Roberto La Rocca

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Roberto La Rocca
NationalityVenezuelan
Born (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 33)
Caracas, Venezuela
Previous series
2012-13
2011–12
2009		European F3 Open Championship
F2000 Championship Series
Skip Barber National Championship
Championship titles
2012F2000 Championship Series

Roberto La Rocca (born 9 July 1988) is a Venezuelan racing driver.

Career[]

Early career[]

Born in Caracas, La Rocca started his racing career in Skip Barber Southern Regional Series in 2008, finishing fourth.[1] Also he spent ten races in Skip Barber National Championship in 2009.[2]

After one-year absence he switched to F2000 Championship Series. He joined HP-Tech team and finished on the fifth place in the championship.[3] He remained in the series for 2012 with the same team, winning eleven from fourteen races on his way to the championship title.[4]

European F3 Open[]

Also in 2012 La Rocca moved in Europe and debuted in European F3 Open Championship with Team West-Tec F3.[5] Finishing tenth with six point-scoring finishes.[6] La Rocca will continue with Team West-Tec in 2013 European F3 Open Championship.[7]

GP3 Series[]

La Rocca was supposed to make his GP3 Series debut with Bamboo Engineering in 2013.[8] However, two months before the start of the season, he was replaced by Carmen Jordá due to uncertainty from his sponsors.[9]

Auto GP[]

In August 2013 La Rocca Signed on a short term deal with Virtuosi Racing by Comtec. In the first round La Rocca finished 7th beating the drivers in the main team Virtuosi Racing. <Comtec Racing> are looking into the possibility of a main assault in Auto GP next season alongside there Renault 3.5 campaign, a series which may interest La Rocca.

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 F2000 Championship Series HP-Tech 14 0 0 0 2 336 5th
2012 F2000 Championship Series HP-Tech 14 11 12 12 13 626 1st
European F3 Open Team West-Tec F3 12 0 0 0 0 44 10th
Formula 3 Brazil Open Hitech Racing Brazil 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2013 Formula 3 Brazil Open Hitech Racing Brazil 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Auto GP Comtec by Virtuosi 6 0 0 0 0 20 15th
European F3 Open Championship Team West-Tec F3 6 0 0 0 1 15 14th
2017 IMSA Prototype Challenge HP-Tech 2 0 0 0 1 30 17th

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
2013 Comtec by Virtuosi MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
7 		DON
1
11 		DON
2
7 		BRN
1
8 		BRN
2
7 		15th 20

References[]

  1. ^ "Skip Barber Southern Regional Series 2008–09". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. ^ "BFGoodrich / Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. ^ "HP-Tech Announces 2011 F2000 Effort with RFR". f2000championshipseries.com. F2000 Championship Series. 27 December 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
  4. ^ "F2000 Championship Series 2012". driverdatabase.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. ^ Weeks, James (13 April 2012). "West-Tec add La Rocca to F3 Open squad". motorstv.cpm. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  6. ^ "European F3 Open 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Roberto La Rocca Returns to Team West-Tec F3". teamwest-tec.com. Team West-Tec. 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Roberto La Rocca joins Bamboo Engineering". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Bamboo Engineering GP3 announce signing of Carmen Jorda". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Remy Audette
 F2000 Championship Series
Champion
2012 		Succeeded by

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