Samuele Buttarelli

Samuele Buttarelli (born 2 May 1992 in Genoa) is a professional racing driver from Italy.

Samuele Buttarelli
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1992-05-02) 2 May 1992
Genoa (Italy)
Previous series
2012
2011
2009–10
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007		FIA Formula Two Championship
Auto GP
Italian Formula Three
European F3 Open
International Formula Master
Formula Le Mans
Italian Formula Renault 2.0
Swiss Formula Renault 2.0
Master Junior Formula

Career

Master Junior Formula

Buttarelli began his single–seater career in the Spanish–based Master Junior Formula in 2007. He competed in just three of the 21 races and was subsequently classified in 23rd place.[1]

Formula Renault 2.0

The following year, Buttarelli stepped up to Formula Renault, competing in the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 series with Cram Competition.

In the Italian series, he competed in the first ten races of the season before leaving the championship, taking a best result of 10th at Misano, whilst in the Swiss series he took part in six races, with a sixth place at Hockenheim being his best race result.

Formula Three

In 2009, Buttarelli graduated to Formula Three, racing in the newly named European F3 Open Championship for the emiliodevillota.com team. He took part in the first six rounds of the season before leaving the series after the Monza round in October, where he had just secured his best race results of the season. He was classified in 18th place in the standings.[2] In June 2009, Buttarelli joined Carlin Motorsport to contest the Masters of Formula 3 event held at Zandvoort.[3] After qualifying on the back row of the grid, he finished as the last classified finisher in 31st position.[4] In September 2009, he also made his debut in the Italian Formula Three Championship, racing for RC Motorsport at Imola, where he finished the two races in 18th and 17th places respectively.

For the 2010 season, Buttarelli joined Prema Powerteam to contest the Italian Formula Three Championship.[5] After securing three podium places and a fastest lap in the first ten races, Buttarelli split with the team after the fifth round at Varano.[6] He did, however, secure a seat alongside Daniel Mancinelli at Team Ghinzani in time for the next round of the series at Vallelunga,[7] where he took a podium in the second race. He eventually finished the season in eighth place.[8]

Formula Le Mans

In July 2009, Buttarelli took part in a one–off round of the Formula Le Mans series in Portimão, sharing an Oreca FLM09 with GP2 Series regular Jérôme d'Ambrosio,[9] who was using the weekend to learn the circuit as it would host the final round of the GP2 Series season. The pair dominated the event, winning both races whilst also taking a pole position and fastest lap. However, as they were guest drivers they were ineligible for championship points.[10]

International Formula Master

In the summer of 2009, Buttarelli took part in the International Formula Master events that supported the Hungarian Grand Prix and Belgian Grand Prix, as part of series organiser N.Technology's Talent Support Program (T.S.P).[11] In his four races in the series he took a best result of ninth in the Hungaroring sprint race.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2007 Master Junior Formula  ? 3 0 0 0 0 9 23rd
2008 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 10 0 0 0 0 10 28th
Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 0 33 14th
2009 European F3 Open Championship emiliodevillota.com 12 0 0 0 0 9 18th
International Formula Master IFM Talent Support Program 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Italian Formula Three Championship RC Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Formula Le Mans DAMS 2 2 1 1 2 0 NC†
Masters of Formula 3 Carlin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 31st
2010 Italian Formula Three Championship Prema Powerteam 16 0 0 1 4 50 8th
Team Ghinzani

† – As Buttarelli was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

References
  1. "Master Junior Formula 2007". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  2. "European F3 Open 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. "Joy of six as Carlin announces Masters line-up". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. "Zandvoort F3 Masters – Race result". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  5. "Buttarelli signed for Prema". italiaracing.net. Inpagina. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  6. "Buttarelli lascia il team Prema". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  7. "Buttarelli e Ghinzani trovano l'accordo". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  8. "Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  9. "The Formula Le Mans comes to sunny Portugal". formulalemans.com. Formula Le Mans. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  10. "D'Ambrosio and Buttarelli double up". formulalemans.com. Formula Le Mans. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  11. "Buttarelli e Sims a Budapest per il programma junior". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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