William Ponissi
Superleague Career | |
Nationality | Italian |
---|---|
Active Years | 10 (2002-2011) |
Team(s) | Mommark, EIRE, MCR, Stealth, Woods, Nordsjøen, Allen, Constant |
Grand Prix | 76 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podium finishes | 7 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First Grand Prix | 2002 Australian Grand Prix |
First Win | 2008 Italian Grand Prix |
Last Win | 2008 Italian Grand Prix |
Last Grand Prix | 2011 South African Grand Prix |
William "Will" Wangensteen Ponissi (Milan, Italy 10/05/1983) is a driver, manager, owner and head of the GPVWC.
Ponissi first joined the GPVWC in 2002 and took control of the league, then named F1VWC, by the end of 2003. By the start of 2008, Ponissi brought back the original moniker, GPVWC, ratified by the league's originator, Dan Lawrence when Dan gave his blessing for a revival of the GPVWC brand name.
William introduced his team, E.I.R.E - an acronym which is a play on words relating to his Irish roots - in May of 2002 at the Monaco Grand Prix, driving for the team himself. In 2008 the team was rebranded and became known as Nordsjoen Racing.
Aside from admin and managerial responsibilities Ponissi currently drives for Constant Racing in the Superleague. His most successful season was in 2008 with Nordsjoen. The Italian scored seven podiums that year, including a well earned victory at Monza, where he edged past Jeroen Jansen on the last lap and won by less than a tenth of a second.
Complete GPVWC Superleague results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002 | EIRE‡ | EIRE001 | Ford | AUS
DQ |
MAL
10 |
BRA
Ret |
SMR
13 |
ESP
11 |
AUT
14 |
MON
10 |
CAN
13 |
EUR
- |
GBR
Ret |
FRA
11 |
GER
- |
HUN
- |
BEL
- |
ITA
- |
USA
13 |
JAP
10 |
28th | 8 | |||
2003 | EIRE‡ | EIRE002 | Cosworth | AUS
Ret |
MAL
Ret |
BRA
DQ |
SMR
- |
ESP
Ret |
AUT
- |
MON
- |
CAN
- |
EUR
- |
FRA
6 |
GBR
- |
GER
- |
HUN
- |
ITA
- |
USA
16 |
JAP
- |
16th | 3 | ||||
2004 | Woods Racing | ? | ? | AUS
21 |
MAL
19 |
AUT
- |
SMR
Ret |
ESP
Ret |
MON
- |
EUR
Ret |
CAN
- |
USA
- |
GBR
- |
GER
- |
HUN
- |
BEL
- |
ITA
- |
FRA
13 |
JAP
15 |
BRA
- |
39th | 0 | |||
2005 | Phoenix F1 | PhF1-03 | Renault | AUS
- |
MAL
- |
AUT
- |
SMR
- |
ESP
- |
MON
- |
EUR
- |
CAN
- |
USA
- |
FRA
- |
GBR
- |
GER
- |
HUN
- |
ITA
- |
BEL
- |
BRA
- |
JAP
- |
2nd | 73 | |||
2006 | FinOz Racing | FinOz-003 | Ferrari | BEL
- |
MAL
- |
AUS
- |
SMR
- |
EUR
- |
ESP
- |
MON
- |
GBR
- |
CAN
- |
USA
- |
FRA
- |
GER
- |
HUN
- |
TUR
- |
ITA
- |
CHN
- |
JAP
- |
BRA
- |
2nd | 71 | ||
2007 | FinOz Racing | FinOz-004 | Ferrari | AUS
- |
MAL
- |
BAH
- |
ESP
- |
MON
- |
CAN
- |
USA
- |
FRA
- |
GBR
- |
GER
- |
HUN
- |
TUR
- |
ITA
- |
BEL
- |
JAP
- |
CHN
- |
BRA
- |
7th | 33 | |||
2009 | Platform Michelangelo‡ | PM001 | Ferrari | AUS | CHN | JAP
Ret |
FRA
2 |
IRL
10 |
MON
7 |
GBR
9 |
CZE
8 |
BAH
5 |
RSA
Ret |
CAN
Ret |
MEX
5 |
BRA
Ret |
ITA
7 |
ESP
6 |
BEL
Ret |
NED
6 |
SIN
Ret |
9th | 27 | ||
2010 | Woods Racing | WR005 | Mercedes | AUS
6 |
CHN
6 |
JAP
Ret |
UAE
Ret |
HUN
5 |
MON
5 |
GBR
11 |
POR
5 |
BAH
1 |
TUR
3 |
CAN
9† |
MEX
2 |
BRA
2 |
ARG
4 |
ESP
5 |
ITA
Ret |
BEL
Ret |
NED
2 |
SIN
2 |
3rd | 117 | |
2011 | Woods Racing | WR006 | Mercedes | AUS
8 |
UAE
10 |
JAP
12 |
CHN
13 |
RSA
5 |
AUT
6 |
FRA
8 |
MON
13† |
GBR
DNS |
BAH
13 |
SMR
Ret |
TUR
14 |
MEX
12 |
CAN
7 |
BRA
Ret |
ITA
5 |
ESP
Ret |
BEL
14 |
NED
13 |
SIN
Ret |
14th | 28 |
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
‡ Driver raced for more than one team that season. The constructor displayed is the team in which most races were driven.