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His son, [[Johnny Cecotto Jr]], is also a racing driver who most notably drove in Formula One during the 2010s.
His son, [[Johnny Cecotto Jr]], is also a racing driver who most notably drove in Formula One during the 2010s.


==[[World Touring Car Masters]]==
Cecotto made his WTCM debut in the first race of the series in [[1988 World Touring Car Masters season|1988]], taking part in the 'flyaway' races away from Europe with the Prodrive team.
He expanded this programme into a full-time drive in [[1989 World Touring Car Masters season|1989]], a season in which he beat the highly-funded works outfits of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Renault to take the Class C honours ahead of defending champion [[Tim Harvey]].
Cecotto remained with Prodrive for a third season in [[1990_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1990]].





Revision as of 17:29, 7 August 2018

Alberto "Johnny" Cecotto (born 25 January, 1956, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan former Grand Prix motorcycle racer and racing driver.

In 1975 he became the youngest ever, at the time, motorcycle road racing champion when he won the title at the age of 19. After a string of years mitigated by injuries and unreliability, he switched to auto racing where he achieved success in both Formula One and international touring car racing.

His son, Johnny Cecotto Jr, is also a racing driver who most notably drove in Formula One during the 2010s.

World Touring Car Masters

Cecotto made his WTCM debut in the first race of the series in 1988, taking part in the 'flyaway' races away from Europe with the Prodrive team.

He expanded this programme into a full-time drive in 1989, a season in which he beat the highly-funded works outfits of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Renault to take the Class C honours ahead of defending champion Tim Harvey.

Cecotto remained with Prodrive for a third season in 1990.


Complete WTCM Results

Year Team Car Class WDC Pts Class Pts
1988 Prodrive BMW E30 M3 C Template:AUS Flag of Japan svg.png Template:USA Flag of Germany svg.png Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Flag of Germany svg.png Template:FRA Template:GBR Flag of Italy svg.png Template:BEL Flag of Germany svg.png 43rd 6 12th 91
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E
BAT
21
BAT
21
FUJ
20
FUJ
18
GLN
13
GLN
16
KYA
Ret
KYA
Ret
1989 Prodrive BMW E30 M3 C Flag of Japan svg.png Template:USA Flag of South Africa 1928-1994 svg.png Template:FRA Flag of the Czech Republic svg.png Flag of Italy svg.png Template:FRA Template:GBR Template:BEL Flag of Germany svg.png Template:AUS 22nd 53 1st 280
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E
FUJ
11
FUJ
15
GLN
16
GLN
20
KYA
DNQ
KYA
DNQ
PAU
20
PAU
28
BRN
DNQ
BRN
DNQ
MNZ
13
MNZ
19
CHA
Ret
CHA
25
BIR
16
BIR
20
SPA
9
SPA
7
SPA
5
SPA
10
BAT
Ret