Juan Piedrahita

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Juan Diego Piedrahita (born July 27, 1992 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian racing driver . He started in Indy Lights from 2014 to 2016 .

Career

Piedrahita began his motorsport career in karting in 2000 and was active in this sport until 2008. He mostly drove in Mexico and his last year in karting in France. In 2008 he made his debut in formula racing and drove a race in the Mexican Formula Vee. In 2009 Piedrahita competed in the LATAM Challenge Series . With a second place as the best result, he reached ninth place overall. In 2010 Piedrahita moved to the Star Mazda Series for Team Apex . He finished the season with a fifth place as the best result in 16th place in the drivers' standings. In addition, he contested two other races in the LATAM Challenge Series.

In 2011, Piedrahita received a cockpit in the US F2000 National Championship at JDC Motorsports . With two third places, he was twice on the podium. He finished the season in seventh place in the overall standings. In 2012, Piedrahita competed for JDC Motorsports in the Star Mazda Series. Two second places were his best results. While his teammate Gabby Chaves finished second overall, Piedrahita was seventh overall. In 2013 the series was renamed the Pro Mazda Championship and Piedrahita competed again for JDC Motorsports. With a second place as the best result, he was ninth in the overall ranking. He lost to his two team mates Zack Meyer (6th place) and Lloyd Read (8th place).

In 2014 Piedrahita switched to Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in Indy Lights . He lost to his three teammates internally and finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' championship. In 2015 Piedrahita stayed in Indy Lights and switched to Belardi Auto Racing . With a third place, he achieved his first podium finish this year. He finished the season eighth overall and was one position behind his team-mate Felix Serralles . In 2016 , Piedrahita completed his third Indy Lights season for Team Pelfrey . After the 13th race he withdrew from the championship. Three seventh places were his best results. He was 13th in the drivers' championship.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2010: LATAM Challenge Series (16th place)
  • 2011: US F2000 National Championship (7th place)
  • 2012: Star Mazda Series (7th place)
  • 2013: Pro Mazda Championship (9th place)

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2014 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports w / Curb-Agajanian STP LBH BAR INDY POC GOAL MDO Mil SON         337 7th
6th 7th 10 7th 8th 11 8th 7th 7th 9 5 6th 5 7th        
2015 Belardi Auto Racing STP LBH BAR INDY GOAL Mil IOW MDO LAG     223 8th.
6th 9 8th 7th 8th 11 7th 7th 10 4th 3 7th 6th 12 7th 7th    
2016 Team Pelfrey STP PHO BAR INDY ROA IOW GOAL MDO WGL LAG 135 13.
9 8th 12 7th 16 15th 11 8th 12 7th 7th 14th 12          

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2019 United StatesUnited States JDC Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-VR CanadaCanada Mikhail Goikhberg FranceFrance Tristan Vautier Rank 7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Juan Piedrahita”. (No longer available online.) Indycar.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on October 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.indycar.com
  2. ↑ a b Piedrahita joins Belardi team for 2015 Indy Lights. indycar.com, January 24, 2015, accessed March 27, 2015 .
  3. ↑ “Juan Piedrahita”. smpindycar.com, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Tony DiZinno: "Schmidt Peterson signs for Juan Piedrahita Indy Lights". nbcsports.com, March 14, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  5. ^ RJ O'Connell: Indy Lights 2016 season preview. paddockscout.com, March 11, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Piedrahita, Juan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piedrahita, Juan Diego
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Bogotá , Colombia