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Giacomo Ricci

{{short description|Italian racing driver (born 1985)}}

{{For|the football player|Giacomo Ricci (footballer)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Giacomo Ricci

| image =

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| nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baveno (Italy)

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| prev series = Auto GP
GP2 Series
GP2 Asia Series
Le Mans Series
GP2 Asia Series
International GT Open
Italian Formula Three
International Formula Master
Champ Car Atlantic
Euro/Italian Formula 3000
World Series by Nissan
Fran-Am
Formula Junior 1600 Spain
FR2000 Germany
FR2000 Eurocup
Formula BMW ADAC
Italian Formula Renault 2000

| prev series years = 2010, 12-13
2008–2010
2009–10
2009
2008–09
2008–09
2008
2008
2007
2004–07
2004
2003
2003
2002
2002
2001–02
2001

| titles = Euroseries 3000
Italian Formula 3000

| title years = 2006
2006

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Giacomo Ricci (born 30 March 1985 in Baveno) is a former Italian racing driver.

Career

=Formula BMW=

Ricci began his car racing career by driving in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC series in 2001 and 2002, with a best finish of seventh in the drivers' championship.

=Formula Renault=

Ricci also competed in one race of the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001, and competed in rounds of the two-litre German series and the European Cup in 2002. For 2003 he made a step down to the smaller engine category of the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, finishing fourth in the championship. He also drove in one race of the North American-based FRenault series during the year. In 2004 he drove in eight races of the World Series by Nissan (who share the same owners as Renault, the championship being rebranded as the World Series by Renault the following year).

=Formula 3000=

From 2004 to 2007, Ricci drove in the F3000 series variously known as Euro Formula 3000, Italian Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000. After initially scoring no points from four races in 2004, he improved to third place in the standings in 2005. In 2006, driving for the Fisichella Motorsport team, he won the championship with five wins and thirteen podium finishes. For 2007 he only competed in selected rounds and finished fifth in the championship, opting to focus his intentions on North American-based motor racing that year.

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=Champ Car Atlantic=

Ricci duly drove in Champ Car Atlantic (the feeder series for the now-defunct Champ Car World Series) in 2007 for the Conquest Racing team. He finished in sixth place in the championship, despite not scoring any wins or podium finishes. He was the third-highest ranked rookie of 2007, behind Franck Perera and Robert Wickens.

=GP2 Series=

Ricci received his GP2 Series call-up in 2008 to replace the injured Michael Herck in the David Price Racing team for the first few rounds of the championship, because the Belgian-Romanian driver had broken his wrist in the preceding GP2 Asia Series.{{cite news| title =Ricci to replace Herck at DPR | publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66774| date =2008-04-22| access-date =2008-05-09}} His team-mate was Brazilian Diego Nunes. He was replaced by Andy Soucek after the first two rounds of the championship as Herck continued to recover.{{cite news| title =Soucek to stand in for Herck at DPR| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67569| date = 2008-05-19| access-date =2008-05-23}}

Ricci then competed in the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the Trident Racing team. He was then replaced by Alberto Valerio, so he moved back to DPR for the second round onwards, where he in turn replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi.{{cite news| title =Driver changes aplenty in Dubai| publisher =crash.net| url =http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/172365-0/driver_changes_aplenty_in_dubai.html| date = 2008-12-04| access-date = 2008-12-04}}

Ricci continued with DPR into the 2009 GP2 Series season, teaming up with Herck this time, as he did in the Asia Series. Ricci struggled with reliability, finishing only three of the seven races he started and was replaced for the Nürburgring rounds by ex-IndyCar Series racer Franck Perera.{{cite news | title = Perera to replace Ricci at DPR | first = Mark | last = Glendenning | work = autosport.com | publisher = Haymarket Publications | url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76761 | date = 2009-07-07 | access-date = 2009-07-07}}

