Giacomo Ricci

Giacomo Ricci
Born	(1985-03-30) March 30, 1985 Baveno, Italy
Occupation(s)	Racing driver (retired), Team manager
Years active	2001–2012 (racing)
Known for	Competing in GP2 Series, Euroseries 3000, Auto GP

Giacomo Ricci (born 30 March 1985 in Baveno) is a retired Italian race car driver.

Formula BMW

Ricci launched his automobile racing journey in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC championship during 2001 and 2002, achieving his highest championship position as seventh place.

Formula Renault

In 2001, he took part in a single event of the Italian Formula Renault Championship. The following year, Ricci competed in selected rounds of the two-litre German series as well as the European Cup. For 2003, he moved to the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, where he secured fourth place overall, and also made one appearance in the North American Formula TR 2000 Pro Series. In 2004, Ricci participated in eight races of the World Series by Nissan, which was renamed World Series by Renault in the subsequent season.

Formula 3000

Between 2004 and 2007, Ricci competed in various Formula 3000 competitions, including Euro Formula 3000, Italian Formula 3000, and Euroseries 3000. After a season without points in 2004, he improved to finish third in the championship standings in 2005. Driving for Fisichella Motorsport in 2006, Ricci claimed the title by securing five victories and thirteen podium finishes. In 2007, he took part selectively and ended the season fifth overall while beginning to focus on racing opportunities in North America.

Champ Car Atlantic

During the 2007 season, Ricci drove for Conquest Racing in the Champ Car Atlantic series. He completed the year sixth in the overall rankings but did not achieve any podiums or wins. Among rookies, he was ranked third behind Franck Perera and Robert Wickens.

GP2 Series

Ricci made his GP2 Series debut in 2008 with David Price Racing (DPR), stepping in for Michael Herck during the first rounds due to Herck’s injury. After two rounds, Andy Soucek replaced Ricci as Herck returned to fitness. He briefly competed with Trident Racing in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series before rejoining DPR.

In the 2009 GP2 season, Ricci partnered again with Herck but encountered mechanical difficulties that limited him to finishing only three out of seven races. He missed the Nürburgring events where Franck Perera substituted for him. Returning for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series, Ricci earned his first points and podium finishes in GP2 competition, including a dominant lights-to-flag victory at Bahrain that helped him secure third place overall.

Continuing with DPR in the main GP2 championship of 2010, Ricci secured a runner-up finish at the opening round but then experienced an eleven-race stretch without scoring points before winning the sprint race at Hungary. Later that season, Fabrizio Crestani replaced him; despite missing six races, Ricci concluded the year thirteenth in the standings.

After limited racing activity throughout 2011, Ricci returned to participate in the non-championship GP2 Abu Dhabi rounds with Super Nova Racing alongside Fabio Onidi, finishing eleventh and twenty-third across two events.

International GT Open

In 2008, Ricci competed within both GTA and GTS categories of the International GT Open championship.

Auto GP

Following Super Nova’s exit from GP2 which affected his ongoing participation, Ricci re-entered competition in 2012 within Euroseries 3000—now known as Auto GP—taking part selectively with Austrian outfit Zele Racing.

He is currently engaged as team manager for Trident Racing.

Career overview

Season	Championship	Team	Events	Victories	Pole positions	Fastest laps	Podium finishes	Points scored	Final standing
2001	Formula BMW ADAC	CTS-Motorsport	20	1	0	?	3	94	7th place
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italia	Toby Fortec Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	Not Classified
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Germany	SL Formula Racing	8	0	0	0	0	26	28th place
	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	KUG Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	0	Not Classified
	Formula BMW ADAC	KUG/Dewalt Racing	6	0	0	0	0	15	18th position
2003	Formula Junior 1600 Spain	?	?	?	?	?	?	106	4th place
	Fran-Am 2000 Winter World Championship
Team Italia
	1
0
29th place
2004
	World Series by Nissan
		Vergani Formula
GD Racing
Euro Formula 3000 Series
Power Tech
2005-2014 (notable seasons)
	Italian Formula 3000 Championship (2005)
	Team Astromega (2005)
	Euroseries 3000 (2006)
	FMS International (2006)
GP2 Series (2008-2011) with DPR and Super Nova Racing
International GT Open (2008-2009) with GPC Sport, Villois Racing, Advanced Engineering
Auto GP World Series (2012-2013) with Zele Racing and Team MLR71

‡ Indicates team championship ranking.

