Andrea Cola

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Andrea Cola
Andrea Cola
NationalityItaly Italy
Born (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 24)
Rome, Italy
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe career
Debut season2021
Current teamTarget Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number99
Starts4
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2020
2019
2017-18		FR European Championship
Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup
Remus F3 Cup

Andrea Cola (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈkɔːla]; born 9 June 1999 in Rome) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for Target Racing.

Career[edit]

Andrea Cola on the F312 Dallara-Mercedes in 2017
Andrea Cola on the F312 Dallara-Mercedes in 2017

Karting[edit]

He began racing in 2009, when he was 10 years-old, practicing on karting. After gaining experience in the Italian Championship Regione Lazio in the 60 cc category in 2009 and 2010, he took part in the Italian Championship Regione Lazio 125 cc category junior in 2011 and 2012. In the 2012 championship he ranked second.[1]

Single-seater racing[edit]

In June 2016 Andrea had his debut on F. Abarth in the F2 Italian Trophy with Monolite Racing (in the middle of the championship) at the Misano World Circuit getting the first place of his class in both races. He ranked second in the final standings of his class.[2]

On 1 April 2017 he debuted in Formula 3 driving a F312 Dallara-Mercedes again on the Misano World Circuit. He retired in the last corner while he was second during Race 1 and ranked third in Race 2.[2]

In 2017 he raced also in the Austria Formula 3 Cup, Afr Pokale and FIA CEZ Formula 3 championships. His first win in Formula 3 came in Race 2 on the Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg, Austria.[2] Thanks to the good standings[3] in the last two races on the Brno Circuit he won the FIA CEZ Formula 3 Championship 2017.[2][4]

In 2018 he raced in the FIA CEZ Formula 3 Championship again. He ranked first in his category in the first two races of the season at the Hungaroring on 28 and 29 April.[5][6] At the Red Bull Ring circuit, the second round of the season, he ranked third in Race 1 and second in Race 2, behind Jo Zeller Racing driver Sandro Zeller who won both races.[7][8][9] Cola managed to win the 2018 Championship by scoring 154.5 points, 27 more than Paolo Brajnik, while another Italian racer, Ricardo Perego, got the third place.[10]

In 2019, he is again defending his title in the FIA CEZ Formula 3 Championship, on his F312 Dallara now motorized Volkswagen.[11][12]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 Remus F3 Cup Monolite Racing 8 1 1 0 5 107 5th
2018 Remus F3 Cup Monolite Racing 14 1 0 0 5 160 2nd
FIA Central European Zone Formula 3 8 5 ? ? 8 154.5 1st
2019 Drexler-Automotive Formula 3 Cup Monolite Racing 15 2 0 4 10 229 2nd
FIA Central European Zone Formula 3 10 0 ? ? 10 129 2nd
2020 Formula Regional European Championship Monolite Racing 15 0 0 0 0 26 14th
2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro-Am Target Racing 10 3 2 ? 5 87 4th
2022 Italian GT Championship Endurance - GT3 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 4 0 0 0 0 16 6th
Italian GT Championship Endurance - GT3 Pro-Am 1 0 0 3 47 1st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Boutsen VDS Racing 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 0 0 0 0 39 7th

Complete GT World Challenge results[edit]

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup[edit]

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2022 Vincenzo Sospiri Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Silver IMO LEC SPA
6H 		SPA
12H 		SPA
24H 		HOC CAT
24 		NC 0
2023 Boutsen VDS Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver MNZ
33 		LEC
21 		SPA
6H
41 		SPA
12H
63 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR
38 		CAT
Ret 		7th 39

*Season still in progress.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "COLA ANDREA | F2000 Italian Formula Trophy". www.f2trophy.it (in Italian). Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Andrea Cola – the young talent from Italy". FIA CEZ. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Results 2017". FIA CEZ. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Wertungen CEZ – Austrian Motorsport Federation". austria-motorsport.at (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ "FIA-CEZ 2018 Round 1 Race 1 standings" (PDF). FIA CEZ. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ "FIA-CEZ 2018 Round 1 Race 2 standings" (PDF). FIA CEZ. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ^ "FIA-CEZ 2018 Round 2 Race 1 standings" (PDF). FIA CEZ. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  8. ^ "FIA-CEZ 2018 Round 2 Race 2 standings" (PDF). FIA CEZ. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Motorsport XL". Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. ^ fia-cez.com. "Andrea Cola F3 champion once again". FIA CEZ. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  11. ^ "AFR POKALE - Sandro Zeller wins sovereign double victory". www.afr-pokale.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  12. ^ stránek, Jiří Chabera Tvorba. "Drexler Cup v Mostě, Češi uspěšní". www.jednodusemotorsport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 24 July 2019.

External links[edit]

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