# Giacomo Ricci

Giacomo Ricci (born 30 March 1985 in Baveno) is a former Italian racing driver.

## Career
### Formula BMW

Ricci began his car racing career by driving in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC series in 2001 and 2002, with a best finish of seventh in the drivers' championship.

### Formula Renault

Ricci also competed in one race of the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001, and competed in rounds of the two-litre German series and the European Cup in 2002. For 2003 he made a step down to the smaller engine category of the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 series, finishing fourth in the championship. He also drove in one race of the North American-based FRenault series during the year. In 2004 he drove in eight races of the World Series by Nissan (who share the same owners as Renault, the championship being rebranded as the World Series by Renault the following year).

### Formula 3000

From 2004 to 2007, Ricci drove in the F3000 series variously known as Euro Formula 3000, Italian Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000. After initially scoring no points from four races in 2004, he improved to third place in the standings in 2005. In 2006, driving for the Fisichella Motorsport team, he won the championship with five wins and thirteen podium finishes. For 2007 he only competed in selected rounds and finished fifth in the championship, opting to focus his intentions on North American-based motor racing that year.

### Champ Car Atlantic

Ricci duly drove in Champ Car Atlantic (the feeder series for the now-defunct Champ Car World Series) in 2007 for the Conquest Racing team. He finished in sixth place in the championship, despite not scoring any wins or podium finishes. He was the third-highest ranked rookie of 2007, behind Franck Perera and Robert Wickens.

### GP2 Series

Ricci received his GP2 Series call-up in 2008 to replace the injured Michael Herck in the David Price Racing team for the first few rounds of the championship, because the Belgian-Romanian driver had broken his wrist in the preceding GP2 Asia Series. His team-mate was Brazilian Diego Nunes. He was replaced by Andy Soucek after the first two rounds of the championship as Herck continued to recover.
Ricci then competed in the first round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the Trident Racing team. He was then replaced by Alberto Valerio, so he moved back to DPR for the second round onwards, where he in turn replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi.
Ricci continued with DPR into the 2009 GP2 Series season, teaming up with Herck this time, as he did in the Asia Series. Ricci struggled with reliability, finishing only three of the seven races he started and was replaced for the Nürburgring rounds by ex-IndyCar Series racer Franck Perera.
Ricci returned for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season and after a double retirement at the first Abu Dhabi round, Ricci scored his first ever GP2 points in either the main series or the Asia Series, after finishing fifth in the second Abu Dhabi feature race. He added his first podium the following day, finishing third behind team-mate Herck and race-winner Davide Valsecchi during the sprint race. His first victory came in the final race of the season, leading from lights-to-flag in Bahrain. With this result, he sealed third place in the championship both for himself, and his team.
Ricci remained with DPR for the 2010 main series, and scored his first points finish with second place in the first race of the season. He then endured an eleven-race, non-scoring streak, but a stronger weekend in Hungary culminated in his maiden main series win in the sprint race. However, he was replaced by compatriot Fabrizio Crestani thereafter. He still finished in thirteenth place in the drivers' championship despite missing the final six races on the calendar.
After spending most of 2011 without a drive, Ricci returned to the GP2 Series for the non-championship races in Abu Dhabi that concluded the season. Driving for Super Nova Racing alongside compatriot Fabio Onidi, he finished 11th and 23rd in the two races.

### International GT Open

Ricci also competed in the GTA and GTS classes of the International GT Open championship in 2008.

### Auto GP

The withdrawal of the Super Nova team from the GP2 Series hampered Ricci's hopes to remain in the category, so for 2012 he returned to the Euroseries 3000 (now rebranded as the Auto GP) to compete in selected events for the Austrian Zele Racing team.
He is currently the team manager of Trident Racing.