Ricci returned for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season{{cite news|url=http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=25309&cat=4 |title=La lista dei piloti che saranno ad Abu Dhabi per la GP2 Asia |date=2009-10-22 |work=ItaliaRacing.net |publisher=Inpagina |language=it |access-date=2009-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818181404/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=25309&cat=4 |archive-date=2011-08-18 }} and after a double retirement at the first Abu Dhabi round, Ricci scored his first ever GP2 points in either the main series or the Asia Series, after finishing fifth in the second Abu Dhabi feature race. He added his first podium the following day, finishing third behind team-mate Herck and race-winner Davide Valsecchi during the sprint race. His first victory came in the final race of the season, leading from lights-to-flag in Bahrain. With this result, he sealed third place in the championship both for himself, and his team.

Ricci remained with DPR for the 2010 main series, and scored his first points finish with second place in the first race of the season. He then endured an eleven-race, non-scoring streak, but a stronger weekend in Hungary culminated in his maiden main series win in the sprint race.{{cite web|last=Glendenning|first=Mark|title=Ricci takes first GP2 main series win|publisher=Haymarket Publications|work=autosport.com|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85776|date=2010-08-01|access-date=2010-08-30}} However, he was replaced by compatriot Fabrizio Crestani thereafter.{{cite news|title=Spa: Official Preview|publisher=Pitpass|work=pitpass.com|url=http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=41777|date=2010-08-26|access-date=2010-08-30}} He still finished in thirteenth place in the drivers' championship despite missing the final six races on the calendar.

After spending most of 2011 without a drive, Ricci returned to the GP2 Series for the non-championship races in Abu Dhabi that concluded the season. Driving for Super Nova Racing alongside compatriot Fabio Onidi, he finished 11th and 23rd in the two races.

=International GT Open=

Ricci also competed in the GTA and GTS classes of the International GT Open championship in 2008.

=Auto GP=

The withdrawal of the Super Nova team from the GP2 Series hampered Ricci's hopes to remain in the category, so for 2012 he returned to the Euroseries 3000 (now rebranded as the Auto GP) to compete in selected events for the Austrian Zele Racing team.

He is currently the team manager of Trident Racing.

Racing record

=Career summary=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

!F/Laps

!Podiums

! Points

! Position

rowspan=2| 2001

|align=left| Formula BMW ADAC

|align=left| CTS-Motorsport

| 20

| 1

| 0

|?

|3

| 94

| 7th

align=left| Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

|align=left| Toby Fortec Racing

| 1

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| NC

rowspan=3| 2002

|align=left| Formula Renault 2000 Germany

|align=left| SL Formula Racing

| 8

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 26

| 28th

align=left| Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup

|align=left| KUG Motorsport

| 6

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| NC

align=left| Formula BMW ADAC

|align=left| KUG/Dewalt Racing

| 6

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 15

| 18th

rowspan=2| 2003

|align=left| Formula Junior 1600 Spain

|align=left| ?

| ?

| ?

| ?

|?

|?

