Nicola de Marco

Nicola de Marco
Nationality	Italian
Born	August 28, 1990 (1990-08-28) (age 21) Pordenone (Italy)
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship
Debut season	2009
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car no.	10
Starts	34
Wins	2
Poles	2
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	8th in 2010
Previous series
2008 2007 2006 2006	Spanish F3 Italian F3 Formula Azzurra FR 2.0 Italia Winter Series

Nicola de Marco (born August 28, 1990 in Pordenone) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula Azzurra

After a six-year karting career, de Marco moved up to the Formula Azzurra championship with the Durango team in 2006, and was mightily impressive in his one and only Azzurra campaign. Nicola won three races en route to third in the championship, finishing behind Giuseppe Termine and fellow FIA Formula Two Championship racer Mirko Bortolotti.

He also competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series, finishing joint ninth in the championship with Daniel Zampieri.

Formula Three

After only one year at a junior single-seater level, de Marco moved up to the Italian Formula Three Championship with Lucidi Motors, and finished the 2007 season with six podiums and a pole position at Vallelunga.^[1] He ended up sixth in the championship, but was outperformed by team-mate Paolo Maria Nocera, who would go on to lift the title.

A change to the Spanish Formula Three Championship for 2008 was hoped to see de Marco progress and earn more experience. Driving for the RP Motorsport team, de Marco won races at Spa^[2] and Albacete^[3] on his way to fourth in the championship, losing out on third to fellow F2 racer Natacha Gachnang by a solitary point.^[4]

Formula Two

Nicola drove in the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009, driving car number 10 in the series.^[5] He finished in tenth position, with his best result coming in the final race at Circuit de Catalunya, where he finished second to Andy Soucek. He will return to the series in 2010.^[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula Azzurra	Durango	14	3	3	2	5	57	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Winter Series		4	0	0	0	0	50	9th
2007	Italian Formula Three Championship	Lucidi Motors	16	0	1	1	6	67	6th
2008	Spanish Formula Three Championship	RP Motorsport	17	2	0	0	3	75	4th
	Macau Grand Prix	RC Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2009	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	16	0	1	1	2	25	10th
2010	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	18	2	1	2	2	98	8th

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2009	10	VAL 1 9	VAL 2 5	BRN 1 12	BRN 2 3	SPA 1 13	SPA 2 10	BRH 1 9	BRH 2 Ret	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 Ret	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 5	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 9	CAT 1 11	CAT 2 2			10th	25
2010	19	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 10	MAR 1 Ret	MAR 2 Ret	MON 1 Ret	MON 2 Ret	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 Ret	ALG 1 5	ALG 2 7	BRH 1 7	BRH 2 4	BRN 1 1	BRN 2 6	OSC 1 9	OSC 2 15	VAL 1 1	VAL 2 Ret	8th	98

References

1. ^ "2007 Italian Formula 3 Championship". speedsport-magazine.com. http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/italian-formula-3/2007/results.html. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
2. ^ "Spa Race 1". gtsport.es. 2008-05-31. http://www.gtsport.es/DOCUMENTOS_D/F3%20SPA%202008/F3%20SPA%20CARRERA1.PDF. Retrieved 2009-03-07. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "Albacete Race 2". gtsport.es. 2008-06-29. http://www.gtsport.es/DOCUMENTOS_D/ALBACETE%20%202008/F3CARRERA2.PDF. Retrieved 2009-03-07. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2008". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/21-2008. Retrieved 2009-03-07. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Nicola De Marco: "F2 will be a great championship"". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-01-09. http://www.formulatwo.com/news/nicola-de-marco.aspx. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
6. ^ "Nicola De Marco aiming for title in second F2 season". FIA Formula Two Championship (MotorSport Vision). 2010-03-13. http://www.formulatwo.com/news/de-marco-returns.aspx. Retrieved 2010-03-13. 

External links

• Nicola de Marco career details at driverdb.com

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Name	De Marco, Nicola
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Date of birth	August 28, 1990
Place of birth	Pordenone (Italy)
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