Picchio Racing Cars

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Coordinates: 42°51′07″N 13°43′45″E / 42.8519509°N 13.729149°E / 42.8519509; 13.729149

Picchio Racing Cars
TypeAuto racing design and production
Founded1989[1]
FounderGiotto Bizzarrini[2]
Headquarters
Ancarano, Teramo
,
Italy[3]
Key people
 (president)
(North American distributor)[4]
Total assets€1,434,510.96[3]
Websitepicchio.com/en

Picchio Racing Cars is a small Italian racing and road automobile manufacturer, based in the town of Ancarano, Teramo.

History[]

Founded in 1989 by Giotto Bizzarrini,[2] Picchio built their first car, the , in 1998.[5] Also known as the A001 or the MB1, the SR2 used a 3-litre BMW straight-6 engine, and made its debut at the Misano round of the International Sports Racing Series in July 1998.[6] In 2002, the firm gave Armando Trentini the exclusivity to introduced the which, with the collaboration of G&W Motorsports (now Synergy Racing), was used in the SRPII category of the Rolex Sports Car Series;[6] Darren Law took second in the SRPII championship that year whilst driving a D-USA.[7] the team also had one victory at the six hours of Mont Trembland Canada (drivers Daren Law, Andy Lally, Armando Trentini). In 2003, Trentini and G&W Motorsports introduced the , which was built for the new Daytona Prototype class of Grand-Am.[8][9] On its debut, the DP2 finished 24th in the 24 Hours of Daytona.[10] Darren Law was the most successful DP2 driver, and he took sixth in the Daytona Prototype championship;[11] whilst won the SRPII championship in a D-USA,[12] and helped give Picchio the SRPII Constructor's championship.[13] A new Daytona Prototype entered development in 2003,[14] but the car, known as the DP3,[15][16] never actually raced, although Andrea Montermini did test a version of the car.[17] The DP3 would later morph into an Alfa Romeo 8C-based Daytona Prototype,[18] but this too would not materialize.

G&W Motorsports' Picchio DP2

In 2004, Picchio introduced a new series of prototypes for hillclimbing; the .[19] In 2010, Picchio introduced their second hillclimb series, the , which used a 1750 cc turbocharged engine.[20] was selected as the official P4/E2 driver, and he took six wins from seven races.[20] The same year, they introduced the road car, which was the firm's first entry into the electric city car market, and began life as the Belumbury project in 2008.[21] In 2011, Nicola Guida designed a carbon-fibre bicycle for Picchio.[22]

Picchio P4 at Nevegal

Models[]

  • (1998)
  • (2002)
  • (2003)
  • (2004)
  • (2010)
  • (2010)
  • (2011)

References[]

  1. ^ "Racing cars engineering and design | Picchio Racing Road Cars". Picchio Racing Cars. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. ^ a b "Picchio develops faster race cars with LMS Virtual.Lab Motion". LMS International. 2008-04-09. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  3. ^ a b "Now | Picchio Racing Road Cars". Picchio Racing Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  4. ^ "Interview with Armando Trentini". Daily Sports Car. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  5. ^ "Italian Race cars performance series | Picchio Racing Road Cars". Picchio Racing Cars. 2009-04-13. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  6. ^ a b "Picchio - Complete Archive". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  7. ^ "Grand-Am 2002 SRPII - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  8. ^ "Picchio Announces Three-Year Program for Daytona Prototypes". The Auto Channel. 2002-08-28. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  9. ^ "Daytona Prototype DP2". Picchio Racing Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  10. ^ "Picchio - Complete Archive (page 2)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  11. ^ "Grand-Am 2003 DP - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  12. ^ "Grand-Am 2003 SRPII - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  13. ^ "Grand-Am 2003 SRPII Constructor's - final positions and tables". World Sports Racing Prototypes. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  14. ^ "Major revamp for Picchio Daytona Prototype". Autosport.com. 2003-08-04. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  15. ^ "Picchio DP3 nears completion | News". Motorsport.com. 2005-06-29. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  16. ^ re (2004-12-10). "Picchio gearing up for Grand-Am return". italiaspeed.com. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  17. ^ "Andrea Montermini on the Picchio DP3". Grand-am Road Racing. 2005-10-24. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  18. ^ "Picchio DP3: un'Alfa per la Grand-Am". Omniauto.it. 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  19. ^ "Race cars for hill climb competition | Picchio Racing Road Cars". Picchio Racing Cars. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  20. ^ a b "P4 race car for hill climb competition | Picchio Racing Road Cars". Picchio Racing Cars. Archived from the original on 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  21. ^ "Belumbury | Picchio Racing Road Cars". Picchio Racing Cars. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  22. ^ Thomas, James (2011-01-21). "Picchio carbon bicycle by Nicola Guida". Bicycle Design. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

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