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Riccardo Patrese
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese (born 17 April 1954) is an Italian former racing driver, who raced in Formula One from to . He became the first Formula One driver to achieve 200 Grand Prix starts when he appeared at the 1990 British Grand Prix, and the first to achieve 250 starts at the 1993 German Grand Prix. Patrese entered 257 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix and started 256 races making him the third most experienced F1 driver in history, after Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. He was runner up in the 1992 Formula One season and third in 1989 and 1991. He won six Formula One races, with a record gap of over six years between two of these - the 1983 South African Grand Prix and 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.
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Romain Grosjean
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Ross Brawn
Ross Brawn OBE (born 23 November 1954) is an English motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal. He has worked for a number of Formula One teams, serving as the technical director of the championship-winning Benetton and Ferrari teams. He took a sabbatical from the sport in 2007 but returned to F1 for the 2008 season as Team Principal of Honda. He was the owner of the Brawn GP team, which acquired the Honda team in early 2009, and won the Formula One Constructors and Drivers Championships in that year. Mercedes bought out the team in November 2009, where Brawn remains team principal.
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Rubens Barrichello
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Sam Michael
Sam Michael (born 29 April 1971) is technical director of WilliamsF1, a Formula One constructor. He was born in Western Australia and grew up in Canberra. After studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of New South Wales with a thesis on data acquisition systems for racing cars, he worked with the Formula Holden team. The team owner, Gregg Siddle, employed him on a part-time basis so that Michael could continue his studies.
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Satoru Nakajima
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Scottish people
The Scottish people (Scots Gaelic: Albannaich), or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Celtic Picts (east) and the Gaels (west), incorporating neighbouring Britons as well as Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.
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Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim, West Germany) is a German racing driver, and the 2009 Formula One World Drivers' Championship Runner-up. He drives for Red Bull Racing alongside Australian Mark Webber in the 2010 season.
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Sergio Pérez
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Thierry Boutsen
Thierry Marc Boutsen (born July 13, 1957 in Brussels, Belgium) is a former racing driver who raced for the Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan teams in Formula One.
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Timo Glock
Timo Glock (born 18 March 1982) is a German motor racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for the Virgin Racing team. At the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, standing in for Giorgio Pantano who had a contract dispute with Jordan Grand Prix, he joined a select group of drivers who have scored a World Championship point in their first Formula One race.
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Tom Pryce
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Toto Wolff
'''Christian 'Toto' Wolff''' (born January 12, 1972 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian investor and racing driver.
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Valtteri Bottas
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Vitaly Petrov
Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov (, born September 8, 1984 in Vyborg) is a Russian Formula One driver for the Renault F1 team. He is known as "Vyborg Rocket" in Russia. By competing in the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, he is the first Russian driver to take part in the Formula One World Championship. He currently resides in Valencia, Spain.
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Walter Wolf
Walter Wolf (born 5 October 1939) is a Canadian oil-drilling equipment supplier who in the early 1970s made a fortune from the North Sea oil business and decided to join the world of Formula One (F1) motor racing.
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Wirth Research
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Yannick Dalmas
Yannick Dalmas (born 28 July 1961 in Le Beausset, Var) is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 18 October 1987, but qualified for only 24 of them. His best result in F1 was a 5th place at the 1987 Australian Grand Prix, but he was not eligible for World Championship points at that race. His F1 career was blighted by his health issues, towards the end of , Dalmas was diagnosed with Legionellosis which understandably caused him to miss the final two races. He recovered before the start of but his illness had clearly affected him.
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The Williams F1 Collection
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- Duration: 4:43
- Published: 06 Jun 2008
- Updated: 16 Aug 2012
On average, Williams F1 builds seven chassis per season. Over a thirty year history, that's a lot of cars, so, what do we do with them? In the first of a series of features we're producing this year in which we explore the various avenues of our business you may not be aware of, we take you behind the scenes at Grove and into our Williams F1 Grand Prix Collection and museum workshop. Perhaps one of the most prized possessions in the team's armoury, the Collection is somewhat revered by everyone at the factory and provides a suitable destination for some of the finest Grand Prix cars ever built once they've served their term in the sport. In this video, we take you round our exclusive collection and talk to the people responsible for it.
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National Geographic | Megafactories - Williams F1
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- Duration: 45:00
- Published: 01 Aug 2012
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
With unprecedented access to Williams F1's futuristic development factory, we reveal the ins and outs of the phenomenal FW33 F1 Car.
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F1 - Jeff Gordon Drives WilliamsF1 at Indianapolis
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- Duration: 7:35
- Published: 11 Dec 2011
- Updated: 09 Sep 2012
NASCAR's Jeff Gordon swaps cars with Montoya and drives the Williams-BMW FW24. This is the same automobile that scored Juan Pablo Montoya the 2002 Formula 1 World Championship. www.youtube.com
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F1 2012 Spanish Gp Williams Garage Fire
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- Duration: 1:41
- Published: 13 May 2012
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
Huge fire in the williams garage a few people have been injured here are some links and a video showing what happened: www.youtube.com www1.skysports.com www.bbc.co.uk --- For more formula one videos check out my channel where i review and give my thoughts and opinions, I also do hotlaps...
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F1 2012 - Red Bull, Lotus, Williams & Caterham - Powered by Renault F1 (Clip)
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- Duration: 3:02
- Published: 18 Apr 2012
- Updated: 22 Aug 2012
F1 news, HD photos and more on our website www.nextgen-auto.com
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OSQ Williams F1 2012 Demo
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- Duration: 1:41
- Published: 10 Sep 2012
- Updated: 11 Sep 2012
corner cutting is not fixed..... run no assists!
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Gasolene TV - Alan Jones FW-07 Williams F1
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- Duration: 11:12
- Published: 03 Jul 2011
- Updated: 09 Sep 2012
Glenn Everitt presents the Alan Jones FW 07 Williams Formula One and see it fire into life for the 1st time since its retirement in the 80's. This was one of the cars that contributed to his 1980 World Championship.
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BBC Horizon (1981) - Gentlemen, lift your skirts. Williams F1 - Cosworth Tyrrell P34
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- Duration: 46:44
- Published: 01 Mar 2012
- Updated: 03 Sep 2012
BBC - Horizon - aired on TV 1981 Williams Formula One team Winter testing with Alan Jones driving in December 1980 at the Paul Ricard circuit in Southern France. The day before testing started Goodyear Tyres had decided to quit F1 due to the ban announced by the FIA on "skirts". The FIA being based in France were subjected to increasing pressure from the Goliath corporate car manufacturers Ferrari (Fiat) and Renualt to ban skirts as their engines were the wrong shape to fully capitalise the use of ground effect in the design of their cars. This was the year before the Turbo revolution hit F1 and there is a brief look at the development of Turbo. Also features an in depth look at the Ford Cosworth engine and you are taken around the factory, design, hand building, performance and development of the engine. Includes appearences from the following. Frank Dernie (Head of Williams Research and Development) who currently works for the Toyota Formula One team. Frank explains the fundementals of ground effect and the importance of using skirts to achieve full potential. Patrick Head and Frank Williams. This is incredible footage documenting not just the Williams team but of the Cosworth engine
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F1 2012 - Williams Renault - Senna & Bottas inaugurate a new showroom in Malaysia
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 08 Apr 2012
- Updated: 15 Jul 2012
F1 news, HD photos and more on our website www.nextgen-auto.com Williams F1 Team driver Bruno Senna and third driver Valtteri Bottas helped Renault Malaysia inaugurate a new showroom in Kuala Lumpur and launch the limited edition Renault Mégane Sport RS to the Malaysian market.
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Williams F1 Feature - 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix [Sky Sports F1 HD]
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- Published: 27 Mar 2012
- Updated: 16 Aug 2012
Martin Brundle Drives Williams F1
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- Duration: 6:18
- Published: 04 Sep 2007
- Updated: 09 Sep 2012
After 25 years as a racing driver, ITV-F1 pundit Martin Brundle investigates the physical effects of driving a Formula 1 car. In this feature, he performs a series of laps in a Williams Toyota FW29 racecar, demonstrating the mental and physical challenges, including the G-force effects simulated by state of the art graphics, a Formula 1 driver faces during a Grand Prix.
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[F1 2011 Codemasters] Williams-Renault FW34 Bruno Senna @ Barcelona (Patch & Skins - 2012) [HD]
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- Duration: 5:51
- Published: 04 Mar 2012
- Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Only confirming the number of the car is really wrong. Bruno Senna will race with number 19, and not with the number 18, as was put into this patch. Patch this was not done by me, but I found a nice already have the pictures of the cars this season. I hope you enjoy this very fast race aboard the Williams-Renault FW34. Hugs to all who see this video! Download 2012 skins here: www.drivingitalia.net Cameras: www.mediafire.com
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Williams f1 team garage on fire!!! On the fourm
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- Published: 14 May 2012
- Updated: 21 Aug 2012
This is the red button forum when the Williams f1 team garage is on fire of a kers-fuel started the fire after the Spain Barcelona grand prix 13/05/2012. Please comment!!! 18301!!!!!! Views! Thank you much everyone please rate sub to me but give me sometime to get videos of formula 1 or anything else you need to know! Please let me know inbox or comment below. Tell me what you like me to do! (Disclaimer No Copyright Infringement Intended) All Rights Go To The BBC!!!!!!!!!
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Feature: Williams F1 Team Ceramic Coat Paint Protection
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- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 07 Apr 2012
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
Another of our features on the Williams F1 Team Ceramic Coat Paint Protection; an awesome product. More importantly, as an Approved Valeter/Dealer this comes with a no-quibble, 5 YEAR GUARANTEE! Music: Eric Satie's Gymnopedie No 1 by Kevin Macleod - Creative Commons License (www.incompetech.com) www.draykefields.co.uk www.flickr.com/draykefields www.twitter.com/draykefields
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F1 2011 20% Race / Pastor Maldonado (Williams) / Catalunya
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- Duration: 20:27
- Published: 23 May 2012
- Updated: 17 Aug 2012
F1 2011 Game, 20% Race around Catalunya (Spain) with Williams Pastor Maldonado, can I repeat Pastors success?!, please give the video a like or dislike (what ever you feel it deserves).
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F1 2012 - Williams F1 & Michael Johnson Performance - Clip
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- Duration: 3:50
- Published: 07 Feb 2012
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
F1 news, HD photos and more on our website www.nextgen-auto.com
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F1 2012 - Williams Renault - Interview with Bruno Senna & Frank Williams
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- Duration: 7:23
- Published: 17 Jan 2012
- Updated: 31 Aug 2012
F1 news, HD photos and more on our website www.nextgen-auto.com
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Williams F1 Collection in Grove
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- Duration: 1:06
- Published: 22 Aug 2012
- Updated: 22 Aug 2012
Williams F1 Collection - around 70% f the cars are in full working order © Williams F1 Team, 2012
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Montoya Brazil 2004 - Williams F1 Last Win of 2000 Decade
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- Duration: 3:58
- Published: 08 Apr 2012
- Updated: 25 Jul 2012
Copyright infringement with any material is not intended. Like, comment and subscribe! Loads more Formula 1 videos on my channel and more to come :)
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Williams F1 2012 factory cam
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- Published: 08 Mar 2012
- Updated: 19 May 2012
A fast forward playback of the Caterham F1 team building their 2012 machine. Video from the Williams factory will be uploaded soon. All content is taken from Skysports F1 channel (pre-launch stage).
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Williams F1 Team Competition
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- Duration: 1:45
- Published: 07 Apr 2012
- Updated: 23 Jun 2012
Richard our Founder and ambassador Natalie Pinkham - Sky Sports F1 Presenter, welcomed the winners of our recent Twitter competition to Williams F1 Team HQ in Oxfordshire.
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(TFL 52) Williams F1's Dr. Mark Gillan Reactive Ride-Height Suspension Banned by FIA
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- Duration: 1:56
- Published: 21 Jan 2012
- Updated: 04 May 2012
Technical explination of reactive ride-height suspension: www.formula1.com Some say removing something like this should have some drastic side effects. If the car is less stable under braking or partial braking it could be thrown off balance mid corner. While that might be true for some teams, I think majority of the teams probably implemented them later in development. So regaining balance after removing this technology might not be as hard on most teams cars, while on others it might prove detrimental. The up side is this should help mix the field quite a bit. Everything now is speculation when it comes to the effect that this ban will have on the 2012 cars, as we don't know how integrated it is for each team. I think the degree of integration will vary on a team by team basis quite a bit, as some teams like Renault (otherwise know as Lotus now) who build their cars around this design will take a huge hit while other teams like Red Bull who's Adrian Newey never even touched it, will be better off not wasting time over it. Which again, is good and bad in many ways depending on how you look at it. Williams F1's Cheif Operations Designer Dr. Mark Gillan says that reactive suspension has been banned by FIA on Episode 52 of The Flying Lap by Peter Windsor, I own no rights over this video, just sharing it.
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Williams F1 pit stop on A Question of sport.mov
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- Duration: 2:48
- Published: 07 Feb 2012
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell try their hands at changing a Formula One car tyre on A Question of Sport. It's Rubens Barrichello's 2011 Formula One car - not sure the Williams team will be employing the boys any time soon!
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Impressive Turn of Speed From Williams F1
10 Sep 2012
Daily Finance
LONDON -- Williams Grand Prix Holdings (OTC: WPRXF) today announced its interim results for the six months ended June 30, with turnover of 74.3 million pounds, an...(size: 1.1Kb)
Williams F1 Does Venezuela 2012
17 Aug 2012
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Posted on Friday 17 Aug 2012 Williams F1 have just arrived back from sunny Venezuela and what a trip it has been! We enjoy fantastic support there and this visit was our chance to say a big thank you to those who continue to support us. Of course Pastor was the star of the show and he certainly...(size: 4.7Kb)
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Posted on Friday 10 Aug 2012 Williams F1 are delighted to announce that the team and race driver Pastor Maldonado are in Venezuela this week to meet our dedicated fans and partners. Williams F1 enjoys tremendous support in Venezuela, not least because of Pastor Maldonado whose win at the Spanish...(size: 1.9Kb)
Williams F1′s success outshines missed points
31 Jul 2012
Formula1 Blog
Negative Camber July 31, 2012 No Comments As we were discussing the Williams F1 team in our Hungarian Grand Prix review podcast, we mentioned the fact that the team had lost a lot of potential points due to Pastor Maldonado’s “incidents” on track. Now that could be said of any team...(size: 7.1Kb)
BBC News
A Formula One-themed garden is one of three from Essex to have won gold medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. "The Williams F1 Story" by King & Co, based in Rayne, picked up the award in the Great Pavilion Awards for its collaboration with the grand prix team. The display, with a...(size: 2.2Kb)
Lewis Hamilton error fuels Williams F1 victory
15 May 2012
The Guardian
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VIDEO: Williams F1 garage fire in Spain
13 May 2012
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0 Negative Camber May 13, 2012 People & Events Tweet It was supposed to be a great celebration for Williams F1 having just clinched their first race victory since 2004 with Juan Pablo Montoya at the wheel. Pastor Maldonado gave the team something to cheer about and celebrate but that celebration...(size: 5.7Kb)
Williams F1 party marred by fire
13 May 2012
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The Examiner
A chaotic scene unfolded in the paddock area in Barcelona late Sunday after an explosion caused a massive fire in the Williams garage area. The explosion came as the team was celebrating driver Pastor Maldonado’s Spanish Grand Prix. According to Williams’ team personnel the KERS in the car driven by...(size: 6.9Kb)
Fire breaks out in Williams F1 garage
13 May 2012
Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams in 1967.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (FWB: WGF1), trading as Williams F1, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by former team owner Sir Frank Williams and automotive engineer Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams' two earlier and, compared with Williams F1's achievements, unsuccessful F1 operations: Frank Williams Racing Cars (1969 to 1975) and Walter Wolf Racing (1976). All of Williams F1 chassis are called "FW" then a number, the FW being the initials of team owner, Frank Williams.
Williams' first race was the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix, where the new team ran a March chassis for Patrick Nève. Williams started manufacturing its own cars the following year, and Switzerland's Clay Regazzoni won Williams' first race at the 1979 British Grand Prix. At the 1997 British Grand Prix, Canadian Jacques Villeneuve won the team's 100th race, making Williams one of only three teams in Formula One, alongside Ferrari and fellow British team McLaren, to win 100 races. Williams won nine Constructor's titles between 1980 and 1997. This stood as a record until Ferrari surpassed it in 2000.
Many famous racing drivers have driven for Williams, including Australia's Alan Jones; Finland's Keke Rosberg; Britain's Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill and Jenson Button; France's Alain Prost; Brazil's Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, and Canada's Jacques Villeneuve, each of whom, with the exception of Senna and Button, have captured one Drivers' title with the team. After Senna died in a Williams car in a crash at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Frank Williams, Patrick Head and designer Adrian Newey were all accused of manslaughter. The trial finally closed on 13 April 2007, when the Italian Court of Appeal stated in the verdict numbered 15050 that Head was guilty of the manslaughter charge. Even being found responsible for Senna's accident, Head was not arrested, because the final verdict was pronounced after the statute of limitations had expired.[6]
Williams have worked with many notable engine manufacturers, most successfully with Renault: Williams won five of their nine constructors' titles with the French company. Along with Ferrari, McLaren, Benetton and Renault, Williams is one of a group of five teams that won every constructors' championship between 1979 and 2008 and every driver's championship from 1984 to 2008.
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Origins[link]
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Frank Williams started the current Williams team in 1977 after his previous outfit, Frank Williams Racing Cars, failed to achieve the success he desired. Despite the promise of a new owner in the form of Canadian millionaire Walter Wolf, the team's 1976 cars were not competitive. Eventually Williams left the rechristened Walter Wolf Racing and moved to Didcot to rebuild his team as "Williams Grand Prix Engineering". Frank recruited young engineer Patrick Head to work for the team, creating the "Williams-Head" partnership.[7]
Ownership[link]
It was reported on 20 November 2009 by Reuters that Williams and Patrick Head had sold a minority interest in their team to an investment company led by Austrian Toto Wolff[8] who has stated that it is purely a commercial decision.[9]
In February 2011, Williams F1 announced their intention to float via an Initial Public Offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, from March 2011. Swiss-based Bank am Bellevue AG will act as sole global co-ordinator of up to 27.39% of existing shares, a total of 2,739,383 shares. The shares will be offered to the public in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria; while private institutional investment will be available to organisations in other EU countries, plus the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. Sir Frank Williams will remain majority shareholder and team principal after the IPO.[10] The shares are valued at between 24 and 29 euros, which values the Williams F1 team at 265 million euros.
Racing history – Formula One[link]
Ford (1976–1983)[link]
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The original Williams logo.
1977
Williams entered a customer March 761 for the 1977 season. Lone driver Patrick Nève appeared at 11 races that year, starting with the Spanish Grand Prix. The new team failed to score a point, achieving a best finish of 7th at the Italian Grand Prix.[11]
1978
For the 1978 season, Patrick Head designed his first Williams car: the FW06. Williams signed Australian Alan Jones, who had won the Austrian Grand Prix the previous season for a devastated Shadow team following the death of their lead driver, Tom Pryce. Jones’s first race for the team was the Argentine Grand Prix where he qualified the lone Williams in 14th position, but retired after 36 laps with a fuel system failure. The team scored its first championship points two rounds later at the South African Grand Prix when Jones finished fourth. Williams managed their first podium position at the US Grand Prix, where the Australian came second, some 20 seconds behind the Ferrari of future Williams driver Carlos Reutemann.[12] Williams ended the season in tenth place in the constructors’ championship, with a respectable 16 points, while Alan Jones finished 12th in the drivers' championship.
1979
Head designed the FW07 for the 1979 season. This was the team’s first ground effect car, a technology first introduced by Colin Chapman and Team Lotus. Williams also obtained membership of the Formula One Constructors Association (FOCA) which expressed a preference for teams to run two cars, so Jones was partnered by Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni.[13] They had to wait until the seventh round of the championship, the Monaco Grand Prix, for a points-scoring position. Regazzoni came close to taking the team’s first win but finished second, less than a second behind race winner Jody Scheckter. The next round at Dijon is remembered for the final lap battle between René Arnoux and Gilles Villeneuve,[14] but also saw both cars finish in the points for the first time: Jones was fourth with Regazzoni sixth. The team’s first win came at the 1979 British Grand Prix – their home Grand Prix – when Regazzoni finished almost 25 seconds ahead of anyone else. Things got even better when Williams cars finished first and second at the next round in Hockenheim, Alan Jones two seconds ahead of Regazzoni. Jones then made it three wins in a row at the Österreichring, finishing half a minute ahead of Gilles Villeneuve’s Ferrari. Three wins in a row became four wins two weeks later at Zandvoort, Alan Jones winning again by a comfortable margin over Jody Scheckter’s Ferrari. Scheckter ended the Williams winning streak when he won Ferrari’s home Italian Grand Prix, Regazzoni finishing third behind both Ferraris. Alan Jones managed another win at the penultimate race at Montreal to cap off a great season.
Williams had greatly improved their constructors' championship position, finishing eight places higher than the previous year and scoring 59 more points. Alan Jones was the closest driver to the Ferrari duo of Villeneuve and 1979 champion Jody Scheckter, the Australian scored 43 points, 17 behind the South African, while Jones’s team mate, Regazzoni, was two places behind him with 32 points.
