Paolo Maria Nocera

Infobox racing driver
name = Paolo Maria Nocera


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nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
date of birth = Birth date and age|1985|7|22
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current series = GP2 Series
first year = 2008
current team = None
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former teams = BCN Competicion
starts = 2
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps =
best finish = 34th
year = 2008
prev series =
prev series years =
titles = Italian Formula Three Championship
title years = 2007
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Paolo Maria Nocera (born July 22 1985) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Formula Renault

Nocera began his car racing career by driving in the Italian Formula Renault Championship championship in 2003; also competing in one race of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. For 2004 he stayed in the Italian series, but only finished twentieth in the drivers' championship in both this and the previous year.

Formula Three

Nocera first raced in the Italian Formula Three Championship in 2004. Staying with the Lucidi Motors team throughout his time in this formula, he finished thirteenth overall in his first year and improved to third place in the standings in 2005. Following an unsuccessful foray into the Formula Three Euroseries in 2006, Nocera returned to Italy for 2007 and won the F3 championship at his third attempt.

Formula 3000

In 2006, Nocera also drove in the Euroseries 3000 for Formula One driver Giancarlo Fisichella's team. He finished thirteenth in the drivers' championship.

GP2 Series

Nocera was recruited by the BCN Competicion team to drive for them in the 2008 GP2 Series season. However, he was released after one round of the championship in favour of Adrián Vallés, who had himself been replaced at Fisichella's GP2 team by Adam Carroll. [cite news| title =Valles replaces Nocera at BCN| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67210| date =2008-05-08| accessdate =2008-05-09]

World Series by Renault

It was announced on August 25, 2008, that Nocera had signed for RC Motorsport in the World Series by Renault, replacing British driver Duncan Tappy who had encountered budget problems. [cite news| title = Agreement reached with Paolo Maria Nocera| publisher = rcmotorsport.it| url = http://www.rcmotorsport.it/news.asp?idcategoria=1&id=164| date = 2008-08-25| accessdate = 2008-08-26]

Racing record

Career summary

* Season in progress.

References

* [http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/1151/ Career statistics] from "driverdb.com". Retrieved on May 9 2008.