Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

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Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (2014)

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (born February 3, 1991 in Pembury , Kent ) is a British racing driver . He won the Auto GP World Series in 2012 . In 2013 and 2014 he started in the GP2 series .

Career

Quaife-Hobbs at the Formula 3 Euro Series at the Hockenheimring (2010)

Quaife-Hobbs began his motorsport career in karting in 2002 , in which he was active until 2004. In 2005 he switched to the T-Cars series , in which racing drivers aged 14 to 17 drove in limousines , and won the championship titles in the regular series and the autumn championship. In 2006 he stayed with the T Cars for half a season and this year finished ninth overall. 2007 changed Quaife-Hobbs in Formula racing and focused on his involvement in the British Formula BMW, which he finished in tenth place overall. He also competed in some races in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and in the northern European Formula Renault .

In 2008 Quaife-Hobbs switched to the Italian Formula Renault and ended the season with a victory in fourth place in the drivers' standings. He also competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and finished 25th overall in this series. In 2009 Quaife-Hobbs switched to Motopark Academy and competed in two tracks in the Northern European Formula Renault and the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. In both series, he won a race and finished fourth overall.

In 2010 Quaife-Hobbs stayed at Motopark Academy and started in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He left the Formula 3 Euro Series after the second race weekend and finished 13th overall at the end of the season. Quaife-Hobbs decided to switch to the GP3 series , in which he started for Manor Racing in 2010 . He achieved a third place as the best result and took 15th place in the overall ranking. In 2011 Quaife-Hobbs stayed with Manor Racing in the GP3 series. He won his first GP3 ​​race and finished the season as the best driver of his team in fifth place in the drivers' standings. As he was the best Manor driver, he was rewarded with Formula 1 test drives with the Manor-affiliated racing team Virgin , for which he had already carried out aerodynamic tests.

In 2012 Quaife-Hobbs moved to SuperNova International in the Auto GP World Series . After the 10th of 14 races, he was only off the podium in one race, which he finished fourth, and he had achieved four of five pole positions . He won a race each in Monza , Valencia and Mogyoród . At the race weekend in Portimão , he achieved pole position in qualifying, won both races and set the fastest lap in both races. With this he achieved the maximum number of points that could be achieved in one weekend. Quaife-Hobbs was already the winner of the drivers' championship before the end of the season. With 221 to 183 points, he prevailed against Pål Varhaug . In addition, Quaife-Hobbs won the U21 drivers' championship.

Quaife-Hobbs during free practice of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

In 2013 Quaife-Hobbs received a cockpit in the GP2 series at MP Motorsport , a racing team that had just entered the series. In the sprint race in Monte Carlo , he achieved his first podium finish with a second place. After the sixth event, he switched to Hilmer Motorsport within the series , which at the time of the change was clearly ahead of MP Motorsport. At the second race weekend for the new team, Quaife-Hobbs finished third in the sprint race on the podium. At the next event in Monza , he won the sprint race and scored his first GP2 victory. With three podium finishes, Quaife-Hobbs finished the season in 13th place overall. In 2014 Quaife-Hobbs received a cockpit at Rapax in the GP2 series . At the main race in Mogyoród , he achieved a podium finish with second place. At the last two events he paused due to a neck injury. In the overall ranking he was again 13th.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2008: Italian Formula Renault (4th place)
  • 2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (25th place)
  • 2008: Portuguese Formula Renault, winter series (6th place)
  • 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (4th place)
  • 2009: Northern European Formula Renault (4th place)
  • 2010 : Formula 3 Euro Series (13th place)
  • 2010 : GP3 series (15th place)

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2010 Manor Racing SpainSpain ESP TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA 10 15th
21st 26th DNF DNF 12 5 DNF DNF DNS 18th 12 7th 3 5 17th 22nd
2011 Marussia Manor Racing TurkeyTurkey DOOR SpainSpain ESP SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA 36 5.
24 16 11 23 1 8th 4th 15th 5 DNF 3 10 4th DNF DNF 6th

Individual results in the GP2 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd Points rank
2013 MP Motorsport MalaysiaMalaysia MAS BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA SingaporeSingapore SIN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 56 13.
DNF 17th 7th 8th 17th 21st 8th 2 12 11 DNF 16                    
Hilmer Motorsport                         18th DNF 10 3 7th 1 22nd 8th 11 21 *
2014 Rapax BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 30th 13.
10 6th 9 9 9 8th 24 18th 13 15th 14th 8th 2 12 11 21st 11 8th INJ INJ INJ INJ

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Motopark: Contracts for Quaife-Hobbs and Laine" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 9, 2009)
  2. ↑ “GP3 Series: Llista d'inscrits / Entry list”. circuitcat.com, May 5, 2010; archived from the original on June 14, 2011 ; Retrieved May 8, 2010 .
  3. ↑ “Manor Racing confirm 2011 line-up”. gp3series.com, February 25, 2011, archived from the original on July 11, 2011 ; accessed on February 25, 2011 (English).
  4. ^ "Formula 1 - Adrian Quaife-Hobbs makes Formula 1 debut" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on May 16, 2011)
  5. ^ "Double program at Marussia-Virgin" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 15, 2011)
  6. ↑ “16 drivers on the Auto GP World Series grid” (autogp.org on March 8, 2012)
  7. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP2 - Quaife-Hobbs starts for MP Motorsport". Promotion from the AutoGP. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 21, 2013, accessed on February 21, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Norman Fischer: "GP2-Aus: Frijns loses cockpit at Hilmer". Motorsport-Total.com, July 24, 2013, accessed July 24, 2013 .
  9. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Quaife-Hobbs changes to Rapax". Motorsport-Total.com, March 5, 2014, accessed March 5, 2014 .
  10. ^ Peter Allen: “Ellinas replaces injured Quaife-Hobbs at Rapax for Sochi”. paddockscout.com, October 8, 2014, accessed October 14, 2014 .

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personal data
SURNAME Quaife-Hobbs, Adrian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Pembury , Kent , United Kingdom