Francesco Castellacci
Castellacci in 2019
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1987-04-04)4 April 1987 (age 37) Rome,Italy
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season	2012
Current team	AF Corse
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Starts	18
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in2012
Previous series
2011 2008–09–10 2007 2005–06	FIA GT3 European Championship Italian Formula Three British Formula 3 Formula Azzurra
Championship titles
2011	FIA GT3 European Championship

Francesco Castellacci de Villanova^[1] (born 4 April 1987 inRome) is a professionalracing driver fromItaly. Francesco studied atMarymount International School, Rome and Universita' Bocconi before starting his career as a racing driver.

Together withFederico Leo, he won the drivers title of the 2011FIA GT3 European Championship, driving aFerrari 458 Italia GT3.

Castellacci began hissingle-seater career in late 2005, racing in theFormula Azzurra Winter Trophy. In the series' four races, all held atAdria International Raceway, he achieved two podium places to be classified in third place. In 2006, he entered the full Formula Azzurra championship, scoring 24 points to finish eighth in the final standings.^[2]

In late 2006, Castellacci tested aFormula Three car for the first time, driving for theBritish teamHitech Racing atRockingham Motor Speedway. In 2007, he took part in the fullBritish Formula 3 Championship season, racing alongsideAustralian driverJohn Martin atAlan Docking Racing.^[3] Castellacci failed to score a point in the 22 races he competed in, with his best result coming in the first race atDonington Park, where he finished in fifteenth position. He also took part in theMasters of Formula 3 race held atZolder, finishing in 26th place.

Thefollowing year, Castellacci returned to his native Italy to compete in theItalian Formula Three Championship forLucidi Motors.^[4] He finished the season fourth overall, taking six podium places along with a doublepole position at theMonza round. The title was won by his team-mateMirko Bortolotti.^[5]

Castellacci continued in the series for2009, switching teams to joinPrema Powerteam.^[6] He finished in the points on eleven occasions and took a single podium position atMisano to be classified in eighth place overall. During the year, he once again took part in theMasters of Formula Three event, this time racing forManor Motorsport. He finished the race in 30th place.^[7]

In June 2010, Castellacci made his debut in thePorsche Supercup round at theValencia Street Circuit, finishing in 17th position. He is also due to contest the rounds atSilverstone,Hungaroring andMonza later in the season.^[8]

A month earlier, he also made his debut in thePorsche Carrera Cup Germany at Valencia'sCircuit Ricardo Tormo, finishing in 14th place.^[8]

In October 2009, Castellacci sampled aGP2 car for the first time during the first post-season test atJerez. Driving for the ItalianDurango team, he completed 107 laps during the course of the three-day test, recording a best time of 1:27.615 on the final day of running.^[9]

Castellacci also took part inFormula Renault 3.5 Series testing during October and November 2009, driving cars forDraco Racing,Interwetten.com Racing andPrema Powerteam.^[10]

For 2011, Castellacci raced in the FIA GT3 European Championship withAF Corse, sharing a Ferrari 458 with fellow Italian driverFederico Leo. The duo won the drivers' title at the final round of the season in Zandvoort.

The following year, a switch to theFIA GT1 World Championship was in order for the Italian, who partneredEnzo Ide at AF Corse.^[11] With a best result of fifth, the duo finished 14th in the standings.

† - As Castellacci is a guest driver, he is ineligible to score points.

^* Season still in progress.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Roald Goethe Stuart Hall	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	187	DNF	DNF
2017	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Olivier Beretta	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	326	41st	12th
2018	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	335	26th	2nd
2019	Spirit of Race	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Am	327	43rd	12th
2020	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	330	39th	13th
2021	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	329	39th	11th
2022	AF Corse	Nick Cassidy Thomas Flohr	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	340	39th	6th
2023	AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	312	31st	5th
2024	Vista AF Corse	Thomas Flohr Davide Rigon	Ferrari 296 GT3	LMGT3	30	DNF	DNF

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