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Vicky Piria, Carmen Jorda and Alice Powell are three female drivers who will compete in the GP3 series this season.
Eighteen-year-old Italian Vicky Piria will contest the 2012 season with team Trident Racing. Piria started her racing career in 2009 in Formula 2000 Light Italia, before moving to Formula Abarth in her country in 2010 and 2011, where she was classified 18th overall.
Nearly 24-year-old Carmen Jorda from Spain will also make her GP3 debut this season. She started her career in Master Junior Formula in her country in 2005, and then ran the Spanish Formula 3 championship (F3 Open) in the « Cup » category from 2006 to 2009.
In 2010, she moved to the United States to compete in the Indy Lights series, where she was classified 16th at the end of the season. She will run the GP3 championship for team Ocean Racing Technology.
Nineteen-year-old Alice Powell, from Oxford, England, ran in the Formula Renault UK series for three years, and also secured the Formula Renault BARC title in 2010. She struck a deal with Status Grand Prix for the 2012 GP3 season.
The opening rounds of the GP3 championship will be held in Barcelona, May 12 and 13.
Eighteen-year-old Italian Vicky Piria will contest the 2012 season with team Trident Racing. Piria started her racing career in 2009 in Formula 2000 Light Italia, before moving to Formula Abarth in her country in 2010 and 2011, where she was classified 18th overall.
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| Vicky Piria. (Photo: GP3 series) |
Nearly 24-year-old Carmen Jorda from Spain will also make her GP3 debut this season. She started her career in Master Junior Formula in her country in 2005, and then ran the Spanish Formula 3 championship (F3 Open) in the « Cup » category from 2006 to 2009.
In 2010, she moved to the United States to compete in the Indy Lights series, where she was classified 16th at the end of the season. She will run the GP3 championship for team Ocean Racing Technology.
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| Carmen Jorda. (Photo: GP3 series) |
Nineteen-year-old Alice Powell, from Oxford, England, ran in the Formula Renault UK series for three years, and also secured the Formula Renault BARC title in 2010. She struck a deal with Status Grand Prix for the 2012 GP3 season.
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| Alice Powell. (Photo: GP3 series) |
The opening rounds of the GP3 championship will be held in Barcelona, May 12 and 13.