1980
In 1980 Alan Jones partnered the Argentine Carlos Reutemann. The team started well in the championship, with Jones winning the first round of the season in Argentina. Jones won four more races: Paul Ricard, Brands Hatch, Montreal and the final round at Watkins Glen. Jones became the first of seven Williams drivers to win the drivers' championship, 17 points ahead of Nelson Piquet’s Brabham. Williams also won its first constructors’ championship, scoring 120 points, almost twice as many as second-placed Ligier.
1981
The duo won four races for the Williams team in the 1981 season. Alan Jones won at the first round at Long Beach and the final round at Las Vegas, while Carlos Reutemann won at the second round at Jacarepagua and the fifth round at Zolder. Williams won the constructors’ title for the second year running, scoring 95 points, 34 points more than second-placed Brabham.
1982
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Keke Rosberg’s Williams FW08. This car was used during the 1982 season where Rosberg won the Drivers' Championship recording only a single win over the course of the season.
Alan Jones retired from Formula One, only to come back a year later for a single race with the Arrows team. The Australian was replaced by Finnish driver, Keke Rosberg, who had not scored a single championship point the previous year. He won the Drivers title that year; winning only one race, the Swiss Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois. Rosberg’s teammate, Reutemann, finished in 15th place having quit Formula One after just two races of the new season. His seat was filled by Mario Andretti for the US Grand Prix West before Derek Daly took over for the rest of the year. The Williams team finished fourth in the constructors’ championship that year, 16 points behind champions Ferrari.
By the end of the season, Frank Williams realised that to compete at the top levels of Formula One he needed the support of a major manufacturer, such as Renault or BMW who could supply his team with a turbo engine.
Honda and Judd (1983–1988)[link]
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1983
Frank Williams looked towards Honda, which was developing its own turbo-charged V6 engine with the Spirit team. A deal between Honda and Williams was finally settled early in 1983 and the team used the engines for the 1984 season. For the rest of the 1983 season, Williams used the Ford engine except for the last race of the year in South Africa where Rosberg scored an encouraging fifth place. The team finished fourth in the constructors’ championship, scoring 36 points, including a win for Keke Rosberg at the 1983 Monaco Grand Prix.
1984
For the 1984 season Head designed the ungainly FW09. Keke Rosberg won the Dallas Grand Prix and managed to get second at the opening race in Brazil. Rosberg’s team mate, Jacques Laffite, came 14th in the drivers' championship with five points. The team finished sixth with 25.5 points, with Rosberg eighth in the drivers' championship.
1985
In 1985, Head designed the FW10, the team’s first chassis to employ the carbon-fibre composite technology pioneered by the McLaren team. British driver Nigel Mansell joined the team to partner Rosberg. The team scored four wins with Rosberg, winning in Detroit and Adelaide, while Mansell won the European Grand Prix and the South African Grand Prix. Williams finished third in the constructors' championship, scoring 71 points.
1986
In March 1986, Frank Williams faced the most serious challenge of his life. While returning to the airport at Nice, he was involved in a car accident which left him paralysed. He did not return to the pit lane for almost a year.[15] Despite the lack of his presence in the team, the Williams team won nine Grands Prix and the constructors’ Championship and came close to winning the Drivers' championship with Nigel Mansell, but the British driver’s left-rear tyre blew up along the back straight at the Australian GP, the final round of the season, while his fellow championship rival, and teammate, Piquet made a pit stop shortly after Mansell’s retirement as a precaution. This left Alain Prost to defend his title successfully, despite being in an inferior car.
1987
The 1987 season brought Williams-Honda partnership its first and only Drivers' championship title in the form of Nelson Piquet, who scored 76 points – 73 after dropped scores (best eleven results counted) in relation to the Drivers' Championship – and won three races, while the Brazilian’s teammate, Mansell, was 15 points behind – 12 on dropped scores – him in second place with six victories during the season. The Williams team finished as constructors’ champions for the second year running, scoring 137 points, 61 points ahead of their nearest rivals McLaren. Despite this success Honda ended their partnership with Williams at the end of the year in favour of McLaren and Lotus.
1988
Unable to make a deal with another major engine manufacturer, Williams used naturally aspirated Judd engines for the 1988 season.[16] This left them with a significant performance deficit compared with their turbo-powered rivals. Piquet left Williams to join Lotus who had retained their Honda engines for the 1988 season, mostly due to Satoru Nakajima. Williams brought in Italian Riccardo Patrese to replace him. The team did not win a single race that season and finished seventh in the constructors’ championship, scoring 20 points. The highlights of the season were two second places by Mansell, at the British and Spanish Grand Prix. When Mansell was forced to miss two races through illness, he was replaced by Martin Brundle and then Jean-Louis Schlesser.
Renault and Mecachrome (1989–1999)[link]
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The team secured an engine supply from Renault in 1989. Renault engines subsequently powered Williams drivers to another four Drivers' and five constructors’ Championships up until Renault’s departure from Formula One at the end of 1997. The combination of Renault’s powerful engine and Adrian Newey’s design expertise led to a particularly dominant period in the mid 1990s. Mansell had a record breaking 1992 season winning the title in record time and leading many races from pole to finish. Some maintain that the Williams FW14B and FW15C were "the most technologically advanced cars that will ever race in Formula One".[17]
1989
The Renault era started in 1989, with Italian Riccardo Patrese and Belgian Thierry Boutsen at the helm of the two Williams cars. The engine’s first grand prix in Brazil was one that the team preferred to forget, with Boutsen retiring with an engine failure and Patrese with an alternator failure after leading, although Patrese did qualify second. The Williams Renault team managed to get back on track with Boutsen coming fourth in the next race at Imola, earning the team three points in their championship campaign. Two races later at the Mexican Grand Prix, the team managed to achieve their first podium with the Renault engine, thanks to Patrese, who came second, 15 seconds behind the race winner Ayrton Senna. The next race saw Patrese come second again, having started from 14th on the grid, with Boutsen 6th. At the sixth round in Canada, Williams not only scored their first win with the Renault engine but also their first one-two: Thierry Boutsen came first followed by Patrese, resulting in 15 points for Williams' championship campaign. Williams came second in the constructors’ championship, scoring 77 points in total; 64 points behind winners McLaren. Patrese finished 3rd in the drivers' championship with 40 points, 41 points behind the 1989 world champion, Alain Prost. Boutsen finished 5th in the championship with 37 points after also winning in Australia. Boutsen's win in Australia gave Williams the distinction of having won the first and last Grands Prix of the 1980s.
1990
In the 1990 season, Williams kept Patrese and Boutsen as the team’s drivers. Although Patrese won the San Marino Grand Prix and Boutsen won pole position and the race at the Hungarian Grand Prix, the team scored 30 fewer points than the previous year and finished the constructors’ championship two positions lower, in fourth. In the drivers' championship, Boutsen finished sixth with 34 points and Patrese seventh with 23 points.
1991
Boutsen left Williams and joined Ligier at the start of 1991. His replacement was Britain's Nigel Mansell; Williams also recruited future 1996 world champion, Damon Hill, as one of their new test drivers. Williams failed to finish in the first Grand Prix of the season at Phoenix, both drivers retiring with gearbox problems. Patrese got back on track for the team in the next Grand Prix at Interlagos, coming second behind McLaren's Ayrton Senna. The 1991 San Marino Grand Prix saw both cars retiring again: Mansell after a collision and Patrese with an electrical failure after 17 laps. The Grand Prix at Monaco saw Mansell finally finish in a points-scoring position, coming second, 18 seconds behind race winner Ayrton Senna. At the next race, the Canadian Grand Prix, Williams locked out the front row only for Patrese to drop back with gearbox problems and Mansell to retire from the lead on the final lap with an electrical fault. At the following race, in Mexico, Williams finally broke their 1991 duck with a 1–2, Patrese finishing ahead of Mansell to score 16 points for the Williams team. Williams then had two consecutive further victories, with Mansell winning the French Grand Prix, five seconds ahead of Alain Prost’s Ferrari. Mansell then won again at the British Grand Prix; it had been four years since a Briton had won the grand prix, Mansell having won it in 1987. Three consecutive victories became four when Mansell won again in Germany, Patrese was about 10 seconds behind him in second place. Senna ended Williams' run of victories by winning in Hungary, finishing five seconds ahead of Nigel Mansell. Mansell later won the Italian Grand Prix and the Spanish Grand Prix, while Patrese won the Portuguese Grand Prix after Mansell's race was ruined by a botched pitstop in which only three wheel nuts were fitted. Williams finished second in the constructors’ championship, scoring 125 points in total, 14 points behind McLaren. Mansell finished second in the drivers' championship, scoring 72 points, 24 points behind Senna.
1992
Williams took a step up for the 1992 season, keeping their 1991 driver line-up of Patrese and Mansell. Mansell dominated the first round in South Africa, qualifying in pole position and winning the race by 24 seconds from his team-mate Patrese. Nigel Mansell won the next four rounds for Williams, at Mexico City, Interlagos, Catalunya and Imola, Patrese coming second in all but one (the Spanish Grand Prix, where he retired after spinning off). Mansell's five victories in the opening five races was a new record in Formula One. Senna won the next race in Monaco, ahead of both Williams cars, which finished second and third. In the next race, in Canada, both Williams cars retired: Mansell spun off on entering the final corner (he claimed that Senna pushed him off) and Patrese had a gearbox failure. Mansell went on to record four more Grand Prix wins, including at the British Grand Prix. (In the final round, in Adelaide, the two Williams again retired, Mansell after Senna violently crashed into the back of him, and Patrese with electrical problems.) Williams won the constructors’ championship with 164 points, 65 points more than second place McLaren. Mansell became World Champion, scoring 108 points, with Patrese finishing second with 56 points. In winning nine races in a single season Mansell had set a new record for the most wins by a single driver in one season.
Despite capturing the title and nine races, Nigel Mansell's seat was not safe for 1993. Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were both trying to sign for Williams. Patrese's position looked to be under threat and he signed for Benetton before the end of the year. Ironically, only Prost was able to agree terms with Williams for 1993, leaving a seat free for Patrese had he remained with the team. Upon hearing that Prost had signed with Williams, Mansell departed for CART rather than be teammates with the Frenchman as they did not have a good relationship from their time together at Ferrari. Prost's contract with Williams included a clause that vetoed the signing of Senna for the 1993 season, and the Brazilian remained at McLaren.
1993
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Alain Prost's Williams race suit and helmet, 1993
Nigel Mansell left the Williams team in 1993 for CART racing, the team hired triple champion Alain Prost, and promoted test driver Damon Hill to replace Riccardo Patrese, who had left to join Michael Schumacher at Benetton.
The Williams FW15C was the dominant car, with active suspension and traction control systems beyond anything available to the other teams.[18] Prost won on his debut for the team in South Africa and, like Mansell, dominated the weekend, taking pole position and finishing a minute ahead of Senna, who was second. The next Grand Prix in Brazil saw Prost collide with Christian Fittipaldi's Minardi in the rain on lap 29, while Hill went on to his first podium finish: second, 16 seconds behind Senna. Prost won three of the next four Grands Prix for Williams, Senna winning the other race. Prost and Hill later scored a 1–2 in France: the only 1–2 of the season for Williams. The Frenchman won the next two Grand Prix at Silverstone and Hockenheim. Prost’s team mate Hill proved competitive especially in the second half of the season. Mechanical problems cost the Englishman leads in Britain and Germany, but he went on to win the next three Grand Prix at Hungary; Belgium and Italy which moved him to second in the standings, as well as giving him a chance of taking the drivers' title. After Italy, Williams would not win a Grand Prix for the rest of the season, as a young Michael Schumacher won the following race in Portugal, and Senna took Japan and Australia to overtake Hill in points. Williams retained their constructor’s title, 84 points ahead of second placed, McLaren. Prost clinched the driver’s championship in Portugal and finished the season 26 points ahead of second placed Ayrton Senna.
1994
During the 1994 season, Williams used version FW16 (developed still during the pre-season) and FW16B (with shorter sidepods and opened airbox rear).
From 1994 to 1997 the cars ran in the blue and white Rothmans livery.
Williams secured the signing of Ayrton Senna in 1994, causing Alain Prost to retire rather than partner his greatest rival, as the contract prohibiting the signing of Senna covered only the 1993 season.[19] Given this was the same team that had won the previous two World Championships with vastly superior cars, Senna was a natural and presumptive pre-season title favourite, with second-year driver Damon Hill intended to play the supporting role. Between them, Prost, Senna, and Hill had won every race in 1993 but one, which was taken by Benetton's Michael Schumacher.
Pre-season testing showed the car had speed but it was difficult to drive. The FIA had banned electronic drivers aids, such as active suspension, traction control and ABS, to make the sport more "human". It was these technological advancements that the Williams chassis' of the previous years had been built around. With their removal in '94 Williams had not been a good-handling car, as observed by other F1 drivers, having been seen to be very loose at the rear. Senna himself had made numerous (politically careful) comments that the Williams FW16 had some quirks which needed to be ironed out. It was obvious that the FW16, after the regulation changes banning active suspension and traction control, exhibited none of the superiority of the FW15C and Williams FW14B cars that had preceded it. The surprise of testing was Benetton-Ford which was less powerful but more nimble than the Williams.
The first four rounds were won by Michael Schumacher in the Benetton-Ford. Senna took pole in the first three races but finished none of them. In the third race, the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Senna was involved in a fatal crash at the first corner after completing six laps.[20] The repercussions of Senna's fatal accident were severe for the team itself, as the Italian prosecutors tried to charge the team and Frank Williams with manslaughter, an episode which was not over until 2005.[21] At the next race in Monaco, Damon Hill was the only Williams on the grid, as a mark of respect to Senna,[22] and the Brit retired on the first lap. Since Senna's death, every Williams F1 car has carried a Senna 'S' somewhere on its livery in his honour and to symbolise the team's ongoing support of the Ayrton Senna Foundation.[citation needed]
The next race in Spain, Williams brought in test driver, David Coulthard, as Hill’s new teammate. In the race itself, Hill took the team's first victory of the season, by almost half a minute over Schumacher's Benetton, while Coulthard would retire due to an electrical problem. In Canada, both Williams cars finished in the points for the first time that season, with Hill finishing second and Coulthard finishing fifth. Two rounds later, Damon Hill did something his father, Graham, never did, which was winning the British Grand Prix. Hill closed the gap with Schumacher in the championship, after the German was disqualified from first at Spa after the Stewards found floorboard irregularities on his Benetton. He was banned for the next two races, in which Hill capitalised on with wins in Italy and a Williams 1–2 in Portugal. Schumacher would come back after his suspension for the European Grand Prix, which he won by about 25 seconds. By the penultimate round in Japan, Hill was 5 points behind Schumacher and if he did not finish ahead of the German, it would be very unlikely that he would take the title in the final round in Adelaide, however Hill did win the rain-soaked restart, by three seconds to Schumacher who finished second and so to the final round in Adelaide, where Schumacher led Hill by one point.
With four races left, Frank Williams brought back in 1992 champion Nigel Mansell to replace Coulthard. Mansell would get approximately £900,000 per race, while Hill was paid £300,000 for the entire season, though Hill remained as lead driver.[23][24]
Mansell would take pole for Williams, however he had a poor start which gave way for Hill and Schumacher to fight it out for the lead and the 1994 title. Mid way through the race, Schumacher’s tactics for low aerodynamics, would cost him as he clipped the wall coming into the fifth corner and went wide. Schumacher and Hill would end up colliding on the next corner, and the double retirement that resulted meant Schumacher was the champion. This collision has been controversial. Some, such as Williams' Patrick Head, have suggested that this was a deliberate attempt by Schumacher to take Hill out of the race.[25] However others, such as then BBC commentator Murray Walker, defended Schumacher, calling the accident a "racing incident". Williams would end the season as constructors champions for the third consecutive year, scoring 118 points, while Hill finished second in the drivers championship with 91 points.
1995
In 1995, Nigel Mansell left Williams again, this time he moved to McLaren to leave Williams with Hill and Coulthard. At the first round in Brazil, Schumacher started off with a win, with Coulthard coming second. However, both were disqualified from the race after it was found that their fuel supplier, Elf, supplied the teams with a type of fuel that was different than the ones they gave to the FIA as samples. So Gerhard Berger and Ferrari were declared winners, until Schumacher and Coulthard had their positions reinstated after appeal, though Benetton and Williams were not awarded their constructors points. Hill won the next two races in Argentina and San Marino and would later win two more races, which were at The Hungaroring and in Adelaide, the latter where Hill won two laps ahead of the field in one of F1's most dominating victories. Coulthard would also record his only win for the Williams team, at Estoril, before moving to McLaren. Benetton would end Williams' four year dominance after they won the championship 29 points ahead Williams. Hill would come second for the second year running, 33 points behind Schumacher.
1996
For 1996, Williams clearly had the quickest and most reliable car.[26] Coulthard had left Williams to join Mika Häkkinen at McLaren, Williams replaced the Scotsman with Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, while Hill remained with the team. Schumacher left Benetton to join Ferrari. Williams won the first five Grands Prix, Hill winning all but one of them. Olivier Panis would take victory at the sixth round in Monaco after both Williams cars retired. Hill would retire for the second time in a row after he spun off in Spain, while his team mate, Villeneuve, took third place. Hill and Villeneuve dominated the next Grand Prix in Canada, with a 1–2 in qualifying and a 1–2 in the race. Williams made it a second 1–2 after Hill won the French Grand Prix. Villeneuve won his second race in F1 at Silverstone after Hill retired with a wheel bearing failure on lap 26. The Brit would be victorious in the next Grand Prix in Germany while Villeneuve would win the race after that in Hungary. Schumacher’s Ferrari would then take the next two Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and Monza. Villeneuve mounted a title challenge going into the final race of the season at Japan, but Hill reasserted his dominance to take the race and the 1996 title, while Villeneuve lost a wheel and retired.
Williams' dominance was such that they had clinched the constructors' championship and only their drivers had a mathematical chance of taking the title, several races before the season concluded. Around that time, Frank Williams announced that Hill would not be re-signed after his contract expired, despite Hill's successes and eventual drivers' championship, so he joined Arrows for 1997. Also, Adrian Newey had ambitions to succeed Patrick Head as technical director, but this was blocked as Head was a founder and shareholder of the team. McLaren lured Newey away, though he was forced to take garden leave for the 1997 season.
1997
For what would be the final season of Williams-Renault and a car designed with Newey's input, Frank Williams brought in German Heinz-Harald Frentzen, under the impression that he could perform better than Hill. Frentzen, however, proved to be a disappointment and won only one race in his two year spell at Williams, which was at 1997 San Marino Grand Prix. Jacques Villeneuve won seven races during the season, with his main rival, Michael Schumacher of a resurgent Ferrari, winning five. Williams also achieved the 100 race win milstone at the British Grand Prix. Coming to the final round of the season at Jerez, Schumacher lead the Canadian by 1 point, however on lap 48, Schumacher and Villeneuve collided. Schumacher was disqualified from second place in the championship as the accident was deemed by the FIA as "avoidable",[27] Williams won the constructors title for the second time in a row, scoring 123 points, while Jacques Villeneuve won the driver’s championship by three points to Michael Schumacher, who kept his points total despite being removed from second place, with Williams team-mate Frentzen a further thirty six points behind.
1998
After 1997, the team were unable to maintain their dominance in Formula 1 as Renault ended their full time involvement in Formula 1, and Adrian Newey moved to rival team McLaren. Williams then had to pay for Mecachrome engines, which were old; rebadged Renault engines.[28] Both these meant that the car not only featured a very similar aerodynamic package to their 1997 car, but also virtually the same engine, leading to some to comment that they ran what was virtually the same car, adjust for the 1998 regulations. There were changes on the sponsorship front however as Rothmans opted to promote their Winfield brand, which ended the popular blue and white livery.[29] For 1998, Williams kept the two drivers from the previous season, the first time since 1983 that a reigning world champion remained driving for Williams. While Ferrari and McLaren battled for the constructors' and drivers' titles, Williams fell to the mid of the field. The team won no races and took 3 podiums during the season, with Frentzen finishing in third at the first round in Australia and Villeneuve finishing third in Germany and Hungary. Williams finished third in the constructors championship, scoring 38 points, while Villeneuve finished fifth in the driver’s championship with 21 points and his German team mate, Frentzen, finished 4 points behind him in seventh.
1999
In 1999, Williams employed a completely new driver line up; Villeneuve moved to new team, BAR and Frentzen moved to Jordan. Williams brought in German Ralf Schumacher and Italian Alex Zanardi. The team managed three podiums, all scored by Ralf Schumacher, with third place in Australia and Britain, along with a second place in Italy. The team finished fifth in the constructor’s championship, the lowest finish for Williams in the 1990s; the team finished behind Stewart and Jordan; scoring 35 points (all by Schumacher), 3 less than the previous season.
BMW and Cosworth (2000–2006)[link]
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Logo of the team during its partnership with BMW.
2000
During 1998, the team signed a long term agreement with BMW, with the German manufacturer supplying engines and expertise for a period of 6 years. As part of the deal BMW expected at least one driver to be German and Ralf Schumacher was signed. In 1999, the team had a Williams car with a BMW engine testing at circuits, in preparation for a debut in 2000. Williams sought the services of Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya as a proven racer for the upcoming season but he was initially unavailable, so Britain's Jenson Button made his debut instead.