| 106

| 4th

align=left| Fran-Am 2000 Winter World Championship

|align=left| Team Italia

| 1

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 30

| 29th

rowspan="3" | 2004

| rowspan="2" align="left" | World Series by Nissan

|align=left| Vergani Formula

| 6

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| rowspan="2" | 4

| rowspan="2" | 19th

align=left| GD Racing

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

align="left" | Euro Formula 3000 Series

| align="left" | Power Tech

| 4

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| 14th

2005

| align="left" | Italian Formula 3000 Championship

| align="left" | Team Astromega

| 8

| 0

| 0

|1

|4

| 33

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd

2006

| align="left" | Euroseries 3000

| align="left" | FMS International

| 18

| 5

| 1

|7

|13

| 106

| style="background:#FBFFBF;" | 1st

rowspan="3" | 2007

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Euroseries 3000

| align="left" | G-Tec

| 2

| 1

| 0

|0

|1

| rowspan="2" | 37

| rowspan="2" | 5th

align="left" | ELK Motorsport

|4

|1

|0

|2

|4

align="left" | Champ Car Atlantic

| align="left" | Conquest Racing

| 12

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 188

| 6th

rowspan="5" | 2008

| align="left" | GP2 Series

| align="left" | DPR

| 4

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| 31st

align="left" | International GT Open - GTA

| align="left" | GPC Sport

| 6

| 0

| 0

|0

|2

| 19

| 12th

align=left| International GT Open - GTS

| align="left" align=left| Villois Racing

| 4

| 1

| 0

|0

|3

| 26

| 10th

align="left" | Italian Formula 3 Championship

| align="left" | BVM - Target Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 5

| 16th

align="left" | International Formula Master

| align="left" | Euronova Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| 34th

rowspan="2" | 2008–09

| rowspan="2" align="left" | GP2 Asia Series

| align="left" | Trident Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| rowspan="2" | 0

| rowspan="2" | 27th

align="left" | DPR

| 9

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

rowspan="3" | 2009

| align="left" | GP2 Series

| align="left" | DPR

| 7

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| 27th

align=left| International GT Open - Super GT

|align=left| Advanced Engineering

|12

|1

|0

|0

|6

|50

|5th

align=left| Le Mans Series - GT2

|align=left| FBR

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|3

|20th

2009–10

| align="left" | GP2 Asia Series

| align="left" | DPR

| 8

| 1

| 0

|1

|3

| 29

| style="background:#FFDF9F;" | 3rd

rowspan="3" | 2010

| align="left" | GP2 Series

| align="left" | DPR

| 14

| 1

| 0

|0

|2

| 16

| 13th

align="left" | Auto GP Series

| align="left" | RP Motorsport

| 2

| 0

| 0

|0

|1

| 8

| 12th

align=left| Superleague Formula

|align=left| Galatasaray S.K.

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|358‡

|13th‡

2011

| align="left" | GP2 Final

| align="left" | Super Nova Racing

| 2

| 0

| 0

|0

|0

| 0

| 15th

rowspan="2" | 2012

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Auto GP World Series

| align="left" | Zele Racing

| 4

| 0

| 0

|0

|1

| rowspan="2" | 40

| rowspan="2" | 11th

align="left" | Team MLR71

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

2013

|align=left| Auto GP Series

|align=left| Team MLR71

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|24th

2014

|align=left| MW-V6 Pickup Series

|align=left| Team Italy

|3

|0

|0

|3

|3

|51

|7th

‡ Team standings.

=Complete Euroseries 3000/Auto GP results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! DC

! Points

2004

! nowrap| Power Tech

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ
{{small|8}}

| SPA

| DON

| DIJ

| ZOL

| NÜR1

| NÜR2

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

! 14th

! 0

2005

! nowrap| Team Astromega

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ADR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VAL
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRN
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MUG
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAG
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MIS
{{small|3}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 33

2006

! nowrap| FMS International

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ADR
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ADR
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| IMO
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| IMO
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SPA
2
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HUN
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
2
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MUG
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MUG
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAT
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VAL
2
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| MIS
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MIS
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| 1st

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| 106

2007

! nowrap| ELK Motorsport

| VAL
1

| VAL
2

| HUN
1

| HUN
2

| SIL
1

| SIL
2

| MUG
1

| MUG
2

| NÜR
1

| NÜR
2

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SPA
1
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT
1
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| CAT
2
{{small|1}}

|

|

! 5th

! 37

2010

! nowrap| RP Motorsport

| BRN
1

| BRN
2

| IMO
1

| IMO
2

| SPA
1

| SPA
2

| MAG
1

| MAG
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NAV
2
{{small|2}}

| MNZ
1

| MNZ
2

|

|

|

|

|

|

! 12th

! 8

rowspan=2| 2012

! nowrap| Zele Racing

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|14}}

| VAL
1

| VAL
2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
2
{{small|3}}

| HUN
1

| HUN
2

| ALG
1

| ALG
2

| CUR
1

| CUR
2

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| 11th

!rowspan=2| 40

nowrap| Team MLR71

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
1
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
2
{{small|11†}}

