Nicola de Marco

Nicola de Marco
Nationality Italian
Born August 28, 1990 (1990-08-28) (age 21)
Pordenone (Italy)
2012 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.

Contents

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. 
  3. ^ "Albacete Race 2". gtsport.es. 2008-06-29. http://www.gtsport.es/DOCUMENTOS_D/ALBACETE%20%202008/F3CARRERA2.PDF. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
  4. ^ "Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2008". Driver Database. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/21-2008. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 
  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. 

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