Andy Soucek

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Andy Soucek
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Soucek in 2012.
Nationality Spanish
Born (1985-06-14) 14 June 1985 (age 38)
Madrid (Spain)
Previous series
2009
2008
2008
2006-08
2002-05		 Formula Two
Superleague Formula
GP2 Asia Series
GP2 Series
Spanish F3 Championship
Championship titles
2005
2009		 Spanish F3 Champion
FIA Formula Two

Andy Christian Soucek, aka Souček (born 14 June 1985) is a professional racing driver.

Career

Karting

Soucek was born in Madrid, Spain. His father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish[1] nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish".[2] Soucek's career started in professional karting events during 1997, although he would not make a formula debut until his Portuguese Formula Ford drive of 2001. In 2002 he continued with karting whilst driving in Spanish Formula Three. In 2003 he ended his karting commitments, moving to the EV team.

Formula Three

He remained with EV during 2004 but would also drive two races for the GTA team. 2005 would be his key year, though, with Soucek's move to the Llusia team paying off after he won the title.

GP2 Series

File:Andy Soucek 2008 GP2 Silverstone.jpg
Soucek driving for Super Nova Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

After being in contention for the 2006 Championship in the World Series by Renault, Soucek signed to race in the GP2 Series for 2007 with the DPR team. He remained with DPR for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, but was dropped after signing for rival team FMS International for the premier 2008 championship. Surprisingly, with only five days to the 2008 championship start, FMS International terminated Soucek's contract unilaterally, replacing him with fellow Spaniard Roldán Rodríguez [1]. This left Soucek without time to find a new team in time for the season start. A legal dispute resulted between Soucek and FMS International.[2]

However, he returned to race in the series after one round of the championship as a replacement for the injured Christian Bakkerud in the Super Nova team.[3] After two races with Super Nova, Soucek then returned to the DPR team where he replaced Giacomo Ricci, himself substituting for the injured Michael Herck.[4] and scoring his first championship point. Following his stint with DPR, Soucek returned once more to Super Nova as a permanent replacement for Bakkerud.[5] He achieved one podium (at Hungaroring) and several more point finishes and ended the season tied with Roldán Rodríguez as best Spaniard.

Superleague Formula and Formula Two

Andy Soucek also represented the Brazilian side Corinthians (managed by EuroInternational group) in the 1st race of the 2008 Superleague Formula season, as Corinthians main driver Antônio Pizzonia was unable to participate, because of his schedule in Stock Car Brasil.

Soucek testing the Superleague Formula prototype car at Donington Park in 2008.

From the second race on, Soucek signed for Atlético Madrid to drive their car for the remainder of the 2008 Superleague Formula season. [3]

In 2009, Soucek raced in the newly revived FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 22.[6] Soucek clinched the title with three races to spare. As part of his prize for winning the championship, he tested for the Williams Formula One team on 1 December, setting the fastest time of the day.[7]

Formula One testing

Soucek was confident of landing a Williams reserve drive in 2010. However Williams signed Valtteri Bottas as their official reserve and test driver. But Williams' loss was Virgin Racing's gain as on 23 February 2010, they announced that Soucek will join Luiz Razia as a test and reserve driver.[8] In August, Soucek left Virgin, stating that the team had broken their contract by not giving him any testing opportunities.[9] In September 2010 he returned to Superleague Formula, racing for Galatasaray.[10]

Sportscar racing

Subsequently Soucek switched to racing GTs, making his debut in the final round of the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season at the Circuito de Navarra for Boutsen-Ginion Racing, and joining ART Grand Prix to race a McLaren MP4-12C for the 2013 Blancpain Endurance season.[11]

He co-founded Integrated Racing Performance,[12] a racing driver consultancy company, with Derrick Vopelka and Jorge Gil in 2011.[13]

Racing record

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 DC Points
2007 David Price Racing BHR
FEA
12		 BHR
SPR
9		 ESP
FEA
14		 ESP
SPR
Ret		 MON
FEA
14		 FRA
FEA
13		 FRA
SPR
10		 GBR
FEA
Ret		 GBR
SPR
20		 EUR
FEA
Ret		 EUR
SPR
13		 HUN
FEA
12		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 TUR
FEA
Ret		 TUR
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
7		 BEL
FEA
6		 BEL
SPR
2		 VAL
FEA
6		 VAL
SPR
3		 16th 15
2008 Super Nova Racing ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 TUR
FEA
19		 TUR
SPR
Ret		 FRA
FEA
13		 FRA
SPR
Ret		 GBR
FEA
12		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GER
FEA
7		 GER
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
8		 HUN
SPR
2		 EUR
FEA
7		 EUR
SPR
Ret		 BEL
FEA
6		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
9		 ITA
SPR
18		 14th 14
David Price Racing MON
FEA
13		 MON
SPR
6

Superleague Formula record

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Operator 1 2 3 4 5 6 Position Points
2008 SC Corinthians EuroInternational DON 9th 264
11 12
Atlético Madrid NÜR ZOL EST VAL JER 18th 132
DN 9 5 13 6 17 16 12 16 18

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2009 22 VAL
1
Ret		 VAL
2
4		 BRN
1
17		 BRN
2
1		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
2		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
1		 DON
1
1		 DON
2
4		 OSC
1
1		 OSC
2
2		 IMO
1
3		 IMO
2
1		 CAT
1
1		 CAT
2
1		 1st 115

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Beechdean AMR Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 Pro NOG
QR		 NOG
CR		 BRH
QR		 BRH
CR		 ZAN
QR		 ZAN
CR		 SVK
QR		 SVK
CR		 ALG
QR		 ALG
CR		 ZOL
QR
5		 ZOL
CR
5		 BAK
QR
2		 BAK
CR
2		 9th 36

References

  1. ↑ according to his remodeled website he holds dual citizenship
  2. ↑ Autosport magazine, August 24, 2006 (p.50)
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  12. ↑ http://www.integratedracingperformance.com/irc.com/irp_about_us.html
  13. ↑ http://es-es.facebook.com/pages/IRP-Integrated-Racing-Performance/282608828441651

External links

  • Personal web site In Spanish (clicking "Palmarés" key, there's a pdf CV also in English and German)
Sporting positions
Preceded by Spanish Formula Three champion
2005		 Succeeded by
Ricardo Risatti
Preceded by
Mike Thackwell
(1984 European Formula Two)
 FIA Formula Two champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Dean Stoneman
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