Andy Soucek

Andy Christian Soucek
Nationality	Spanish
FIA Formula Two Championship career
Debut season	2009
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car number	22
Starts	14
Wins	5
Poles	2
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in 2009
Previous series
2008 2008 2006-08 2002-05	Superleague Formula GP2 Asia Series GP2 Series Spanish F3 Championship
Championship titles
2005 2009	Spanish F3 Champion FIA Formula Two

Andy Christian Soucek (born June 14, 1985 in Madrid, Spain) is a professional racecar driver.

Career

Soucek's father is Austrian, and he has Austrian and Spanish nationality, although he was born in Spain and has spent most of 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. 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.

Soucek driving for Super Nova Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

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.[2]

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 (at Hungaroring) and several more point finishes and ended the season tied with Roldán Rodríguez as best Spaniard.

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. [3]

In 2009, Soucek is racing in the newly-revived FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 22. Soucek clinched the title with three races to spare, thus he will be invited to a test drive with the WilliamsF1 team.

Racing record

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	David Price Racing	BHR FEA 12	BHR SPR 9	ESP FEA 14	ESP SPR Ret	MON FEA 14	FRA FEA 13	FRA SPR 10	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 20	EUR FEA Ret	EUR SPR 13	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR Ret	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR Ret	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 7	BEL FEA 6	BEL SPR 2	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 3	16th	15
2008	Super Nova Racing	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	TUR FEA 19	TUR SPR Ret			FRA FEA 13	FRA SPR Ret	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 7	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR 2	EUR FEA 7	EUR SPR Ret	BEL FEA 6	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 9	ITA SPR 18		14th	14
	David Price Racing					MON FEA 13	MON SPR 6

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2008	David Price Racing	UAE FEA 3	UAE SPR 7	IND FEA	IND SPR	MAL FEA	MAL SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	UAE FEA	UAE SPR	14th	6

Superleague Formula record

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Pts.
2008	SC Corinthians EuroInternational	GBR 11	GBR 12											9th	264
	Atlético Madrid EuroInternational			GER DNS	GER 9	BEL 5	BEL 13	POR 6	POR 17	ITA 16	ITA 12	SPA 16	SPA 18	18th	132

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2009	22	VAL 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	CAT 2	1st	95*

• * Season in progress.

External links

• Personal web site In Spanish (clicking "Palmarés" key, there's a pdf CV also in English and German)