Adrian Sutil

Adrian Sutil

Nation:	Germany
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	99
First start:	2007 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014
Constructors
2007  Spyker  • 2008–2011, 2013  Force India  • 2014  Clean
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup ninth ( 2011 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 128 - - 1
World Cup points :	124
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	14 over 74.2 km

Adrian Sutil (born January 11, 1983 in Starnberg ) is a former German automobile racing driver of German- Uruguayan descent. He became the Japanese Formula 3 champion in 2006 . He competed in the Formula 1 World Championship from 2007 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2014 in a total of 128 races.

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1996-2003)

Sutil began his motorsport career at the age of 13 in karting . In 2000 he reached third place in the overall classification of the German Kart Championship in the IcA Juniors class.

In 2002, Sutil in Formula racing and went for SSPT Racing in the Swiss Formula Ford to. He won all twelve races and always started from pole position . So he decided the championship for himself. In 2003, Sutil started for HBR Motorsport in the German Formula BMW . He achieved two pole positions and was on the podium of the top three three times. He finished sixth in the overall standings.

Formula 3 and A1GP (2004-2006)

In 2004 Sutil received a cockpit in the Formula 3 Euro Series with Team Kolles . He competed in the first nine events for this racing team and achieved fourth place as the best result and a pole position. With nine to two points he prevailed internally against Tom Kimber-Smith . For the last race weekend he switched to ASM Formule 3 , which this season took the first two places with Jamie Green and Alexandre Prémat . At the season finale, Sutil achieved pole position. He dropped out in both races. In the overall ranking he reached 17th place.

In 2005 , Sutil stayed with ASM Formule 3 in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He won one race each at Spa-Francorchamps and at the Nürburgring . He stood on the podium a total of eleven times and started from pole position once. Internally, he lost to Lewis Hamilton , who had won 15 races, with 94 to 172 points. Sutil was runner-up. At the Formula 3 Masters , which he also completed for ASM Formule 3, he finished second behind Hamilton. In winter 2005/2006 Sutil took part in three A1GP events for the German A1 team . Because of his involvement in the A1GP, he skipped the last race weekend of the Formula 3 Euro Series.

In 2006 Sutil switched to TOM’S in the Japanese Formula 3 championship . He won five races and was on the podium a total of twelve times. He won the championship title with 212 to 185 points against his teammate Kazuya Ōshima . At the Macau Grand Prix he reached third place. He also made his debut in GT racing in 2006 and took part in a Super GT race for TOM'S . In 2006 he also took part in three Formula 1 Friday practice sessions for Midland and its successor team, Spyker , as the third driver . The team boss of the racing team was Colin Kolles , with whom Sutil had already worked on his Formula 3 debut.

Formula 1 (2007-2014)

Sutil in the Spyker F8-VII , 2007

In 2007 Sutil made his Formula 1 debut for Spyker. The emergency vehicle, the Spyker F8-VII , was called the worst vehicle on the grid even by the team's management staff. Because of this, Sutil and his teammate were usually found at the bottom of the field. In the eleventh Grand Prix in Hungary , Sutil was the first Spyker driver of the season to cross the finish line before an opponent who was still driving. He had overtaken Honda driver Rubens Barrichello at the start of the race and kept him behind him throughout. In the third to last race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix , he scored his first point in eighth place under rain and his first top 10 position in Formula 1. It was also Spyker's only point and top 10 finish in the 2007 season. Sutil finished the World Cup in 19th place. Within the team, Sutil prevailed against his teammates Christijan Albers , Markus Winkelhock and Sakon Yamamoto , who had shared the second cockpit. In the qualifying duel, Sutil was only defeated by Albers twice and otherwise always won the duel.

Sutil in the Force India VJM01 at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix

In 2008 the team was taken over by Vijay Mallya and renamed Force India . Sutil's new team-mate became Giancarlo Fisichella . In the sixth race, the Monaco Grand Prix , Sutil started from 18th place in the final phase in fourth place. A collision with Kimi Raikkonen , who had braked in front of the Nouvelle Chicane , ended Sutil's race. Raikkonen then apologized to Sutil. It was Sutil's only chance for points. His best result was a 13th place in the Belgian Grand Prix . The world championship concluded Sutil in 20th place. He was one position behind Fisichella, who had also remained without points, but achieved a better individual placement with tenth place.

