Charles Pic

Charles Pic
Pic driving for Tech 1 Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Nationality	French
Born	15 February 1990 (1990-02-15) (age 21) Montélimar (France)
Related to	Arthur Pic (brother)
2011 GP2 Series
Debut season	2010
Current team	Barwa Addax Team
Car no.	3
Former teams	Arden International
Starts	37
Wins	3
Poles	4
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th in 2011
Previous series
2006 2007 2007 2008–09 2009–10-2011	FRenault Campus France French Formula Renault Eurocup FRenault Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series

Charles Pic (born 15 February 1990 in Montélimar, France) is a professional French racecar driver.

Career

Karting

Pic had a successful career in karting, winning minor championships and individual races and coming close to winning the European Championship ICA Junior.

Formula Renault

Pic raced in Formula Renault Campus in France in 2006, where he finished third. Pic raced in the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in 2007, and he finished fourth in the French series and third in the championship.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

He was signed to drive for Formula Renault 3.5 Series team Tech 1 Racing in early 2008.^[1] He was partnered by Julien Jousse, and finished sixth in the championship with two wins at Circuit de Monaco — dominating the whole weekend, with pole position and fastest lap — and at Le Mans. He continued in the series in 2009 with Tech 1, starting in embarrassing fashion, when he spun off on the parade lap in Barcelona. He recovered from a slow start to the season, by winning two races at Silverstone and the Nürburgring, and finished third in the championship.

GP2 Series

Pic raced for Arden International in the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, and continued with the team into the 2010 GP2 Series season.^[2] Pic claimed his first victory for the team, winning the sprint race of the first Bahrain round. He also won the first race of the main 2010 season at the Circuit de Catalunya.^[3] He finished tenth in the drivers' standings.

For 2011, Pic moved to the Barwa Addax team, alongside Giedo van der Garde. He failed to score any points in the Asia series, but scored his second main series win at Catalunya, leading home Van der Garde for an Addax one-two finish. He scored his second victory of the season in the Monaco sprint race, a result which moved him up to third place in the drivers' championship. He then took pole position for the round at Valencia, the two points briefly moving him into the championship lead, but he retired from both races, dropping back in the standings as a result. He eventually finished fourth in the championship, three points ahead of Van der Garde.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula Renault Campus France	?	13	1	2	?	8	162	3rd
2007	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	SG Formula	14	1	2	1	6	88	3rd
	French Formula Renault 2.0		13	0	1	0	4	69	4th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	17	2	1	2	4	69	6th
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Tech 1 Racing	16	2	2	3	3	94	3rd
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Arden International	8	1	1	0	2	18	5th
2010	GP2 Series	Arden International	20	1	1	0	2	28	10th
2011	GP2 Asia Series	Barwa Addax Team	4	0	0	0	0	0	18th
	GP2 Series	Barwa Addax Team	18	2	3	0	5	52	4th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2008	Tech 1 Racing	MNZ 1 9	MNZ 2 3	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 12	MON 1 1	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 13	HUN 1 18	HUN 2 9	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 12	LEM 1 1	LEM 2 6	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 2	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 8	6th	69
2009	Tech 1 Racing	CAT 1 DNS	CAT 2 6	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 Ret	MON 1 9	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 8	SIL 1 7	SIL 2 1	LEM 1 6	LEM 2 Ret	ALG 1 4	ALG 2 2	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 1	ALC 1 13	ALC 2 11	3rd	94

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2010	Arden International	ESP FEA 1	ESP SPR 7	MON FEA 11	MON SPR 7	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR DNS	VAL FEA 6	VAL SPR 5	GBR FEA 10	GBR SPR 8	GER FEA 3	GER SPR 17	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 9	BEL FEA 4	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 11	ITA SPR 8	ABU FEA 20	ABU SPR 11	10th	28
2011	Barwa Addax Team	TUR FEA 7	TUR SPR 4	ESP FEA 1	ESP SPR 19	MON FEA 8	MON SPR 1	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA 11	GBR SPR 10	GER FEA 2	GER SPR DSQ	HUN FEA 2	HUN SPR 13	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 19	ITA FEA 2	ITA SPR Ret			4th	52

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2009–10	Arden International	ABU1 FEA Ret	ABU1 SPR 15	ABU2 FEA 10	ABU2 SPR 8	BHR1 FEA 5	BHR1 SPR 1	BHR2 FEA 3	BHR2 SPR 19	5th	18
2011	Barwa Addax Team	ABU FEA 9	ABU SPR 21	ITA FEA 21	ITA SPR 11					18th	0

References

1. ^ English, Steven (2008-02-06). "Tech 1 aiming to retain crown". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65006. Retrieved 2008-03-06. 
2. ^ Beer, Matt (2010-01-15). "Pic to contest full season with Arden". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80899. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
3. ^ Glendenning, Mark (2010-05-08). "Pic wins eventful season opener". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83444. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 

External links

• Charles Pic official website
• Site Officiel en Français de Charles Pic
• Team official website
• Charles Pic career statistics at Driver Database

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Name	Pic, Charles
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Date of birth	15 February 1990
Place of birth	Montélimar (France)
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