Clivio Piccione

Clivio Piccione (born February 24, 1984 in Monte Carlo, Monaco) is a Monégasque race car driver. He raced in the 2005 GP2 Series season for the Durango team and David Price Racing for 2006.

Clivio Piccione
Nationality	Monégasque
Born	(1984-02-24) February 24, 1984 (age 39) Monte Carlo, Monaco
Previous series
2010-2011 2007 2006-2005 2004-2003 2002 2001	FIA GT1 World Championship World Series by Renault GP2 Series British Formula 3 British F3 National Class British Formula Ford

Career

Piccione's career started in karting in 1997, where he stayed until 2001 before moving up to British Formula Ford. He only spent one season there, debuting in British Formula 3's B-Class in 2002 for the T-Sport team. 2003 saw him move up to the main class with the Manor team, where he won the a race at Knockhill.^[1] For 2004, he joined Carlin Motorsport and won two races at Donington Park.^[2][3][4]

 

Piccione racing in World Series by Renault in 2007

In 2005 the Monegasque driver drove in the inaugural GP2 Series season, driving for the Durango team, winning the sprint race at the Nürburgring round.^[5][6] However, results were not in his favour for the remainder of the season and for 2006 he would switch to DPR Direxiv.^[7] He would score two podiums for the team at Silverstone and Monza. After leaving GP2, he competed in the World Series by Renault for 2007.^[8] In 2008 he raced in F3000 Euroseries, Italian F3000 and EuroBOSS.^[9]

Piccione drove in the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season for the newly formed A1 Team Monaco. He was the nation's joint seat-holder, alongside Hubertus Bahlsen.^[10] He competed in all races in the 2008-09 season, scoring pole for the South African feature race and finishing a best of third place in the same race. Team Monaco finished 9th overall with 35 points, however the series collapsed a year later and could not improve on this result. Piccione represented Monaco at the 2009 Race of Champions.^[11]

Following the loss of his A1 Grand Prix seat, Piccione joined Hexis AMR in the FIA GT1 Championship.^[12] He competed for the team across 2010 and 2011, driving their Aston Martin DBR9. The best result was victory in 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit.^[13]

Following his racing career, Piccione designed the Kart Indoor Monaco in Fontvieille. In 2018, he drove a McLaren M14A in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. In 2022, he was behind the formation of the Monaco E-Kart Championship, with backing from Monegasque Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc.^[14][15]

Racing record

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	21	22	23	DC	Points
2005	Durango	IMO FEA 15	IMO SPR Ret	CAT FEA Ret	CAT SPR 8	MON FEA Ret	NÜR FEA 7	NÜR SPR 1	MAG FEA 8	MAG SPR DSQ	SIL FEA 6	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA Ret	HOC SPR 17	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 16	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 11	MNZ FEA 11	MNZ SPR 14	SPA FEA 12	SPA SPR 19	BHR FEA 13	BHR SPR 7	15th	14
2006	DPR Direxiv	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	IMO FEA Ret	IMO SPR 16	NÜR FEA 11	NÜR SPR Ret	CAT FEA 16†	CAT SPR Ret	MON FEA 4	SIL FEA 7	SIL SPR 3	MAG FEA 13	MAG SPR Ret	HOC FEA 8	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR Ret	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 7	MNZ SPR 3			12th	18

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
2007	RC Motorsport	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 23	MON 1 Ret	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 5	SPA 1 19†	SPA 2 15	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 Ret	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 7	EST 1 10	EST 2 2	CAT 1 17	CAT 2 22	15th	42

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

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	DC	Points
2008–09	A1 Team Monaco	NED SPR Ret	NED FEA 6	CHN SPR 9	CHN FEA 7	MYS SPR 12	MYS FEA Ret	NZL SPR 16	NZL FEA Ret	RSA SPR 5	RSA FEA 3	POR SPR 5	POR FEA Ret	GBR SPR Ret	GBR SPR 4	9th	35

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Hexis AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	ABU QR 8	ABU CR 17	SIL QR 2	SIL CR 13	BRN QR 9	BRN CR 4	PRI QR 17	PRI CR 13	SPA QR 13	SPA CR 10	NÜR QR 5	NÜR CR 4	ALG QR 16	ALG CR 13	NAV QR EX	NAV CR Ret	INT QR 3	INT CR 4	SAN QR 4	SAN CR 3	12th	62
2011	Hexis AMR	Aston Martin DBR9	ABU QR 5	ABU CR 1	ZOL QR 6	ZOL CR 6	ALG QR 13	ALG CR Ret	SAC QR 2	SAC CR 11	SIL QR 5	SIL CR 4	NAV QR 10	NAV CR 8	PRI QR Ret	PRI CR 11	ORD QR 4	ORD CR 3	BEI QR 5	BEI CR Ret	SAN QR 8	SAN CR 3	7th	95

References

1. "Knockhill race 1: Piccione's first win". Autosport. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. "Piccione joins champion team". Autosport. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
3. "Piccione avoids chaos to win". Autosport. 4 April 2004. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
4. "2004 Donington British F3 - Round 14". Retrieved 12 August 2022.
5. "Piccione Wins Dramatic Race 2". Autosport. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
6. "Piccione Hails Best Race Ever". Autosport. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
7. "Piccione joins Pla at DPR for 2006". Motorsport. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
8. "Clivio Piccione joins RC Motorsport". Motorsport. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
9. "Clivio Piccione". driverDB. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
10. "Team Monaco to join series this year". autosport.com. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
11. "2009 Race of Champions heads to Beijing". autoblog.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
12. "GT1: HEXIS AMR signs Clivio Piccione". Motorsport. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
13. "TEAM HEXIS AMR DBR9 SCORES SENSATIONAL WIN IN ABU DHABI". Aston Martin. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
14. "Amazing Launch of the First Monaco E-Kart Championship". Hello Monaco. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
15. "INTERVIEW: CLIVIO PICCIONE ON REVOLUTIONISING THE KARTING WORLD". Monaco Life. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

External links

• Clivio Piccione career summary at DriverDB.com