Sutil at the 2009 German Grand Prix

In 2009 Force India switched the engine manufacturer from Ferrari to Mercedes . Sutil and Fisichella stayed on the team. At the season opener in Australia Sutil achieved ninth place, for which there were no points this season. Two races later at the Chinese Grand Prix , Sutil was in sixth place in the closing stages and thus on course for points. However, due to aquaplaning, he lost control of his vehicle and retired shortly before the end. Sutil did not score any points in the first twelve races, but was again in the top ten at the European Grand Prix . Fisichella took second place at the Belgian Grand Prix . He left the team after this race and switched to Ferrari. Vitantonio Liuzzi took over his cockpit and was Sutil's new team-mate from the 13th race, the Italian Grand Prix . Sutil initially achieved two best practice times and second place in qualification this weekend. In the race, he crossed the finish line in fourth place behind the two Brawn drivers and Ferrari driver Raikkonen. He also drove the fastest race lap. That was his best Formula 1 result to date. Once again, Sutil caused a stir at the Brazilian Grand Prix . After gaining third place on the grid in qualifying, he collided with Toyota driver Jarno Trulli on the first lap , who tried to overtake him. Both drivers dropped out and Trulli confronted Sutil at the scene of the accident and demanded that Sutil be punished. The stewards decided it was a normal racing incident and punished Trulli for his inappropriate behavior after the collision. Sutil finished 17th in the drivers' championship.

At the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix, Sutil finished ahead of Hamilton

Also in 2010 Sutil started together with Liuzzi for Force India. At the season opener in Bahrain , he achieved the first training record of the new season. In the race he came home in twelfth place. At the third Grand Prix, the Malaysian Grand Prix, Sutil held McLaren driver Hamilton behind him at the end of the race and scored his first points in fifth. From the fifth to the tenth race, he achieved six points in a row. In the second half of the season Sutil reached the points twice. At the Belgian Grand Prix , he repeated his best result of the season with fifth place. Within the team, Sutil prevailed against Liuzzi and scored more than twice as many points. In the world championship he improved to eleventh place.

In 2011 , Sutil played his fifth Formula 1 season for Force India. Paul di Resta became his new teammate. In Monaco he was in fourth place for several laps and finished in seventh place. At his home Grand Prix in Germany he achieved his best result of the season to date with sixth place, which he repeated at the last race in Brazil . In this race, Sutil drew attention by overtaking Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg . The season ended Sutil in ninth place in the drivers' world championship. It was his best overall result to date. Within the team, Sutil prevailed against di Resta with 42 to 27 points.

Sutil in Force India at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

After five seasons, Sutil and Force India ended their collaboration at the end of 2011. He was replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for the 2012 season . Sutil did not appear in any racing series in 2012.

In the run-up to the 2013 Formula 1 World Championship , Sutil took part in test drives for Force India. A little later he was confirmed as a regular Force India pilot. At the season opener in Australia , Sutil opted for a different strategy and meanwhile led the race from twelfth place. He finished in seventh place. At the Monaco Grand Prix , he finished fifth, which was his best season position. Sutil was in 13th place at the end of the season. Internally he was defeated by di Resta with 29 to 48 points.

Although Sutil had a contract with Force India for the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship , he moved to Sauber . Force India had bought itself out of the contract with Sutil. When the permanent Formula 1 start numbers were introduced, he chose 99, the highest start number for his further career. At the US Grand Prix , Sutil had the best starting position of the season with ninth place. He retired on the first lap of the race after a collision through no fault of his own. So two eleventh places in Australia and Hungary remained his best results. Sutil remained - like his teammate Esteban Gutiérrez - without points. At the end of the season, in eighteenth place, Sutil was the best placed driver who had not scored any points. After the season, Sutil left Sauber. His contract, originally for the 2015 Formula 1 season , has been terminated.

In 2015, Sutil was a reserve driver for Williams . Then he retired from motorsport.

Personal

Adrian Sutil's father, Jorge Sutil, comes from Uruguay and played the viola with the Munich Philharmonic for many years. His mother Monika Sutil is a pianist. This is how Adrian Sutil first came to music and was a young pianist until he was 14. Through his older brother he came into contact with motorsport for the first time at the age of 13 on a kart track.

Sutil grew up bilingual. In addition to his mother tongue German , he speaks fluent Spanish . He has an older brother and a younger half-brother. Sutil has lived in Switzerland since 2007. Before that, he lived in Japan for a year and grew up in Bavaria.

Others

In Formula 1, he held the record of the driver with the most starts who never made it onto the podium. The record was surpassed by Nico Hülkenberg at the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix .

Sutil won the TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge in the class up to 1900 cm³ in 2009 and 2012 and the rodeo race in 2012 after a draw with Timo Scheider in Sudden Death .

