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Nicolas Giaffone - Wikipedia

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Nicolas Giaffone
Giaffone at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in 2024
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(2004-10-05) 5 October 2004 (age 20) São Paulo, Brazil
Related to	Felipe Giaffone (father)
USF2000 Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	DEForce Racing
Car number	1
Starts	18 (18 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th in 2024
Previous series
2023 2022	USF Juniors F4 Brazilian Championship
Championship titles
2023	USF Juniors

Nicolas Giaffone (born 5 October 2004) is a Brazilian racing driver.^[1] He is currently competes in the 2024 USF2000 Championship driving for DEForce Racing.^[2]

Career

USF Juniors

On 5 January 2023, it was announced that Giaffone would compete in the 2023 USF Juniors driving for DEForce Racing.^[3] At the second race of the season at Sebring International Raceway, he would get his maiden win in the championship.^[4] Giaffone would also finish second in race 3 of the first round.

At the second round at Barber Motorsports Park, Giaffone would take pole for both races. He would go on to dominate and win both races, resulting in him taking the championship lead.^[5] Giaffone would continue his win streak by winning the next two races at Virginia International Raceway.^[6] He would qualify on pole for race 3 at VIR but would finish second after Jack Jeffers went on a late charge to take the win. At Mid-Ohio, Giaffone would once again be on pole for race one and go on to win the race.^[7] This would be his final win of the season. Giaffone would collect two more podiums at Road America.^[8] With his large lead in the championship, he could clinch the title with a few races remaining. After finishing third and seventh in races one and two at the Circuit of the Americas respectively, Giaffone would become the 2023 USF Juniors champion.^[9]^[10] As a result of winning the title, he would be awarded the champion scholarship to move up to the next rung in the USF Pro Championships, the USF2000 Championship.

USF2000 Championship

In December 2023, it was announced that Giaffone would move up to the USF2000 Championship and drive for DEForce Racing.^[11]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2018	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior	Lucas Zacante de Souza	51st
2018	Rotax Max Challenge South America – Junior Max		1st
2019	Rotax Max Challenge Brazil – Junior		2nd

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022	F4 Brazilian Championship	Cavaleiro Sports	18	3	0	1	6	129	5th
2023	USF Juniors	DEForce Racing	16	6	5	8	11	389	1st
2024	USF2000 Championship	DEForce Racing	18	0	1	0	3	245	7th

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Brazilian Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2022	Cavaleiro Sports	MOG1 1 3	MOG1 2 7	MOG1 3 10	INT1 1 3	INT1 2 1	INT1 3 10	INT2 1 DSQ	INT2 2 6	INT2 3 5	MOG2 1 8	MOG2 2': 1	MOG2 3 Ret	GYN 1 5	GYN 2 1	GYN 3 9	INT3 1 6	INT3 2 2	INT3 3 Ret	5th	129

American open-wheel racing results

USF Juniors

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2023	DEForce Racing	SEB 1 4	SEB 2 1	SEB 3 2	ALA 1 1*	ALA 2 1*	VIR 1 1	VIR 2 1*	VIR 3 2*	MDO 1 1*	MDO 2 14	ROA 1 6	ROA 2 2	ROA 3 2*	COA 1 3	COA 2 7	COA 3 8	1st	389

USF2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2024	DEForce Racing	STP 1 11	STP 2 21	NOL 1 7	NOL 2 8	NOL 3 17	IMS 1 17	IMS 2 5	IRP 2	ROA 1 18	ROA 2 7	MOH 1 3	MOH 2 7	MOH 3 6	TOR 1 6	TOR 2 9	POR 1 4	POR 2 8	POR 3 3	7th	245

References

^ "Nicolas Giaffone (R)". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-12-05). "Champion Giaffone leads USF Juniors stars securing USF2000 seats". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-01-05). "DEForce signs Brazilian F4 winner Nicolas Giaffone for USF Juniors". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-03-28). "The Sebring single-seater history the USF Pro series added to last weekend". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-04-29). "Nicolas Giaffone leads the way in USF Juniors at Barber". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-06-04). "Nicolas Giaffone gets two more USF Juniors wins at Virginia". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-07-08). "Armstrong gets victory and a second place in USF Juniors at Mid-Ohio". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ "Giaffone closing in on USF Juniors title as series heads to Road America". RACER. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-08-27). "Nicolas Giaffone wins USF Juniors title with a race to spare at COTA". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ "Giaffone Clinches USF Juniors Championship Title". SPEEDSPORT. 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
^ Wood, Ida (2023-12-05). "Champion Giaffone leads USF Juniors stars securing USF2000 seats". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-18.

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