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2001 | Formula BMW ADAC | CTS-Motorsport | 20 | 1 | 0 | ? | 3 | 94 | 7th |
| 2001 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italia | Toby Fortec Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2000 Germany | SL Formula Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28th |
| 2002 | Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | KUG Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2002 | Formula BMW ADAC | KUG/Dewalt Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18th |
| 2003 | Formula Junior 1600 Spain | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 106 | 4th |
| 2003 | Fran-Am 2000 Winter World Championship | Team Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29th |
| 2004 | World Series by Nissan | Vergani Formula | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19th |
| 2004 | World Series by Nissan | GD Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19th |
| 2004 | Euro Formula 3000 Series | Power Tech | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th |
| 2005 | Italian Formula 3000 Championship | Team Astromega | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 3rd |
| 2006 | Euroseries 3000 | FMS International | 18 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 106 | 1st |
| 2007 | Euroseries 3000 | G-Tec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5th |
| 2007 | Euroseries 3000 | ELK Motorsport | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 5th |
| 2007 | Champ Car Atlantic | Conquest Racing | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 6th |
| 2008 | GP2 Series | DPR | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
| 2008 | International GT Open - GTA | GPC Sport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12th |
| 2008 | International GT Open - GTS | Villois Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 10th |
| 2008 | Italian Formula 3 Championship | BVM - Target Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16th |
| 2008 | International Formula Master | Euronova Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Trident Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | DPR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2009 | GP2 Series | DPR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th |
| 2009 | International GT Open - Super GT | Advanced Engineering | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 5th |
| 2009 | Le Mans Series - GT2 | FBR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20th |
| 2009–10 | GP2 Asia Series | DPR | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 3rd |
| 2010 | GP2 Series | DPR | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13th |
| 2010 | Auto GP Series | RP Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12th |
| 2010 | Superleague Formula | Galatasaray S.K. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358‡ | 13th‡ |
| 2011 | GP2 Final | Super Nova Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th |
| 2012 | Auto GP World Series | Zele Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 11th |
| 2012 | Auto GP World Series | Team MLR71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 11th |
| 2013 | Auto GP Series | Team MLR71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24th |
| 2014 | MW-V6 Pickup Series | Team Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 7th |
‡ Team standings.

### Complete Euroseries 3000/Auto GP 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 | DC | Points |
| 2004 | Power Tech | BRN 10 | EST 7 | JER Ret | MNZ 8 | SPA | DON | DIJ | ZOL | NÜR1 | NÜR2 | | | | | | | | | 14th | 0 |
| 2005 | Team Astromega | ADR Ret | VAL 3 | BRN 2 | IMO 9 | MUG 3 | MAG 7 | MNZ 5 | MIS 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 33 |
| 2006 | FMS International | ADR 1 5 | ADR 2 1 | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 1 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 1 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 4 | MUG 1 3 | MUG 2 3 | SIL 1 3 | SIL 2 11 | CAT 1 2 | CAT 2 Ret | VAL 1 5 | VAL 2 3 | MIS 1 1 | MIS 2 2 | 1st | 106 |
| 2007 | ELK Motorsport | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 Ret | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 2 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 1 | | | 5th | 37 |
| 2010 | RP Motorsport | BRN 1 | BRN 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | NAV 1 6 | NAV 2 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | | | | | | | 12th | 8 |
| 2012 | Zele Racing | MNZ 1 6 | MNZ 2 14 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MAR 1 5 | MAR 2 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | CUR 1 | CUR 2 | | | | | | | 11th | 40 |
| 2012 | Team MLR71 | | | | | | | | | | | | | SON 1 5 | SON 2 11† | | | | | 11th | 40 |
| 2013 | Team MLR71 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 12 | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | BRN 1 | BRN 2 | | | 24th | 0 |

### 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 | DC | 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 |
| 2010 | DPR | CAT FEA 2 | CAT SPR 8 | MON FEA 17 | MON SPR Ret | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR 17 | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR Ret | SIL FEA 13 | SIL SPR 12 | HOC FEA 16† | HOC SPR 11 | HUN FEA 8 | HUN SPR 1 | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | 13th | 16 |

#### Complete GP2 Asia 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 | DC | Points |
| 2008–09 | Trident Racing | SHI FEA 13 | SHI SPR Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 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 | 27th | 0 |
| 2009–10 | David Price Racing | YMC1 FEA Ret | YMC1 SPR Ret | YMC2 FEA 5 | YMC2 SPR 3 | BHR1 FEA 4 | BHR1 SPR 2 | BHR2 FEA 5 | BHR2 SPR 1 | | | | | 3rd | 29 |

#### Complete GP2 Final results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | DC | Points |
| 2011 | Super Nova Racing | YMC FEA 11 | YMC SPR 23 | 15th | 0 |