Facu Regalia Explained

Facu Regalia
Nationality: Argentine
Birth Date:1991 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Current Series:GP2 Series
First Year:2014
Current Team:Hilmer Motorsport
Car Number:12
Championships:0
Starts:8
Wins:0
Poles:0
Fastest Laps:0
Best Finish:31st
Year:2014
Prev Series:GP3 Series
Auto GP World Series
European F3 Open
Italian Formula Three
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW Pacific
Prev Series Years:201213
2012
2012
2011
200810
2009

Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence.

Career

Karting

Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in Spain for the majority of his career.[1]

Formula BMW

Regalia began his formula racing career in 2008 in the newly created Formula BMW Europe with EuroInternational. He finished sixteenth overall in the championship, with nine point-scoring finishes and 60 points.[2]

Regalia remained in the series for the following season but switched to Josef Kaufmann Racing. He improved to eighth in standings, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in sixteen races. In 2010, Regalia completed his third season, joining Eifelland Racing. He finished eighth in the championship for the second successive season, achieving his first podium at Zandvoort.[3]

Formula Three

2011 saw Regalia move to the Italian Formula Three Championship, competing for Arco Motorsport.[4] He finished tenth in the championship with two podiums at Imola and Vallelunga.[5] Also in 2011, he joined Mücke Motorsport to compete in Formula 3 Euro Series in the finale at Hockenheim.[6] He had two finishes on the tenth position and retired in the last race of the week-end.

In 2012 Regalia switched to the European F3 Open Championship, joining Campos Racing.[7]

Auto GP World Series

As well as his European F3 Open commitments, Regalia also participates in the Auto GP World Series with Campos Racing.[7]

GP3 Series

Regalia made his GP3 Series debut, in the fourth round of the 2012 season at Silverstone. He replaced Jakub Klášterka at Jenzer Motorsport.[8] In 2013, Regalia competed with ART Grand Prix with whom he finished runner-up to Daniil Kvyat.

GP2 Series

In 2014, Regalia graduated to GP2 with Hilmer Motorsport. After just four rounds where he failed to score a point, Regalia left the team and the series.[9]

Formula 3.5

Regalia signed with Zeta Course for the 2015 season.[10] However, the team withdrew from the sport due to lack of funding. Regalia attempted to enter the sport with Comtec Racing,[11] but terminated his contract after three days with the team, leaving him without a drive.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2008Formula BMW EuropeEuroInternational1500006016th
Formula BMW World FinalJosef Kaufmann Racing10000N/A10th
2009Formula BMW EuropeJosef Kaufmann Racing1600001488th
Formula BMW PacificEuroInternational32222N/ANC†
2010Formula BMW EuropeEifelland Racing1600011488th
2011Italian Formula 3 ChampionshipArco Motorsport1401225510th
Formula 3 Euro SeriesMücke Motorsport30000N/ANC†
2012Auto GP World Seriesalign=left rowspan=2Campos Racing100002687th
European F3 Open Championship1633261864th
align=left rowspan=2GP3 SeriesJenzer Motorsport20000025th
Atech CRS Grand Prix20000
2013GP3 SeriesART Grand Prix1611261382nd
2014GP2 SeriesHilmer Motorsport80000031st
2015Auto GPFMS Racing41123682nd‡
FIA European Formula 3 ChampionshipEuroInternational000000NC
24H Series - 997MSG Motorsport
201624H Series - 991MSG Motorsport
2020Formula Regional European ChampionshipVan Amersfoort Racing30000N/ANC†
As Regalia was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Position when the season was cancelled.

Complete Auto GP World Series results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012Campos RacingMNZ
1

MNZ
2

VAL
1

VAL
2

MAR
1

MAR
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

ALG
1

ALG
2

CUR
1
CUR
2
SON
1
SON
2
7th68
2015FMS RacingHUN
1

HUN
2

SIL
1

SIL
2

2nd‡68‡
Position when season was cancelled.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516Points
2012Jenzer MotorsportCAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
27th0
Atech CRS Grand PrixHUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
2013ART Grand PrixCAT
FEA

24†
CAT
SPR

VAL
FEA

VAL
SPR

SIL
FEA

SIL
SPR

NÜR
FEA

NÜR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

SPA
FEA

SPA
SPR

MNZ
FEA

MNZ
SPR

YMC
FEA

YMC
SPR

2nd138

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . facuregalia.com.com . Facu Regalia . 1 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121006021707/http://www.facuregalia.com/biografia.php . 6 October 2012 . dmy .
  2. News: Formula BMW Europe 2008. Driver Database. 1 July 2012.
  3. News: Formula BMW Europe 2010. Driver Database. 1 July 2012.
  4. News: Facundo Regalia ha firmato con il Team Ghinzani. Antonio. Mancini. 2 March 2011. stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go. Italian. 2 March 2011. Facundo Regalia has signed with Team Ghinzani.
  5. News: Campionato Italiano Formula 3 2011. Driver Database. 1 July 2012.
  6. News: Wittmann, Juncadella and Melker to battle it out for second place. Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V.. 20 October 2011. 20 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425081803/http://f3euroseries.com/news_newsausgabe.php?id=3442. 25 April 2012. dmy-all.
  7. News: Regalia joins Campos for F3 Open assault . Hornsby . Tom . 4 January 2012 . motorstv.com . . 4 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419212814/http://www.motorstv.com/car/single-seater/european-formula-3-open/04012012/regalia-joins-campos-f3-open-assault . 19 April 2012 . dmy .
  8. News: Facu Regalia (ARG) joins us for Silverstone . https://archive.today/20121208182341/http://cms.jenzermotorsport.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:pressemitteilung-132012&catid=13:top-news-gp3&lang=en . dead . 8 December 2012 . 30 June 2012 . jenzermotorsport.ch . . 30 June 2012 .
  9. Web site: Force India affiliated driver Facu Regalia leaves Hilmer GP2 team. Autosport. July 1, 2014. December 3, 2016.
  10. Web site: Facu Regalia joins World Series by Renault field in 2015. February 27, 2015. December 3, 2016.
  11. Web site: Regalia switches to Comtec for FR3.5 opener. April 21, 2015. December 3, 2016.
  12. Web site: Regalia ends Comtec agreement after 3 days. April 24, 2015. December 3, 2016.