BMW Williams' first season did not see a single victory during the season. They did, however, manage to get on the podium three times, with Ralf Schumacher responsible for all three. Williams finished third in the constructor’s championship, with 36 points, one more than the prior year. Ralf Schumacher finished fifth in the driver’s championship, while Button, in his debut season, finished three places behind in eighth. Button made some scrappy mistakes in early races (Monaco, Europe), but overall made an impressive debut in Melbourne, and continued to impress, notably at Silverstone, Spa and Suzuka.
2001
In 2001 Button moved to Benetton-Renault due to Montoya's arrival at the team. The FW23 won four races, three by Ralf Schumacher at Imola, Montreal, and his home Grand Prix in Germany. His teammate, Montoya, was victorious at Monza, and would have won a few more races if not for the FW23's unreliability and pit crew blunders. The car proved to be quicker than the Ferrari and McLaren counterparts in several races, but Williams' 2001 campaign only yielded third place in the constructor’s championship.
2002
For 2002, Williams kept their 2001 driver line up for the upcoming season. The team only won one race, which was at Malaysia, one of only 2 races not won by Ferrari in a year dominated by the Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello.[30] Williams did improve on their constructor’s championship position, finishing in second. Montoya finished third in the driver’s championship, eight points ahead of Ralf Schumacher, who finished fourth.
2003
2003 would see BMW Williams reach their peak of success. During pre-season, Frank Williams was very confident that the FW25 would challenge for the title.[31] The team won four races, with Montoya winning twice at Monaco and Germany, while Ralf Schumacher won at the Nürburgring and the following race at Magny-Cours. Montoya stayed in contention for the driver’s championship during the season, and the Colombian finished third in the championship, 11 points behind Michael Schumacher, while the younger Schumacher finished 24 points astern of Montoya in fifth. Williams finished second in the constructor’s championship, two points ahead of McLaren.
2004
At the start of the 2004 season it was announced that Montoya would be moving to McLaren in 2005. The team began the season with a radical nose-cone design, known as the "Walrus-Nose", that proved uncompetitive and was replaced by a more conventional assembly in the second half of the year. Ferrari for the third time running, dominated the season, winning 15 of the 18 races. Williams did, however, pick up a win during the season at the final race in Brazil, with Juan Pablo Montoya winning the race by a second from Kimi Räikkönen's McLaren; this remained Williams' last F1 win until the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. Another memorable part of the season was when both Williams and Toyota were disqualified from the Canadian Grand Prix after it was discovered that both cars had brake irregularities, the brake ducts seemingly not conforming to regulations. Williams finished the season in fourth, scoring 88 points and finishing on the podium six times, while Montoya was the highest placed Williams driver that year, finishing in fifth position; scoring 58 points.
2005
For the 2005 season, Schumacher moved to Toyota, while Montoya moved to McLaren. Taking their places were Australian Mark Webber and German Nick Heidfeld.[32][33] Initially Jenson Button was to have driven for Williams in 2005,[34] but an FIA ruling forced Button to remain with his current team BAR.[35] Nick Heidfeld competed with Brazilian test driver Antônio Pizzonia for the remaining racing seat during December 2004 and January 2005, and Heidfeld was chosen,[36] partly in deference to BMW’s wishes for a German driver. Pizzonia served as the test driver for the team during the 2005 season. Meanwhile, Button signed a contract to drive for Williams in 2006.
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During the course of the 2004 and 2005 F1 seasons, BMW Motorsport and director Mario Theissen increasingly became publicly critical of the WilliamsF1 team’s inability to create a package capable of winning the constructors championship, or even multiple victories within a single season.[37] Williams, on the other hand, blamed BMW for not producing a good enough engine,[38] Williams' failed attempt to prise Jenson Button out of his BAR contract may also have been an issue with Theissen. Despite Frank Williams' rare decision to cave in to commercial demands by employing German driver Nick Heidfeld when he allegedly preferred Antônio Pizzonia, the fallout between BMW and Williams continued through the 2005 Formula One season. Despite BMW's contract with Williams to supply engines until 2009, this public deterioration of the relationship between BMW and WilliamsF1 was a factor in the decision by BMW Motorsport to buy Sauber and rebrand that team to feature the BMW name.[39]
Williams could have opted to continue with BMW engines in 2006, despite the fact that the engine manufacturer was about to set up its own team. In the end, though, Williams opted for Cosworth V8 engines for 2006.
This period (2000–2005) saw Williams depart from the standard livery scheme in motorsport, which consists of one colour scheme, either the teams' or the major sponsors', with smaller logos in their own scheme. BMW stipulated that, and paid for, the whole vehicle to be in blue and white, with other sponsors adopting this scheme. Also in 2000, Williams abandoned tobacco advertising in favour of Information technology companies, as the team’s second major sponsor became Compaq. That sponsorship lasted until Compaq’s acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. At the 2002 British Grand Prix, the team debuted the Hewlett-Packard sponsorship. After complaints about the HP logo on the rear wing it was replaced in 2003 with the sponsor’s tag line, "Invent".[citation needed] One of the most memorable results of this technological partnership was a worldwide television commercial featured drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya seemingly driving their BMW Williams cars around a track by radio control from a grandstand.[40]
This "clean" image allowed Williams to sign a cigarette anti-craving brand, Niquitin,[41] and Anheuser-Busch, alternating with the Budweiser beer brand[42] and Sea World Adventure Parks,[43] in compliance with trademark disputes or alcohol bans.
2006
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The 2006 season saw Nico Rosberg replace Nick Heidfeld, who departed for BMW Sauber, while Mark Webber stayed on with the team. Despite having signed a contract to race for Williams, Jenson Button decided to stay with BAR for 2006 as it was to become a Honda works team. In September 2005 a deal was reached to allow Button to remain with BAR, with Williams receiving around £24m, some of it paid by Jenson himself, to cancel this contract.
Williams and Cosworth entered a partnership agreement where Cosworth would supply engines, transmissions and associated electronics and software for the team.[44] Major sponsors Hewlett-Packard (HP) concluded sponsorship agreements one year before their official end of contract. The Williams team also switched to Bridgestone tyres.
The season started well, with both drivers scoring points in the opening race of the season, and Nico Rosberg setting the fastest lap at the Bahrain Grand Prix. However, the rest of the season was very disappointing, with 20 retirements out of 36 starts for the two cars. The team failed to finish on the podium all season, the first time since Williams’ first season in 1977. The team eventually finished eighth in the constructors’ championship, with only 11 points.
Toyota (2007–2009)[link]
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Following Williams' worst points tally since 1978, the Grove-based team announced that Japanese car manufacturer Toyota would be supplying the engines for the 2007 season.[45] Along with Toyota supplying engines to the team, a number of other changes were announced for 2007: Alexander Wurz, who had been a test driver at Williams since 2006, became the team’s second driver to replace the outgoing Mark Webber; Japanese driver Kazuki Nakajima, son of Satoru, replaced Wurz as a test driver alongside Karthikeyan. Sponsorship also saw a change in 2007, as it was announced that AT&T would become the title sponsors for the team from the upcoming season.[46] AT&T were previously involved as minor sponsors with the Jaguar and McLaren teams, but moved to Williams following McLaren’s announcement of a title sponsorship deal with Vodafone, a competitor of AT&T.[47] On 2 February, the new FW29 was presented to the media in the UK. Soon afterwards the team secured a sponsorship deal with Lenovo who built the team's new supercomputer.
Rosberg and Wurz gave Williams a more productive season in terms of points and in Canada the Austrian scored the team's first podium finish since Nick Heidfeld's second place finish at the 2005 European Grand Prix. Over the course of the year Rosberg was consistently in the points, scoring 20 during the season, in comparison teammate Wurz who finished in the points three times. Following the announcement that Wurz would be retiring from the sport,[48] Williams brought in their young test driver Nakajima to drive the second car for them in the final race in Brazil. The Japanese driver finished in tenth despite starting from near the back of the grid, while Rosberg enjoyed his best race of the season, finishing in fourth. Williams finished fourth in the Constructors' Championship that year.
For the 2008 season, Williams confirmed Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima as their race drivers. Rosberg was confirmed as staying with Williams until the end of 2009 on 9 December 2007, ending speculation that he could take Fernando Alonso's vacated seat at McLaren.[49] During the Winter testing sessions, the team ran six different liveries to celebrate their thirtieth year in the sport and their 500th Grand Prix.[50]
The 2008 season was a mixture of success and disappointment for Williams. While Rosberg managed to obtain 2 podiums in Australia and Singapore, the team struggled at circuits with high speed corners. The fact that the team was one of the first to switch development to their 2009 car (when new regulations came in) also hindered their season, and Williams finished a disappointing 8th in the constructors championship. Rosberg stated that unless the team was more competitive in the near future, he would look for drives elsewhere. Williams retained Rosberg and Nakajima for the 2009 season.
Frank Williams had admitted that he had regretted parting with BMW but stated that Toyota had tremendous ability to become a top engine supplier. Speculation had been surrounding Toyota's future on the Formula 1 grid. This was due to the fact that for a big budget team, Toyota had only managed 2nd place as their best result.
In December 2008 Williams confirmed their commitment to F1 following the Honda withdrawal announcement.[51]
Ahead of the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix Williams announced that it would be ending its three year partnership with Toyota and finding a new engine supplier for 2010.
Cosworth (2010–2011)[link]
See also: Cosworth
After the termination of their Toyota contract Williams announced that from the 2010 Formula One season they were to enter into a "long-term partnership" with Cosworth, and would be using an updated version of the CA V8 engine which powered their cars in 2006.[52] Williams also announced a complete driver change for the 2010 season. Rubens Barrichello joined from 2009 constructors champion Brawn GP, whilst GP2 champion Nico Hülkenberg graduated from the test driver seat. Replacing Hülkenberg in the test seat was Finland's Valtteri Bottas, who finished third in the 2009 Formula Three Euroseries as well as winning the non-championship Masters of Formula 3 event at Zandvoort.[53]
Their new 2010 car, the FW32 was unveiled for the first time at a shakedown test at Silverstone. Its first official test was on 1 February at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. Hülkenberg took the team's first pole position in over five years, in variable conditions at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Hülkenberg was dropped from the team ahead of the 2011 season, and replaced by Venezuelan newcomer and reigning GP2 Series champion Pastor Maldonado.[54] The combination of Rubens Barrichello and Maldonado meant that 2011 would be the first time since 1981 that Williams would start a season without a European driver in their line-up. At the second pre-season test in Jerez, Barrichello posted the fastest time of the week on the last day.
Return to Renault (2012–)[link]
On 4 July 2011, Williams announced they would be reuniting with former engine supplier Renault who will supply the team's engines from 2012 onwards.[55] On 1 December 2011, it was confirmed that Maldonado would be retained for the 2012 season; along with reserve driver Valtteri Bottas, who will take part in 15 Friday practice sessions.[1] According to a range of sources, it was confirmed on 17 January 2012 that Bruno Senna will be the driver to partner Maldonaldo, effectively ending Rubens Barrichello's F1 career.
Prior to the 2012 season Patrick Head moved from the Williams F1 team to Williams Hybrid Power Limited, another subsidiary of Williams Grand Prix Holdings.[56] The team also announced that its relationship with AT&T ended by mutual agreement, and there are ongoing negotiations with another telecommunications company for team's title sponsorship.[57] At the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado took his first Grand Prix victory, which is also Williams' first race victory since 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix. Around 90 minutes after celebrating this win, a fire broke out in the garage of the Williams team, damaging the FW34 of Bruno Senna and leaving seven people in hospital.
Formula One results[link]
- Main article: Williams F1 Grand Prix results (results for Williams Grand Prix Engineering/Williams F1, 1978–2012)
Other motorsports and Williams-branded cars[link]
Formula 2[link]
Main article: FIA Formula Two Championship
Williams have developed the car for the revived Formula 2 championship, beginning in 2009.[58] The design was originally created for a new, more powerful off-shoot of the Formula Palmer Audi series, however the car was re-purposed when Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision successfully bid for the rights to run the new Formula 2 series.
Group B rallying[link]
Main article: Group B
The Metro 6R4 rally car was developed by Williams in 1984 on commission from Rover. The rally car was a Rover Metro with a completely new V6 engine (mid-engined) and four-wheel drive, developed to the international Group B rallying regulations. Williams developed the car in just six months.
British Touring Car Championship[link]
Main article: British Touring Car Championship
Williams Touring Car Engineering were Renault's official entry to the British Touring Car Championship between 1995 and 1999. The Renault Laguna based cars were produced at Williams' Didcot factory (the Formula One team having recently moved to new premises at Grove). The touring car venture was very successful, Williams-Renault won the Manufacturers title in 1995 and 1997 and the BTCC drivers title with Swiss Alain Menu in 1997.
Le Mans 24 Hours[link]
Main article: 24 Hours of Le Mans
Prior to their F1 partnership, Williams Motorsport built Le Mans Prototypes for BMW, known as the V12 LM and V12 LMR. The V12 LMR won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1999. The car was driven by Pierluigi Martini; Yannick Dalmas and Joachim Winkelhock,[59] and operated by Schnitzer Motorsport under the name of BMW Motorsport.
Renault Clio Williams[link]
Williams's name and logo were used on the Renault Clio Williams. However, no input was provided by Williams into the development of the car.
Porsche AG 911 GT3R Hybrid[link]
Through a subsidiary, Williams Hybrid Power, the company developed and supplied a flywheel based kinetic energy storage system which is in use on a Porsche 911 GT3 R car in various GT racing series. The car achieved its first victory on 28 May 2011 at the 4th round of the VLN Endurance Racing Championship held at the Nürburgring.[60]
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The Metro 6R4 was developed by Williams for the 1986 World Rally Championship.
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The Renault Clio Williams.
Footnotes[link]
- ^ a b c "Pastor Maldonado Confirmed for 2012 with Valtteri Bottas as Reserve Driver". Williams F1 (Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited). 1 December 2011. http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/2028. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Senna to race for Williams in 2012". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 17 January 2012. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/1/12929.html. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Susie Wolff appointed Development Driver for the Williams F1 Team". Williams F1 (Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited). 11 April 2012. http://www.williamsf1.com/news/view/2105. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Williams". Formula1.com. 14 December 2011. http://www.formula1.com/teams_and_drivers/teams/4/. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Beer, Matt (4 July 2011). "Williams to run Renault engines again from 2012". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/92843. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Senna, Head "responsabile" – Gazzetta dello Sport". Gazzetta.it. http://www.gazzetta.it/Motori/Formula1/Primo_Piano/2007/04_Aprile/13/senna.shtml. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ Constructors: Williams F1 www.. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
- ^ Baldwin, Alan (20 November 2009). "Williams F1 team sells stake to Austrian investor | Sports | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5AJ16I20091120. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ "autosport.com". autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80255. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ "Williams Formula 1 team to float on Frankfurt Stock Exchange". BBC News. 4 February 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12370825. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ Williams Grand Prix Engineering – 1977 results www.f1db.com. Retrieved 22 August 2006.
- ^ "Grand Prix Results: United States GP, 1978". GrandPrix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr312.html. Retrieved 13 November 2006.
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice. Frank Williams. Macmillan. p. 80. ISBN 0-333-71716-3.
- ^ Grand Prix Results: French GP, 1979 [1]. Retrieved 27 July 2006.
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice. Frank Williams. Macmillan. pp. 148–153. ISBN 0-333-71716-3.
- ^ "ITV-F1.com: WilliamsF1 Highs And Lows". http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=Photo_Features&PO_ID=36777. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
- ^ "The changing face of F1". BBC. Retrieved 12 July 2006.
- ^ Interview – Frank Williams (1 July 1993) [2]. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ Formula One History: After Tamburello F1-GrandPrix.com/History. Retrieved 13 June 2006.
- ^ On This Day: 1 May. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Top designers acquitted on Senna . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ ''WilliamsF1.com > Seasons > 1994 [dead link]. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ Hamilton, Maurice Frank Williams page 244 Macmillan ISBN 0-333-71716-3
- ^ Horton, Roger. "Reflections on a Racing Rivalry". Atlas Autosport. Kaizar. http://atlasf1.autosport.com/99/fra/preview/horton.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ 'Ruthless' Schumi blasted. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
- ^ Saward, Joe (2 December 1996). "Review of the year 1996". GrandPrix.com (Inside F1, Inc.). http://www.grandprix.com/ft/ft00244.html. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Review of 1997 . Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ News Feature > Mecachrome . Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ Technical > FW20 . Retrieved 14 July 2006.
- ^ Schumacher paints F1 red . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Williams launch new car . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Webber signs to BMW WilliamsF1 . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ BMW sign Heidfeld for new F1 team . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Williams firm on Button [3]. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Williams: BAR can have Button but... . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Williams give Heidfeld more time . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ BMW: Williams must improve . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Williams criticises partner BMW which was far from the truth – the BMW V10 had developed into one of the lightest and most powerful V10s on the grid.[citation needed] Retrieved 27 July 2006.
- ^ BMW buys Sauber to form own team . Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ Hewlett-Packard Corporate- HP Technology and BMW Williams F1 Team. Retrieved 19 July 2006.
- ^ GlaxoSmithKline. Retrieved 19 July 2006.
- ^ Anheuser-Busch, Inc.: Budweiser sponsors BMW WilliamsF1 Team. Retrieved 19 July 2006.
- ^ SeaWorld Adventure Parks To Be Featured With BMW WilliamsF1 Team. Retrieved 19 July 2006.
- ^ Williams turn to Cosworth engines . Retrieved 13 July 2006/
- ^ Williams sign Toyota engine deal . Retrieved 27 July 2006.
- ^ AT&T Title Sponsor for WilliamsF1. Retrieved 20 October 2006.
- ^ Vodafone will be McLaren’s Title Sponsor 20 October 2006.
- ^ "Wurz confirms immediate retirement from F1". autosport.com. 8 October 2007. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63165. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
- ^ "Rosberg agrees new Williams deal". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). 9 December 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7135142.stm. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ "Williams to run six different liveries this winter". GPUpdate.net. 14 January 2008. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/177572/williams-to-run-six-different-liveries-this-winter/. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Commitment to remain in F1". BBC News (British Broadcasting Corporation). 8 December 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7771407.stm. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ "Williams confirm Cosworth for 2010". Racecar Engineering. 30 October 2009. http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/428781/williams-confirm-cosworth-for-2010.html. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ Beer, Matt (29 January 2010). "Williams signs Bottas as test driver". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81111. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ "Williams sign Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado for 2011 F1 season". The Guardian. Press Association (UK: Guardian Media Group). 2 December 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/dec/02/williams-pastor-maldonado-2011-f1-season. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Williams Renault Legendary Partnership Revived for 2012". AT&T Williams (Williams F1). 4 July 2011. http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/1859. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Patrick Head Steps Down from WGPH Board of Directors". Williams (Williams F1). 31 December 2011. http://www.williamsf1.com/news/view/2035. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Baldwin, Alan (4 January 2012). "The Williams Formula One team are seeking a new title sponsor after the termination of their agreement with U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T". Reuters (Thomson Reuters). http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/uk-motor-racing-williams-idUKTRE8030OE20120104. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "FIA Formula 2 Website : The F2 Car". http://www.formulatwo.com/f2carthef2car.aspx. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ^ "BMW wins at Le Mans". Autosport. 13 June 1999. http://www.autosport-atlas.com/article.asp?id=6423. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
- ^ "Porsche GT3R Hybrid "2.0" takes top honours in Germany". WHP. 28 May 2011. http://www.williamshybridpower.com/news/36-press-releases/119-whp-contracts-with-porsche-ag-for-911-gt3-r-hybrid. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
References[link]
Williams History (1967–2000) Taken from:
All Formula One race and championship results are taken from:
- Formula1.com – 1975 – present Archive. Retrieved 12 July 2006
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| Born | (1971-08-04) August 4, 1971 (age 40) Vallejo, California, United States |
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| Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements | USAC Triple Crown champion (1990 Midget, 1991 Silver Crown) 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 1997, 1999, 2005 Daytona 500 Winner 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004 Brickyard 400 Winner Sprint All-Star Race XI, XIII, and XVII Winner |
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| Awards | 1991 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of The Year 1993 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Inductee |
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| 2011 position | 8th | ||||||
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Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon [1] (born August 4, 1971) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He drives the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont Chevrolet Impala for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is a four-time series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins,[2] and has the most wins in NASCAR's modern era (1972–present).[3] In 2009, Gordon became the first driver to reach $100 million in career winnings in the Cup series.[4]
Gordon, along with Rick Hendrick, are the co-owners of the No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet, driven by Jimmie Johnson, who won five consecutive Cup championships from 2006 to 2010. Gordon also has an equity stake in his own No. 24 team. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Gordon began racing at the age of five, racing quarter midgets. The Roy Hayer Memorial Race Track (Previously the Cracker Jack Track) in Rio Linda, California is noted as the first track Gordon ever competed on. By the age of six Gordon had won 35 main events and set five track records.[5] By the age of 13, Gordon took an interest in the 650 horsepower (480 kW) sprint cars. Gordon and his family had to overcome an insurance hurdle. The minimum age for driving the sprint cars was 16. His persistence paid off with an all Florida speed weeks. Supporting his career choice, Gordon's family moved from Vallejo, California to Pittsboro, Indiana, where there were more opportunities for younger racers. Before the age of 18, Gordon had already won three short-track races and was awarded USAC Midget Car Racing Rookie of the Year in 1989. That season was highlighted by winning Night Before the 500 midget car race on the day before the Indianapolis 500.[6] In 1990, Gordon won his second consecutive Night Before the 500, the Hut Hundred, and the Belleville Midget Nationals on his way to winning the USAC national Midget title.[6] In 1991, Gordon into the USAC Silver Crown, and at the age of 20 became the youngest driver to win the season championship.[6] He also won the 4 Crown Nationals midget car race that season.[6] In his midget car career between 1989 and 1992, he finished in the Top 3 in 22 of 40 USAC midget car events.[6] And he remembered, "the car is heavy"!
