Sébastien Buemi
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Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988)[1] is a Swiss professional racing driver, who formerly competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One. Buemi is currently a reserve driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso's sister team, Red Bull Racing, as well as being a member of Toyota's FIA World Endurance Championship squad and e.dams Renault in the FIA Formula E Championship. Along with team-mate Anthony Davidson, Buemi became World Champion in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, in 2014.[2]
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Racing record
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Career
Formula BMW
Born in Aigle, Vaud, Buemi graduated from karting and spent 2004 and 2005 in German Formula BMW, finishing third and second in the championship respectively. He was also runner up in the 2005 FBMW World Final.
Formula Three
Following a single race in Spanish Formula Three in 2005, Buemi moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries for 2006, finishing 12th in the championship, ceding 11th place to Charlie Kimball on countback. He remained in the series for 2007, and finished second in the championship, behind Romain Grosjean. He has also competed in the special Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix races.
A1 Grand Prix
For the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, Buemi shared driving duties for A1 Team Switzerland with Neel Jani and Marcel Fässler. The team finished eighth in the championship.
GP2 Series
Buemi was drafted in at short notice to replace the injured Michael Ammermüller at ART Grand Prix for the Monaco round of the 2007 GP2 Series season. He performed creditably on his GP2 début, qualifying fourth and finishing seventh. He joined the Arden International team for the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, and finished as runner-up with a win and four second places. He continued with the team for the main 2008 season.[3] He scored his first win in the French sprint race, starting 21st on the grid (after a technical problem in the feature race) on slick tyres on a drying track and benefitting as most rivals had to pit for slicks. He won one more race and ended the season sixth in the championship.
Formula One
On 18 September 2007 he drove the Red Bull RB3 at the F1 test session in Jerez. He was third quickest on the day, behind Timo Glock (BMW) and Vitantonio Liuzzi (Scuderia Toro Rosso) but ahead of names such as Rubens Barrichello (Honda) and Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault). On 16 January 2008 Red Bull Racing confirmed Buemi as their test and reserve driver for the 2008 season.[4] At the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Buemi drove the medical car as usual driver Dr Jacques Tropenat had been suffering from an ear problem.[5]
Scuderia Toro Rosso (2009–2011)
2009
Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed its signing of Buemi as one of its race drivers on 9 January 2009.[6] He was the first Swiss driver to take part in an F1 race since Jean-Denis Délétraz drove for Pacific at the 1995 European Grand Prix.
In his first race, the 2009 Australian Grand Prix, Buemi outqualified his team-mate Sébastien Bourdais and then scored a point in the race by finishing in eighth position. He was later promoted to seventh place as a result of Lewis Hamilton being disqualified. At the Chinese Grand Prix, he scored another point, this time in the wet, finishing eighth after starting tenth. After a mid season dip in the Toro Rosso's form, Buemi rounded off a good weekend to finish 7th in the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix. He followed this with a third top ten qualification in a row and another points finish at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Buemi finished the year sixteenth with 6 points as the best rookie.
2010
On 9 November 2009, it was confirmed that Buemi would race for a second season with Toro Rosso.
During the first free practice session of the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix, a front suspension wishbone broke under braking on Buemi's Toro Rosso as he braked for Turn 14. The two front wheels flew off while Buemi was travelling at over 300 km/h (190 mph). One wheel went over the safety fence and landed in a spectator area, missing a camera man on its way. Buemi's car continued to travel forward, veering to the left and sliding along an Armco barrier, knocking off the front wing. Neither Buemi nor any spectators were injured as a result of the incident. Toro Rosso blamed a failure of a new front right upright for the incident.[7] Buemi completed 2010 with eight points to teammate Alguersuari's five. He was sixteenth again in the drivers' championship.
2011
Buemi, along with his team mate from 2009 and 2010 – Jaime Alguersuari, continued to race for Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2011. On 14 December 2011 it was announced that both Buemi and Alguersuari had been dropped by the team, and would be replaced by Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne for the 2012 season.
Red Bull Racing (2012–2015)
2012
In January 2012 it was announced that Buemi would rejoin Red Bull Racing as a test and reserve driver for the 2012 season, as well as acting as Toro Rosso's reserve driver.[8] Buemi continued as Red Bull's test and reserve driver for the 2013[9] and 2014 seasons.
Sportscars
Buemi also signed a deal to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota Motorsport GmbH, driving a Toyota TS030 Hybrid with Anthony Davidson and Hiroaki Ishiura (who later withdrew and was replaced by Stéphane Sarrazin).[10] After a strong performance, the car was running in third position in the early evening when Davidson collided with a GT Ferrari and crashed heavily.
