Niccolò Schirò (born 25 March 1994) is an Italian racing driver, who is best known for being the

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European F3 Open champion.

Career

Karting

Born in

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, Schirò began karting in 2007 and raced both in his native Italy and Europe for the majority of his karting career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the

KF2 KF2, is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 14 and up. This class used to be called Intercontinental A (ICA) and has changed since January 2007 when CIK- FIA decided to replace the 100 cc water-cooled two-stroke engines with 125 c ...

category a year later, when he finished 28th in the European KF2 Championship.

Formula Abarth

In 2010, Schirò graduated to single–seaters into the newly launched

Formula Abarth Formula Abarth was an open wheel racing series based in Italy and Europe aimed at karting graduates. The inaugural season was in 2010, effectively replacing the Formula Azzurra. Abarth have taken over the supporting Project Youth initiative, th ...

series, competing with Emmebi Motorsport. He only finished five races inside the top twenty placings and finished the season in 29th place.

European F3 Open

Schirò stepped up to the European F3 Open Championship in 2011, joining

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. He finished all but one of the season's races in the points, including two second-place finishes at

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. This brought him fifth place in the final championship standings. Schirò remained in the championship in

with the same team. He scored four wins at Le Castellet and Monza and clinched the championship title ahead of teammate Gianmarco Raimondo, having trailed by fifteen points heading into the final weekend in

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International GT Open

Schirò made his sports car racing debut in the SGT class of the

International GT Open The International GT Open is a grand tourer-style sports car racing series founded in 2006 by the Spanish GT Sport Organización. It was a spin-off of the now-defunct Spanish GT Championship, but is now a distinct series featuring FIA GT3-spec ca ...

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, racing for Drivex School. He finished fourth in the GTS standings with three class wins. After competing for the Villorba Corse in the final round at

, he will continue his partnership with the team in 2014.

Auto GP

Schirò made his

Auto GP Auto GP, sometimes referred to as the Auto GP World Series and formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000, was a European formula racing series. The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...

début in

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at Le Castellet, joining Ibiza Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiro, Niccolo 1994 births Living people Racing drivers from Milan Formula Abarth drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers International GT Open drivers Auto GP drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Drivex drivers RP Motorsport drivers Le Mans Cup drivers Iron Lynx drivers Ferrari Challenge drivers