Juan Piedrahita


Juan Diego Piedrahita Cortes is a Colombian racing driver. Piedrahita began his driving career at age of 7 karting in Mexico. Piedrahita transitioned to auto racing in 2009 competing in the LATAM Challenge Series where he gained 2 podiums, finished 7th in overall points and 2nd in the rookie standings.
In 2010 Piedrahita competed in Star Mazda Championship for Team Apex where he competed in eight of the thirteen races and collected one top 5 and four top 10 finish. In 2011 he is competing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for JDC MotorSports as part of the Road to Indy. Piedrahita finished seventh in the championship, capturing two podium finishes at the series' two oval races at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and the Milwaukee Mile.
For the 2012 season, Piedrahita returned to Star Mazda full-time staying with the JDC MotorSports team. He finished seventh in points and captured a career-best second-place finish in race two in Toronto. He returned for another season in the series, now called Pro Mazda, in 2013, again with JDC. Piedrahita fell to ninth in points, suffering six DNF's, but did capture a second-place finish at the Milwaukee Mile and four third-place finishes.
For the 2014, Piedrahita will move up the Road to Indy to Indy Lights, signing with defending series champion team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing

Star Mazda Championship / Pro Mazda Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617RankPoints
2010Team ApexSEB
19
STP
11
LAG
5
ORP
IOW
NJ1
10
NJ2
13
ACC
ACC
TRO
ROA
6
MOS
15
ATL
13
16th199
2012JDC MotorSportsSTP
4
STP
2
BAR
8
BAR
4
IND
8
IOW
14
TOR
4
TOR
2
EDM
8
EDM
16
TRO
9
TRO
11
BAL
19
BAL
9
LAG
8
LAG
9
ATL
9
7th234
2013JDC MotorSportsAUS
16
AUS
15
STP
6
STP
12
IND
10
IOW
2
TOR
7
TOR
3
MOS
11
MOS
DNS
MOH
5
MOH
16
TRO
3
TRO
3
HOU
13
HOU
3
9th182

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints
2011JDC MotorSportsSEB
6
SEB
5
STP
12
STP
9
ORP
3
MIL
3
MDO
7
MDO
8
ROA
6
ROA
15
BAL
16
BAL
14
7th145

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2014Schmidt Peterson MotorsportsSTP
6
LBH
7
ALA
10
ALA
7
IND
8
IND
11
INDY
8
POC
7
TOR
7
MDO
9
MDO
5
MIL
6
SNM
5
SNM
7
7th337
2015Belardi Auto RacingSTP
6
STP
9
LBH
8
ALA
7
ALA
8
IMS
11
IMS
7
INDY
7
TOR
10
TOR
4
MIL
3
IOW
7
MDO
6
MDO
12
LAG
7
LAG
7
8th223
2016Team PelfreySTP
9
STP
8
PHX
12
ALA
7
ALA
16
IMS
15
IMS
11
INDY
8
RDA
12
RDA
7
IOW
7
TOR
14
TOR
12
MDOMDOWGLLAGLAG13th135
2017Team PelfreySTP
14
STP
10
ALA
11
ALA
11
IMS
DNS
IMS
5
INDY
8
RDA
5
RDA
10
IOW
10
TOR
6
TOR
4
MDO
10
MDO
11
GMP
2
WGL
9
9th208

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