		 VAL
1
14		 VAL
2
13		 MUG
1
14†		 MUG
2
11
2012 Virtuosi UK MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 VAL
1		 VAL
2		 MAR
1
10		 MAR
2
8		 HUN
1
10		 HUN
2
14		 ALG
1
13		 ALG
2
10		 CUR
1
8		 CUR
2
9		 SON
1
Ret		 SON
2
9		 16th 14
2013 Super Nova International MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 HUN
1
11		 HUN
2
11		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
13		 22nd 0
Ibiza Racing Team MUG
1
Ret		 MUG
2
13		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 BRN
1
13		 BRN
2
14
2014 Ibiza Racing MAR
1
9†		 MAR
2
9†		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 13th 31
Super Nova International MNZ
1
6		 MNZ
2
10		 IMO
1
6		 IMO
2
10		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
10		 EST
1
Ret		 EST
2
7

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. ↑ Elizalde, Pablo (3 August 2010). "Conquest signs Italian Dracone". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 3 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Francesco Dracone collides with pit worker Todd Phillips in IndyCar". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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