Edoardo Piscopo (born 4 February 1988) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula BMW

After previously competing in karting, Piscopo began his single seater career in

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USA in 2005, where despite missing the first rounds he finished fifth with three wins for

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. He also finished fifth in the Bahrain World Final.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/3629/career/ Career Statistics at Driver Database

Formula Renault

After winning in Formula BMW USA Piscopo joined the RED BULL Junior Team and moved back to Europe in 2006 to compete in Formula Renault. In his debut season, he scored ten podiums finishing third in Formula Renault 2.0 Italia for Cram Competition, behind Dani Clos and teammate Adrian Zaugg. He also finished tenth in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for the team.

Formula Three

Piscopo stepped up to

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in 2007, competing in the

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for

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. He only managed to score eight points in 20 races, finishing 15th in the standings. He did however finish fifth in the 2007

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. He joined

A1 Team Italy A1 Team Italy is the Italian team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. Management ''A1 Team Italy'' owner is Piercarlo Ghinzani. History 2008–09 season ''Drivers: Edoardo Piscopo, Fabio Onidi'' For the 2008–09 season, ...

to drive in the

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series for the 2007–08 season, sharing duties with

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. He moved to the

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in 2008, scoring seven wins on his way to second in the final standings, behind champion

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. They were both given the chance to test for

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team Scuderia Ferrari.

FIA Formula Two Championship

Piscopo became the last driver to sign up for the inaugural season of the

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in 2009. He finished twelfth in the championship due to missing the final round to concentrate on his GP2 Asia campaign.

GP2 Series

Piscopo missed the final round of the Formula Two season as he joined

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for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season. Piscopo made his Main Series début for the

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team at Monza in 2010. He replaced

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He was replaced by

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at the next round of the championship.

Auto GP

Piscopo moved to the

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series for 2010. He led the majority of the championship, but was ultimately overhauled by

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Blancpain Endurance Series

Piscopo was appointed by Lotus as factory driver for the Lotus GT4 campaign. Despite winning 3 rounds out of 5, he finished second in the championship.

Porsche Carrera Cup Italia

Piscopo joined the highly competitive Porsche Carrera Cup. He won the best rookie title and finished third in the championship.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo

Piscopo has won the European, the American and the World Championship Super Trofeo title. In 2015 he became the Huracan GT3 factory test driver.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

References

External links

* ''edoardopiscopo.com''
Career statistic
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