Andy Soucek


Andy Christian Soucek, a.k.a. Souček is a professional racing driver.

Career

Karting

Soucek was born in Madrid, Spain. His father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent his life there. He races under the Spanish flag because he "feels Spanish". 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 . 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.
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. 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. and scoring his first championship point. Following his stint with DPR, Soucek returned once more to Super Nova as a permanent replacement for Bakkerud. He achieved one podium 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 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.
prototype car at Donington Park in 2008.
From the second race on, Soucek signed for Atlético Madrid to drive their car for the remainder of the 2008 Superleague Formula season.
In 2009, Soucek raced in the newly revived FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 22. 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.

Formula One testing

Soucek was confident of landing a Williams reserve drive in. However Williams signed Valtteri Bottas as their official reserve and test driver. But Williams' loss was Virgin Racing's gain as on 23 February 2010, they announced that Soucek will join Luiz Razia as a test and reserve driver. In August, Soucek left Virgin, stating that the team had broken their contract by not giving him any testing opportunities. In September 2010 he returned to Superleague Formula, racing for Galatasaray.

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.
He co-founded Integrated Racing Performance, a racing driver consultancy company, with Derrick Vopelka and Jorge Gil in 2011.

Racing record

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2006Interwetten.comZOL
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		4th101

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2007David Price RacingBHR
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		16th15
2008Super Nova RacingCAT
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		14th14
2008David Price RacingMON
FEA
13		MON
SPR
6		14th14

Superleague Formula record

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

Year12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2009VAL
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		1st115

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results