Giacomo Ricci competed in one race of the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2001, and competed in rounds of the two-litre German series and the European Cup in 2002.
17 Facts About Giacomo Ricci
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Giacomo Ricci drove in one race of the North American-based FRenault series during the year.
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From 2004 to 2007, Giacomo Ricci drove in the F3000 series variously known as Euro Formula 3000, Italian Formula 3000 and the Euroseries 3000.
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Giacomo Ricci duly drove in Champ Car Atlantic in 2007 for the Conquest Racing team.
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Giacomo Ricci finished in sixth place in the championship, despite not scoring any wins or podium finishes.
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Giacomo Ricci was the third-highest ranked rookie of 2007, behind Franck Perera and Robert Wickens.
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Giacomo Ricci received his GP2 Series call-up in 2008 to replace the injured Michael Herck in the David Price Racing team for the first few rounds of the championship, because the Belgian-Romanian driver had broken his wrist in the preceding GP2 Asia Series.
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Giacomo Ricci was replaced by Andy Soucek after the first two rounds of the championship as Herck continued to recover.
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Giacomo Ricci was then replaced by Alberto Valerio, so he moved back to DPR for the second round onwards, where he in turn replaced Yuhi Sekiguchi.
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Giacomo Ricci continued with DPR into the 2009 GP2 Series season, teaming up with Herck this time, as he did in the Asia Series.
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Giacomo Ricci struggled with reliability, finishing only three of the seven races he started and was replaced for the Nurburgring rounds by ex-IndyCar Series racer Franck Perera.
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Giacomo Ricci added his first podium the following day, finishing third behind team-mate Herck and race-winner Davide Valsecchi during the sprint race.
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Giacomo Ricci remained with DPR for the 2010 main series, and scored his first points finish with second place in the first race of the season.
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Giacomo Ricci then endured an eleven-race, non-scoring streak, but a stronger weekend in Hungary culminated in his maiden main series win in the sprint race.
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Giacomo Ricci still finished in thirteenth place in the drivers' championship despite missing the final six races on the calendar.
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Giacomo Ricci competed in the GTA and GTS classes of the International GT Open championship in 2008.
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Giacomo Ricci is currently the team manager of Trident Racing.