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Vicky Piria

Vicky Piria

Italian racecar driver (born 1993)


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

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Piria competing in W Series in Austin Texas in October 2021

Career

Karting

Born in Milan, Lombardia, Piria grew up in Perugia, in the Umbria region. 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] She also 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, Piria 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

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* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

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Complete Pro Mazda Championship results

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Complete W Series results

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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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