Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Jérôme d'Ambrosio (born 27 December 1985 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is a Belgian racing driver of Italian descent. He one of the drivers for the Marussia Virgin Racing for the 2011 Formula One World Championship.
Nationality Belgian | |
Formula One World Championship career | |
---|---|
Races | 11 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First race | 2011 Australian Grand Prix |
Last race | 2012 British Grand Prix |
Career
Karting
D'Ambrosio began his career in karting, between 1995 and 2002. He was three times Belgian champion, winning the Mini class in 1996, Junior in 2000 and Formula A in 2002. He won the Junior Monaco Kart Cup in 2000, and won World Cup Formula A in 2002.
Formula Renault
D'Ambrosio moved into single-seaters in 2003, and won the Belgian Formula Renault (1.6 litre) championship. He also drove in the German-based Formula König championship in 2003. He moved into the French Formula Renault (2-litre) series for 2004. He finished fourth in the series and was top rookie. He switched to the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2005, and finished fourth. In 2006, he drove in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, for Tech 1 Racing. He left the series after four rounds and zero points.
During this time, d'Ambrosio also raced in several Eurocup races. In 2006, he raced in the second half of the Euroseries 3000. D'Ambrosio had three podium finishes and finished fifth in the point standings.
Formula Master
For 2007, d'Ambrosio took part in the first season of the International Formula Master series. He won five races and scored 100 points. D'Ambrosio became the series's first champion.
GP2 Series
For 2008, d'Ambrosio raced in both the GP2 Series and the new GP2 Asia Series. He finished eleventh in the GP2 drivers' championship. In the 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series season, d'Ambrosio finished second to team-mate Kamui Kobayashi. In the 2009 season, he finished ninth with out wining a single race. In 2010, d'Ambrosio took his first series victory at Monaco. He took his first GP2 pole position at Belgian. He finished twelfth in the drivers' championship.
Formula One
In January 2010, d'Ambrosio was announced as a reserve driver for Renault F1. He replace Lucas di Grassi at Virgin four times for Friday practice: at the Singapore, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Grands Prix.
On 21 December 2010 Virgin Racing confirmed that d'Ambrosio would race for the team in 2011.[1]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium | Thierry Boutsen Racing | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
Formula König | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 240 | 4th | |
2004 | Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 | Graff Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 156 | 4th |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 28 | 16th | ||
2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Italia | Euronova Racing | 17 | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | 199 | 4th |
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 40 | 3rd | ||
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 22 | 15th | ||
Italian Formula 3000 Light | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 9 | 6th | ||
2006 | Euroseries 3000 | Euronova Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 39 | 5th |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Tech 1 Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | NC | |
FIA GT Championship | Gillet Vertigo Streiff | 1 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | NC | |
2007 | International Formula Master | Cram Competition | 16 | 5 | 1 | ? | ? | 100 | 1st |
2008 | GP2 Series | DAMS | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11th |
GP2 Asia Series | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11th | ||
2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | DAMS | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 2nd |
2009 | GP2 Series | DAMS | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9th |
2010 | GP2 Series | DAMS | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 12th |
Formula One | Virgin Racing | Test driver | |||||||
2011 | Formula One | Marussia Virgin Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 22nd* |
Complete GP2 Series results
(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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | DAMS | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 15 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR Ret |
MON FEA 9 |
MON SPR 7 |
FRA FEA 6 |
FRA SPR Ret |
GBR FEA 9 |
GBR SPR 12 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 11 |
HUN FEA 9 |
HUN SPR Ret |
EUR FEA 5 |
EUR SPR 2 |
BEL FEA 8 |
BEL SPR 2 |
ITA FEA 7 |
ITA SPR 6 |
11th | 21 |
2009 | DAMS | ESP FEA 3 |
ESP SPR 3 |
MON FEA 6 |
MON SPR 2 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR 15 |
GBR FEA 19 |
GBR SPR 12 |
GER FEA 10 |
GER SPR 7 |
HUN FEA 16 |
HUN SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 9 |
VAL SPR 4 |
BEL FEA Ret |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 4 |
ITA SPR 4 |
POR FEA Ret |
POR SPR 10 |
9th | 29 |
2010 | DAMS | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 10 |
MON FEA 8 |
MON SPR 1 |
TUR FEA 10 |
TUR SPR 8 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 8 |
GBR FEA 11 |
GBR SPR 11 |
GER FEA |
GER SPR |
HUN FEA 6 |
HUN SPR Ret |
BEL FEA Ret |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 5 |
ITA SPR 2 |
ABU FEA 14 |
ABU SPR 8 |
12th | 21 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(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 | DAMS | DUB1 FEA 11 |
DUB1 SPR 8 |
IDN FEA Ret |
IDN SPR Ret |
MYS FEA 3 |
MYS SPR Ret |
BHR FEA 11 |
BHR SPR 12 |
DUB2 FEA 7 |
DUB2 SPR 3 |
11th | 12 | ||
2008–09 | DAMS | CHN FEA 9 |
CHN SPR 5 |
DUB FEA 7 |
DUB SPR C |
BHR1 FEA 2 |
BHR1 SPR 3 |
QAT FEA 5 |
QAT SPR 7 |
MYS FEA Ret |
MYS SPR DSQ |
BHR2 FEA 3 |
BHR2 SPR 2 |
2nd | 36 |
Complete Formula One results
(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 | Virgin Racing | Virgin VR-01 | Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8 | BHR |
AUS |
MAL |
CHN |
ESP |
MON |
TUR |
CAN |
EUR |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
SIN TD |
JPN TD |
KOR TD |
BRA TD |
ABU |
- | - | |
2011 | Virgin Racing | Virgin MVR-02 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4 L V8 | AUS 14 |
MAL Ret |
CHN 20 |
TUR 20 |
ESP 20 |
MON 15 |
CAN 14 |
EUR 20 |
GBR 17 |
GER 18 |
HUN 19 |
BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | BRA | 22nd* | 0* |
Jérôme D'Ambrosio Media
D'Ambrosio at the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix.
D'Ambrosio at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix
D'Ambrosio at the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix
D'Ambrosio finished third at the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix
References
- Career statistics from driverdb.com. Retrieved on April 8, 2008.
- ↑ Virgin give Jerome D'Ambrosio a racing seat for 2011. 2010-12-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9308738.stm. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
Other websites
- Official website Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine