Dorian Boccolacci (born 9 September 1998 in

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) is a French racing driver, currently competing in the

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series. He has previously also competed in the

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until after the 2019 French round at

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, where he was replaced by

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Career

Karting

Born in Cannes, Boccolacci began karting in 2007 at the age of nine, competing in competitions across Europe.

Lower Formulae

In 2014, Boccolacci graduated to single-seaters, competing in the

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. There he scored two victories, pole positions and fastest laps and finished as Junior champion and runner-up in the overall standings.

European Formula 3

In 2015, Boccolacci switched to European Formula 3, racing with

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in the 2015 season. In contrast to his season in French F4, Boccolacci only finished twelfth in the rookie championship and nineteenth in the overall standings.

Formula Renault 2.0

Boccolacci joined

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for the

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. Scoring three wins across both series, Boccolacci finished runner-up in the Eurocup standings and third overall in NEC.

GP3 Series

In November 2016, Boccolacci made his GP3 debut in the post-season test at Yas Marina with

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and

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. In March 2017, Boccolacci joined

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for testing ahead of the 2017 season He was signed to race with the team in May 2017, where he achieved a race win and sixth in the championship. Boccolacci returned for the following season, switching to newcomers

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Formula E

In March 2018, Boccolacci was named as one of eight drivers to be signed to the Venturi Formula E team's new Next Gen Programme.

Formula 2

2018

On 22 August 2018

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left the

, and

promoted the French driver for the next round at

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. In the

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replaced him at the team. Later, Merhi joined the

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team for the Sochi round, replacing

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2019

On 22 March 2019 it was announced that Dorian would join

for the 2019 season alongside

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. Dorian struggled in the opening rounds in Bahrain but performed well on the street circuits of Baku and Monaco with a high of 4th place in the Monaco feature race. After suffering from mechanical failure in the feature race at his home race at

, Boccolacci recovered to 13th in the sprint race. On 25 June 2019,

was announced as replacing Boccolacci in

, shortly followed by Boccolacci announcing on social media that Paul Ricard was his last race in Formula 2. However, after missing the next round in Austria, Boccolacci secured a drive with

for the Silverstone race weekend in July.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Boccolacci was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. ^* Season still in progress.