Busch Series career[link]
In 1990 Gordon met Hugh Connerty, who owned some Hooters restaurants and was also a partner in Outback Steakhouse. Connerty secured some sponsorship for a car through Outback, and they tested for the last few Busch Grand National races left in 1990. Ray Evernham was called in to work with Jeff in his stock car debut. His first Busch race came on October 20, 1990 at Rockingham in the AC-Delco 200. Gordon drove the No. 67 Outback Steakhouse Pontiac for Connerty. Gordon ran the second fastest lap during qualifying and started on the outside of the front row of the field. Gordon would however, get involved in a wreck on lap 33. He ended up with a 39th place finish.
In 1991 and 1992, Gordon went on to the Busch Series driving Ford Thunderbirds for Bill Davis Racing. In his first year as a Busch driver he won rookie of the year. In 1992, Gordon set a NASCAR record by capturing 11 poles in one season. His time with Bill Davis Racing introduced Gordon to Ray Evernham as his crew chief. He was sponsored by Carolina Ford Dealers in 1991 and Baby Ruth in 1992.[7]
Cup Series career[link]
Gordon made his Winston Cup debut in the history-making 1992 Hooters 500 at Atlanta in the last race of that season; in addition to the race being Richard Petty's final race in NASCAR and the championship battle among six drivers (eventually won by Alan Kulwicki by virtue of his second place finish in the race), this was Gordon's first start in the No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports that he has driven for his entire Cup Series career.
Gordon began driving the No. 24 full-time in the 1993 Winston Cup season, in which he won a Daytona 500 qualifying race, the Rookie of the Year award, and finished 14th in points. Ray Evernham was placed as Jeff Gordon's first crew chief. Gordon's success in the sport reshaped the paradigm and eventually gave younger drivers an opportunity to compete in NASCAR. However, during the 1993 season, many doubted Gordon's ability to compete at such a level at such a young age because of his tendency to push the cars too hard and crash. His last-place finish at the 1993 First Union 400 was a firm example of this theory.[8]
1994[link]
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In 1994, Gordon collected his first career victory at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600, the longest race on the NASCAR circuit. Additionally, Gordon scored a popular hometown victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the inaugural Brickyard 400, passing Ernie Irvan for the lead late in the race when Irvan cut down a tire.[9] Gordon finished eighth in the Winston Cup point standings for the '94 season, as Dale Earnhardt grabbed the driving championship for his 7th and final time.
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1995 saw Gordon win his first NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. He won it by battling 7-time and defending champ, Dale Earnhardt into the final race of the season. Many see this as a symbolic passing of the torch, as Gordon collected his first championship the year after Earnhardt won his final championship. (A similar situation befell Earnhardt early in his career, as he won his first championship after Richard Petty, whose record seven titles he would eventually tie, won his last). Gordon finished the season with eight poles, and seven victories, winning at Rockingham in the second race of the season, Atlanta, Bristol (starting a streak of four consecutive wins in the spring event), Daytona (in the Pepsi 400), New Hampshire, Darlington (Starting a streak of four consecutive wins in the Southern 500 event), and Dover. The team's consistency was much better as well, having 3 DNF's in 1995, compared to 21 in his previous two seasons combined.
Gordon got off to a rocky start in 1996, but rebounded to win ten races, the series high. The 24 team collected wins at Richmond, Darlington (winning both the spring event and the Southern 500), Bristol, Dover (winning both events of the season), Pocono, Talladega, Martinsville, and North Wilkesboro (winning the final event ever at the track). This would start a three year streak of winning double digit races. He finished 2nd to teammate Terry Labonte for the championship, losing by 37 points.
Jeff Gordon won his first Daytona 500 in 1997, becoming the youngest driver in history to win the race,[10] a record that would stand until Trevor Bayne's Daytona win in 2011. He won the second race of the season at Rockingham the following week. Later in the season he also won the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte and had a chance to become the first man since Bill Elliott in 1985 to win the "Winston Million." Gordon completed the feat by holding off a determined Jeff Burton in the final laps of the Southern 500 at Darlington. While Elliott failed to win the Winston Cup in 1985, Jeff Gordon claimed his second Winston Cup championship in 1997, completing one of the most impressive single-season performances in NASCAR history. He finished the season with 10 victories (Daytona, Rockingham, Bristol, Martinsville, Charlotte, Pocono, California, Watkins Glen, Darlington, and New Hampshire) for the second straight season. His victory at California was in the track's inaugural race, and his victory at Watkins Glen began a streak of seven consecutive road course victories. In 1998 Gordon set a modern era record with 13 victories, easily winning the Winston Cup for the third time.
In 1999, Gordon along with crew chief Evernham formed Gordon/Evernham Motorsports. Though short lived, the race team enjoyed success. The co-owned team received a full sponsorship from Pepsi and ran six races with Gordon as driver and Ray Evernham as crew chief in the NASCAR Busch Series. GEM only survived one year as Evernham was pulled away by Dodge, ending one of the most dominant driver/crew-chief combinations in NASCAR history. Jeff Gordon extended his Busch experiment one more year, through 2000 as co-owner, with Rick Hendrick buying Evernham's half. After the departure of Evernham (who left Hendrick Motorsports to begin his own team, Evernham Motorsports, reintroducing Dodge into the series), the race team was renamed JG Motorsports. While winning seven times in 1999, Gordon's season was a major disappointment, finishing 6th in the series standings. Brian Whitesell was named the interim crew-chief for remainder of the season after Evernham's departure in September. Whitesell scored back to back victories in his first two races.
2000 saw Gordon enter his first campaign with Robbie Loomis as crew-chief. Loomis had been with Petty Enterprises for years prior. The team struggled as the rebuilding process went on. Gordon scored his first victory of 2000 at Talladega in the spring event, winning his 50th career victory in the series. He went on to win at Sears Point Raceway (now Infineon Raceway) and Richmond. Gordon finished the season 9th in points.
Many people questioned Gordon's ability to win championships without longtime crew chief, Ray Evernham, especially after Gordon struggled to a 9th place points finish in 2000, winning only three races. Gordon answered those challenges in 2001 by winning 6 races (including a third Brickyard 400 win, and the inaugural event at Kansas Speedway) en route to his 4th Winston Cup championship. Jeff Gordon became the third driver to win four Cup championships in NASCAR history only second to Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt (7 times). The 24 car's paint scheme was changed for the first time this season, abandoning the 'Rainbow Warrior' scheme in favor of a flames-themed car. Both paint schemes were designed by Sam Bass.
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Gordon entered the 2002 season as defending champion, but the year was far from perfect. In addition (or perhaps because of), Gordon's divorce proceedings with wife Brooke affecting his performance on the track.[citation needed] A strong showing in the Daytona 500 was ruined when Sterling Marlin sent Gordon spinning in the infield grass with a handful of laps remaining, while leading the race. Gordon had won his 125 qualifier, but finished ninth in the Daytona 500 after the contact with Marlin. It was announced to the media during the spring event at Darlington that Gordon's then-wife, Brooke, was filing for divorce. Many[who?] think that the addition of the 48 team with Jimmie Johnson as driver in 2002, also took away from Gordon's season as the 24 team helped to build the 48 team. Gordon did not win until the Sharpie 500 night race at Bristol in August, his first victory in the night race at Bristol. He followed that up with a fifth victory in the Southern 500 at Darlington a week later. Gordon won for the third and final time in 2002 at Kansas Speedway, his second consecutive at the track. The 24 team finished the season 4th in points.[11]
In 2003, Jeff Gordon returned with Robbie Loomis for a third season together. Gordon won early in April, winning Martinsville, and winning Atlanta and Martinsville again in the fall. He finished the year 4th in the NASCAR standings, with 3 wins, 15 Top-5 finishes, and 20 Top-10 finishes. Gordon also was in second in rank to Matt Kenseth for the championship early in the season. In June, Gordon went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to take part in a test with then-F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya. The two switched rides, with Gordon driving an F1 car for the first time. Montoya would eventually join the NASCAR Cup series in 2007.
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2004 was a huge rebound for the team. Gordon won the Brickyard 400 in August 2004, obtaining his 4th Indy win (1994, 1998, 2001, 2004). He is the only NASCAR driver with four Brickyard 400 victories at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and one of only five drivers to have four victories at the historic track. Prior to this victory, Gordon won at Talladega (ending the DEI dominance on restrictor plate tracks), and followed that up with a victory the following weekend at California. He also won at Infineon Raceway, and followed that up with a victory the following weekend in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, his second consecutive restrictor plate win. He finished 3rd in the 2004 NEXTEL Cup points standing behind Kurt Busch and teammate Jimmie Johnson even though he scored the most total points throughout the whole season, a consequence of the new Chase system implemented in 2004. While the Hendrick Motorsports team enjoyed success with Johnson and Gordon finished 2nd and 3rd in the points, the team suffered a major off-track tragedy. On October 24, during the race weekend at Martinsville, a Hendrick Motorsports plane carrying engine builder Randy Dorton, team President John Hendrick (Rick Hendrick's brother), Vice President Jeff Turner, Ricky Hendrick (Rick Hendrick's 24 year old son) and more crashed on its way to the track. Everyone on board was killed. The team was clearly affected by this, but continued with impressive performances.
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Gordon started the 2005 season with a win in the Daytona 500, his third win in the event. Inconsistency would plague him throughout the year, however. A late season (notably top 10s at Indy and Bristol) run put him in position to qualify for the Chase, but in the last race before the Chase at Richmond, Gordon made contact with the wall and failed to start for the chase. Despite this disappointment, on October 23 Gordon won the Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway, his first win in 22 points races, and his 7th career victory at the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) track, which leads all active drivers at the facility. He went on to finish 11th in the Championship and received a $1,000,000 bonus as the top driver finishing outside the Chase. It was Gordon's first time outside the top 10 in the point standings since 1993.
On September 14, 2005 Crew Chief Robbie Loomis resigned from the No. 24 team. Loomis stayed on with Hendrick Motorsports as a consultant for Jimmie Johnson's No. 48 team through the Chase for The NEXTEL Cup in 2005. Steve Letarte, Gordon's car chief for most of the '05 season and long time member of the 24 crew, replaced Loomis as crew chief effective at New Hampshire International Speedway on September 18, 2005
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Gordon won his ninth road race, the 2006 Dodge/Save Mart 350, at the Infineon Raceway – his first win of the season and fifth at Infineon. The day before the race, he announced his engagement to Belgian model Ingrid Vandebosch.
On June 29, 2006, Gordon announced that he would participate in the Rolex 24 endurance sports car event at Daytona International Speedway, teaming up with SunTrust Racing drivers Max Angelelli and Wayne Taylor, who won the 2005 Rolex 24 race.[12] His team went on to finish third, despite problems, two laps behind the winning team of Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett, and Salvador Durán.[13] On July 9, 2006, Gordon won his first race at the Chicagoland Speedway at the running of the USG Sheetrock 400(this was also the first win for Hendrick Motorsports at this track).
Gordon made the "Chase for the NEXTEL Cup" with his improvements on the intermediate 1.5/2-mile downforce racetracks from 2005. His consistency in the latter portions of 2006 made him competitive week-in and week-out, eventually finishing 6th in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Standings.
Jeff Gordon attended the awards ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City for his top-10 finish in the NEXTEL Cup Standings. While there he collected a check for his 2006 winnings of $7,471,447 which brings his career winnings total to $82,838,526.
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Gordon started the 2007 Cup season off by winning his Gatorade Duel qualifying race. Due to a rear shock bolt breaking during the race on his car, he failed the post-race inspection which found that the rear of his car was too low and, as a result, had to start 42nd in the 2007 Daytona 500. He went on to finish 10th in the race despite being involved in a crash during a spectacular last-lap finish.
On March 23, 2007, Gordon won his 58th career pole for the 2007 Food City 500 at Bristol, the first race for the Car of Tomorrow. He went on to a 3rd place in the race, which gave him the points lead for the first time since the 2005 Daytona 500. At Texas Motor Speedway, Gordon started on the pole because qualifying was rained out. He led the most laps before brushing the wall coming out of turn 4 and finishing 4th.[14] On April 19, 2007 at Phoenix International Raceway, Gordon won the pole, and tied Darrell Waltrip's modern day record of 59 career poles. Two days later, at the Subway Fresh Fit 500, he won for the first time at PIR, ending also a streak of 21 races of non-pole winners at the track. With the win, he also tied Dale Earnhardt for 6th all time in overall number of NASCAR NEXTEL Cup series wins (second in the modern era). After winning the race, he held a black flag with the number 3 to honor the late Dale Earnhardt.
On April 28, 2007, Gordon earned the pole at Talladega Superspeedway, his 60th career pole (and third consecutive in 2007), passing Darrell Waltrip's record of 59 to become the modern era pole leader.[15] One day later, he passed Earnhardt for sole position of sixth on the all time wins list with 77 by winning the Aaron's 499.[16]
On May 13, 2007, Gordon held on despite an overheating car and a late charge by Denny Hamlin to win the Dodge Avenger 500, the 78th win of his career, and his 7th at Darlington Raceway.
In the 2007 Coca-Cola 600, Gordon crashed after contact with Tony Raines and AJ Allmendinger on lap 61 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, only 91.5 miles (147.3 km) into the race,[17] ending his streak of completing every lap during the season. Gordon finished 41st.[18]
On June 11, 2007, Gordon earned his 4th win of the year and 79th of his career in a rain shortened race at Pocono Raceway. Six days later, he scored a ninth place finish at the Citizens Bank 400 at Michigan International Speedway, the 300th top-ten finish of his career. On September 8, 2007, Gordon earned a place in the Chase for the NEXTEL Cup. With his four wins in the first 26 races, he earned the "Regular Season" Championship, and the second seed (teammate Jimmie Johnson earned the top seed with six wins) in the chase.
On October 7, 2007, Gordon led only the final lap in winning the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway for his 80th career victory, using a strategy of staying near the end of the field until nearly the end of the race to avoid the inevitable "big one", especially with the unknowns involved in racing the Car of Tomorrow. With the win, he swept the 2007 season races at Talladega, and won his 12th race at a restrictor plate track (Daytona and Talladega), making him the all-time leader for restrictor plate wins.[19]
On October 13, 2007, Gordon led 71 laps and, although fuel was a question near the end of the race, he was able to finish the race and earned his 81st career victory in the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Finishing fourth in the 2007 Ford 400, Gordon finished the 2007 Chase for the Nextel Cup 2nd in the standings to Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson, trailing by 77. However, Gordon's top-ten finish at Homestead left him with a total of 30 top-ten finishes for the season, setting a new modern era Cup Series record. This was the second time that Gordon lost a championship because of the Chase points system. As with 2004, he recorded the most points over the entire season, but lost the title because of the ten race championship system. Gordon has been the only driver to lose the title because of the Chase more than once.
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Gordon finished fourth in the Budweiser Shootout and finished third in the Gatorade Duel qualifying race. He started the 50th annual Daytona 500 from the eighth position and led eight laps, some under caution, but on lap 159 suffered suspension failure and finished in 39th position.
Jeff Gordon wrecked with 5 laps to go at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS), claiming that it was one of the hardest wrecks he's ever had, and leading him to call for safety improvements on the inside walls of LVMS and other similar tracks.[20] The wreck has had drivers and owners from all around NASCAR now concerned with the lack of a SAFER barrier on the inside walls at tracks and the design of the wall where it allows access for emergency vehicles.[21] Greg Biffle went as far to say that the wreck should be taken as seriously as the one that took Dale Earnhardt's life in 2001.[22] Other drivers who have publicly supported Gordon's call for safety improvements include Jeff Burton, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, and Kurt Busch.[22]
Gordon collected his 64th career pole for the Kobalt Tools 500 on March 7, 2008, then went on to finish 5th in the race leading 3 laps.[23]
Gordon collected his 65th career pole for the Goody's Cool Orange 500 on March 28, 2008 at Martinsville Speedway. Gordon went on to finish second in the race after being caught up in a crash caused by Aric Almirola and coming back from the tail end of the field. Gordon led 90 laps in the race.
Gordon finished 3rd in the Dodge Challenger 500 making that his 4th straight top 3 finish in that particular event.
Gordon scored a 3rd at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 making this finish his 4th top 3 finish in the last 8 events at Sonoma.
On September 7, 2008, with his 8th place finish at Richmond, Gordon will make his 4th appearance in the Chase for the Sprint Cup earning the 10th seed out of 12 drivers.[24]
Gordon collected his 66th career pole at the Dover International Speedway for the Camping World RV 400. Gordon led 30 laps in the race and scored a top 5, while Greg Biffle won.
On October 31, 2008, Gordon earned his 67th career pole, his fourth of the 2008 season, and first ever at Texas Motor Speedway.[25] Gordon finished 2nd to Carl Edwards.
Gordon finished 7th in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup, 368 points out of first place. He finished winless for the first time since 1993. This was also the final season the team ran the flames paint scheme that was introduced in 2001. In 2009, the 24 car would unveil its third 'regular' paint scheme. The new scheme was not much different than the previous flames design, but the color blue was replaced with black. This was the first time in Gordon's career that his primary paint scheme did not feature the color blue.
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Gordon started off the 2009 season by drawing the 28th and final position of the Budweiser Shootout. Gordon finished 4th at the Shootout, the same finish he had in 2008 after getting through three wrecks, including a last lap crash. He held off Tony Stewart to win his 5th Gatorade Duel. It was his first win in forty-one races. As a result of the win Gordon started 3rd in the Daytona 500 and, after overcoming a tire issue late in the race, finished 13th.
Despite leading 64 laps, Gordon finished runner-up to Matt Kenseth in the Auto Club 500. It was Gordon's 9th top-5 finish at California.
Gordon led 17 laps in the Shelby 427 but cut a tire coming into the pits and as a result he finished 6th, despite having a shredded fender. Gordon took his first points lead since 2007.
Gordon led 35 laps in the Kobalt Tools 500 and finished second to Kurt Busch for his second top five finish of the season.
Gordon finished 4th in the Food City 500 to collect his third top five of the season and extended his point lead to 77 points.
Gordon led 147 laps in the Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville, but finished fourth. His teammate Jimmie Johnson won the event. Gordon extended his point lead to 90 points over Clint Bowyer.
Gordon ended his 47 race winless streak, winning the Samsung 500 for his 82nd career victory and his first at Texas Motor Speedway.[26] With the win, Gordon has won at every track that currently hosts a Cup race except Homestead-Miami Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. He held off teammate Jimmie Johnson for the win and extended his points lead to 162 points.[27] Gordon also led 105 of the 334 laps, earning him 10 bonus points.
Gordon scored a 5th place in the Southern 500; despite a loose wheel in the beginning of the race. It was Gordon's 5th straight top 5 finish at the track. He extended his point lead to 31 points over Tony Stewart. Gordon scored second place finishes behind teammate Mark Martin, in both the June LifeLock 400 at Michigan and the July LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Because Martin and Gordon finished 1–2 in both races, LifeLock will pay a $1 million bonus to a Colorado family.[28]
Gordon qualified for the 2009 Chase by virtue of his second place standing in the points following the Chevy Rock & Roll 400. Reseeding dropped him to sixth in the points.
Gordon scored two consecutive second place finishes at the Kansas Speedway and the Auto Club Speedway. He finished second to Tony Stewart and teammate Jimmie Johnson in those races and sits 3rd in points behind by 112 points. (After Texas) He was behind 169 points after Phoenix. He finished 3rd in points giving Hendrick Motorsports the first team ever to finish 1–2–3 in the points. He finished behind teammate Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson. Johnson became the first driver to win four straight titles, but under the new Chase points system. Gordon's four came under the season long points standings. Had this system still been in place, instead of the Chase, Gordon's Cup total would be at six championships, as he scored the most season long points in both 2004 and 2007.
