Vicky Piria

Vittoria "Vicky" Piria (born 11 November 1993 in Milan) is an Italian female racing driver who currently races in the 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 12 0 0 0 0 29 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

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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