|

|

|

|

2013

! nowrap| Team MLR71

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ
2
{{small|12}}

| MAR
1

| MAR
2

| HUN
1

| HUN
2

| SIL
1

| SIL
2

| MUG
1

| MUG
2

| NÜR
1

| NÜR
2

| DON
1

| DON
2

| BRN
1

| BRN
2

|

|

! 24th

! 0

=Complete GP2 Series results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! DC

! Points

2008

! DPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST
SPR
{{small|11}}

| MON
FEA

| MON
SPR

| MAG
FEA

| MAG
SPR

| SIL
FEA

| SIL
SPR

| HOC
FEA

| HOC
SPR

| HUN
FEA

| HUN
SPR

| VAL
FEA

| VAL
SPR

| SPA
FEA

| SPA
SPR

| MNZ
FEA

| MNZ
SPR

! 31st

! 0

2009

! DPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
FEA
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|DNS}}

| NÜR
FEA

| NÜR
SPR

| HUN
FEA

| HUN
SPR

| VAL
FEA

| VAL
SPR

| SPA
FEA

| SPA
SPR

| MNZ
FEA

| MNZ
SPR

| ALG
FEA

| ALG
SPR

! 27th

! 0

2010

! DPR

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAT
FEA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT
SPR
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
FEA
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST
SPR
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
SPR
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
FEA
{{small|16†}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
SPR
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
FEA
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| HUN
SPR
{{small|1}}

| SPA
FEA

| SPA
SPR

| MNZ
FEA

| MNZ
SPR

| YMC
FEA

| YMC
SPR

! 13th

! 16

==Complete GP2 Asia Series results==

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! DC

! Points

rowspan=2 nowrap| 2008–09

! nowrap| Trident Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SHI
FEA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SHI
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| 27th

!rowspan=2| 0

nowrap| David Price Racing

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB
FEA
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DUB
SPR
{{small|C}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR1
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR1
SPR
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LSL
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LSL
SPR
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP
FEA
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP
SPR
{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR2
FEA
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR2
SPR
{{small|10}}

nowrap| 2009–10

! nowrap| David Price Racing

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YMC1
FEA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YMC1
SPR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| YMC2
FEA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| YMC2
SPR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR1
FEA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BHR1
SPR
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR2
FEA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| BHR2
SPR
{{small|1}}

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 29

==Complete GP2 Final results==

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! DC

! Points

2011

! nowrap| Super Nova Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC
FEA
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC
SPR
{{small|23}}

! 15th

! 0

References

  • {{DriverDB driver|giacomo-ricci}}

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.giacomoricci.com/en/}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|giacomo-ricci}}

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{{s-sports}}

{{succession box|title=Euroseries 3000 champion | before = Luca Filippi | after = Davide Rigon | years = 2006}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricci, Giacomo}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Racing drivers from Milan

Category:Italian racing drivers

Category:Italian Formula Renault 2.0 drivers

Category:Formula BMW ADAC drivers

Category:Formula Renault Eurocup drivers

Category:German Formula Renault 2.0 drivers

Category:North American Formula Renault drivers

Category:Atlantic Championship drivers

Category:International Formula Master drivers

Category:Auto GP drivers

Category:International GT Open drivers

Category:Italian Formula Three Championship drivers

Category:GP2 Asia Series drivers

Category:GP2 Series drivers

Category:European Le Mans Series drivers

Category:Team Astromega drivers

Category:Scuderia Coloni drivers

Category:Conquest Racing drivers

Category:David Price Racing drivers

Category:BVM Target drivers

Category:Euronova Racing drivers

Category:Trident Racing drivers

Category:RP Motorsport drivers

Category:Super Nova Racing drivers

Category:AF Corse drivers