Santino Michael Ferrucci (born May 31, 1998) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 14 Chevrolet for A. J. Foyt Enterprises. He has also previously raced in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Ferrucci competed in five races in German Formula Three for EuroInternational, scoring second in his fourth. He also completed three races in British Formula 3 for Fortec Motorsport, scoring a pole and two wins as well as the end of European Formula 3 season, again for EuroInternational.
Reuniting with Fortec, Ferrucci participated in the Macau Grand Prix. Ferrucci finished the main race in eighth.
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
At the start of 2015, Ferrucci competed in the Toyota Racing Series for Giles Motorsport. Ferrucci finished the season third overall, scoring his only win at Manfeild and scoring five other podiums.
Ferrucci returned to European Formula 3, this time with Mücke Motorsport, finishing eleventh overall and scoring his only podium in Formula 3 at Spa.
At the end of the year, Ferrucci once again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, this time finishing sixth in the main race.
Ferrucci moved to the GP3 Series with newcomers DAMS. Ferrucci's best result was a third in the sprint race at Spa-Francorchamps and ended the season twelfth in the standings.
In February 2017, Ferrucci retained a DAMS drive for a second GP3 season. He only competed in the first three events, and scored points in only the first two races, before making a switch to Formula 2.
Ferrucci made his Formula 2 debut in Hungary in 2017 and finished the remainder of the year with Trident, with ninth his best result for a race and 22nd in the season standings. For the 2018 season, Ferrucci remained in Formula 2, competing alongside Arjun Maini at Trident.
In July, Ferrucci was banned from four F2 races (Hungary and Belgium rounds) and fined €60,000 after making deliberate contact with his teammate Maini on the cooldown lap after the sprint race at Silverstone. He was also disqualified from the sprint race results after not attending the hearing for a separate incident where he deliberately forced Maini off the track during the race. He was also found to have driven his car from the F2 paddock to the pitlane wearing one glove and holding a phone, which resulted in an additional €6,000 fine. His attempt to run a "Make America Great Again" livery in support of Donald Trump was blocked by the FIA as being in violation of the political slogans policy.
On July 18, Ferrucci was fired by the Trident F2 team, alleging behavioral issues and lack of payments. Trident noted that Ferrucci was able to fund his Detroit IndyCar drive, whilst defaulting on debt to them. An Italian court subsequently ordered Ferrucci to pay Trident €502,000, plus interest and legal fees, for breach of contract and failing to provide payments. Six days later, Trident announced that their GP3 Series driver Alessio Lorandi would be Ferrucci's replacement for the rest of the season.
Ferrucci finished nineteenth in the standings, with seven points and a best result of sixth in the Baku Sprint race.
After confirmation of Ferrucci's entry into the 2016 GP3 Series, he became a test and reserve driver for the Haas F1 Team alongside Ferrari Driver Academy member and GP3 champion, Charles Leclerc. Ferrucci got his first taste of F1 machinery when he tested for Haas at Silverstone after the British Grand Prix. Haas retained Ferrucci as development driver for 2017 and 2018.
In June 2018, Ferrucci made his debut in the IndyCar Series at the Detroit Grand Prix for Dale Coyne Racing as a substitute for Pietro Fittipaldi. Ferrucci retired from his first race after being shunted out of the race by Charlie Kimball on lap 56.
After his departure from Formula 2, Ferrucci contested the final two rounds of the IndyCar Series season with Dale Coyne Racing.
Ferrucci signed with Coyne to contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season driving the No. 19 Cly-Del Honda. In his season debut at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Ferrucci recorded a top-ten finish, bringing his car home in ninth position. At the Indianapolis Grand Prix, he posted his second top-ten finish of the IndyCar season heading into preparations for his first Indianapolis 500 effort. After qualifying 23rd for the Indy 500, Ferrucci moved through the 33-car field to finish in seventh position, earning him Rookie of the Year honors in his first-ever race at the Indianapolis 500. Three races later, Ferrucci recorded his best career IndyCar finish by taking the checkered flag in fourth position at Texas Motor Speedway.
After teammate Sébastien Bourdais's departure from Dale Coyne Racing, Ferrucci moved to Bourdais's No. 18 SealMaster Honda for the 2020 season. He finished fourth at the Indianapolis 500, and scored five top-fives out of fourteen races, to finish thirteenth in points.