Arthur Pic
Introduction '''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 roundIn 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 8th2013-14MRF Challenge Formula 2000 ChampionshipMRF Racing921471344th 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 ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 23rd 12 2012 DAMS '''ALC1''' '''''ALC2''''' MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 ''MSC2'' SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 102 2013 AV Formula MNZ1 ''MNZ2'' ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 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 BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA ''SOCSPR'' YMCFEA YMCSPR 7th 124 2015 Campos Racing BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 11th 60 2016 Rapax CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 14th 36† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
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