Arthur Pic

Arthur Pic
Pic in 2012
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 33) Montélimar, France
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.

Career

Karting

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.

Formula Renault 2.0 Series (2009-2010)

Arthur Pic at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

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.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2011-2013)

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.

MRF Challenge (2013)

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.

GP2 Series (2014-2016)

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.

Personal life

Pic is the younger brother of the racing driver Charles Pic, who has competed in Formula One with the Caterham and Marussia teams.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
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	3rd
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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
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

Complete GP2 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
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.

References

1. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
2. "Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
3. "A new era for Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
4. Mills, Peter (3 January 2011). "Tech 1 brings Arthur Pic into FR3.5". Autosport. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 3 January 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Arthur Pic career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean-Éric Vergne	Formul'Academy Euro Series Champion 2008	Succeeded by Benjamin Bailly