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Arthur Pic
Pic in 2012
NationalityFrance French
Born (1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 (age 33)
Montélimar, France
Related toCharles Pic (brother)
GP2 Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamRapax
Car number12
Former teamsCampos Racing
Starts61
Championships0
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish7th 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
2008Formul'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, and sixth place in the West European Cup where he managed two podium finishes and ended the campaign as the highest placed rookie driver.

Remaining in the Eurocup for the 2010 season, Pic switched to Tech 1 Racing. 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 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. 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.

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