Vicky Piria

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

Vicky Piria
Piria at Monza in 2011
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993
Milan, Italy
Pro Mazda Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamJDC MotorSports
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number11
Previous series
2013
2012
2010–11
2009
2009
2009		European F3 Open Championship
GP3 Series
Formula Abarth
Formula 2000 Light Italy
Formula Lista Junior
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy
Vicky Piria competing in W Series in Austin Texas in October of 2021.

Career

Karting

Piria grew up in Perugia in Umbria, she 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 raced for JDC MotorSports in the Pro Mazda Championship, part of the Mazda Road to Indy.[8] She was 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-event series, the only Italian in it.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps 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
2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 0 14 14th
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
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Dinamic Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 0 0 24 9th
2020 Formula Renault Eurocup Bhaitech Racing 4 0 0 0 0 1 20th
2021 W Series Sirin Racing 8 0 0 0 0 1 19th
2022 Italian GT Championship - GT Cup Tsunami RT
2023 Italian GT Championship - GT Cup Enrico Fulgenzi Racing

* Season still in progress.

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

Complete Pro Mazda Championship results
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 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
15		 ZOL
9		 MIS
5		 NOR
12		 ASS
8		 BRH
6		 9th 24
2021 Sirin Racing RBR1
17†		 RBR2
15		 SIL
10		 HUN
16		 SPA
12		 ZAN
11		 COA1
14		 COA2
14		 19th 1

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

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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