Full Euroseries 3000/Auto GP results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics represent fastest lap)

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Year	Team/Entrant	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12	Race 13	Race 14	Race 15	Race 16	Race 17	Race 18	Final position (DC)	Total points
2004 Euro Formula 3000 season	Power Tech (motor racing)	Masaryk Circuit 10	Autódromo do Estoril 7	Circuito de Jerez Ret	Autodromo Nazionale Monza 8	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Donington Park	Dijon-Prenois	Zolder	Nürburgring (Race1)	Nürburgring (Race2)									14th place	0 points
2005 Italian Formula 3000 season	Team Astromega	Adria International Raceway Ret	ACI Vallelunga Circuit 3	Masaryk Circuit 2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 9	Mugello Circuit 3	Autodromo dell'Umbria 7	Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5	Misano World Circuit 3											3rd	33
2006 Euroseries 3000 season	nowrap	FMS International	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | Adria International Raceway (Race1) 5	style="background:#FBFFBF;" style=Adria International Raceway (Race2) 1	style="background:#FBFFBF;" style=Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Race1) 1	style="background:#FBFFBF;" style=Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Race2) 1	style="background:#DFDFDF;" style=Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Race1) 2	style="background:#FBFFBF;" style=Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Race2) 1	style="background:#DFDFDF;" style=Hungaroring (Race1) 2	style="background:#DFFFDF;" style=Hungaroring (Race2) 4	style="background:#FFDF9F;" style=Mugello Circuit (Race1) 3	style="background:#FFDF9F;" style=Mugello Circuit (Race2) 3	style="background:#FFDF9F;" style=Silverstone Circuit (Race1) "3"	style="background:#CFCFFF;" style=Silverstone Circuit (Race2) "11"	style="background:#DFDFDF;" style=Circuit de Catalunya (Race1) "2"	style="background:#EFCFFF;" style=Circuit de Catalunya (Race2) "Ret"	style="background:#DFFFDF;" style=ACI Vallelunga Circuit (Race1) "5"	style="background:#FFDF9F;" style=ACI Vallelunga Circuit (Race2) "3"	style="background:#FBFFBF;" style=Misano World Circuit (Race1) "1"	style="background:#DFDFDF;" style=Misano World Circuit (Race2) "2"	! style='background:#FBFFBF;'	1st	! style='background:#FBFFBF;'	106
2007 Euroseries 3000 season	nowrap	ELK Motorsport	ACI Vallelunga Circuit (Race1)	ACI Vallelunga Circuit (Race2)	Hungaroring (Race1)	Hungaroring (Race2)	Silverstone Circuit (Race1)	Silverstone Circuit (Race2)	Mugello Circuit (Race1)	Mugello Circuit (Race2)	Nürburgring (Race1)	Nürburgring (Race2)	style='background:#FBFFBF;' Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA (Race 1) Template:Small 1	!5th place	!37 points

Full GP2 Series Performance

(legend) (Events highlighted in bold represent pole positions) (Events in italics denote fastest laps)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Standing	Total Points
2008	DPR	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR Ret	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 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	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 15	MON FEA 14	MON SPR Ret	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR Ret	SIL FEA 17	SIL SPR 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

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Full GP2 Asia Series outcomes

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics represent fastest lap)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Position	Points
2008–09	Trident Racing	SHI FEA 13	SHI SPR Ret											27th	0
	David Price Racing			DUB FEA 13	DUB SPR C	BHR1 FEA Ret	BHR1 SPR 16	LSL FEA Ret	LSL SPR 13	SEP FEA 16	SEP SPR 15	BHR2 FEA 11	BHR2 SPR 10
2009–10	David Price Racing	YMC1 FEA Ret	YMC1 SPR Ret	YMC2 FEA 5	YMC2 SPR 3	BHR1 FEA 4	BHR1 SPR 2	BHR2 < br > FEA < br > 5	BHR2 < br > SPR < br > 1					3rd	29

Comprehensive GP2 Final standings

(key) (Races in bold signify pole position) (Races in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	Race 1	Race 2	Final Position	Points
2011	Super Nova Racing	YMC FEA 11	YMC SPR 23	15th	0