Vicky Piria

Vittoria "Vicky" Piria (born 11 November 1993 in Milan) is an Italian female racing driver who currently races in Formula Renault Eurocup and W Series

Vicky Piria
Piria at Monza in 2011
Nationality Italian
Born (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993
Milan, Italy
Pro Mazda Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamJDC MotorSports
Car number11
Previous series
2013
2012
201011
2009
2009
2009
European F3 Open Championship
GP3 Series
Formula Abarth
Formula 2000 Light Italy
Formula Lista Junior
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy

Career

Karting

Piria began karting in 2003 and raced primarily in her native Italy for the majority of this part of her career, working her way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF3 category by 2008.

Formula Renault and Formula Lista Junior

In 2009, Piria graduated to single-seaters, but had only part-time entries. She contested in Italian Formula 2000 Light and Formula Renault 2.0 championships for Tomcat Racing, having participate just six and two races respectively.[1][2] Also she competed in Formula Lista Junior opening round at Dijon.[3]

Formula Abarth

In 2010, Piria switched to the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, stating with Tomcat Racing. Her best result was a finish in fourteenth place at Magione that brought her 34th place in the series standings.[4] Piria remained in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011 but switched to Prema Powerteam, when the series split in European and Italian series. She had five-pointscoring finishes in Italian and three European Series and finally finished fifteenth and eighteenth respectively.[5][6]

GP3 Series

Piria made her debut in the GP3 Series in 2012 with Trident Racing, who took over Addax Team's entry.[7] Piria finished the season without scoring championship points and a best finish of 12th.

European F3 Open

In 2013 Piria raced in European F3 Open with BVM Racing. She finished tenth in points.

Pro Mazda

In 2014 she will race for JDC MotorSports in the Pro Mazda Championship, part of the Mazda Road to Indy.[8] She is one of three female drivers contesting the 2014 championship.

W Series

In 2019, Piria participated to the selections for the newly created W Series. She passed the first phase and the final selection, becoming one of the 18 drivers to compete in the 6-races series, the only Italian in it.

Racing record

Career summary

    Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.L. Podiums Points Position
    2009 Formula 2000 Light Tomcat Racing 6 0 0 0 0 43 19th
    Formula 2000 Light Winter Trophy 2 0 0 0 0 28 9th
    Italian Formula Renault Championship 2 0 0 0 0 8 29th
    Formula Lista Junior Daltec Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd
    2010 Formula Abarth Tomcat Racing 12 0 0 0 0 0 34th
    2011 Formula Abarth Italian Series Prema Powerteam 14 0 0 0 0 9 15th
    Formula Abarth European Series 14 0 0 0 0 8 18th
    2012 GP3 Series Trident Racing 16 0 0 0 0 0 27th
    2013 European F3 Open BVM Racing 16 0 0 0 0 31 10th
    2014 Pro Mazda Championship JDC MotorSports 4 0 0 0 0 17 26th
    2019 W Series Hitech Grand Prix 6 0 0 0 0 24 9th
    2020 Formula Renault Eurocup Bhaitech Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 20th

    Complete GP3 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 D.C. Points
    2012 Trident Racing CAT
    FEA

    22
    CAT
    SPR

    16
    MON
    FEA

    19
    MON
    SPR

    12
    VAL
    FEA

    17
    VAL
    SPR

    18
    SIL
    FEA

    18
    SIL
    SPR

    21
    HOC
    FEA

    14
    HOC
    SPR

    Ret
    HUN
    FEA

    20
    HUN
    SPR

    19
    SPA
    FEA

    16
    SPA
    SPR

    19
    MNZ
    FEA

    16
    MNZ
    SPR

    Ret
    26th 0

    Pro Mazda Championship

    Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points
    2014 JDC MotorSports STP
    19
    STP
    DNS
    BAR
    13
    BAR
    13
    IMS IMS LOR HOU HOU MOH MOH MIL SON SON 26th 17

    Complete W Series results

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

    Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
    2019 HOC
    15
    ZOL
    9
    MIS
    5
    NRM
    12
    ASS
    8
    BRH
    6
    9th 24

    References

    1. "Formula 2000 Light Italy 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    2. "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    3. "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    4. "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    5. "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    6. "Formula Abarth European Series 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    7. "Vicky Piria joins Trident Racing for 2012 GP3 Series". Trident Racing. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
    8. Vicky Piria in Pro Mazda a St. Pete Archived 26 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Italiaracing.net, 23 March 2014, Retrieved 2014-03-29 (in Italian)

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