Andy Christian Soucek (Czech: Andy Christian Souček; born 14 June 1985) is a Spanish-Austrian professional racing driver.
| Andy Soucek | |
|---|---|
 Soucek in 2012 | |
| Nationality |  Spanish Austrianvia dual nationality |
| Full name | Andy Christian Soucek |
| Born | 14 June 1985 Madrid, Spain |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Previous series | |
| 2009 2008 2008 2006-08 2002-05 | FIA Formula Two Superleague Formula GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series Spanish F3 Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2005 2009 | Spanish F3 FIA Formula Two |
Career
editSoucek was born in Madrid, Spain. His father is an Austrian of Czech descent and his mother is French.[1] He holds dual Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent all his life there.[2] He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish".[3]
Karting
editSoucek's career started in professional karting events during 1997, although he would not make a formula debut until his Portuguese Formula Ford drive of 2001. In 2002 he continued with karting whilst driving in Spanish Formula Three. In 2003 he ended his karting commitments, moving to the EV team.
Formula Three
editHe remained with EV during 2004 but would also drive two races for the GTA team. 2005 would be his key year, though, with Soucek's move to the Llusia team paying off after he won the title.
GP2 Series
edit
After being in contention for the 2006 Championship in the World Series by Renault, Soucek signed to race in the GP2 Series for 2007 with the DPR team. He remained with DPR for the first round of the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, but was dropped after signing for rival team FMS International for the premier 2008 championship. Surprisingly, with only five days to the 2008 championship start, FMS International terminated Soucek's contract unilaterally, replacing him with fellow Spaniard Roldán Rodríguez [1]. This left Soucek without time to find a new team in time for the season start. A legal dispute resulted between Soucek and FMS International.[4]
However, he returned to race in the series after one round of the championship as a replacement for the injured Christian Bakkerud in the Super Nova team.[5] After two races with Super Nova, Soucek then returned to the DPR team where he replaced Giacomo Ricci, himself substituting for the injured Michael Herck.[6] and scoring his first championship point. Following his stint with DPR, Soucek returned once more to Super Nova as a permanent replacement for Bakkerud.[7] He achieved one podium (at Hungaroring) and several more point finishes and ended the season tied with Roldán Rodríguez as best Spaniard.
Superleague Formula and Formula Two
editAndy Soucek also represented the Brazilian side Corinthians (managed by EuroInternational group) in the 1st race of the 2008 Superleague Formula season, as Corinthians main driver Antônio Pizzonia was unable to participate, because of his schedule in Stock Car Brasil.
From the second race on, Soucek signed for Atlético Madrid to drive their car for the remainder of the 2008 Superleague Formula season. [2][usurped]
In 2009, Soucek raced in the newly revived FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 22.[8] Soucek clinched the title with three races to spare. As part of his prize for winning the championship, he tested for the Williams Formula One team on 1 December, setting the fastest time of the day.[9]
Formula One testing
editSoucek was confident of landing a Williams reserve drive in 2010. However Williams signed Valtteri Bottas as their official reserve and test driver. Soucek instead signed as a test driver for Virgin Racing, joining Luiz Razia in that role.[10] In August, Soucek left Virgin, stating that the team had broken their contract by not giving him any testing opportunities.[11] In September 2010 he returned to Superleague Formula, racing for Galatasaray.[12]
Sportscar racing
editSubsequently, Soucek switched to racing GTs, making his debut in the final round of the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series season at the Circuito de Navarra for Boutsen-Ginion Racing, and joining ART Grand Prix to race a McLaren MP4-12C for the 2013 Blancpain Endurance season.[13]
He co-founded Integrated Racing Performance,[14] a racing driver consultancy company, with Derrick Vopelka and Jorge Gil in 2011.[15]
Racing record
editComplete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
