Piccione's career started in karting in 1997, where he stayed until 2001 before moving up to British Formula Ford. He only spent one season there, debuting in British Formula 3's B-Class in 2002 for the T-Sport team. 2003 saw him move up to the main class with the Manor team, where he won the a race at Knockhill.[1] For 2004, he joined Carlin Motorsport and won two races at Donington Park.[2][3][4]
In 2005 the Monegasque driver drove in the inaugural GP2 Series season, driving for the Durango team, winning the sprint race at the Nürburgring round.[5][6] However, results were not in his favour for the remainder of the season and for 2006 he would switch to DPR Direxiv.[7] He would score two podiums for the team at Silverstone and Monza. After leaving GP2, he competed in the World Series by Renault for 2007.[8] In 2008 he raced in F3000 Euroseries, Italian F3000 and EuroBOSS.[9]
Piccione drove in the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season for the newly formed A1 Team Monaco. He was the nation's joint seat-holder, alongside Hubertus Bahlsen.[10] He competed in all races in the 2008-09 season, scoring pole for the South African feature race and finishing a best of third place in the same race. Team Monaco finished 9th overall with 35 points, however the series collapsed a year later and could not improve on this result. Piccione represented Monaco at the 2009 Race of Champions.[11]
Following his racing career, Piccione designed the Kart Indoor Monaco in Fontvieille. In 2018, he drove a McLaren M14A in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. In 2022, he was behind the formation of the Monaco E-Kart Championship, with backing from Monegasque Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc.[14][15]
Racing record
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)