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Gordon started off the season slow, starting with a 26th place finish at Daytona and a 19th place finish at Auto Club Speedway. However, at Las Vegas, Gordon dominated, leading 219 of the race's 267 laps. Unfortunately for Gordon, crew chief Steve Letarte opted to take two tires instead of four, arguably costing Gordon the win, as his teammate Jimmie Johnson in the 48 car passed him on four fresh tires. Gordon finished 18th at the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta. Gordon was leading with 2 laps to go at Martinsville in the spring, but a bump from Matt Kenseth and a charge from Denny Hamlin relegated the No. 24 DuPont team to a 3rd place finish. Gordon scored a runner-up finish in the Subway Fresh Fit 600 to eventual winner Ryan Newman. Gordon led 124 laps at Texas, but was involved in a multi-car wreck late in the race. Gordon went on to lead 4 laps at Talladega but was caught up in a wreck with Jeff Burton near the end of the race and dropped him down to a 22nd place finish. Gordon was leading on the final restart of the Crown Royal Presents the Heath Calhoun 400, but was passed by the winner of the race, Kyle Busch. This was Gordon's eighth second place finish since his last win came at Texas a year ago. At the Southern 500 at Darlington, Gordon led a race-high 110 laps, but was shuffled back to the end of the lead lap as a result of being on pit road when a caution came out. He eventually worked his way up in the last 20 laps to finish fourth. In Dover, Gordon finished 11th after he was a top 15 car all day in a 400 lap event. Gordon recorded a 6th place finish at Charlotte, after opting for track position over pitting with 20 laps to go. Gordon did not have a very fast car, but managed to hold on to a top-10 finish. Gordon made his 600th career NASCAR Sprint Cup start in the 2010 Lifelock.com 400 on July 10, 2010 at the Chicagoland Speedway and finished 3rd. Gordon cut a right front tire late at the Carfax 400 at Michigan, resulting in a 27th place finish, but remained 2nd in the points standings. Gordon finished 13th at the Emory Healthcare 500 in Atlanta, and remained 2nd in the points standings. The Chase started well for Gordon. He finished 6th at Loudon. after struggling at Dover, he finished 5th at Kansas, and 9th at Fontana. He earned his first pole of the season at Charlotte and he was the pick to win the race, but unfortunately, he had battery issues and he was caught speeding on pit road finished a disappointing 23rd place finish. At Martinsville, he got wrecked by rival Kurt Busch, ending his championship hopes. At Texas, he was running well, until an incident occurred between him and Jeff Burton. Gordon wrecked under caution, and he was very upset with Burton, causing them to have a shove and a physical fight. He would finish 37th. In the Ford 400, he started 11th and finished 37th, due to an engine failure. He went winless again, and it would be the third time in his career he went winless (also in 1993 and 2008).
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Gordon started the 2011 season in Daytona driving the #24 "Drive to End Hunger" Chevrolet Impala, plus new crew chief Alan Gustafson. He started the race in the 2nd position but after a pileup in turn 3 on lap 29, finished the race in 28th, right behind teammate Jimmie Johnson.
The following week at Phoenix, Gordon started 17th. He dominated the race, leading 138 of the 312laps. With eight laps to go, Gordon came up beside Kyle Busch, Gordon got loose and slid up and into Busch. Gordon drove away to a half-second lead. He held off Busch in the remaining seven laps to win. It was Jeff Gordon's first win since Texas in April 2009, and his second win in the previous 3 seasons. But the momentum wouldn't last long. He ran inside the top 5 at Las Vegas, but blew a tire and hit the wall and finished 36th with his first DNF of 2011. He struggled at Bristol and Fontana, finishing outside the top 10 in both. At Martinsville, he led a few laps and finished 5th, his first top 10 since his Phoenix win. He ran out of fuel with a lap to go at Texas while running inside the top 10, finishing 23rd.
Gordon won his 70th pole at the 2011 Aaron's 499 at Talladega, breaking a 3rd-place tie with Cale Yarborough for most poles.[29] All four of the Hendrick Motorsports cars swept the top four positions, with Jimmie Johnson starting on Gordon's outside, with the second row being filled by Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.. Gordon drafted with Martin for the entire race. He led a few laps at the beginning of the race, but then purposely fell outside the top 30 to avoid any trouble. With ten laps to go, Gordon and Martin started their charge to the front, taking the lead at the white flag. Then, while side-by-side with Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick, coming through the tri-oval, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who had also been drafting together the entire race, squeezed to their inside. Earnhardt rubbed fenders with Martin, killing his and Gordon's momentum. Gordon finished third, in a 3-wide photo-finish won by Johnson over Bowyer by 0.002 seconds.
The following week at Richmond, Gordon stayed in the top ten all night long, and looked to be a serious contender for the win. But battling back in the pack from a 4-tire call, Matt Kenseth squeezed up on Clint Bowyer and turned Gordon into an inside wall opening. He finished 39th and had his second DNF of the season. The following week at Darlington, Gordon was consistently running in the top 5, a green-white-checkered moved him from 6th to a 12th-place finish. After Darlington, Gordon was 17th in points, but due to the new Wild-Card in the Chase, he would be in the Chase due to his Phoenix win. Jeff finished outside the top 10 at Dover and Charlotte. He had a top-5 run going at Charlotte, but being caught a lap down late relegated him to a 20th-place finish. Kansas, the following week. Gordon finished 4th behind some fuel-strategy winners. Coming off a great run at Kansas, Gordon and the #24 team looked to continue the success at Pocono. After starting third, Gordon never lost sight of the leaders, staying in the top 3 all day. With 41 to go, Gordon beat Kurt Busch off pit road, but restarted second to Juan Pablo Montoya, who took 2 tires. Jeff quickly assumed the lead on the restart. After a round of green-flag pit stops, Jeff passed Landon Cassill, for the lead and never looked back. He had his 2nd win of the year, 84th career win, tying him 3rd all-time with Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison, and his fifth win at Pocono, tying him with Bill Elliott for all-time wins at the racetrack. Following his Pocono win, Jeff again struggled with his 1.5–2 mile tracks, finishing 17th at Michigan. Everyone had high expectations for Gordon at Infineon. But the entire race showed Gordon mired back in the 22nd position. But a call from Gustafson put Jeff 7th with about 20 to go. Gordon muscled his way through the field, avoiding and staying ahead of wrecks. He grabbed second coming to the white flag, and ran out of time to catch leader Kurt Busch. The second place finish put Gordon in 9th place in the standings.
The Coke Zero 400 at Daytona weekend started out well for Gordon, starting fourth place. Mark Martin started on the pole, and chose the outside line at the start, and that quickly put him and Gordon out front. Gordon and Martin approached this race the same as Talladega, as they hung out at the back for the entire race. A green flag run of about 100 laps caused the Hendrick duos to be many seconds behind the leader. Gordon and Martin charged to the front and caught the leaders with 3 to go. But a bunched up field in turn 3 caused Gordon to slide up and into Kyle Busch and spin. A save by Gordon minimized his damage. He restarted 18th behind Kyle Busch. With Gordon pushing, Kyle Busch moved by most of the field before a final last-turn, last-lap wreck took out many of the top contenders. Gordon finished 6th and complimented Kyle on his ability to make moves through the pack. The 6th-place finish put Gordon in 8th place in points.
The next week marked the first-ever Sprint Cup Series race held at the Kentucky Speedway. Gordon was fast in the practice sessions, and when qualifying was rained out, but would start 14th. However, the handling of the car was not to Gordon's liking. At one point, he said that Kentucky was "one of the most frustrating places I've ever driven." For much of the race, Gordon ran in the mid 20s, even falling one lap down to then race leader, and eventual winner, Kyle Busch. After a caution for debris came out, Crew Chief Alan Gustafson opted to not pit and take the wave around to make up the lost lap. A late caution, pit strategy, and a bit of luck enabled Gordon to pit and run inside the top 10 for the final 50 laps. He would salvage a tenth-place finish, moving him up to 7th place in the points.
At Loudon, he led 19 laps but had electric issues. He worked his way up to fourth, but cut a tire on the last lap and was forced to settle for eleventh. Two weeks later at Indianapolis, Gordon led 36 laps but lost to Paul Menard's fuel strategy. He finished a very close second. At the next race at Pocono, Gordon would finish 6th. He placed 13th at Watkins Glen International a week later. At Michigan, he led 50 laps, but finished sixth after simply losing the car late. He led a race-high 206 laps at Bristol the next week, and finished third to Martin Truex, Jr. and Brad Keselowski.
The following Sunday race at Atlanta was delayed due to rain, and was moved to Tuesday, due to a tropical storm (Lee) on the track on Monday. In that race, Gordon led the majority of the laps at the beginning of the race. However, with tightness and tire issues as well as cautions and a red flag being thrown out due to rain, he was placed in a tough situation as far as the race strategy. The race continued and Jeff marched his way up to the lead once again. His car gradually became loose, and he eventually lost the lead to Matt Kenseth as well as several more positions. But several more cautions enabled Jeff to complete adjustments and furthermore take better care of his tires, in fear of wearing them out early. He charged back up to the leader Jimmie Johnson and passed him, but as the race led to 10–15 laps to go, Jeff was starting to become loose again in the long run. This allowed Jimmie Johnson to catch Jeff and pass him once, but Jimmie was loose too, enabling Jeff to reclaim the lead. Both drivers battled side-by-side and battled looseness issues. Coming to the white flag, Jimmie was excessively loose off turn 4 behind him, allowing Jeff some breathing room. Jeff held off Jimmie for the final lap and took his 3rd victory of the season as well as his 85th career win, placing 3rd on the all-time win list, behind Richard Petty and David Pearson, beating Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip. He then moved up to 5th in points.
At Richmond (September 10, 2011), Gordon had a poor qualifying run of 17th at the Wonderful Pistachios 400. He had a fast car at the beginning, but suddenly the car experienced tightness issues and he dropped back to the 20's in position. He missed an opportunity to pit and make some adjustments under caution, due to communication errors between him and his crew chief. However, coming to 250 laps, the caution between his teammate Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch gave him a chance to pit and make such adjustments, and eventually he climbed back up to the front and took the lead. He led the field in for service under the caution on Lap 384. He came out of the pits second and had a bad restart, but shot back with a finish of 3rd at Richmond, with Kevin Harvick winning the race, and Carl Edwards in second. Jeff Gordon commented on how it was interesting that Paul Menard, a Richard Childress teammate of Harvick's, caused the caution by just spinning into the grass.
Gordon's summer hot streak made him a top pick for the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup. He was seeded 3rd for the Chase, because of his 3 wins.
Gordon's Chase started off with a disappointing 23rd Qualifying effort at Chicagoland Speedway. He would run near that position all day, going even a lap down during the midpoint of the race. He started his climb late i the race, before fuel milage came into play. He made it to 17th when he ran out of gas with 2 laps to go and finished 24th, making a deep hole to climb out of early in the Chase.
The second race in the Chase, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, looked to be a rebound race for Gordon, as he ran well in the spring race. He started out the good weekend qualifying 7th, and looked fast in practice. Gordon started the race and quickly clawed his way to the front, grabbing the lead at lap 164. He opened gaps of 4+ seconds on the field, and was clearly the car to beat. But, while trying to stretch fuel for the last pit stop, Jeff ran out of gas under green coming to pit road, and took a long time getting re-fired, erasing his 9 second lead. What made matters worse, there was a problem during the exchange of fuel cans and they didnt get enough fuel in the car as they would've liked. He charged back up to 3rd, but then got word of the fuel mishap, he fell to 6th. While conserving in 7th, leaders started to pit for fuel. Hamlin, Kahne, and Bowyer run out of fuel. Greg Biffle also ran out of fuel, but beat Jeff by inches for 3rd. Gordon's 4th place finish boosted him to 5th in points. A great rebound from Chicagoland.
Dover International Speedway, the third race in the Chase, going in, was going to be a questionable weekend for the 24 team, as they struggled in the spring race. Finishing practice sessions in the top 5 showed promise for the race. But, a 34th starting position quickly changed the mood in the 24 camp. The day looked up for the 24 team after moving through the field quickly. Gordon stayed most of the day near 10th position. A very uneventful day for the 24 team ended with a solid 12th place finish. But, most of the chasers ran in the top 5, but some ran in the back 20s. Gordon gained points on the Championship leader, but fell to ninth in points, 19 points behind. A very reasonable margin.
Kansas Speedway looked like the best track for Gordon in the Chase. The past 5 attempts at Kansas being top 5's, and an average finish of 8th (best among chasers), backed up the mood of the team. He qualified a decent 10th, after finishing the practice sessions in the top 5 and 10. The race started very well for Gordon, moving into the top 5 in a matter of about 25 laps. Gordon had a top 3 car all day long, Jimmie Johnson only being faster, as the leader. Gordon's pit stops were flawless all day, gaining many spots, besides the handfuls that took 2 tires. On a restart with 45 laps to go, Gordon restarted fifth behind Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and Brad Keselowski, with Tony Stewart behind him, in seventh. When the green dropped, Stewart dove below Gordon into turn 1 and moved him up the track. The contact quickly threw Gordon from 5th to 17th. While in the back, Gordon reported seeing smoke inside the car. While, the car looked to be slow, Gordon inched up to 14th, before the engine let go with 2 to go. Gordon dropped to 34th, and with most of the Chase contenders having good days, put him 10th in points, 47 behind the leaders. The point margin was a very difficult hole for Gordon to climb out of, especially at a track that would possibly be his best shot at a win.
The next week at Martinsville Speedway Jeff looked strong, and led a handful of laps throughout the race. He finished Third after avoiding a few last lap mistakes by front runners, he finished behind Johnson and Stewart. Heading into the AAA Texas 500, Gordon ran well in practice sessions, but in the race he finished in the lower tier of the Top 20. Next week at Phoenix International Raceway, Jeff was looking for the season sweep, but was more importantly looking to tackle the newly reconfigured oval. He finished with a Top 15.
To close out the 2011 season, Gordon was hoping to scratch Homestead-Miami Speedway off his list of tracks he has failed to win at in the Cup Series. He was fast all weekend, but Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards were the class of the field as both were fighting for the win and the championship. Gordon wound up leading a few laps and coming home with 5th place finish. He closed out 2011 8th in the points with his first multi-win season since 2007.
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In the Budweiser Shootout, Gordon flipped his car on the penultimate lap. According to Jeff, this was the first time that he ever flipped a race car.[citation needed]
During the 2012 Daytona 500, his engine overheated and blew on lap 82, leaving him out of the race. He rebounded with an 8th place finish the following week at Phoenix.[citation needed] During the spring race at Talladega, Gordon ran strong throughout most of the race but was caught up in a crash on lap 142 that took out Gordon, Carl Edwards, Juan Pablo Montoya, Landon Cassill, Dave Blaney and Martin Truex, Jr.. At the Coca-Cola 600, Gordon started 23rd worked his up through pack to finish 7th.
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Gordon has also participated in some off-road events, including a winning drive with Team USA at the 2002 Race of Champions. He was slated to run it again in 2004 against Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher but was sidelined by the flu, and Casey Mears took his place. In 2005, Gordon competed in the Race of Champions event again, this time held in Paris, France, where he was partnered with famed motocross racer/X Games winner Travis Pastrana. In 2007, Gordon competed in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona for the first time. He raced the No. 10 Pontiac for Wayne Taylor racing. His teammates consisted of: Max Angelelli, Jan Magnussen, and Wayne Taylor. The team placed third in Gordon's first ever Rolex 24.
Gordon won one race in IROC at Daytona International Speedway, in 1998.
Career NASCAR statistics[link]
| Season | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5 | Top 10 | DNF | Position | Team(s) | |||
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1993 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1994 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 8th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1995 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 1st | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1996 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2nd | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1997 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 1st | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1998 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 2 | 1st | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 1999 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 6th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2000 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 9th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2001 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 1st | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2002 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 4th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2003 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 4th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2004 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 3rd | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2005 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2006 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 6th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2007 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 2nd | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2008 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 7th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2009 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 3rd | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2010 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 9th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2011 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 8th | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| 2012* | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22nd* | Hendrick Motorsports | |||
| Totals | 662 | 85 | 71 | 288 | 398 | 88 | |||||
* Season in progress.
Data as of May 27, 2012.[30]
Sponsorship and paint[link]
Jeff Gordon and his team have carried the nickname "The Rainbow Warriors" throughout the years. Jeff has always carried DuPont[31] as a sponsor. From 1993 to 2000, Gordon carried a rainbow scheme that got the team their nickname. Throughout the years, Gordon has sometimes carried different paint, such as Jurassic Park the ride in 1997, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 1999, and Snoopy in the 2000 Brickyard 400, and a Superman theme. In 1997, Gordon signed a long-term contract with Pepsi[31] that is still in place today. Every year Gordon has driven a car with the Pepsi scheme (he almost always has car with a Pepsi paint scheme at a night race, particularly Daytona International Speedway in July). In 2001, Gordon debuted a new scheme designed by NASCAR artist Sam Bass, which kept a blue base but changed the rainbow pattern to flames. In 2006, Gordon acquired a new sponsor, Nicorette.[31] In 2007, Gordon increased his partnership with Nicorette, and ran the paint scheme in 4 races. At Talladega in 2007, Gordon had a fan design contest. The design got a real treat, as Gordon won the race. Since 2007, Gordon has had the same design with different colors. (e.g. Nicorette scheme, green and yellow flames). Gordon will occasionally run a scheme that will support a different type of DuPont paint such as Cromax Pro.
Gordon announced that the primary scheme of the DuPont No. 24 Chevrolet was to change for 2009 & beyond on the QVC show For Race Fans Only. The 2009 scheme kept the flames format but the colors were radically changed to red and orange flames on a black base color. The new 2009 DuPont paint scheme was unveiled on NBC's Today show. In 2009, National Guard signed a contract with Gordon, replacing Nicorette. National Guard was the primary sponsor on Gordon's car for 6–8 races per season through 2010. Occasionally, a one-race sponsor steps in to sponsor Gordon's car for one race. For example, Gordon ran a Megatron scheme at Charlotte in the Fall of 2009 to promote the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen that was soon to come out on .
Hendrick Motorsports owner, Rick Hendrick, said in November 2009 that he is working on signing a contract extension with DuPont, Gordon's primary sponsor since the beginning of his career. DuPont's current contract with Jeff Gordon expires at the end of 2010, and Hendrick said he wants it to be Gordon's primary sponsor for the rest of his career.[32] In 2010 reports surfaced that Hendrick Motorsports was in talks with Walmart to be a sponsor for the No. 24 car,[33] the deal never materialized.[34] In October 2010, Hendrick Motorsports announced a scaled-down three-year extension of its sponsorship agreement with DuPont: DuPont will be Gordon's primary sponsor for 14 races, with AARP picking up 22 of the remaining races and long-term sponsor Pepsi continuing as primary sponsor for 2 races.[35]
Personal life[link]
Gordon's parents are Carol Ann Bickford (née Houston) and William Grinnell Gordon of Vacaville, California. He has an older sister named Kim.[citation needed]
Gordon met first wife Brooke Sealey after he won a Busch race. Sealey was then a college student and had been present as Ms. Winston in the victory lane in 1992. The pair began dating in secret, due to a rule that did not allow drivers to date Ms. Winston, and they were married in 1994. In 2003, Gordon's divorce from Sealey became tabloid fodder. In court papers, she asked for "exclusive use of the couple's oceanfront home, valued at $9 million, as well as alimony, two cars and periodic use of their boats and an airplane."
Gordon was introduced to Ingrid Vandebosch by a mutual friend in 2002, but they did not begin dating until 2004.[36] Jeff announced their engagement on June 24, 2006, at a croquet event at Meadowood Resort in St. Helena, California. According to Gordon, they had kept the engagement secret for the following 30 days.[37] Gordon and Vandebosch were married in a small, private ceremony in Mexico on Nov. 7, 2006. On June 20, 2007, Vandebosch gave birth to their first child, Ella Sofia Gordon in New York City.[38][39] On February 4, 2010, Gordon revealed that he and his wife are expecting their second child in August,[40] and on March 16, 2010, he revealed that the baby is a boy.[41] Gordon had Scott Pruett ready to step into the 24 at Watkins Glen because his wife was due to give birth the weekend of August 8, 2010.[42] On August 9, 2010, Vandebosch delivered their son, Leo Benjamin Gordon, at 8:53 am. He weighed 7 lbs., 2 oz., and was 19 inches long.[43]
Gordon owns a private jet, a British Aerospace BAE-125-800, also known as a Hawker 800, with a tail number on this jet matching his car number, N24JG[44] and also owns a Lazzara 106 yacht called the 24 Karat. [45]
In 1999, Jeff Gordon established The Jeff Gordon Foundation to help support children facing life-threatening and chronic illnesses. In 2007, Jeff Gordon along with Andre Agassi, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Warrick Dunn, Mia Hamm, Tony Hawk, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning, and Cal Ripken, Jr. founded Athletes for Hope, a charitable organization which helps professional athletes get involved in charitable causes and inspires millions of non-athletes to volunteer and support the community.[46]
It was announced in 2009 that Gordon would receive the Silver Buffalo Award, the Boy Scouts of America's highest award for his work as a Scout Recruiter and humanitarian work.[47]
Gordon is a Christian. He has talked about how in the early 1990s he got curious and followed some drivers to the weekly chapel one week, which is how he first started to learn more about God.[48][49][50][51]
Career awards[link]
He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame at the January 10, 2009, Chili Bowl Nationals race at Tulsa. Most recently Jeff was inducted into the Watkins Glen International Hall of Fame because of his outstanding success on the track.
In popular media[link]
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Gordon occasionally appears on television shows. He has co-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly ten times on days when Regis Philbin was unavailable. In January 2003, Gordon became the first NASCAR driver to host NBC's Saturday Night Live. In 2005, he played himself in Herbie Fully Loaded. In 2009 he voiced a character on the animated series Speed Racer/Next Generation. On April 11, 2010, Jeff was the guest celebrity on an episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
He was mentioned in Nelly's song E.I. in 2000.[52]
He provides his voice as Jeff Gorvette, a Chevrolet Corvette C6.R no. No. 24, in Pixar's 2011 animated movie, Cars 2.[53]
Jeff appears in PlayStation 3 videogame Gran Turismo 5 as himself, providing tutorials on racing in NASCAR.
He also appears on the cover of NASCAR Thunder 2002 and NASCAR 09. He is also on the cover of NASCAR 06: Total Team Control with Jimmie Johnson.