edit(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 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Interwetten.com | ZOL 1 Ret |
ZOL 2 5 |
MON 1 10 |
IST 1 1 |
IST 2 12 |
MIS 1 2 |
MIS 2 5 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 3 |
NÜR 1 12 |
NÜR 2 3 |
DON 1 4 |
DON 2 5 |
LMS 1 7 |
LMS 2 Ret |
CAT 1 2 |
CAT 2 NC |
4th | 101 |
Complete GP2 Series results
edit(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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | DPR | BHR FEA 12 |
BHR SPR 9 |
CAT FEA 14 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 14 |
MAG FEA 13 |
MAG SPR 10 |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR 20 |
NÜR FEA Ret |
NÜR SPR 13 |
HUN FEA 12 |
HUN SPR Ret |
IST FEA Ret |
IST SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 7 |
SPA FEA 6 |
SPA SPR 2 |
VAL FEA 6 |
VAL SPR 3 |
16th | 15 |
| 2008 | Super Nova Racing | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
IST FEA 19 |
IST SPR Ret |
MAG FEA 13 |
MAG SPR Ret |
SIL FEA 12 |
SIL SPR Ret |
HOC FEA 7 |
HOC SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 8 |
HUN SPR 2 |
VAL FEA 7 |
VAL SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 6 |
SPA SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA 9 |
MNZ SPR 18 |
14th | 14 | |||
| DPR | MON FEA 13 |
MON SPR 6 |
Superleague Formula record
edit(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Operator | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Position | Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | SC Corinthians | EuroInternational | DON | 9th | 264 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | NÜR | ZOL | EST | VAL | JER | 18th | 132 | |||||||||
| DNS | 9 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 18 | |||||||
Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | VAL 1 Ret |
VAL 2 4 |
BRN 1 17 |
BRN 2 1 |
SPA 1 4 |
SPA 2 2 |
BRH 1 2 |
BRH 2 1 |
DON 1 1 |
DON 2 4 |
OSC 1 1 |
OSC 2 2 |
IMO 1 3 |
IMO 2 1 |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 1 |
1st | 115 |
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
edit| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Beechdean AMR | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | Pro | NOG QR |
NOG CR |
BRH QR |
BRH CR |
ZAN QR |
ZAN CR |
SVK QR |
SVK CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
ZOL QR 5 |
ZOL CR 5 |
BAK QR 2 |
BAK CR 2 |
9th | 36 |
| 2016 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 1 |
MIS CR 11 |
BRH QR 10 |
BRH CR 3 |
NÜR QR 6 |
NÜR CR 32 |
HUN QR 16 |
HUN CR 9 |
CAT QR 4 |
CAT CR 2 |
8th | 47 | ||||
| 2017 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | Pro | MIS QR Ret |
MIS CR DNS |
BRH QR 24 |
BRH CR 18 |
ZOL QR 15 |
ZOL CR 18 |
HUN QR 6 |
HUN CR 25 |
NÜR QR 4 |
NÜR CR 15 |
25th | 4 |
References
edit- ^ "Andy Soucek: "En este negocio, sin dinero o padrinos no hay nada que hacer"". RTVE (in European Spanish). 26 March 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "El español Andy Soucek, reserva de la F1". Público (in European Spanish). 23 February 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Autosport magazine, August 24, 2006 (p.50)
- ^ "Gericht gibt Soucek Recht". Motorsport-Total.com (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ "Soucek replaces injured Bakkerud". autosport.com. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ "Soucek to stand in for Herck at DPR". autosport.com. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
- ^ "Soucek secures Super Nova drive". autosport.com. 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
- ^ "Spanish ace signs up for Formula Two". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-01-16. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-12-01). "Soucek tops Jerez test for Williams". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ "Virgin Racing announces Andy Soucek as test driver for 2010 season". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
- ^ "Soucek to quit Virgin over breach of contract". en.espnf1.com. ESPN. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
- ^ Beer, Matt (2010-09-15). "Jani to make Superleague debut". Autosport.
- ^ "Blancpain Endurance Series, Soucek signs for ART GP". sportscarracingnews.com. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Irp_about us". www.integratedracingperformance.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Iniciar sesión en Facebook".
External links
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- Personal web site In Spanish (clicking "Palmarés" key, there's a pdf CV also in English and German)