Riccardo Ponzio

**Riccardo Ponzio** (born 11 June 1997) is an Italian racing driver, from Pescara. After some appearances in the Italian Endurance Championship in 2015, he made his debut in the Italian F4 Championship, with the Teramo Racing Team, concluding with a 10<sup>th</sup> place as best placement in the Misano World Circuit. In 2016 his participation in the championship continues with the same team, but not taking part in the whole championship.

### F2 Italian trophy

For 2017 the driver from Abruzzo participates in the F2000 Italian Formula Trophy, F2 Italian Trophy. Against the odds, he wins in 7 races out of 14 disputed (including the 1<sup>st</sup> position in the iconic circuit of Imola Circuit) and is crowned champion of the tricolor series during the last round of the season at the racetrack of Monza Circuit, scoring 420 points in total. He ends the season with 12 consecutive podiums including 7 wins and 3 Pole position.

### Prototypes

During the winter of the same year he took part in a test with a Hyundai i30 N TCR, due to a possible participation in the World Touring Car Cup Drivers championship.

On March 16<sup>th</sup>, 2018, the driver announces that he will participate in the European Le Mans Series championship with Oregon Team, driving a Norma M30 LMP3. He will conclude the season with 9 points and a 7<sup>th</sup> place conquered on the Belgian circuit of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

In 2019 he announced that, while waiting for the Formula One program that was being developed, he participated in the Italian sports prototype championship under the new SG Motors team with which he won 3 races, ending the season in 2<sup>nd</sup> place, winning the under 25 and rookie title.

### Formula 1 - BOSS GP

During the period 2020-2021 he took part at the BOSS GP European Championship, in the Open Class, aboard a Formula One Jaguar R3, he participates in 3 races achieving two second places and a third place.

### Championship GT

In 2022 he signed an agreement with Imperiale Racing to race in the 2022 Italian GT Championship with Lamborghini Huracan GT3. He shared the #9 car with James Roe Jr. and Sebastian Balthasar in the PRO-AM category. The first year in the category ended positively with a victory at the debut in the circuit of Vallelunga Circuit, and once again hitting the podium in the last race in Monza Circuit.

## Trophies

- F2 Italian Trophy 2017
- Italian champion sports prototypes 2019 (under 25)

### F4

Italian Championship
|Year|Team|Car|colspan="3"|VAL|colspan="3"|MNZ|colspan="3"|IMO|colspan="3"|MUG|colspan="3"|ADR|colspan="3"|IMO|colspan="3"|MIS|colspan="2"||Points|Position||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2015|Teramo Racing Team|Tatuus FA T014|13|17|15|16|13|13|21|17|21|20|22|Rit|Rit|ES|ES|21|14|18|18|10|6|colspan="2"||8|22º|
|2016|Teramo Racing Team|Tatuus FA T014|15||13|27|14|19||25|||||||16|20|24||||Rit|19|15|0|38º|

### F2

F2 Italian Trophy
|Year|Team|Car|colspan="2"|MIS|colspan="2"|IMO|colspan="2"|SPA|colspan="2"|MAG|colspan="2"|VAL|colspan="2"|MUG|colspan="2"|MNZ|Points|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2017|Puresport|Dallara F308 - Volkswagen|10|4|_1_|_1_|1|2|3|2|3|1|_1_|_2_|_1_|1|337|1º|

### European Le Mans Series

LMP3
|Year|Team|Car|LEC|MNZ|RBR|SIL|SPA|POR|Points|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|Oregon Team|Norma M30|11|8|16|14|7|15|9|17º|

### Italian Championship Prototypes

|Year|Team|Car|colspan="2"|MNZ|||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="2"|VAL||||||||||||||||
|2019|SG Motors|Wolf Gb Thunder|2|4|3|2|5|1|4|3|1|2|3|1|142|2°|