Charles Pic is a French retired professional racing driver who drove in Formula One for two full seasons in 2012 and 2013, racing for Marussia F1 Team in the first season and then for Caterham in the second season.
Pic at the 2013 Race of Stars
Pic competing at the Silverstone round of the 2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Pic at the 2012 US Grand Prix
Pic driving for Marussia at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
2012 Formula One World Championship
The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 66th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 63rd FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing series for Formula One cars, recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty rounds, which started in Australia on 18 March and ended in Brazil on 25 November. The 2012 season saw the return of the United States Grand Prix, which was held at the Circuit of the Americas, a purpose-built circuit in Austin, Texas. After being cancelled in 2011 due to civil protests, the Bahrain Grand Prix also returned to the calendar.
Sebastian Vettel (pictured in 2011) became a three-time World Champion with Red Bull Racing.
Fernando Alonso, driving for Ferrari, finished runner-up, three points behind Vettel.
Kimi Räikkönen finished the season in third place on his return to F1, driving for Lotus.
The Red Bull RB8 is the car entered by defending World Constructors' Champion Red Bull, and which won the World Constructors' Championship in 2012.
