Enrico Molinaro
Enrico Molinaro (born 19 April 1995) is an Italian professional racing driver, who currently drives for Hydook Racing in the Formula 2 Rejects World Race Series.
History
Enrico Molinaro started off in karting, quickly moving up to the Italian F3 Championship.
He started 2014 well, winning two races in the Italian F3 Championship, but after his team folded was left with nowhere to go. However, Scuderia Alitalia's young driver programme swiftly picked him up and promoted him to F3RWRS, driving car #98 for the rest of the season. He brought with him sponsorship from Peroni and Parmalat.
He was one of three drivers in Scuderia Alitalia's F3RWRS programme in 2014, alongside Alessandro Lucarelli and Gianluigi Pazzini. Towards the end of the year, rumours began circulating that Molinaro would be dropped by the Scuderia Alitalia Giovanile Squadra due to poor performances - while his team-mates had podium finishes to their names, Molinaro had failed to score a single point. These rumours intensified when Hydook Racing signed him up on a trial basis for the 2014 F2RWRS season finale at Indianapolis, with an optional extension for the 2015 season. Despite ultimately retiring, he was running near the front of the field in the race, and this was enough to convince Hydook team principal Anton Bosevic to hire him for the following year.
A change of management followed, being dropped by the Scuderia Alitalia Giovanile Squadra, and becoming a member of Niko Nurminen's management portfolio, who also manages F3RWRS driver Nick Nurmester. His 2015 season in the F2RWRS started off slowly with a retirement and three low-key finishes, but in France he scored his debut points with 7th after a strong drive.
Results
F2RWRS
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hydook Racing Team | TUR |
MON |
FRA |
GBR |
AUT |
GER |
NED |
BEL |
HUN |
CZE |
ITA |
POR |
ESP |
CAN |
USA Ret |
=26th | 0 |
| 2015 | Hydook Racing Team | TAS Ret |
RSA 12 |
TUR 10 |
MON 10 |
FRA 7 |
GBR Ret |
GER |
NED |
BEL |
POR |
ITA |
SIN |
JPN |
USA |
100 |
19th* | 2* |
F3RWRS
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Pts | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Scuderia Alitalia | AUS | USA | GBR | GER | BEL | CHN | SUR | 37th | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 10 | Ret | 16 | 26 | DNS | 15 | |||||||||||||
- * Season in progress