Driver Focus: Giovanni Venturini

The Romeo Ferraris FIA ETCR squad has two Italian drivers in 2022, with the name Luca Filippi known to many on the international stage. Slightly less known at the moment, but equally eager for on track success, to is Vincenza-born Giovanni Venturini.

Giovanni tasted FIA ETCR glory in the Pool FURIOUS Semi Final 2 at the season-opening Infinite Reality Race FR, at Pau but sadly wasn’t able to contest his pool’s DHL Super Final with his Giulia put out of action in the first DHL Super Final of the day with Filippi at the wheel. Ad/> Prior to FIA ETCR, Giovanni’s rich curriculum includes excellent results in single-seaters at the beginning of his career, with successes collected between 2008 and 2013 in Formula 2000 Light, Formula Renault 2.0, Auto GP and in GP3 Series.

Eight seasons in GT competition saw him claim the 2017 overall title in the International GT Open. He was also a protagonist in the Italian series, and in the European and American GT World Challenge.

FIA ETCRGreater reach for FIA ETCR in 202224/05/2022 AT 12:19 GIOVANNI VENTURINI#21 DOB: 09/11/1991Nat: ItalianFrom: Vicenza, Italy Height: 174cm Weight: 64kg Favourite track on calendar: Vallelunga Number of years racing: 15 Career Highlights 2009 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 runner-up 2017 International GT Open Champion 2021 GT World Challenge America runner-up Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/venturinigio/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/venturinigio/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/venturinigio Looking at the season: It’s tough but interesting because it’s my first season ever with an electric car. Previously I’ve driven GT3 cars and inLooking to the past formula single seater cars.