Riccardo Agostini

Riccardo Agostini
Nationality	Italian
Born	20 April 1994 Padua (Italy)
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Antonelli Motorsport
Car no.	25
Starts	13
Wins	5
Poles	3
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st in 2015
Previous series
2014 2014 2013 2013 2012 2010–11	GP3 Series FIA European F3 Championship Formula Renault 3.5 Series Auto GP Italian Formula Three Formula Abarth
Championship titles
2015 2012 2012	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Italian F3 European Series Italian F3 Italian Series

Riccardo Agostini (born 20 April 1994 in Padua) is an Italian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Agostini began karting in 2000 and raced primarily in his native Italy for the majority of this part of career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010 and finishing 12th in CIK-FIA European Championship.^[1][2]

Formula Abarth

In 2010, Agostini graduated to single–seaters into the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy, stating with Prema Junior. He won feature Imola and finished the season eleventh.^[3][4] Agostini stayed in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011 but switched to debutants Villorba Corse, when the series split in European and Italian series.^[5] After four rounds he had another switch to JD Motorsport.^[6] Despite having just one podium in both Italian and European Series he improved to seventh and eighth respectively.^[7][8]

Italian Formula Three

In 2012 Agostini continued his collaboration with JD Motorsport into Italian Formula Three Championship.^[9]

Formula One

On 9 November 2012 Agostini tested a Scuderia Ferrari Formula One car as a prize for claiming Rookie title in Italian Formula Three.^[10]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Formula Abarth	Prema Junior	14	1	1	1	2	49	11th
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series	Villorba Corse	14	0	0	0	1	66	7th
		JD Motorsport
	Formula Abarth European Series	Villorba Corse	14	0	0	0	1	54	8th
		JD Motorsport
	Formula Pilota China	JD Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	20	12th
2012	Italian Formula Three European Series	JD Motorsport	24	6	6	11	16	281	1st
	Italian Formula Three Italian Series		18	5	5	10	15	209	1st
2013	Auto GP	Manor MP Motorsport	8	0	0	1	1	53	10th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Zeta Corse	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	EuroInternational	9	0	0	0	0	1	26th
	GP3 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	18	16th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy	Antonelli Motorsport	13	5	3	4	6	183	1st

Complete Auto GP 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	Pos	Points
2013	Manor MP Motorsport	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 5	MAR 1 4	MAR 2 Ret	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 3	SIL 1 15	SIL 2 9	MUG 1	MUG 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	DON 1	DON 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	10th	53

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2014	EuroInternational	Mercedes	SIL 1 21	SIL 2 23	SIL 3 22†	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 18	HOC 3 10	PAU 1 22†	PAU 2 14	PAU 3 Ret	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	NOR 1	NOR 2	NOR 3	MSC 1	MSC 2	MSC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	26th	1

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 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	Pos	Points
2014	Hilmer Motorsport	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	AUT FEA Ret	AUT SPR 11	GBR FEA 6	GBR SPR 5	GER FEA 9	GER SPR 8	HUN FEA 18	HUN SPR 19	BEL FEA 10	BEL SPR 12	ITA FEA 15	ITA SPR 12	RUS FEA 11	RUS SPR Ret	ABU FEA 18	ABU SPR 13	16th	18

References

1. "Profile". riccardoagostini.eu (Riccardo Agostini). 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
2. "CIK-FIA European Championship – KF2 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 13 October 2012.
3. "C.I. F.ACI-CSAI Abarth – Classifica Gara 1" (PDF). ACI Sport Italia (in Italian). Formula Abarth. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
4. "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
5. "Villorba Corse firma Agostini". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 8 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
6. "Autodromo "Enzo e Dino Ferrari" – Imola (BO) – 17 luglio 2011 (17 july 2011): Elenco Iscritti" (PDF). ACI Sport. Automobile Club d'Italia. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
7. "Campionato Italiano Formula ACICSAI Abarth 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
8. "Formula Abarth European Series 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
9. Rubino, Jacopo (20 February 2012). "Riccardo Agostini in F3 con la Mygale di JD Motorsport" [Riccardo Agostini in F3 on Mygale for JD Motorsport]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
10. "Latifi guida la doppietta JD Agostini vince il test Ferrari" [Latifi guide the double JD Motorsport Agostini wins the Ferrari test]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Riccardo Agostini career summary at DriverDB.com
• Riccardo Agostini on Twitter