In the movie "Couple's Retreat", Jeff was mentioned when Jason Bateman said: "If Jeff Gordon told you the oil was low, you'd want to change it."
In 2003 he appeared in the movie Looney Tunes: Back in Action in Las Vegas doing a give away contest for his race car before Yosemite Sam steals the car.
Jeff was shown in an episode of The Red Green Show as an example in Handyman's Corner.
He was shown in the 2009 documentary film Racing Dreams.
His car was used as background artwork in the episode of Last Man Standing featuring Tony Stewart. The DuPont logo was edited to avoid copyright issues.
In the King of the Hill episode "Life In The Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga", Jeff Gordon is portrayed less than favorably, screaming "Daddy!" in a nasal tone when his cars spins out and hits a wall, alluding to earlier comments in the episode about how the main cast doesn't care for him because his father pulled strings to get him the car.[54]
See also[link]
Further reading[link]
- Gordon, Jeff; Steve Eubanks (2005). Jeff Gordon: Racing Back to the Front—My Memoir. Atria. ISBN 0-7434-9977-8.
- Cothren, Larry (2005). Jeff Gordon: The NASCAR Superstar's Story. Motorbooks. ISBN 0-7603-2178-7.
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- ^ "Jeff Gordon". NNDB. Soylent Communications. http://www.nndb.com/people/248/000026170/. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- ^ CUP: Gordon’s Ride Has Been One Of Sport’s Grandest
- ^ "Statistics: Modern Era Race Winners". NASCAR.com. July 10, 2011. http://www.nascar.com/kyn/nbtn/cup/data/race_winners.html. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Jeff Gordon Career Statistics Racing Reference.com
- ^ "Jeff Gordon's Official fan site Bio". http://www.jeffgordon.com/about_jeff/default.sps?itype=12223.
- ^ a b c d e "Tappett, Humphrey, Gordon & Doty join "Hall of Fame"". National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. 2008-08-24. http://www.worthyofhonor.com/. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
- ^ [1]"JeffGordon.com"
- ^ Racing Reference Jeff Gordon's Last-Place Finish at the 1993 First Union 400 Race – Racing Reference]
- ^ Christie, Toby (2010). "NASCAR Flashback Brickyard 400 Inaugural". http://rubbingsracing.com/rubbingsracingWP/2010/07/24/nascar-flashback-1994-brickyard-400-the-inaugural/. Retrieved 06/09/2010.
- ^ Jeff Gordon: NASCAR Daytona 500 Youngest Ever Winner, akses: 06/09/2010
- ^ http://espn.go.com/racing/standings/_/year/2002
- ^ http://www.historicracing.com/driversBorn.cfm?fullText=5472&decyear=1970&born_year=1971
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- ^ "Goody's Cool Orange lap-by-lap". http://www.nascar.com/2007/races/lapbylap/04/01/martinsville/index.html.
- ^ "Modern Era Pole Winners". http://www.nascar.com/kyn/nbtn/cup/data/pole_winners.html.
- ^ "Modern Era Race Winners". http://www.nascar.com/kyn/nbtn/cup/data/race_winners.html.
- ^ "Charlotte Lap-by-Lap". http://www.nascar.com/2007/races/lapbylap/05/27/charlotte/index.html.
- ^ "Charlotte Nascar results". http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/cup/results.
- ^ Gordon Wins UAW-500 at Talladega
- ^ Crash has Gordon wanting safety upgrades at LVMS
- ^ Impact of Gordon's crash may be felt beyond LVMS
- ^ a b Drivers concerned about safety at some racetracks
- ^ Gordon takes Atlanta pole, Earnhardt to start second
- ^ "Nascar.Com". Nascar.Com. http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2008/26/data/standings_official.html. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ Jeff Gordon finds pole at one of his least successful tracks
- ^ Gordon gets first victory at Texas to end winless skid
- ^ 2009 Unofficial Driver Standings: Samsung 500
- ^ Martin prevails in frantic finish at Chicagoland speedway
- ^ http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2011/04/Gordonn Grabs-70th-Career-Pole.aspx
- ^ http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2011/data/standings.html
- ^ a b c "Jeff Gordon sponsors". http://www.gordonline.com/sponsors.html.
- ^ Report: Hendrick Motorsports working on new agreement with Dupont
- ^ Michael Smith (August 23, 2010). "Wal-Mart to climb aboard Gordon’s car?". SportsBusiness Journal. http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/article/66500.
- ^ Michael Smith (September 6, 2010). "Wal-Mart passes on sponsoring Gordon’s No. 24 car". SportsBusiness Journal. http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/feed/2010-08/4-more-for-no-24/story/wal-mart-passes-on-sponsoring-gordons-no-24-car.
- ^ DuPont to stay on for 14 races with Gordon
- ^ "Jeff Gordon Engagement". http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/07/13/jgordon.engagement/index.html.
- ^ "Gordon-Vandenbosch Engagement". http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/14901236.htm.
- ^ "Jeff Gordon and Wife Welcome Baby Girl". http://www.usmagazine.com/node/9920.
- ^ It's a Girl for NASCAR Champ Jeff Gordon – Birth, Jeff Gordon : People.com
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- ^ "Jeff Gordon Reveals Sex of Baby on the Way – Babies, Jeff Gordon". People.com. 2010-03-16. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20352031,00.html. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ Pruett ready to fill in should baby duty call Gordon
- ^ "Jeff Gordon Welcomes Son Leo Benjamin- Babies, Jeff Gordon". People.com. 2010-08-09. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/08/09/jeff-gordon-welcomes-son-leo-benjamin/. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Jeff's Personal Jet
- ^ Yachting Magazine – The NASCAR Yacht Club
- ^ Athletes for Hope
- ^ "Jeff Gordon to Receive Boy Scouting's Highest Award". Gnextinc.com. http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/pr/j_gordon_boys_scout_030609.html. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ Interview on Breakaway tv
- ^ Interview with Larry King
- ^ 2001 Interview on Belief.net
- ^ Hopeway.org
- ^ [3]
- ^ http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/21/nascar-star-jeff-gorvette-gordon-pixar-cars-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fautoblog+%28Autoblog%29&utm_content=FaceBook
- ^ http://geocitiessites.com/arlen_texas/fastlane.htm
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- The Jeff Gordon Foundation
- NPR story about Gordon
- Men's Vogue article on Gordon from April 2008 issue
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Dale Earnhardt |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 1995 |
Succeeded by Terry Labonte |
| Preceded by Terry Labonte |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 1997, 1998 |
Succeeded by Dale Jarrett |
| Preceded by Bobby Labonte |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 2001 |
Succeeded by Tony Stewart |
| Preceded by Fernando Alonso Jesús Puras Rubén Xaus |
Race of Champions Nations' Cup 2002 with: Colin Edwards Jimmie Johnson |
Succeeded by Cristiano da Matta Fonsi Nieto Gilles Panizzi |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by Joe Nemechek |
NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 1991 |
Succeeded by Ricky Craven |
| Preceded by Jimmy Hensley |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1993 |
Succeeded by Jeff Burton |
| Preceded by Dale Earnhardt |
Busch Clash winner 1994 |
Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt |
| Preceded by none |
Brickyard 400 winner 1994 |
Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt |
| Preceded by Geoff Bodine |
The Winston winner 1995 |
Succeeded by Michael Waltrip |
| Preceded by Dale Jarrett |
Busch Clash winner 1997 |
Succeeded by Rusty Wallace |
| Preceded by Dale Jarrett |
Daytona 500 winner 1997 |
Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt |
| Preceded by Michael Waltrip |
The Winston winner 1997 |
Succeeded by Mark Martin |
| Preceded by Ricky Rudd |
Brickyard 400 winner 1998 |
Succeeded by Dale Jarrett |
| Preceded by Dale Earnhardt |
Daytona 500 winner 1999 |
Succeeded by Dale Jarrett |
| Preceded by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
The Winston winner 2001 |
Succeeded by Ryan Newman |
| Preceded by Bobby Labonte |
Brickyard 400 winner 2001 |
Succeeded by Bill Elliott |
| Preceded by Kevin Harvick |
Brickyard 400 winner 2004 |
Succeeded by Tony Stewart |
| Preceded by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
Daytona 500 winner 2005 |
Succeeded by Jimmie Johnson |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by none |
NASCAR EA cover athlete 1998 |
Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt |
| Preceded by Kevin Harvick |
NASCAR EA cover athlete (shared with Jimmie Johnson) 2006 |
Succeeded by Elliott Sadler |
| Preceded by Tony Stewart |
NASCAR EA cover athlete 2009 |
Succeeded by none |
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| Name | Gordon, Jeff |
| Alternative names | Gordon, Jeffrey Michael (full name) |
| Short description | American stock car racing driver |
| Date of birth | August 4, 1971 |
| Place of birth | Vallejo, California, USA |
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Martin John Brundle (born 1 June 1959 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is a British racing driver from England, known as a Formula One driver and as an F1 commentator for ITV Sport from 1997 to 2008, the BBC from 2009 to 2011 and Sky Sports from 2012.[1]
Brundle contested the British Formula Three Championship with Ayrton Senna in 1983, finishing a close second, and the two progressed to Formula One the next year. Brundle failed to score a victory at the top level of single seaters, but he has been very successful in other disciplines. He was the 1988 World Sportscar Champion, with a record points haul, and won the 1990 Le Mans 24 hour Race for Jaguar in an XJR-12.
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Career[link]
Early racing career[link]
Brundle had an unorthodox route to Formula One.[2] He began his racing career at the age of 12, competing in grass track racing,[3] in the Norfolk village of Pott Row.[2] In 1975, he moved to Hot Rod racing and received 'Star grade' status. In 1979, he started single seaters with Formula Ford. During this time, he also raced Tom Walkinshaw's BMW race cars, achieving second against a field of international drivers at Snetterton. He won the BMW championship in 1980 and partnered Sir Stirling Moss in the BP/Audi team of 1981. In 1982, he moved up to Formula 3 achieving five poles and two wins in his debut season. He won the Grovewood Award as the most promising Commonwealth driver.[3] The next year, he battled Ayrton Senna for the F3 championship, which Brundle eventually lost on the final laps of the last race.[4] In 1984, he was promoted to Formula One.
Formula One (1984–1987)[link]
His Formula One career began with Tyrrell in 1984.[5] He put in a number of aggressive and fast drives, finishing fifth in his first race at Brazil and then second at Detroit.[5] At the Dallas Grand Prix, Brundle broke his ankles and both feet in a crash [4] during a practice session. Then Tyrrell were disqualified from the world championship in 1984 because of a technical infringement, wiping his achievements for that season from the record books.
For the next two seasons he remained with Tyrrell, but without a works engine supply the team struggled against the works engine teams. In 1987 he switched to Zakspeed, but managed only two points, the car unable to compete with the frontrunners. These two points were the only ones in the team's history.
Sportscars and Brabham (1988–1991)[link]
Brundle started his famous link with Jaguar in 1982, driving touring cars.[4] Four years of F1 racing for underfunded teams led him to seek a new challenge, and thus he took a year out and competed in the 1988 World Sportscar Championship and won the world sports car title,[6] with a record points haul. He also won the Daytona 24 Hours the same year, for Jaguar. He became the test driver for Williams and stood in for Nigel Mansell at the 1988 Belgian Grand Prix,[6] after Mansell was struck down with chickenpox.
In 1989 he returned to F1 full-time with the returning Brabham squad, but the former champions were unable to recapture their early 1980s success and Brundle opted to move back into the sports car arena for 1990. The Le Mans victory came that year and rejuvenated his career, but still a top-line race seat in Formula One eluded him. As well as contesting races in sports prototypes, Brundle also contested the American IROC series in 1990, taking a victory at the temporary circuit at Burke Lakefront Airport (the only IROC victory for a British driver) and coming 3rd in the overall standings. In 1991 he rejoined Brabham, but the squad had fallen even further down the grid and results were sparse.
Formula One (1992–1996)[link]
Seasoned observers noticed Brundle's drives into the points in the uncompetitive Brabham Yamaha in 1991, which was the last points finish for the Brabham team. This helped Brundle get a 1992 switch to Benetton, with whom he would finally claim a recognised podium finish and consistent points finishes with some gritty drives.
In 1992 he had a productive season, with a strong finish to the year. He came close to a win at Canada, where having overtaken Schumacher and closing on leader Gerhard Berger, the transmission failed.[5] He never outqualified team-mate Michael Schumacher, but made up places with excellent starts (sixth to third at Silverstone), outraced the German at Imola, Montreal, Magny-Cours and Silverstone, and scored a notable second place at Monza. At Spa, Brundle went by when Schumacher went off the track. Schumacher noticed blisters on his team-mate's tyres on his return to the circuit and came in for slicks, a move that won him the race. Had Brundle not been distracted he would have pitted as planned at the end of that lap, with victory the most likely result. 1992 was his best F1 season,[3] and is regarded in F1 as the closest any team mate came to matching Schumacher, prior to his 2010 comeback partnering Nico Rosberg.
To the shock of the F1 paddock,[6] Brundle found himself dropped from Benetton for 1993, Italian Riccardo Patrese taking his place. He came very close to a seat with world champions Williams, but in the end Damon Hill got the drive instead. Still in demand within F1, Brundle raced for Ligier in 1993. More points finishes and a fine third at Imola were achieved in a car without active suspension. With finishing 7th in the World Drivers Championship behind the two Williams drivers Alain Prost (1st) and Damon Hill (3rd), McLaren team leader Ayrton Senna (2nd), the Benetton drivers Michael Schumacher (4th) and Riccardo Patrese (5th) and the Ferrari driver Jean Alesi (6th), Brundle was the most successful driver who did not have an active suspension system in his car and Ligier were the most successful team without an active suspension.
For 1994 Brundle was in the frame for the vacant McLaren seat alongside Mika Häkkinen. McLaren were hopeful of re-signing Alain Prost, who had retired at the end of 1993 after winning his fourth championship title, but decided not to renege on his retirement in March, and Brundle got the drive, beating out McLaren test driver Philippe Alliot. He was confirmed less than two weeks before the season-opening 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix.[7]
Joining the team was a case of bad timing in many ways. McLaren were on a downturn and throughout 1994 were unable to win. The team's Peugeot engines were unreliable, as was to be expected from a debuting engine supplier. At Silverstone Brundle's engine appeared to explode just as the starting lights turned green. In reality the culprit was a clutch that cracked spilling its lubricants on top of the hot engine causing a spectacular fire. Nevertheless, when the car was reliable, Brundle put in strong performances that season, most notably at Monaco where he finished second to Schumacher.
Having had poor luck and with Mansell signed to McLaren for 1995, Brundle once more raced for Ligier that year, although not for the full season. To appease Mugen-Honda he had to share the second seat with Aguri Suzuki, a move denounced by many commentators and fans. He impressed however, a strong fourth at Magny-Cours and what would be his last F1 podium, at Spa, being the highlights. In 1996 he teamed up with Rubens Barrichello at Jordan and enjoyed a good season, despite a slow start and a spectacular crash at Melbourne's inaugural GP, with regular points, fourth his best result. He finished fifth in the 1996 Japanese Grand Prix, which was his last Grand Prix in Formula One.
Brundle achieved 9 podiums, and scored a total of 98 championship points, with a best championship finish of 6th in 1992. He was especially strong on street circuits and similarly slow-speed, twisty courses — Monaco, Adelaide and the Hungaroring each produced 4 points finishes for him.[5] He holds the dubious distinction of having the longest Formula One career (158 Grand Prix starts) without a race victory, a pole position or a fastest lap.
Post Formula One[link]
Commentator[link]
Brundle had hoped to stay in F1 beyond 1996, but could not find a seat. He was offered a seat at Sauber in 1997 following the dropping of Nicola Larini, but decided against it. Brundle did however return to Le Mans. Drives for Nissan, Toyota and Bentley impressed, but a second victory failed to materialise. Brundle's last Le Mans outing came in 2001, after which he focused on his role with the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC).
Having largely retired from motor racing, Brundle became a highly regarded commentator on British television network ITV, whom he joined when they began Formula One coverage in 1997, initially alongside Murray Walker, and from 2002 James Allen. Brundle joined the BBC's commentary team alongside Jonathan Legard when they won the rights to show F1 from 2009. Before the start of the 2011 season, the BBC announced that Brundle was being promoted to lead commentator and would be joined by fellow former F1 driver, David Coulthard.[8] He signed for Sky Sports' coverage at the end of 2011 following the BBC's decision to relinquish their rights to show half of the following season's races live due to budgetary constraints.[9]
For his television work Brundle has won the RTS Television Sports Award for best Sports Pundit in 1998, 1999, 2005 and 2006. In 2005 the judges described him as:
"...an outstanding operator at the very peak of his game – with an extraordinary ability to simplify and entertain in an often complex sport. He also exhibited a fearless authority on some of the most sensitive issues – not least his gimlet-eyed pursuit of Formula one boss Bernie Ecclestone on the grid at Indianapolis".[10]
The production company responsible for ITV's F1 coverage, North One Television, also won the Sports Innovation Award for its Insight features, presented by Brundle. Discussing the return of Formula One to the BBC in 2009, The Times described Brundle "as the greatest TV analyst in this or any other sport."[11]
Before becoming a regular commentator, Brundle was also part of the 1995 BBC commentary team whenever Aguri Suzuki was driving the Ligier-Mugen Honda, such as the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix.
With Steve Rider busy covering the England versus Kazakhstan 2010 FIFA World Cup Group 6 qualification match, Brundle co-commentated and presented coverage of the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway.
Motorsport activities[link]
Brundle took the wheel of a Jaguar F1 car for the Formula One demonstration in London prior to the 2004 British Grand Prix and drove a BMW Sauber during a demonstration in 2006. Also in 2006, Brundle drove a 2005 Red Bull Racing car around Silverstone as part of ITV's 'F1 Insight' feature. This was followed up in 2007 with Brundle and colleague Blundell both driving Williams F1 cars to demonstrate overtaking.
In 2008 he came out of retirement to drive in the Formula Palmer Audi Championship alongside his son Alex, who was a series regular. He scored three top-eight finishes from the three races in which he took part.[12] Alex will compete in the FIA Formula Two Championship for 2009.
Brundle came out of retirement again to race for United Autosports in the 2011 Daytona 24 Hours, sharing a Ford-powered Riley with Zak Brown, Mark Patterson and former Ligier and Brabham teammate Blundell; the team finished fourth overall.[13]
In June 2011, shortly before the 2011 European Grand Prix, Brundle completed a one-off Formula One test for the series' tyre supplier Pirelli at Jerez. He completed a total of 70 laps on all of their tyre compounds, with the results and events of the day aired before the 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix.
Brundle is scheduled to return to Le Mans in 2012, teaming up with son Alex to race a Greaves Motorsport-run Zytek-Nissan LMP2. It will be his first appearance at the French classic in over a decade.[14]
Other activities[link]
Brundle has also been involved in driver management. At present, he is David Coulthard's manager (as well as his former co-commentator). He also co-owned a management company, 2MB Sports Management, alongside Mark Blundell until January 2009, when he announced his intention to step down in order to focus on his television responsibilities and his son's career.[15] Their clients include McLaren test driver Gary Paffett and British Formula Three champion Mike Conway.
Brundle also presented a documentary on British television in 1998 called Great Escapes, which showed generally live recordings, and occasionally reconstructions, of stories where human beings managed to somehow survive in face of various dangers or perils. It ran for one series on ITV.
In 2004 he released his first book Working the Wheel. The title is a reference to his 1996 crash in Melbourne.[citation needed]
On Friday 13 February 2009, Brundle presented BBC Look East's 6.30pm bulletin, with Susie Fowler-Watt, reproducing his famous gridwalk.[16]
Criticism of Max Mosley and the FIA[link]
In September 2007 he suggested that the treatment of McLaren "had the feel of a witch hunt" in his Sunday Times column.[17] As a result of these comments Brundle and the Sunday Times received a French writ from Max Mosley and the FIA for libel. In the same column on December 9, 2007 he accused the FIA of double standards and of issuing the writ at the same time as clearing Renault of spying as a warning to other journalists:
The timing of the writ is significant, in my view, given the FIA’s decision to find Renault guilty of having significant McLaren designs and information within their systems, but not administering any penalty. It is a warning sign to other journalists and publications to choose their words carefully over that decision. I’m tired of what I perceive as the "spin" and tactics of the FIA press office, as are many other journalists. I expect my accreditation pass for next year will be hindered in some way to make my coverage of F1 more difficult and to punish me. Or they will write to ITV again to say that my commentary is not up to standard despite my unprecedented six Royal Television Society Awards for sports broadcasting. So be it.[18]
Brundle also asserted his right to voice his opinion about Formula One:
As a former Formula One driver, I have earnt the right to have an opinion about the sport, and probably know as much about it as anybody else. I have attended approaching 400 grands prix, 158 as a driver. I have spilt blood, broken bones, shed tears, generated tanker loads of sweat, tasted the champagne glories and plumbed the depths of misery. I have never been more passionate about F1 and will always share my opinions in an honest and open way, knowing readers will make up their own minds.[18]
In March 2008 Brundle voiced his opinion regarding the position of Max Mosley following the News of The World's allegation that Mosley had engaged in sexual acts with five prostitutes in a scenario that involved Nazi role-playing;[19] saying "It's not appropriate behaviour for the head of any global body such as the FIA."[20] In April Brundle argued:
"The specific detail of the scandal surrounding him is largely irrelevant, in my view. The sporting regulation he has used over the years to keep teams in check relates to bringing the sport into disrepute. If you live by the sword, you die by the sword. Sitting on the fence on this issue for any of us inside the sport is not an option. We must condone or condemn the situation he finds himself in. Mosley's position as president is untenable.[21]
Pikey probe[link]
Brundle was the subject of 14 complaints to Ofcom and 22 to ITV, for using the term "pikeys" during ITV's coverage of the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix. In a live pre-race interview with Bernie Ecclestone, Brundle referred to 'pikeys' making repairs to the surface at turn 10 of the track by laying down fresh tarmac. ITV later apologised for the incident.
