Arthur Pic (born October 5, 1991) is a French retired

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. He competed in the

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between 2014 and 2016.

Career

Karting

Like most top-line drivers, Pic began his racing career in

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, 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)

In 2007, 15-year-old Pic began his move to

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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 Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...

and

Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,SG Formula SG Formula is a French auto racing team which participated in the junior categories of open wheel racing: Formula Renault and Formula Three. The team was founded in 2004 by Frenchman Stephane Guerin. History After its foundation in 2004, SG Formu ...

. 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

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driver. Remaining in the Eurocup for the 2010 season, Pic switched to

Tech 1 Racing Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy. Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pro ...

. 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

in the

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alongside

Kevin Korjus Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993) is an Estonian racing driver. Career Karting Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax Max Euro ...

. After a learning year in which he showed flashes of genuine pace and recorded 12 championship points, he switched to the

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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

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. 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

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team in the following GP2 Series season. He took his first podium and GP2 win in the feature race at the

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with two more podiums at

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and

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. He remained with Campos for the 2015 season, finishing 11th, four places from where he finished in 2014. He switched to the

Rapax Team Rapax Team was an Italian motor racing team. The team's history can be traced back to when the GP Racing team was founded in 1997, and also to when Piquet Sports was created in 2000 by triple world champion Nelson Piquet. In 2007, Piquet Sports an ...

for the 2016 season.

Personal life

Pic is the younger brother of the racing driver

Charles Pic Charles Pic (; born 15 February 1990) is a retired professional racing driver who drove in Formula One for two full seasons in and , racing for Marussia F1 Team in the first season and then for Caterham in the second season. Early career Karti ...

, who has competed in

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with the

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and

Marussia Marussia Motors (russian: Маруся ) was a Russian sports car company founded in 2007. It was the first Russian company to produce a supercar. It designed, and manufactured prototypes of both the B1 and the B2 sport cars. Marussia was led by for ...

teams.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pic, Arthur 1991 births Living people People from Montélimar French racing drivers Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 drivers French F4 Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 WEC drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers GP2 Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Sportspeople from Drôme Auto Sport Academy drivers SG Formula drivers Tech 1 Racing drivers DAMS drivers AV Formula drivers Campos Racing drivers Rapax Team drivers