🇮🇹 Giacomo Ricci

Giacomo Ricci is an Italian professional driver with a Racer Rating of 5,452, placing him among established professionals in the top ranks of international single-seater racing. This rating reflects a driver who has earned full-time seats in the strongest feeder series and consistently beats semi-professional competition, though not at the front of elite fields. His career on track ran from 2008 to 2010, a three-season span in the GP2 Series where he took 15 starts with DPR.[1]

During his 2008 to 2010 campaigns, Ricci scored one victory and two additional podium finishes across 15 races, averaging a finishing position of P11.9 in a field that included several drivers who went on to compete at the highest levels of motorsport. His head-to-head record against these rivals paints a picture of a capable mid-field operator. Against Davide Valsecchi, who would later win the 2012 GP2 Series championship, Ricci finished ahead in 8 of 13 shared races. Against Giedo van der Garde, another professional-graded driver, he won 8 of 11 encounters. He also managed occasional wins against elite drivers including Sergio Perez, a Platinum-graded professional, and Pastor Maldonado, the 2010 GP2 Series champion itself, beating both drivers twice; however, his overall record against Maldonado and Perez was heavily one-sided, losing 11 of 13 and 9 of 11 races respectively, indicating they operated at a notably higher level. Against Dani Clos and Alberto Valério, both drivers of similar or slightly lower calibre, Ricci held even or positive records.[2]

Ricci retired from driving competition after 2010. Recent headlines suggest he has remained involved in motorsport, working with driver development and team management roles in Formula 2 and Formula 3 in 2025 and 2026, though these activities fall outside his racing record as a driver.