The word is considered insulting by the traveller community. The Oxford English Dictionary traced its use to 1837 by The Times, referring to "strangers harvesting in the Isle of Sheppey". Later that century it meant a "turnpike traveller" or vagabond. Latterly, it has become a derogatory term for Irish Travellers and Gypsies.[22][23]
Brundle and ITV were later cleared by Ofcom, as Brundle was not aware of the racial or cultural implications of the word, and ITV did apologise and explain the situation to him.[24]
Helmet[link]
Brundle's helmet was white with two red stripes and a blue stripe between the two red stripes (inspired by the British flag) from the chin to the back of the helmet. In 1996, there were added a golden ring (with either 'Bensons and Hedges' or 'Brundle' written) and a blue drawing resembling a B upside down.[25]
Personal[link]
The son of a motor car dealer, he and his brother Robin took over the family car dealership from their father. The business closed in 2003 after losing the local Toyota and Peugeot franchises.[26] Robin is also a racing driver, who today competes in historic racing events, and is managing director of Lola Cars.
Brundle is married to Liz [2] and they have a daughter, Charlie, and a son, Alex.[27] Alex competed in 2006 in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy .[28] Brundle has always lived within a 5-mile radius of King's Lynn,[2] and currently lives in Gayton, Norfolk.
Racing record[link]
Complete Formula One results[link]
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Tyrrell Racing Organisation | Tyrrell 012 | Cosworth V8 | BRA DSQ |
RSA DSQ |
BEL DSQ |
SMR DSQ |
FRA DSQ |
MON DNQ |
CAN DSQ |
DET DSQ |
DAL DNQ |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
NED |
ITA |
EUR |
POR |
NC1 | 01 | |
| 1985 | Tyrrell Racing Organisation | Tyrrell 012 | Cosworth V8 | BRA 8 |
POR Ret |
SMR 9 |
MON 10 |
CAN 12 |
DET Ret |
GER 10 |
AUT DNQ |
NC | 0 | |||||||||
| Tyrrell 014 | Renault V6 t/c | FRA Ret |
GBR 7 |
NED 7 |
ITA 8 |
BEL 13 |
EUR Ret |
RSA 7 |
AUS NC |
|||||||||||||
| 1986 | Data General Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 014 | Renault V6 t/c | BRA 5 |
ESP Ret |
SMR 8 |
11th | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyrrell 015 | MON Ret |
BEL Ret |
CAN 9 |
DET Ret |
FRA 10 |
GBR 5 |
GER Ret |
HUN 6 |
AUT Ret |
ITA 10 |
POR Ret |
MEX 11 |
AUS 4 |
|||||||||
| 1987 | West Zakspeed Racing | Zakspeed 861 | Zakspeed Straight-4 t/c | BRA Ret |
18th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zakspeed 871 | SMR 5 |
BEL Ret |
MON 7 |
DET Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR NC |
GER NC |
HUN Ret |
AUT DSQ |
ITA Ret |
POR Ret |
ESP 11 |
MEX Ret |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
|||||||
| 1988 | Canon Williams Team | Williams FW12 | Judd V8 | BRA |
SMR |
MON |
MEX |
CAN |
DET |
FRA |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL 7 |
ITA |
POR |
ESP |
JPN |
AUS |
NC | 0 | |
| 1989 | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT58 | Judd V8 | BRA Ret |
SMR Ret |
MON 6 |
MEX 9 |
USA Ret |
CAN DNPQ |
FRA DNPQ |
GBR Ret |
GER 8 |
HUN 12 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 6 |
POR 8 |
ESP Ret |
JPN 5 |
AUS Ret |
20th | 4 | |
| 1991 | Motor Racing Developments Ltd | Brabham BT59Y | Yamaha V12 | USA 11 |
BRA 12 |
15th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Brabham BT60Y | SMR 11 |
MON EX |
CAN Ret |
MEX Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER 11 |
HUN Ret |
BEL 9 |
ITA 13 |
POR 12 |
ESP 10 |
JPN 5 |
AUS DNQ |
||||||||
| 1992 | Camel Benetton Ford | Benetton B191B | Ford V8 | RSA Ret |
MEX Ret |
BRA Ret |
6th | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| Benetton B192 | ESP Ret |
SMR 4 |
MON 5 |
CAN Ret |
FRA 3 |
GBR 3 |
GER 4 |
HUN 5 |
BEL 4 |
ITA 2 |
POR 4 |
JPN 3 |
AUS 3 |
|||||||||
| 1993 | Ligier Gitanes Blondes | Ligier JS39 | Renault V10 | RSA Ret |
BRA Ret |
EUR Ret |
SMR 3 |
ESP Ret |
MON 6 |
CAN 5 |
FRA 5 |
GBR 14 |
GER 8 |
HUN 5 |
BEL 7 |
ITA Ret |
POR 6 |
JPN 9 |
AUS 6 |
7th | 13 | |
| 1994 | Marlboro McLaren Peugeot | McLaren MP4/9 | Peugeot V10 | BRA Ret |
PAC Ret |
SMR 8 |
MON 2 |
ESP 11 |
CAN Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN 4 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 5 |
POR 6 |
EUR Ret |
JPN Ret |
AUS 3 |
7th | 16 | |
| 1995 | Ligier Gitanes Blondes | Ligier JS41 | Mugen Honda V10 | BRA |
ARG |
SMR |
ESP 9 |
MON Ret |
CAN 10 |
FRA 4 |
GBR Ret |
GER |
HUN Ret |
BEL 3 |
ITA Ret |
POR 8 |
EUR 7 |
PAC |
JPN |
AUS Ret |
13th | 7 |
| 1996 | B&H Total Jordan Peugeot | Jordan 196 | Peugeot V10 | AUS Ret |
BRA 12 |
11th | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Jordan Peugeot | ARG Ret |
EUR 6 |
SMR Ret |
MON Ret |
ESP Ret |
CAN 6 |
FRA 8 |
GBR 6 |
GER 10 |
HUN Ret |
BEL Ret |
ITA 4 |
POR 9 |
JPN 5 |
1 Tyrrell were disqualified from the entire world championship for 1984 due to a technical infringement.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]
| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | C1 | 6 | D | Jaguar XJR-8LM Jaguar 6.9L V12 |
 Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
 John Nielsen |
231 | DNF | DNF |
| 1988 | C1 | 1 | D | Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12 |
Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
John Nielsen Price Cobb |
306 | DNF | DNF |
| 1990 | C1 | 1 | G | Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.0L V12 |
Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
 Alain Ferté David Leslie |
220 | DNF | DNF |
| C1 | 3 | G | Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.0L V12 |
Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
John Nielsen Price Cobb |
359 | 1st | 1st | |
| 1997 | GT1 | 21 | B | Nissan R390 GT1 Nissan VRH35L 3.5L Turbo V8 |
 Nissan Motorsport TWR |
 Jörg Müller Wayne Taylor |
139 | DNF | DNF |
| 1998 | GT1 | 28 | M | Toyota GT-One Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe |
Emmanuel Collard Eric Hélary |
191 | DNF | DNF |
| 1999 | LMGTP | 1 | M | Toyota GT-One Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Toyota Motorsports Toyota Team Europe |
Emmanuel Collard Vincenzo Sospiri |
90 | DNF | DNF |
| 2001 | LMGTP | 7 | D | Bentley EXP Speed 8 Bentley (Audi) 3.6L Turbo V8 |
Team Bentley |
Stéphane Ortelli Guy Smith |
56 | DNF | DNF |
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| Preceded by Raul Boesel |
World Sportscar Champion 1988 |
Succeeded by Jean-Louis Schlesser |
| Preceded by Jochen Mass Manuel Reuter Stanley Dickens |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1990 with: John Nielsen Price Cobb |
Succeeded by Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert Bertrand Gachot |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by Tommy Byrne |
Autosport National Racing Driver of the Year 1983 |
Succeeded by Johnny Dumfries |
| Preceded by Jonathan Palmer |
Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 1988 |
Succeeded by Nigel Mansell |
| Preceded by Nigel Mansell |
Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 1990 |
Succeeded by Nigel Mansell |
| Preceded by None |
RTS Television Sport Awards Best Sports Pundit 1998–1999 |
Succeeded by Alan Hansen |
| Preceded by John Francome |
RTS Television Sport Awards Best Sports Pundit 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| Name | Brundle, Martin |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | British television commentator and former Formula One driver |
| Date of birth | 1 June 1959 |
| Place of birth | King's Lynn, Norfolk, Great Britain |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Senna and the second or paternal family name is Lalli.
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| Born | (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 28) São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Brazilian |
| 2012 team | Williams-Renault |
| 2012 car # | 19 |
| Races | 32 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 17 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Last race | 2012 Monaco Grand Prix |
| 2011 position | 18th (2 pts) |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Participating years | 2009 |
| Teams | Oreca Matmut – AIM |
| Best finish | DNF (2009) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Bruno Senna Lalli (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbrunu ˈsenɐ], born 15 October 1983 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver and the nephew of the late three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna. His mother is Ayrton's older sister, Viviane. His father, Flávio Lalli, died in a motorcycle crash in 1996. He wears a slightly modified version of his uncle's helmet. Senna made his Formula One début in 2010, driving for Hispania Racing. He moved to Renault in 2011, replacing Nick Heidfeld as a driver from August of that year,[1] and since January 2012 he is signed to the Williams team.
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Career[link]
Early career[link]
As a child, Bruno raced go-karts against Ayrton on the family farm, and Ayrton regarded his nephew's potential very highly. When leaving McLaren at the end of 1993, Ayrton said: "If you think I'm fast, just wait until you see my nephew Bruno".[2] Ayrton's death while driving a Williams at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, however, brought Bruno's own racing career to an abrupt halt.
At Imola in 2004, however, on the 10th anniversary of his uncle's death, Senna was given an example of his uncle's 1986 Lotus 98T as a gift from an Italian friend. Senna drove the car at the 2004 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix meeting in São Paulo, at Interlagos, where Ayrton had won in 1991 and 1993.
Ayrton's McLaren team mate of the 1990–1992 seasons, Gerhard Berger is a close friend of the Senna family and has advised Senna on his career. Senna's sister, Bianca, meanwhile, has managed his affairs and sponsorship acquisition.
In 2004, Bruno competed in six races of the Formula BMW UK series for Carlin Motorsport, scoring six points.
Formula Three (2005–2006)[link]
In 2005, he moved on to the British Formula Three International Series, driving for the Räikkönen Robertson Racing team owned by then-McLaren Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen and his business managers David and Steve Robertson. His results included three podium finishes in the last seven races of the season, as he finished tenth in the final standings. In 2006 he stayed with the team and finished third in the series standings behind champion and teammate Mike Conway and Oliver Jarvis, taking five victories. He won the opening two races of the series at Oulton Park in the wet. He again won the first race at Donington Park and then won the second race at Mugello in Italy, again in the wet.
Senna had a massive crash during the first race of round five of the series at Snetterton. On lap 2, he and Hitech Racing's Salvador Durán clashed wheels on the Revett Straight at nearly 150 mph (240 km/h). Senna's car took off just before the bridge, and may have even clipped it, while cartwheeling through the air.[3] His car landed violently and careered along and down the safety barrier for some distance, but Senna walked away. His car however was damaged beyond immediate repair and Senna missed out on the second race of the day.
On the rear wing of the car he had advertised the Ayrton Senna Foundation web page.
In 2006, Senna competed in the Formula Three support races at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix, winning three of the four races.[4][5]
On 28 May Senna made his first appearance on Monaco circuit, as a guest in the Porsche Supercup event. Unfortunately, he was forced to retire at the first corner because of a clutch failure.
In October 2006 he appeared in an eight-part weekly series called Vroom Vroom on British TV station Sky One. Each week he would drive a different car being tested on the show, as quickly as possible, to the top of a multi-storey car park.
GP2 Series (2007–2008)[link]
In October 2006 Senna was said to be targeting a seat on the Formula One grid by 2009.[6] He signed to drive for the Red Bull-sponsored Arden International team for the 2007 GP2 Series. He finished fourth on his debut at Bahrain and soon after scored his first win in the feature race in Spain. In the single race Monaco event, Senna struggled owing to poor tyres.
During the four week break in the GP2 series between the Monaco and French races, Senna took part in the third round of the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli European series at Silverstone on June 9 and 10, 2007. Driving an F430 on a weekend devoted to the 60th anniversary of Ferrari, Senna won both races, starting each from pole. The purpose of this involvement was to gain a better understanding of the circuit, which is on the GP2 calendar.
At Silverstone, a mistake during qualifying on the Friday meant Senna started 26th and last. After a great start Senna was able to finish 11th in the feature race. The sprint race was not any better in terms of points with a 10th place finish. A poor qualifying session at the Nurburgring for the feature race meant Senna started 16th but was up to ninth after a cleverly timed first pit stop. However he was given a drive-through penalty after being involved in a collision with Adam Carroll and ended up finishing a poor 15th. The Sprint race ended on the first lap after a collision. At Hungary for both races, Senna finished out of the top ten after struggling with the set-up of the car. The feature race in Turkey brought another poor result, however Senna finished sixth in the sprint race and with it came his first points since France. At Monza Senna finished fourth after starting fourteenth. Starting fifth for the sprint race Senna had an excellent start by moving up to second, however after contact with Luca Filippi resulted in bent steering, Senna managed to finish third and on the podium for the first time since France in July. At Spa Senna showed raw pace through practice and set the third fastest time early on during Qualifying for the feature race. However a stall on the grid meant he started 22nd and while fighting to make up ground he got a bit of oversteer and then the camber changed, ending his day in the tyre barrier. Starting at the back of the grid for the sprint race, Senna finished eighth leaving Belgium pointless. At the season finale in Valecia Spain, Senna ended the feature race with a DNF and thus starting the sprint race from 19th could only manage to finish 14th. This was a positive season on the whole for Senna finishing in the top 10 in only his third full year of single seater racing, with one win and three podiums.
Senna switched teams for the 2008 season, moving to iSport International, where his team-mate was Karun Chandhok.[7] He also drove for the team in the 2008 GP2 Asia Series. In the second round of the season at Istanbul Senna collided with a stray dog during the sprint race. The suspension of Senna's car was damaged in the incident, causing him to retire. Senna himself escaped without injury, while the dog died in the incident. Senna won the GP2 Feature race at Monte Carlo, the first time in 15 years since the Senna name has shown at the top of the leaderboards at the principality. It also moved Senna to first position in the points table, although he was to eventually finish runner-up in the championship to Giorgio Pantano.
Le Mans Series (2009)[link]
Senna had been holding out for a Formula One drive for 2009, and after he realised this would not happen, he began looking at other opportunities to keep him "race fit" ahead of negotiations for a 2010 drive in Formula One. He tested with the AMG-Mercedes DTM team, but after holding talks with the outfit he decided he did not want to commit himself to the series.[8]
After testing an Oreca LMP1 car, Senna joined the team to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans[9] and the Le Mans Series. His first race was the 2009 1000 km of Catalunya, teamed with Stéphane Ortelli, finishing 3rd.
Formula One[link]
Bruno Senna sampled a contemporary Formula One car for the first time in November 2008 when he tested for Honda in Barcelona. Honda assessed the Brazilian during their first winter test at the Circuit de Catalunya on November 17–19. His tasks included an initial familiarisation with Honda's RA108 car and its systems before progressing to a full programme during which the team intended to evaluate his performance, technical skill and ability to work within a large team organisation.
Despite Senna, over the course of the three day test, coming to within 0.3 seconds of then Honda F1 racing driver Jenson Button, the later announcement that Honda would withdraw from Formula One with immediate effect amid the economic crisis appeared to have significantly lessened his opportunity of a 2009 race seat in Formula One, unless the squad were to find a buyer before the beginning of the season in March. Senna was expected to be the team's second driver were it to make the 2009 grid,[10] until Rubens Barrichello was reported to have re-signed with the team.[11] Senna decided not to sign with Mercedes for 2009 DTM season "to focus completely on his Formula One chances".[12] Bruno Senna said to the BBC in an interview that he did not want to negotiate with Lotus because of sentimental reasons as his uncle Ayrton Senna took his first win with Team Lotus. He also told the BBC that "I felt important to enter F1 now otherwise I would never be in it". He also told the BBC he had been negotiating with Manor GP, Campos Meta & one existing outfit rumoured to be Brawn GP as he was close to securing a drive the previous season but Barrichello renewed his contract with Brawn.[13] Rubens Barrichello admitted he was lucky to be driving for Brawn. Barrichello said "I'm just lucky that at this time F1 has changed a little bit". He also wished Bruno the very best in the future, saying he only had a position as Ross Brawn chose the more experienced person because of lack of testing time. He also said he was sure due to Senna's potential that he would get a drive next season.[14]
Hispania (2010)[link]
On 30 October 2009, Senna announced that he had signed a deal to race in Formula One in 2010;[15] on 31 October 2009, Adrián Campos confirmed that Senna would be driving for Campos Meta.[16] It was unclear whether Senna still had the drive after the takeover of Campos by José Ramón Carabante, with new team principal Colin Kolles saying the new-look team would need to find extra funding, review the existing operation, and announce the driver line up in due course, with no mention of Senna. On March 2, Campos announced a name change to Hispania Racing. Two days later, Karun Chandhok was confirmed as Senna's team-mate.[17]
After nine races, Senna was replaced for the British Grand Prix, with Sakon Yamamoto filling his seat.[18] Senna returned to the driver's seat for the German Grand Prix with Yamamoto replacing Chandhok in the team's other car.
On 7 January 2011, HRT announced that Senna would not drive for them during the 2011 season.[19]
Renault (2011)[link]
On 31 January 2011, Senna was announced as a test and reserve driver for the Renault team.[20] On 9 February, the team confirmed that Senna would be sharing testing duties with Nick Heidfeld on the Saturday and Sunday of the four-day test at Jerez. This was to evaluate the drivers in preparation of replacing the injured Robert Kubica for the 2011 season.[21] Heidfeld was given the race seat on 16 February 2011.[22] On 24 July 2011, after the conclusion of the German Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Senna would make his first appearance of the 2011 season, replacing Heidfeld in the first free-practice session at the Hungarian Grand Prix.[23]
On 22 August, Eddie Jordan reported that Senna would replace Nick Heidfeld for the remaining races of the 2011 season.[24] On 24 August this was confirmed by Renault.[1] He qualified seventh for his first race with the team, the Belgian Grand Prix, and finished 13th after colliding with Jaime Alguersuari at the first corner, for which Senna received a drive-through penalty. He finished ninth at the Italian Grand Prix, scoring his first Formula One points. In Singapore, the Renault cars struggled with grip on the slow street circuit, with Senna qualifying and finishing 15th, however he still finished ahead of teammate Petrov. Senna finished 16th in Japan, 13th in Korea, and 12th in the first Indian Grand Prix, after being forced to change tyres late in the race. In Abu Dhabi, Senna again finished 16th after receiving a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags, and suffering a KERS failure.[25] In the final race of the season, his home race in Brazil, Senna outqualfied Petrov for the third time, by starting ninth on the grid. On lap 10 of the race, Senna was involved in a collision with Michael Schumacher, for which Senna received a drive-through penalty,[26] and finished the race in 17th place.
On 9 December, it was announced that Romain Grosjean would partner Kimi Räikkönen at the team in 2012, leaving Senna without a drive.[27]
Williams (2012)[link]
On 17 January 2012, Senna was confirmed as a Williams driver, where he partners Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado.[28] As his uncle had been racing for Williams at the time of his death, Senna first sought out his family's blessing before joining the team.[29][30] Senna qualified 14th for the Australian Grand Prix, and retired in the race's closing stages after contact with Felipe Massa; both drivers later agreed that it was a racing incident.[31] He was classified 16th, having completed around 90% of the race distance. On 25 March, Senna scored his first points for Williams at the Malaysian Grand Prix, finishing in sixth place, for which he earned eight points after coming through the field in changeable conditions. Senna's result in Sepang gained more points for the team than Williams had earned throughout the whole of the 2011 season. Three races later, his teammate Pastor Maldonado won his first Grand Prix in Spain. After the race, a fire broke out in the Williams garage. Senna's car was damaged and four crew members were treated for injuries.
Helmet design[link]
Bruno Senna's helmet is a modified version of his uncle's helmet design: a yellow helmet with a green and blue S shaped stripe. The green stripe has a blue and white outline, while the blue stripe has a green and white outline. There is a green stripe under the chin area and a blue rounded rectangle in the top area.
