Riccardo Agostini (born 20 April 1994 in

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) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Agostini began karting in 2000 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of this part of career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the

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category by 2010 and finishing 12th in CIK-FIA European Championship.

Formula Abarth

In 2010, Agostini 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 in

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, stating with Prema Junior. He won the feature race in

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and finished the season eleventh. Agostini stayed in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011 but switched to debutants Villorba Corse, when the series split in European and Italian series. After four rounds he had another switch to JD Motorsport. Despite having just one podium in both Italian and European Series he improved to seventh and eighth respectively.

Italian Formula Three

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Agostini continued his collaboration with JD Motorsport into

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Formula One

On 9 November 2012 Agostini tested a Scuderia Ferrari Formula One car as a prize for claiming the Rookie title in Italian Formula Three.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Agostini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Auto GP results

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

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

( key) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

References

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