In 2013, Buemi continued driving with Toyota for a full season and ended with third place in the drivers' championship. For the 2014 season, he drove Toyota's new car – the Toyota TS040 Hybrid. With four wins and seven podiums from the eight races, Buemi became World Endurance Drivers' Champion with team-mate Anthony Davidson.[2]
Formula E (2014-present)
Buemi raced in the inaugural Formula E season for e.dams alongside Frenchman Nicolas Prost. He finished the season with second place in the drivers' championship and helped his team win the teams' championship. Despite losing the championship in the inaugural Formula E season, Buemi is currently the most successful driver in the series' history having claimed more wins, poles, fastest laps and points than any other driver in the series.
2014-15
Buemi's season didn't start off easily with a retirement in Beijing having started from last on the grid and being unable to set a qualifying time at the following round in Putrajya, he lined up 19th on the grid. Buemi drove a brilliant recovery race having started in 19th and finishing 3rd on the podium ahead of his teammate who started in 11th. At the third round of the season Buemi secured his first race victory in Punta del Este. Buemi started on pole at the following round in Buenos Aires for the first time in his career but crashed out of the race after leading. Buemi went on to win in Monaco and London, both from pole position. Buemi finished the season second in the championship having finished one point short of Nelson Piquet Jr.'s tally with 143 points.
2015-16
In season two, Buemi dominated the early stages of the championship. In the season opening round in Beijing Buemi secured pole, fastest lap and the race win. The story was looking much the same in the following round in Putrajya before Buemi's car experienced mechanical failure while leading the race. Having made a mistake in qualifying in Punta del Este, Buemi lined up fifth on the grid, but went on to claim his third fastest lap in three races and another race victory.
Personal life
As of 2009 Buemi was officially resident in Bahrain, living with his family and his girlfriend Jennifer.[11] He has since moved to Monaco.[1] His cousin, Natacha Gachnang, is also a racing driver. In February 2016, Buemi became a father with the birth of his son Jules Buemi.
In 2013, Buemi and Johnny Herbert mentored 6 contestants in a primetime ITV4 reality series, with the aim of taking players of the Gran Turismo videogames to the Dubai 24 Hour race as real drivers.[12] Other countries in Europe had heats mentored by Vitantonio Liuzzi.[13]
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | ASL Mücke Motorsport | Dallara F305/011 | Mercedes | HOC 1 19 |
HOC 2 14 |
LAU 1 Ret |
LAU 2 12 |
OSC 1 7 |
OSC 2 1 |
BRH 1 21 |
BRH 2 16 |
NOR 1 7 |
NOR 2 11 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 8 |
ZAN 1 Ret |
ZAN 2 8 |
CAT 1 7 |
CAT 2 5 |
BUG 1 DSQ |
BUG 2 11 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 3 |
12th | 31 |
2007 | ASL Mücke Motorsport | Dallara F305/011 | Mercedes | HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 3 |
BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 2 |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 2 |
MAG 1 3 |
MAG 2 19 |
MUG 1 3 |
MUG 2 5 |
ZAN 1 3 |
ZAN 2 2 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 3 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 6 |
NOG 1 4 |
NOG 2 1 |
HOC 1 5 |
HOC 2 1 |
2nd | 95 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006–07 | Switzerland | NED SPR 10 |
NED FEA 8 |
CZE SPR 8 |
CZE FEA 10 |
BEI SPR |
BEI FEA |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
IDN SPR |
IDN FEA |
NZL SPR 5 |
NZL FEA 4 |
AUS SPR 4 |
AUS FEA 7 |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
SHA SPR 4 |
SHA FEA 9 |
GBR SPR Ret |
GBR SPR DSQ |
8th | 50 |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (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 |
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2007 | ART Grand Prix | BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
ESP FEA |
ESP SPR |
MON FEA 7 |
FRA FEA |
FRA SPR |
GBR FEA |
GBR SPR |
EUR FEA Ret |
EUR SPR 20 |
HUN FEA 15 |
HUN SPR 17 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR 13 |
ITA FEA 7 |
ITA SPR 14 |
BEL FEA 10 |
BEL SPR Ret |
VAL FEA |
VAL SPR |
21st | 6 |
2008 | Trust Team Arden | ESP FEA 7 |
ESP SPR 2 |
TUR FEA 6 |
TUR SPR 3 |
MON FEA Ret |
MON SPR 11 |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR 1 |
GBR FEA 4 |