In April 2011, after the Chinese Grand Prix , Sutil was involved in a dispute with Éric Lux, a shareholder in Genii Capital , which owned the Renault team at the time. In a nightclub he injured Lux ​​on the neck with a glass. Lux reported Sutil to the Munich public prosecutor's office for dangerous bodily harm . Sutil admitted hitting Lux with the glass, but it was accidental. The Munich District Court sentenced Sutil on January 31, 2012 to a prison term of 18 months and a fine of 200,000 euros; the prison sentence was suspended. The judgment became final on March 29, 2012.

statistics

Career stations

1997-2001: karting 2002: Swiss Formula Ford (champion) 2003: German Formula BMW (6th place) 2004 : Formula 3 Euro Series (17th place) 2005 : Formula 3 Euro Series (2nd place) 2006 : A1 Grand Prix

2006: Japanese Formula 3 Championship (champions) 2006: Super GT (26th place) 2006 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2007 : Formula 1 (19th place) 2008 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2009 : Formula 1 (17th place)

2010 : Formula 1 (11th place) 2011 : Formula 1 (9th place) 2013 : Formula 1 (13th place) 2014 : Formula 1 (18th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver)

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2007	Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team	Spyker F8-VII  /  F8-VIIB	Ferrari 2.4 V8	17th	-	-	-	-	-	1	19th
2008	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM01	Ferrari 2.4 V8	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th
2009	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM02	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	17th	-	-	-	-	1	5	17th
2010	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	47	11.
2011	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM04	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	42	9.
2013	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM06	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	29	13.
2014	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C33	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	18th
total				128	-	-	-	-	1	124

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th
2007
	17th	DNF	15th	13	DNF	DNF	14th	17th	DNF	DNF	17th	21 *	19th	14th	8th	DNF	DNF
2008
	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	16	DNF	DNF	19th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	13	19th	DNF	DNF	DNF	16
2009
	9	17th	17 *	16	DNF	14th	17th	17th	15th	DNF	10	11	4th	DNF	13	DNF	17th
2010
	12	DNF	5	11	7th	8th	9	10	6th	8th	17th	DNF	5	16	9	DNF	DNF	12	13
2011
	9	11	15th	13	13	7th	DNF	9	11	6th	14th	7th	DNF	8th	11	11	9	8th	6th
2013
	7th	DNF	DNF	13	13	5	10	7th	13	DNF	9	16 *	10	20 *	14th	9	10	DNF	13
2014
	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	17th	DNF	13	13	13	DNF	11	14th	15th	DNF	21 *	16	DNF	16	16

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Adrian Sutil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Interview with Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil  - news

• Career statistics from Adrian Sutil (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Keith Collantine: “Spyker beats Honda thanks to Sutil”. f1fanatic.co.uk, August 5, 2007, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
2. ↑ David Pergler: "Spyker with laughing and crying eyes". Motorsport-Total.com, August 5, 2007, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
3. ↑ "Bitter end in Monaco - Raikkonen apologizes to Sutil". rp-online.de, May 27, 2008, accessed on January 23, 2014 . 
4. ^ "Force India confirms McLaren-Mercedes deal" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 10, 2008)
5. ↑ Fabian Hust: “Sutil's 'second Monaco': Again so close!” Motorsport-Total.com, April 19, 2009, accessed on January 23, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Maurice Hamilton: “Jarno Trulli versus Adrian Sutil: A clash scene revisited”. theguardian.com, October 29, 2009, accessed January 23, 2014 . 
7. ↑ "Official: Sutil and Liuzzi drive for Force India 2010" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 27, 2009)
8. ↑ "Official: Force India brings di Resta and Hülkenberg into the team" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 26, 2011)
9. ↑ "Sutil hopes for an early decision after a strong race" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 28, 2011)
10. ↑ "Official comeback: Force India confirms Hülkenberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2011)
11. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Barcelona: The day of endurance runners". Motorsport-Total.com, February 21, 2013, accessed February 21, 2013 . 
12. ^ Roman Wittemeier: "Comeback secured: Force India confirms Sutil". Motorsport-Total.com, February 28, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 . 
13. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll, Dieter Rencken: "Officially: Sutil changes to Sauber in 2014". Motorsport-Total.com, December 13, 2013, accessed December 13, 2013 . 
14. ↑ Robert Seiwert: "Formula 1 - All start numbers fixed: Vettel takes the 1". Number 13: Maldonado of all people. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 12, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Sutil loses Sauber cockpit The German Formula 1 boom is over , faz.net November 6, 2014
16. ^ Formula 1 - Williams signs Adrian Sutil as a substitute driver. Sutil brings racing experience to Williams. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 26, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 . 
17. ↑ Here we go again. In: Instagram . Retrieved December 14, 2017 (In the comments, his girlfriend confirms that Sutil has retired from motorsport). 
18. ↑ Philipp Schajer: "Formula 1 - The Vain Hunt for the Cup". Lots of races, no podiums. Motorsport-Magazin.com, August 3, 2014, accessed August 11, 2014 . 
19. ^ "Trial against Adrian Sutil - cut in the neck" (faz.net on January 12, 2012)
20. ↑ Sutil sentenced to suspended sentence: Message on the website www.spiegel.de from January 31, 2012.
21. ^ "Dangerous bodily harm - Sutil accepts suspended sentence" (spiegel.de on March 29, 2012)