Andy Soucek
Template:Short description Template:Infobox racing driver
Andy Christian Soucek (Template:Langx; born 14 June 1985) is a Spanish-Austrian professional racing driver.
Career
Soucek 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
Soucek'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
He 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
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
Andy 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. Template: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
Soucek was confident of landing a Williams reserve drive in Template:Ifnumber. 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
Subsequently, 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
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(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 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL 2 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON 1 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IST 1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IST 2 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIS 1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIS 2 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 1 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 2 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 1 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 2 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DON 1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DON 2 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 1 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 2 NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4th | 101 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(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 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BHR SPR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT FEA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON FEA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG FEA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG SPR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL SPR 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR SPR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN FEA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IST FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IST SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ SPR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA FEA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA SPR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VAL FEA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VAL SPR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16th | 15 |
| 2008 | Super Nova Racing | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
IST FEA 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IST SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG FEA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL FEA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SIL SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC FEA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN FEA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN SPR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VAL FEA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VAL SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA FEA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ FEA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MNZ SPR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14th | 14 | |||
| DPR | MON FEA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MON SPR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Superleague Formula record
(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
(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 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VAL 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 1 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH 1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DON 1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
DON 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IMO 1 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IMO 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1st | 115 |
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
| 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 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL CR 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BAK QR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BAK CR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9th | 36 |
| 2016 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIS CR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH QR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH CR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR QR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR CR 32Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN QR 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN CR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT QR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT CR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
8th | 47 | ||||
| 2017 | Bentley Team M-Sport | Bentley Continental GT3 | Pro | MIS QR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MIS CR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH QR 24Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH CR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL QR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZOL CR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN QR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HUN CR 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR QR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR CR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25th | 4 | ||||
References
External links
- Personal web site In Spanish (clicking "Palmarés" key, there's a pdf CV also in English and German)
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- ↑ Autosport magazine, August 24, 2006 (p.50)
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- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Racing drivers from Madrid
- Spanish people of Austrian descent
- Spanish people of Czech descent
- Spanish people of French descent
- Austrian people of French descent
- Austrian people of Czech descent
- Austrian racing drivers
- Spanish racing drivers
- Euroformula Open Championship drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- Superleague Formula drivers
- FIA Formula Two Championship drivers
- GP2 Asia Series drivers
- World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
- FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- GT World Challenge America drivers
- Walter Lechner Racing drivers
- David Price Racing drivers
- Super Nova Racing drivers
- Racing Engineering drivers
- De Villota Motorsport drivers
- Alan Docking Racing drivers
- EuroInternational drivers
- ART Grand Prix drivers
- Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
- Boutsen Ginion Racing drivers
- M-Sport drivers