GBR SPR DNS |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 8 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 1 |
EUR FEA 6 |
EUR SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 5 |
BEL SPR 4 |
ITA FEA 3 |
ITA SPR 7 |
6th | 50 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Trust Team Arden | DUB1 FEA DSQ |
DUB1 SPR Ret |
IDN FEA 1 |
IDN SPR 7 |
MAL FEA Ret |
MAL SPR Ret |
BHR FEA 2 |
BHR SPR 2 |
DUB2 FEA 2 |
DUB2 SPR 2 |
2nd | 37 |
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WDC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR4 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | AUS 7 |
MAL 16 |
CHN 8 |
BHR 17 |
ESP Ret |
MON Ret |
TUR 15 |
GBR 18 |
GER 16 |
HUN 16 |
EUR Ret |
BEL 12 |
ITA 13 |
SIN Ret |
JPN Ret |
BRA 7 |
ABU 8 |
16th | 6 | ||
2010 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR5 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | BHR 16 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 11 |
CHN Ret |
ESP Ret |
MON 10 |
TUR 16 |
CAN 8 |
EUR 9 |
GBR 12 |
GER Ret |
HUN 12 |
BEL 12 |
ITA 11 |
SIN 14 |
JPN 10 |
KOR Ret |
BRA 13 |
ABU 15 |
16th | 8 |
2011 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso STR6 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | AUS 8 |
MAL 13 |
CHN 14 |
TUR 9 |
ESP 14 |
MON 10 |
CAN 10 |
EUR 13 |
GBR Ret |
GER 15 |
HUN 8 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 10 |
SIN 12 |
JPN Ret |
KOR 9 |
IND Ret |
ABU Ret |
BRA 12 |
15th | 15 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Toyota Racing | Anthony Davidson Stéphane Sarrazin |
Toyota TS030 Hybrid | LMP1 | 82 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | Toyota Racing | Anthony Davidson Stéphane Sarrazin |
Toyota TS030 Hybrid | LMP1 | 347 | 2nd | 2nd |
2014 | Toyota Racing | Anthony Davidson Nicolas Lapierre |
Toyota TS040 Hybrid | LMP1-H | 374 | 3rd | 3rd |
2015 | Toyota Racing | Anthony Davidson Kazuki Nakajima |
Toyota TS040 Hybrid | LMP1 | 386 | 8th | 8th |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Toyota Racing | LMP1 | Toyota TS030 Hybrid | Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) | SEB | SPA | LMS Ret |
SIL | SÃO | BHR | FUJ | SHA | NC | 0 | |
2013 | Toyota Racing | LMP1 | Toyota TS030 Hybrid | Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) | SIL 3 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 2 |
SÃO Ret |
COA 2 |
FUJ 15 |
SHA Ret |
BHR 1 |
3rd | 106.25 | |
2014 | Toyota Racing | LMP1 | Toyota TS040 Hybrid | Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid) | SIL 1 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 3 |
COA 3 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 1 |
BHR 10 |
SÃO 2 |
1st | 166 | |
2015 | Toyota Racing | LMP1 | Toyota TS040 Hybrid | Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid) | SIL 3 |
SPA 8 |
LMS 8 |
NÜR 5 |
COA 4 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 4 |
5th | 79 | |
2016 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | LMP1 | Toyota TS050 Hybrid | Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) | SIL 16 |
SPA 26 |
LMS |
NÜR |
MEX |
COA |
FUJ |
SHA |
BHR |
15th* | 1* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula E results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014–15 | e.dams Renault | Spark-Renault SRT 01E | BEI Ret |
PUT 3 |
PDE 1 |
BNA Ret |
MIA 13 |
LBH 4 |
MON 1 |
BER 2 |
MOS 9 |
LON 1 |
LON 5 |
2nd | 143 |
2015–16 | Renault e.dams | Spark-Renault Z.E 15 | BEI 1 |
PUT 12 |
PDE 1 |
BNA 2 |
MEX 2 |
LBH 16 |
PAR 3 |
BER 1 |
LON |
LON |
2nd* | 140* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- Career statistics from driverdb.com, retrieved June 2, 2007.
- F1 Testing Report from itv-f1.com, retrieved September 19, 2007.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sébastien Buemi. |
- Official website
- Sébastien Buemi on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Sébastien Buemi career summary at DriverDB.com
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Preceded by | FIA World Endurance Champion 2014 with: Anthony Davidson |
Succeeded by Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Mark Webber |
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Aigle
- Swiss-French people
- Swiss expatriates in Bahrain
- Swiss racing drivers
- Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula BMW ADAC drivers
- A1 Team Switzerland drivers
- GP2 Asia Series drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- Swiss Formula One drivers
- Toro Rosso Formula One drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- Formula E drivers