Racing record[link]
Career summary[link]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Asian Formula Renault Challenge | Shangsai FRD GT Tires Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | 1 | N/A | NC† |
| Formula BMW UK | Carlin Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21st | |
| 2005 | British Formula Three | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 10th |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2006 | British Formula Three | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 22 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 229 | 3rd |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
| Formula 3 Australian Grand Prix | Bronte Rundle Motorsport | 3 | 2 | 0 | ? | 3 | N/A | 1st | |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | EMC Buchbinder ARAXA Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | |
| Porsche Supercup | Porsche AG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | |
| 2007 | GP2 Series | Arden International | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 8th |
| Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli | Ferrari GB Dealer Team | 2 | 2 | 2 | ? | 2 | N/A | NC† | |
| Macau Grand Prix | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |
| 2008 | GP2 Asia Series | iSport International | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 5th |
| GP2 Series | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 64 | 2nd | ||
| 2009 | Le Mans Series | Team Oreca Matmut – AIM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 2010 | Formula One | Hispania Racing F1 Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd |
| 2011 | Formula One | Lotus Renault GP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th |
| 2012 | Formula One | Williams F1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13th* |
† As Senna was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season in progress.
Complete GP2 Series results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Arden International | BHR FEA 4 |
BHR SPR 8 |
ESP FEA 1 |
ESP SPR 4 |
MON FEA 11 |
FRA FEA 3 |
FRA SPR 7 |
GBR FEA 11 |
GBR SPR 10 |
EUR FEA 15 |
EUR SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 12 |
TUR FEA 10 |
TUR SPR 6 |
ITA FEA 4 |
ITA SPR 3 |
BEL FEA Ret |
BEL SPR 8 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 14 |
8th | 34 |
| 2008 | iSport International | ESP FEA 2 |
ESP SPR 4 |
TUR FEA 15 |
TUR SPR Ret |
MON FEA 1 |
MON SPR 5 |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR 5 |
GBR FEA 6 |
GBR SPR 1 |
GER FEA 4 |
GER SPR 3 |
HUN FEA 3 |
HUN SPR 3 |
EUR FEA 9 |
EUR SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 11 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 5 |
ITA SPR 9 |
2nd | 64 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | iSport International | DUB1 FEA 2 |
DUB1 SPR 19 |
IDN FEA 7 |
IDN SPR 2 |
MAL FEA Ret |
MAL SPR 8 |
BHR FEA 4 |
BHR SPR Ret |
DUB2 FEA DSQ |
DUB2 SPR 11 |
5th | 23 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]
| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | LMP1 | 10 | M | Oreca 01 AIM YS5.5 5.5L V10 |
Team Oreca Matmut AIM |
 Stéphane Ortelli Tiago Monteiro |
219 | DNF | DNF |
Complete Formula One results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hispania Racing F1 Team | Hispania F110 | Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 | BHR Ret |
AUS Ret |
MAL 16 |
CHN 16 |
ESP Ret |
MON Ret |
TUR Ret |
CAN Ret |
EUR 20 |
GBR | GER 19 |
HUN 17 |
BEL Ret |
ITA Ret |
SIN Ret |
JPN 15 |
KOR 14 |
BRA 21 |
ABU 19 |
23rd | 0 | |
| 2011 | Lotus Renault GP | Renault R31 | Renault RS27 2.4 V8 | AUS | MAL | CHN | TUR | ESP | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN TD |
BEL 13 |
ITA 9 |
SIN 15 |
JPN 16 |
KOR 13 |
IND 12 |
ABU 16 |
BRA 17 |
18th | 2 | |
| 2012 | Williams F1 Team | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 V8 | AUS 16† |
MAL 6 |
CHN 7 |
BHR 22† |
ESP Ret |
MON 10 |
CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | USA | BRA | 13th* | 15* |
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season in progress.
Notes and references[link]
- ^ a b "Bruno Senna to race for Lotus Renault GP". Lotus Renault GP (Renault F1). 24 August 2011. http://www.lotusrenaultgp.com/6308-Bruno-Senna-to-race-for-Lotus.html. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Formula 1 – The Official F1 Website". Formula1.com. 2009-11-12. http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2009/11/10214.html. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ page 72, Autosport magazine – July 20, 2006
- ^ "Senna repeats Oz F3 triumph | Page 1 | F3 News | Apr 2006". Crash.Net. 2006-04-01. http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Senna-repeats-Oz-F3-triumph-~cid~11~id~127625.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
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- ^ "Senna targets F1 for 2009". Manipe F1. 2006-10-30. http://www.manipef1.com/news/2006/index.php?id=1773. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "Chandhok and Senna sign for iSport". autosport.com. 2007-12-19. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64436. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ "Mercedes confirms DTM talks with Bruno Senna". AutoCorse.net. 2009-03-07. http://www.autocorse.net/dtm-en/33600_Mercedes_confirms_DTM_talks_with_Bruno_Senna.php. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "Senna joins ORECA for Le Mans". autosport.com. 2009-03-24. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73878.
- ^ "Senna signs for Honda?". grandprix.com. 2009-02-12. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21178.html. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "Barrichello secures new F1 deal". autosport.com. 2009-03-03. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73522. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "Senna not part of Mercedes DTM team". autosport.com. 2009-04-17. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74548.
- ^ "Senna seals F1 drive with Campos". BBC News. 2009-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8311919.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "'Lucky' Barrichello soothes Senna". BBC News. 2009-03-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7934674.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Campos set to announce Senna deal". autosport.com. 2009-10-30. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79879.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-10-31). "Campos honoured to give Senna F1 slot". Autosport.com. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79887. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2010-03-04). "Chandhok announced as HRT driver". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81842. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
- ^ Beer, Matt; Noble, Jonathan (2010-07-08). "Yamamoto to replace Senna in Britain". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85082. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ^ "Bruno Senna out of the running for Hispania second seat". bbc.co.uk. 2011-01-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9349376.stm. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ "Senna, Grosjean confirmed as Renault third drivers". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 31 January 2011. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/1/11686.html. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Renault hand Nick Heidfeld Jerez test drive opportunity". BBC Sport (BBC). 9 February 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9392434.stm. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "Renault confirm Heidfeld as Kubica stand-in". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 16 February 2011. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/2/11750.html. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Bruno Senna to drive for Renault in Hungary Practice". BBC Sport (BBC). 24 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/14268275.stm. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Bruno Senna replaces Nick Heidfeld at Renault, says Eddie Jordan". BBC Sport. 22 August 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/14624084.stm.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi: Race – selected team & driver quotes". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 November 2011. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12791.html. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Senna describes ‘feeling of disappointment’ in Brazil". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate). 27 November 2011. http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/272201/senna-describes-feeling-of-disappointment-in-brazil/. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (9 December 2011). "Romain Grosjean joins Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus Renault for 2012". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96698. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ^ Elizalde, Pablo (17 January 2012). "Williams confirms Bruno Senna will race for the team in F1 in 2012". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97056. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (17 January 2012). "Bruno Senna says he has family support to drive for Williams F1 team". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97061. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Heublein, Stephan (17 January 2012). "Senna signs deal to complete Williams lineup". Autoblog. http://uk.autoblog.com/2012/01/17/senna-signs-deal-to-complete-williams-lineup/. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Beer, Matt (18 March 2012). "Massa and Senna agree that no blame can be apportioned for late collision". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98174. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Maldonado and the second or maternal family name is Motta.
 Maldonado at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix. |
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| Born | (1985-03-10) 10 March 1985 (age 27) Maracay, Venezuela |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Venezuelan |
| 2012 team | Williams-Renault |
| 2012 car # | 18 |
| Races | 25 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Career points | 30 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 2011 Australian Grand Prix |
| First win | 2012 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2012 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Last race | 2012 Monaco Grand Prix |
| 2011 position | 19th (1 pt) |
Pastor Rafael Maldonado Motta (born March 10, 1985 in Maracay[1]) is a Venezuelan Formula One driver, currently with the Williams team. Before making his Formula One debut in 2011, he won the 2010 GP2 championship. He became the first Venezuelan to win a Formula One Grand Prix when he won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix from his first pole position.[2]
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Career[link]
Formula Renault[link]
Maldonado's first experience of formula racing began in Italy in 2003. He competed in the Italian Formula Renault Championship with Cram Competition, and was classified seventh in the drivers' championship. His notable results included three podium finishes and one pole position.[3] Cram Competition also entered one round of the German Formula Renault Championship at Oschersleben.[4]
In 2004, Maldonado ran a dual programme in Italian and European Formula Renault with Cram Competition. He won the Italian title, with eight wins and six pole positions from seventeen starts.[5] In the European championship, he was classified eighth overall, with two wins.[6] Maldonado also found the time to enter one round of the now defunct Formula Renault V6 Eurocup at Spa-Francorchamps, with a best finish of fifth place.[7]
In November 2004, Maldonado was given an opportunity to test with the Minardi Formula One team at Misano in Italy.[8] The team's former owner, Giancarlo Minardi, was present at the test and commented positively about Maldonado's performance.[9]
Italian F3000[link]
In 2005, Maldonado progressed out of Formula Renault, but did not get the opportunity to complete a full season in any one series. He made four starts in the Italian F3000 Championship with Sighinolfi Auto Racing, in which one race win was enough to finish ninth overall.[10] He also entered nine races (and made seven starts) in the Spanish-based World Series by Renault, with a best finish of seventh.[11] However, his participation in the WSR was marred by a four-race ban for dangerous driving. He failed to slow down at the scene of an accident at Monaco, despite the presence of warning flags, and struck and seriously injured a marshal.[12]
Formula Renault 3.5[link]
Maldonado secured a full-time drive in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Draco Racing in 2006. He was classified third overall, with three race wins, six further podium finishes, and five pole positions.[13][14]
Controversy[link]
However, in a season that was marked by controversy, Maldonado could have won the title were it not for a disqualification from first place at Misano for a technical infringement.[15] Draco Racing lodged an appeal and the results of the championship remained provisional until Italy's National Court of Appeal for Motorsport upheld the stewards' decision at a hearing in January 2007.[16] The lost fifteen points would have been enough to move him up from third to first in the standings, ahead of Alx Danielsson and Borja García.
GP2 Series[link]
Maldonado's performances in FR3.5 were enough to attract the interest of GP2 teams, and he signed a contract to drive for Trident Racing in 2007 after a successful test in late 2006.[17] He took his first victory in only his fourth race in the series with a commanding win at Monaco. However, he had to miss the final four rounds of the season after breaking a collarbone during training, leaving him outside the championship top 10.[18] He moved to the Piquet Sports team for 2008, his second year in the series. At midseason he had two poles and two podiums. He had a farcical sprint race in the wet at Silverstone – he stalled on the dummy grid, picked up a penalty for speeding in the pitlane as he joined the race, another penalty for passing under yellow flags, and crashed into Adrián Vallés and Kamui Kobayashi on the final lap. He started at the back of the grid for the Hungary feature race, but he moved up to finish fifth after staying out for longer than any other driver, and setting a succession of quick laps on these worn tyres. Four podium finishes—including a win at Spa—in the final six races saw him rise to fifth place in the drivers' championship by the end of the season.
He signed to drive for the ART Grand Prix team during the 2009 season.[19] As part of the deal, he also joined the team for three rounds of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season.[20] Maldonado was often overshadowed by team-mate and 2009 champion Nico Hülkenberg, but Maldonado still finished sixth overall, helping ART to the teams title.
He competed in the first round of the 2009 Euroseries 3000 season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve to gain experience of the track for the GP2 Series finale. Maldonado won the first race, having started from second position.[21]
Maldonado drove for the Rapax Team in the 2010 GP2 Series season alongside Luiz Razia. He clinched the Championship in the penultimate event at Monza.
Formula One[link]
Williams (2011–)[link]
Maldonado was a target for a Campos Meta seat in 2010. Campos team principal Adrian Campos said that Bruno Senna's team mate could be Pedro de la Rosa, Vitaly Petrov or Maldonado, but the team's financial problems and change of ownership changed the situation, and Karun Chandhok got the drive.[citation needed] It was then reported that Maldonado was close to signing a deal to be test and reserve driver for the Stefan Grand Prix team, which attempted to compete in the 2010 season following the withdrawal of the US F1 Team, which left a theoretical space for another new team.[22] Stefan was barred from competing in the 2010 season.
Towards the end of the 2010 season, Maldonado was linked to the Williams team for 2011, replacing former GP2 team-mate Nico Hülkenberg alongside Rubens Barrichello. He took part in the end-of-season young driver test at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, driving for Williams and Hispania Racing (the rebranded Campos team). On November 15, Williams confirmed that Hülkenberg had been dropped from the team's 2011 line-up, and Maldonado was duly announced as his replacement on December 1.[23][24] In addition to his on-track record, Maldonado also brings sponsorship from the Venezuelan government (through the state-owned PDVSA oil company) to the team.[25]
2011[link]
Maldonado retired from his first race, the Australian Grand Prix, due to transmission problems. In the Malaysian Grand Prix, he failed to reach Q2 in qualifying and again dropped out of the race. He recorded his first finish in China, in 18th place. At the Spanish Grand Prix he reached Q3 for the first time, eventually qualifying in ninth position for the race. He made it into Q3 again in Monaco, qualifying eighth, and in the race was lying sixth with five laps remaining, when he collided with Lewis Hamilton, taking him out of the race. He then spun out of a very wet race in Canada. He then continued to have impressive qualifying pace with poor race pace at Britain, Germany, and Hungary, including a drive-through penalty at the latter for speeding in the pit lane. At the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in qualifying, Maldonado was involved in an incident with Lewis Hamilton on an in-lap after Hamilton squeezed by him when both were on a hot lap. Maldonado appeared to swipe across Hamilton as they headed down to Eau Rouge. Maldonado received a five-place grid penalty for his actions and Hamilton a reprimand. But in the race he scored his first point in Formula One with a 10th place finish. Maldonado did not score any more points for the rest of the season, nor did he reach Q3 for the rest of the season. His poor end to the season was magnified in Abu Dhabi; where he qualified 17th and started 23rd (after a 10-place grid penalty for using a 9th engine), and served a drive-through, and later a 30-second time penalty after the race, both for ignoring blue flags.
Maldonado finished 19th in the Drivers' Championship and on 1 December 2011, it was confirmed that he would be retained by Williams for the 2012 season.[26]
2012[link]
Maldonado began the 2012 season alongside fellow South American racer, Bruno Senna, for Williams. He started the season with promising pace, qualifying eighth for the Australian Grand Prix. In the race, he was running strongly until he crashed out on the final lap, fighting with Fernando Alonso for fifth position. In the Malaysian Grand Prix, Maldonado retired in the closing stages of the race while running in the points. He scored his first points of the season by finishing eighth in China. A puncture ended his race in Bahrain, after he qualified in seventeenth position. At the Spanish Grand Prix, Maldonado qualified second, next to Lewis Hamilton on the front row of the grid after strong pace from his Williams car during the race weekend. Maldonado was later promoted to his first pole position in his Formula One career after Hamilton was excluded from the results of qualifying, due to having insufficient fuel in his car.[27] Maldonado was beaten to the first corner by Fernando Alonso, but regained the lead after the second round of pit stops. Maldonado held his lead after the third pit-stop phase, and held off Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen to win, becoming the first Venezuelan driver to finish on a Grand Prix podium in the process.[28] During post-race celebrations, a fire engulfed the Williams pit, and Maldonado was seen carrying his cousin to safety.[29] At Monaco, he received a 10-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Sergio Pérez during a practice session and an additional five-place penalty for a gearbox change, meaning he started 24th on the grid. He retired due to an accident at the start of the race, when he ran into the back of Pedro de la Rosa's HRT who also retired with rear wing damage.
Racing record[link]
Complete GP2 Series results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Trident Racing | BHR FEA DNS |
BHR SPR 16 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 17 |
MON FEA 1 |
FRA FEA 10 |
FRA SPR 8 |
GBR FEA 7 |
GBR SPR 2 |
GER FEA 6 |
GER SPR 4 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR Ret |
TUR FEA |
TUR SPR |
ITA FEA |
ITA SPR |
BEL FEA |
BEL SPR |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
11th | 25 |
| 2008 | Piquet Sports | ESP FEA 12 |
ESP SPR Ret |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR Ret |
MON FEA 2 |
MON SPR Ret |
FRA FEA 3 |
FRA SPR 7 |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR 15 |
GER FEA 6 |
GER SPR 17 |
HUN FEA 5 |
HUN SPR 18 |
EUR FEA 2 |
EUR SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 3 |
BEL SPR 1 |
ITA FEA 2 |
ITA SPR 4 |
5th | 60 | |
| 2009 | ART Grand Prix | ESP FEA 5 |
ESP SPR 6 |
MON FEA 8 |
MON SPR 1 |
TUR FEA 6 |
TUR SPR 5 |
GBR FEA 7 |
GBR SPR 1 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 4 |
HUN SPR Ret |
VAL FEA DSQ |
VAL SPR 8 |
BEL FEA 4 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 15 |
POR FEA 11 |
POR SPR 20 |
6th | 36 | |
| 2010 | Rapax Team | ESP FEA 6 |
ESP SPR 3 |
MON FEA 2 |
MON SPR 11 |
TUR FEA 1 |
TUR SPR 6 |
VAL FEA 1 |
VAL SPR 4 |
GBR FEA 1 |
GBR SPR 4 |
GER FEA 1 |
GER SPR 20 |
HUN FEA 1 |
HUN SPR DSQ |
BEL FEA 1 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR Ret |
ABU FEA 17 |
ABU SPR 9 |
1st | 87 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | ART Grand Prix | CHN FEA |
CHN SPR |
ABU FEA Ret |
ABU SPR C |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
QAT FEA |
QAT SPR |
MYS FEA 7 |
MYS SPR 2 |
BHR2 FEA Ret |
BHR2 SPR Ret |
15th | 7 |
Complete Formula One results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | AT&T Williams | Williams FW33 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 | AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
CHN 18 |
TUR 17 |
ESP 15 |
MON 18† |
CAN Ret |
EUR 18 |
GBR 14 |
GER 14 |
HUN 16 |
BEL 10 |
ITA 11 |
SIN 11 |
JPN 14 |
KOR Ret |
IND Ret |
ABU 14 |
BRA Ret |
19th | 1 | |
| 2012 | Williams F1 Team | Williams FW34 | Renault RS27-2012 V8 | AUS 13† |
MAL 19† |
CHN 8 |
BHR Ret |
ESP 1 |
MON Ret |
CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | USA | BRA | 9th* | 29* |
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season in progress.
Politics[link]
Maldonado is an outspoken political figure, which is rare in the racing world. He considers himself a socialist and is a friend of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez.[30]
References[link]
- ^ Pastor Maldonado Biografía Retrieved on January 19, 2012.
- ^ "Pastor Maldonado". http://www.canada.com/sports/autoracing/null/6623272/story.html. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
- ^ Italian Formula Renault Championship, 2003 Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ 2003 Participations in German Formula Renault Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ 2004 Participations Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ 2004 European Formula Renault standings Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ 2004 Participations Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Minardi tests Maldonado at Misano Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Albers quick at Misano Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ 2005 F3000 Participations Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ 2005 WSR Participations Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Maldonado handed ban after crash, news.bbc.co.uk, May 25, 2005. Retrieved on August 29, 2011.
- ^ 2006 WSR Participations Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ WSR 2006 Drivers' Championship Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Penalties hand victory to Vettel Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Danielsson confirmed as champion Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Maldonado confirmed at Trident Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ "Injury forces Maldonado out". crash.net. 2007-08-19. http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~7~id~153123.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ "Maldonado to race for ART in 2009". autosport.com. 2008-11-10. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72067. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Driver changes aplenty in Dubai". crash.net. 2008-12-04. http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/172365-0/driver_changes_aplenty_in_dubai.html. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
- ^ "Maldonado wins Euroseries 3000 race". Racer (Haymarket Publications). 16 May 2009. http://www.racer.com/maldonado-wins-euroseries-3000-race/article/144000/. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Rencken, Dieter; Beer, Matt (2010-02-27). "Villeneuve set for Stefan seat fitting". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81769. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (2010-11-15). "Williams keep Rubens Barrichello but drop Nico Hulkenberg". news.bbc.co.uk (BBC Sport). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9190652.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ^ "Q&A with Williams' Pastor Maldonado". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 2010-12-01. http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2010/12/11583.html. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ^ "Maldonado secures government backing". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-12-09. http://www.crash.net/f1/news/165457/1/maldonado_secures_government_backing.html. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
- ^ "Pastor Maldonado Confirmed for 2012 with Valtteri Bottas as Reserve Driver". WilliamsF1. 1 December 2011. http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/2028. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Lewis Hamilton loses Spanish pole because of rules on fuel". BBC Sport (BBC). 12 May 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18047760. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ Benson, Andrew (13 May 2012). "Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win". BBC Sport (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18051941. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ "Investigation launched into Williams garage fire as Spanish Grand Prix win for Pastor Maldonado turns sour". The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). 14 May 2012. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/9263884/Investigation-launched-into-Williams-garage-fire-as-Spanish-Grand-Prix-win-for-Pastor-Maldonado-turns-sour.html. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
- ^ Ore, Diego (2010-12-17). "Venezuela F1 driver flies flag for socialist Chavez". ca.reuters.com (Reuters). http://ca.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idCATRE6B85EK20101209?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
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| Preceded by Toni Vilander |
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series Champion 2003 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Aleshin |
| Preceded by Franck Perera |
Italian Formula Renault champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Kamui Kobayashi |
| Preceded by Nico Hülkenberg |
GP2 Series Champion 2010 |
Succeeded by Romain Grosjean |
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| Name | Maldonado, Pastor |
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| Date of birth | March 9, 1985 |
| Place of birth | Maracay (Venezuela) |
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