Niccolò Schirò (born 25 March 1994) is an Italian

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, 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 Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...

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

Formula Abarth

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, Schirò graduated to single–seaters into the newly launched

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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 The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, joining RP Motorsport. 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

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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 ...

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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

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début in

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at Le Castellet, joining Ibiza Racing.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

^*Season still in progress.

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 Italian racing drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers