Arthur Pic

Arthur Pic
Pic in 2012.
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-10-05) 5 October 1991 Montélimar, France
Related to	Charles Pic (brother)
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Rapax
Car no.	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 in Montélimar) is a French racing driver currently competing in the GP2 Series with Italian outfit Rapax. Pic also holds the track record at Motorland, Aragon in Spain.

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 the in 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 graduation 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 fourteen races,^[1] and sixth place in the West European Cup where he managed two podiums ^[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 an impressive 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 illustrious DAMS squad for 2012 to lead the team's maiden Formula Renault 3.5 campaign. Pic immediately proved rapid, taking pole position for the opening two races and scoring enough points to remain amongst the championship contenders at half-distance. He recorded his maiden race victory in the championship's trip to Russia, emerging from the weekend as the highest scoring driver with a total of 37 points. But a difficult end to the year would prove his undoing and ultimately leave Pic eighth in the final standings.

Pic remained in the championship for a third year in 2013, joining new Spanish squad AV Formula. Despite struggling in qualifying for the opening round at Monza, Pic completed a combined 28 overtaking moves during both races to finish sixth and fourth respectively. He then scored the team's maiden podium in only their second weekend of FR3.5 competition, coming home third at Motorland Aragon. Pic scored a total of nine points-paying finishes over the course of the season to conclude the 2013 campaign 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 was on the top step of the podium again at the following event in Bahrain. In total, the Frenchman scored an impressive seven podium finishes over the course of three weekends.

GP2 Series (2014-present)

In January 2014 it was confirmed that Pic would drive for the Campos Racing team in the upcoming GP2 Series season. He took his first podium and GP2 win in the feature race at the Hungaroring with two additional podiums at Monza and Yas Marina. Pic remained with Campos for the 2015 season, finishing 11th, four places from where he finished in 2014. For the 2016 season, Pic will switch to Rapax.

Personal life

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

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arthur Pic.

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