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Arthur Pic | |
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Nationality | French |
Born | Montélimar, France | 5 October 1991
Related to | Charles Pic (brother) |
GP2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Rapax |
Car number | 12 |
Former teams | Campos Racing |
Starts | 61 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 7th in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2009–2010 2009 2008 2007 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Formul'Academy Euro Series Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium |
Championship titles | |
2008 | Formul'Academy Euro Series |
Arthur Pic (born 5 October 1991) is a French retired racing driver. He competed in the GP2 Series between 2014 and 2016.
Like most top-line drivers, Pic began his racing career in karting, contesting the 2005 French Junior Championship whilst also taking a third-place finish at the Bridgestone Cup and runner-up spot in Spain's Champions Cup at El Vendrell. The following season he claimed fourth in the French Championship before turning his attention to single-seater competition.
In 2007, 15-year-old Pic began his move to single-seater racing by running a limited schedule in the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium series. The following year, he stepped up to new-for-2008 Formul'Academy Euro Series which he won comfortably at the first attempt, taking nine podium finishes from fourteen races.
Next, Pic competed in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup championships for SG Formula. He finished tenth in the ultra-competitive Eurocup series, taking nine points-scoring positions in 14 races, [1] and sixth place in the West European Cup where he managed two podium finishes [2] and ended the campaign as the highest placed rookie driver.
Remaining in the Eurocup for the 2010 season, Pic switched to Tech 1 Racing. [3] and scored seven pole positions, four fastest laps and four race wins on his way to third in the standings.
It was announced on 3 January 2011 that Pic would drive for Tech 1 Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series [4] alongside Kevin Korjus. After a learning year in which he showed flashes of genuine pace and recorded 12 championship points, he switched to the DAMS squad for 2012 to lead the team's first Formula Renault 3.5 campaign. He immediately proved rapid, taking pole position for the opening two races and scoring enough points to remain among the championship contenders at half-distance. He recorded his first race victory in the championship's trip to Russia, emerging from the weekend as the highest scoring driver with a total of 37 points. A difficult end to the year proved to be his undoing and ultimately left him eighth in the final standings.
Pic remained in the championship for a third year in 2013, joining the new Spanish squad AV Formula. Despite struggling in qualifying for the opening round at Monza, he completed a combined 28 overtaking moves during both races to finish sixth and fourth respectively. He then scored the team's first podium finish in only its second weekend of FR3.5 competition, coming home third at Motorland Aragon. He had a total of nine points-paying finishes over the course of the 2013 season to conclude it eighth in the standings.
During the 2013 off-season, Pic competed in the MRF Challenge championship with backing from Renault. He took a commanding victory at the opening race, which ran in support of the Indian Grand Prix, and won again at the following event in Bahrain. In total, he had seven podium finishes over the course of three weekends.
In January 2014, it was confirmed that Pic would drive for the Campos Racing team in the following GP2 Series season. He took his first podium and GP2 win in the feature race at the Hungaroring with two more podiums at Monza and Yas Marina.[ citation needed ] He remained with Campos for the 2015 season, finishing 11th, four places from where he finished in 2014. He switched to the Rapax Team for the 2016 season.
Pic is the younger brother of the racing driver Charles Pic, who has competed in Formula One with the Caterham and Marussia teams.
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2007 | Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium | Thierry Boutsen Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2008 | Formul’Academy Euro Series | Auto Sport Academy | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 146.5 | 1st |
2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | SG Formula | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10th |
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 6th | ||
2010 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Tech 1 Racing | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 127 | 3rd |
Formula Renault UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24th | ||
2011 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Tech 1 Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23rd |
2012 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | DAMS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 102 | 8th |
2013 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | AV Formula | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 8th |
2013-14 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 134 | 4th |
2014 | GP2 Series | Campos Racing | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 124 | 7th |
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23rd | |
2015 | GP2 Series | Campos Racing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 11th |
2016 | GP2 Series | Rapax | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 14th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
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2011 | Tech 1 Racing | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 14 | SPA 1 16 | SPA 2 12 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 9 | MON 1 6 | NÜR 1 20 | NÜR 2 14 | HUN 1 19 | HUN 2 11 | SIL 1 16 | SIL 2 21 | LEC 1 19 | LEC 2 Ret | CAT 1 10 | CAT 2 10 | 23rd | 12 |
2012 | DAMS | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 3 | MON 1 11 | SPA 1 15 | SPA 2 Ret | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 Ret | MSC 1 4 | MSC 2 1 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 4 | HUN 1 5 | HUN 2 6 | LEC 1 Ret | LEC 2 14 | CAT 1 11 | CAT 2 6 | 8th | 102 |
2013 | AV Formula | MNZ 1 6 | MNZ 2 4 | ALC 1 3 | ALC 2 Ret | MON 1 10 | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 Ret | MSC 1 12 | MSC 2 16 | RBR 1 5 | RBR 2 20 | HUN 1 9 | HUN 2 Ret | LEC 1 6 | LEC 2 7 | CAT 1 Ret | CAT 2 Ret | 8th | 74 |
(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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2014 | Campos Racing | BHR FEA 5 | BHR SPR 9 | CAT FEA 6 | CAT SPR 4 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 5 | RBR FEA 10 | RBR SPR 13 | SIL FEA 11 | SIL SPR 22† | HOC FEA 19 | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA 1 | HUN SPR 6 | SPA FEA 15 | SPA SPR 20 | MNZ FEA 2 | MNZ SPR 7 | SOC FEA 4 | SOC SPR 5 | YMC FEA 8 | YMC SPR 3 | 7th | 124 |
2015 | Campos Racing | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 10 | CAT FEA 9 | CAT SPR 8 | MON FEA 4 | MON SPR 6 | RBR FEA 9 | RBR SPR 11 | SIL FEA 14 | SIL SPR 16 | HUN FEA 13 | HUN SPR 10 | SPA FEA 2 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 7 | MNZ SPR 2 | SOC FEA 8 | SOC SPR 13 | BHR FEA 10 | BHR SPR 16 | YMC FEA 17 | YMC SPR C | 11th | 60 |
2016 | Rapax | CAT FEA 13 | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA 10 | MON SPR 9 | BAK FEA Ret | BAK SPR 8 | RBR FEA 9 | RBR SPR 18 | SIL FEA 14 | SIL SPR 11 | HUN FEA 5 | HUN SPR Ret | HOC FEA 4 | HOC SPR 3 | SPA FEA 14 | SPA SPR 22† | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 11 | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 14th | 36 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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