Tristan Vautier

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Tristan Vautier
File:Tristan Vautier at Carb Day 2015 - Sarah Stierch.jpg
Vautier at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2015
Nationality French
Born (1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 (age 35)
Saint-Martin-d'Hères (France)
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2013
Current team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Car no. 55
Starts 20
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 20th in 2013
Previous series
2012
2010–2011
2009
2009
2008
2007–09
2007
2006		 Firestone Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship
FIA Formula Two
Formula Palmer Audi
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 France
Formula Renault Campus
Championship titles
2012
2011		 Firestone Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship

Tristan Vautier (born 22 August 1989) is a French professional racing driver.

Racing career

Formula Renault

Born in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, Vautier began his career in the French Formula Renault Campus series in 2006, where he finished runner-up.[1] He moved up to the main Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2007, finishing fourth, also competing in some events in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[1] In 2008 the French series was replaced by the West European Cup, in which Vautier finished sixth.[1]

Formula Palmer Audi

Vautier moved to the Formula Palmer Audi series in 2009, where he finished fourth with six victories.[2]

Formula Two

Vautier made his FIA Formula Two Championship debut at Circuit de Catalunya, in place of Edoardo Piscopo.[3][4] Vautier excelled in the pre-race tests and in the first race, where he finished third behind Andy Soucek and Mikhail Aleshin. He also finished in the points in the second race, finishing sixth. Those two results were enough to place him thirteenth overall in the championship standings.

Star Mazda

2010 saw Vautier move to the American Star Mazda Championship driving for Andersen Racing. Vautier won the season-opener at Sebring Raceway and then in June at New Jersey Motorsports Park. However, inconsistency saw him achieve only fifth in the final standings despite being the only driver other than champion Conor Daly to win more than one race. He returned to the series in 2011, this time driving for JDC Motorsports. He won four races and finished every race in the top five, winning the championship over Connor De Phillippi by 25 points. With the title he won a scholarship to move to Firestone Indy Lights in 2012 through the Road to Indy program.

Indy Lights

Vautier signed with Sam Schmidt Motorsports to race in Firestone Indy Lights in 2012.[5] He won the pole in his first race on the Streets of St. Petersburg and took a flag-to-flag victory,[6] duplicating his Star Mazda feat from two years before by winning on debut. Another win on the Milwaukee Mile came in the midst of a remarkable run of 20 consecutive Top 5 finishes (including the final 2 Star Mazda events of 2010, and his championship season of 2011) in his Road to Indy career. The streak ended at Toronto when a first-lap collision put him out of the race for the first time in an open-wheel car in nearly two years.

Vautier clinched the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights championship by eight points over Esteban Guerrieri.[7] Winning a partial scholarship to compete in the IndyCar Series in 2013 through the Road to Indy program.

IndyCar

Vautier signed to compete in the 2013 IndyCar Series season for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.[8] He is the first driver to be champion of two rungs of the Road to Indy ladder and move onto the IndyCar Series. Vautier finished 20th in points with a best finish of tenth in the second race of the season at Barber Motorsports Park. By virtue of being the only full-time rookie competitor, Vautier won rookie of the year honors. He finished sixteenth in his first Indianapolis 500 race.

The Frenchman returned to IndyCar in 2015 as a part-time driver for Dale Coyne Racing. He qualified James Davidson's car for the Indianapolis 500, then raced in place of Carlos Huertas. At Detroit he finished fourth in the second race.

Sports car racing

In 2014, Vautier was hired by the Mazda factory team to race at the four endurance races of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship in a LMP2 diesel prototype. At the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona he joined JDC/Miller, resulting third in the Prototype Challenge class.

Racing record

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2009 38 VAL
1		 VAL
2		 BRN
1		 BRN
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 OSC
1		 OSC
2		 IMO
1		 IMO
2		 CAT
1
3		 CAT
2
6		 13th 9

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Star Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
2010 Andersen Racing SEB
1		 STP
9		 LAG
15		 IND
6		 IOW
8		 NJ1
6		 NJ2
1		 ACC1
23		 ACC2
2		 TRO
11		 ROA
13		 MOS
4		 ATL
5		 5th 400
2011 JDC Motorsports STP
3		 BAR
1		 IND
4		 MIL
4		 IOW
4		 MOS
5		 TRO1
1		 TRO2
3		 SON
1		 BAL
1		 LAG
5		 1st 426

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2012 Sam Schmidt Motorsports STP
1		 ALA
2		 LBH
3		 INDY
3		 DET
5		 MIL
1		 IOW
4		 TOR
11		 EDM
6		 TRO
1		 BAL
1		 FON
4		 1st 461

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
2013 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton HP Motorsports Dallara DW12 Honda STP
21		 ALA
10		 LBH
17		 SAO
16		 INDY
16		 DET
11		 DET
14		 TXS
18		 MIL
21		 IOW
13		 POC
19		 TOR
19		 TOR
16		 MDO
21		 SNM
12		 BAL
11		 HOU
22		 HOU
11		 FON
21		 20th 266
2015 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 Honda STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY
28		 DET
17		 DET
4		 TXS
20		 TOR
17		 FON
17		 MIL
16		 IOW
12		 MDO
6		 POC
21		 SNM
23		 22nd 175

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2013 Dallara Honda 28 16 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
2015 Dallara Honda 32 28 Dale Coyne Racing

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Indy Lights Champion
2012		 Succeeded by
Sage Karam
Preceded by Star Mazda Championship Champion
2011		 Succeeded by
Jack Hawksworth
Preceded by IndyCar Series
Rookie of the Year
2013		 Succeeded by
Carlos Muñoz
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