Riccardo Agostini (born 20 April 1994 in

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) is an Italian

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. Who currently competes in the

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for

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in a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020

Career

Karting

Agostini began

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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.

Formula Abarth

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, Agostini graduated to single–seaters into the newly launched

Formula Abarth Formula Abarth was an open wheel racing An open-wheel car is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, Sports car racing, sports cars, Stock car racing, stoc ...

series in

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, stating with Prema Junior. He won the feature race in

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and finished the season eleventh. Agostini stayed in Formula Abarth for a second season in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

but switched to debutants Villorba Corse, when the series split in European and Italian series. After four rounds he had another switch to

JD Motorsport JD Motorsport was an auto racing team based in Vespolate, Italy that competed in formula single-seaters in Europe. History The team was formed in 1995 by Roberto Cavallari and Alfredo Cappelletti. In 1996 the team started to participate in Form ...

. Despite having just one podium in both Italian and European Series he improved to seventh and eighth respectively.

Italian Formula Three

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Agostini continued his collaboration with

into

Italian Formula Three Championship The Italian Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in Italy. History Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls - it is typically the first point in a driver's care ...

GP3 Series

Agostini joined

Hilmer Motorsport Hilmer Motorsport was a German racing team established in 2013 by Franz Hilmer. The team first raced in the GP2 Series, starting in 2013, replacing Ocean Racing Technology. Hilmer joined the GP3 Series in 2014 with support from Force India, rep ...

from the second round of the

2014 GP3 Series The 2014 GP3 Series was the fifth season of GP3 Series, a third-tier motor racing feeder series for Formula One and sister series GP2. The series continued to use the Dallara GP3/13 car, AER V6 engines and Pirelli tyres. The title was claime ...

. He finished 16th in the standings and was the only driver to score points for the team.

Formula One

On 9 November 2012 Agostini tested a

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Formula One car as a prize for claiming the Rookie title in Italian Formula Three.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Agostini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Auto GP results

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

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

( key) ^† 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)

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Italia results

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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agostini, Riccardo 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Padua Italian racing drivers Formula Abarth drivers Formula Masters China drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Auto GP drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Italian GP3 Series drivers International GT Open drivers Manor Motorsport drivers Prema Powerteam drivers JD Motorsport drivers MP Motorsport drivers Zeta Corse drivers Hilmer Motorsport drivers EuroInternational drivers Wayne Taylor Racing drivers Audi Sport drivers Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Italy drivers AF Corse drivers Le Mans Cup drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers GT World Challenge America drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers