Vicky Piria

Vicky Piria
Vicky Piria
	Piria in 2019
Nationality	Italian; British
Born	11 November 1993 (age 30); Milan, Italy
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Trident Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	23
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	26th in 2012
Previous series
2024; 2022–2023; 2020; 2019, 2021; 2018; 2014; 2013; 2010–11; 2009; 2009; 2009	E1 Series Championship; Italian GT Championship; Formula Renault Eurocup; W Series; Porsche Carrera Cup Italy; Pro Mazda Championship; European F3 Open Championship; Formula Abarth; Formula 2000 Light Italy; Formula Lista Junior; Formula Renault 2.0 Italy

Vittoria "Vicky" Piria (born 11 November 1993) is an Italian-British racing driver who races in Italian GT, and previously competed in the GP3 Series and W Series.

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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula 2000 Light	Tomcat Racing	6	0	0	0	43	19th
	Formula 2000 Light Winter Trophy		2	0	0	0	28	9th
	Italian Formula Renault Championship		2	0	0	0	8	29th
	Formula Lista Junior	Daltec Racing	2	0	0	0	0	22nd
2010	Formula Abarth	Tomcat Racing	12	0	0	0	0	34th
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series	Prema Powerteam	14	0	0	0	9	15th
2011	Formula Abarth European Series	Prema Powerteam	14	0	0	0	8	18th
2012	GP3 Series	Trident Racing	16	0	0	0	0	27th
2012–13	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	4	0	0	0	14	14th
2013	European F3 Open	BVM Racing	16	0	0	0	31	10th
2014	Pro Mazda Championship	JDC MotorSports	4	0	0	0	17	26th
2018	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy	Dinamic Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	W Series	Hitech GP	6	0	0	0	24	9th
2020	Formula Renault Eurocup	Bhaitech Racing	4	0	0	0	1	20th
2021	W Series	Sirin Racing	8	0	0	0	1	19th
2022	Italian GT Championship - GT Cup	Tsunami RT	8	0	0	1	42	8th
2023	Italian GT Championship - GT Cup	Enrico Fulgenzi Racing	3	2	0	2	55	2nd
2024	Swiss Porsche Sprint Challenge	Enrico Fulgenzi Racing	2	1	0	1	40*	9th*
	E1 Series	Team Checo	3	0	0	0	11*	11th*
	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT Cup Pro-Am Division 2	EF Racing	1	1	1	1	33	NC

* 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

^ "Formula 2000 Light Italy 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2009". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "Formula Abarth European Series 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
^ "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.
^ 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)

External links

Official website
Vicky Piria career summary at DriverDB.com

[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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