# Juan Piedrahita

Juan Diego Piedrahita Cortes (Bogotá, July 27, 1992) is a Colombian racing driver. Piedrahita began his driving career aged seven, karting in Mexico. Piedrahita transitioned to auto racing in 2009 competing in the LATAM Challenge Series where he gained 2 podiums, finished 7th in overall points and 2nd in the rookie standings.
In 2010 Piedrahita competed in Star Mazda Championship for Team Apex where he competed in eight of the thirteen races and collected one top 5 and four top 10 finish. In 2011 he is competing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for JDC MotorSports as part of the Road to Indy. Piedrahita finished seventh in the championship, capturing two podium finishes at the series' two oval races at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and the Milwaukee Mile.
For the 2012 season, Piedrahita returned to Star Mazda full-time staying with the JDC MotorSports team. He finished seventh in points and captured a career-best second-place finish in race two in Toronto. He returned for another season in the series, now called Pro Mazda, in 2013, again with JDC. Piedrahita fell to ninth in points, suffering six DNF's, but did capture a second-place finish at the Milwaukee Mile and four third-place finishes.
For the 2014, Piedrahita will move up the Road to Indy to Indy Lights, signing with defending series champion team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

## Racing record
### American open–wheel racing

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

#### Star Mazda Championship / Pro Mazda Championship

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
| 2010 | Team Apex | SEB 19 | STP 11 | LAG 5 | ORP | IOW | NJ1 10 | NJ2 13 | ACC | ACC | TRO | ROA 6 | MOS 15 | ATL 13 | | | | | 16th | 199 |
| 2012 | JDC MotorSports | STP 4 | STP 2 | BAR 8 | BAR 4 | IND 8 | IOW 14 | TOR 4 | TOR 2 | EDM 8 | EDM 16 | TRO 9 | TRO 11 | BAL 19 | BAL 9 | LAG 8 | LAG 9 | ATL 9 | 7th | 234 |
| 2013 | JDC MotorSports | AUS 16 | AUS 15 | STP 6 | STP 12 | IND 10 | IOW 2 | TOR 7 | TOR 3 | MOS 11 | MOS DNS | MOH 5 | MOH 16 | TRO 3 | TRO 3 | HOU 13 | HOU 3 | | 9th | 182 |

#### U.S. F2000 National Championship

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points |
| 2011 | JDC MotorSports | SEB 6 | SEB 5 | STP 12 | STP 9 | ORP 3 | MIL 3 | MDO 7 | MDO 8 | ROA 6 | ROA 15 | BAL 16 | BAL 14 | 7th | 145 |

#### Indy Lights

| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | STP 6 | LBH 7 | ALA 10 | ALA 7 | IND 8 | IND 11 | INDY 8 | POC 7 | TOR 7 | MDO 9 | MDO 5 | MIL 6 | SNM 5 | SNM 7 | | | | | 7th | 337 |
| 2015 | Belardi Auto Racing | STP 6 | STP 9 | LBH 8 | ALA 7 | ALA 8 | IMS 11 | IMS 7 | INDY 7 | TOR 10 | TOR 4 | MIL 3 | IOW 7 | MDO 6 | MDO 12 | LAG 7 | LAG 7 | | | 8th | 223 |
| 2016 | Team Pelfrey | STP 9 | STP 8 | PHX 12 | ALA 7 | ALA 16 | IMS 15 | IMS 11 | INDY 8 | RDA 12 | RDA 7 | IOW 7 | TOR 14 | TOR 12 | MDO | MDO | WGL | LAG | LAG | 13th | 135 |
| 2017 | Team Pelfrey | STP 14 | STP 10 | ALA 11 | ALA 11 | IMS DNS | IMS 5 | INDY 8 | RDA 5 | RDA 10 | IOW 10 | TOR 6 | TOR 4 | MDO 10 | MDO 11 | GMP 2 | WGL 9 | | | 9th | 208 |

### Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2019 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5L V8 | DAY 10 | SEB 7 | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL 10 | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET 9 | 19th | 88 |
| 2020 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 5 | DAY | SEB | ELK | ATL | MOH | ATL | LGA | SEB | | 25th | 26 |