Juan Piedrahita

Juan Diego Piedrahita Cortes (born July 27, 1992) is a Colombian racing driver. Piedrahita began his driving career aged seven, karting in Mexico. Piedrahita transitioned to auto racing in 2009 competing in the LATAM Challenge Series where he gained two podiums, finished seventh 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-five and four top-ten finishes. In 2011, he competed 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 moved up the Road to Indy to Indy Lights, signing with defending series champion team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Star Mazda Championship / Pro Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points 2010 Team Apex SEB19 STP11 LAG5 ORP IOW NJ110 NJ213 ACC ACC TRO ROA6 MOS15 ATL13 16th 199 2012 JDC MotorSports STP4 STP2 BAR8 BAR4 IND8 IOW14 TOR4 TOR2 EDM8 EDM16 TRO9 TRO11 BAL19 BAL9 LAG8 LAG9 ATL9 7th 234 2013 JDC MotorSports AUS16 AUS15 STP6 STP12 IND10 IOW2 TOR7 TOR3 MOS11 MOSDNS MOH5 MOH16 TRO3 TRO3 HOU13 HOU3 9th 182

U.S. F2000 National Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2011 JDC MotorSports SEB6 SEB5 STP12 STP9 ORP3 MIL3 MOH7 MOH8 ROA6 ROA15 BAL16 BAL14 7th 145

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2014 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP6 LBH7 ALA10 ALA7 IND8 IND11 INDY8 POC7 TOR7 MOH9 MOH5 MIL6 SNM5 SNM7 7th 337 2015 Belardi Auto Racing STP6 STP9 LBH8 ALA7 ALA8 IMS11 IMS7 INDY7 TOR10 TOR4 MIL3 IOW7 MOH6 MOH12 LAG7 LAG7 8th 223 2016 Team Pelfrey STP9 STP8 PHX12 ALA7 ALA16 IMS15 IMS11 INDY8 RDA12 RDA7 IOW7 TOR14 TOR12 MOH MOH WGL LAG LAG 13th 135 2017 Team Pelfrey STP14 STP10 ALA11 ALA11 IMSDNS IMS5 INDY8 RDA5 RDA10 IOW10 TOR6 TOR4 MOH10 MOH11 GMP2 WGL9 9th 208

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2019 JDC-Miller MotorSports DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5L V8 DAY SEB LBH MOH DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 19th 88 2020 JDC-Miller MotorSports DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY DAY SEB ELK ATL MOH ATL LGA SEB 25th 26