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 number	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, and sixth place in the West European Cup where he managed two podiums 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 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 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

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	Formul'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
2014	GP2 Series	Campos Racing	22	1	0	1	3	124	7th
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.

External links

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