Adrien Tambay

**Adrien Tambay**
Nation:	France
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2012
Teams (manufacturers)
	2012–2015 Abt • 2016 Rosberg (all Audi )
statistics
Podiums:	3
Overall wins:	-
Points:	137

Adrien Tambay (born February 25, 1991 in Paris ) is a French racing driver . He competed in the Auto GP in 2010 and 2011 . He competed in the DTM from 2012 to 2016 .

His father is the former Formula 1 racing driver Patrick Tambay .

Career

Tambay, who drove karting for the first time at the age of five , began his motorsport career in karting in 2001 , where he was active until 2006. In 2007 he joined the Formula racing and went into the German Formula BMW at the start. With two victories at the end of the season, he finished fourth overall as the best newcomer with a narrow margin over his team-mate Marco Wittmann . In 2008 he started the European Formula BMW, which arose from the merger of the German and British Formula BMWs. Tambay again won two races and at the end of the season took third place in the drivers' championship behind the champions Esteban Gutiérrez and Wittmann, who was no longer his teammate this season. In the two seasons he also took part in some races of the American Formula BMW and in 2008, as a guest starter, also won a race in this series.

Tambay at the Hockenheimring in the 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series

In 2009 Tambay moved to the ART Grand Prix in the Formula 3 Euro Series . In contrast to his team-mates, he did not score any points and finished 21st overall at the end of the season. He also made a guest appearance in the British Formula 3 championship . Tambay made headlines when he sustained a head injury in an accident in Spa-Francorchamps . The accident did not happen in the racing car, but during a private soccer game in the pit lane area, where he crashed unhappily. Tambay suffered a severe concussion and had to pause several races.

Adrien Tambay for Campos in the Auto GP in Mugello 2011

In 2010 he moved to Charouz-Gravity Racing in the Auto GP . At the third race in Imola , Tambay won his first race in the series. 27 years earlier, his father Patrick Tambay achieved a Formula 1 victory for Ferrari on this racetrack . At the end of the season he finished sixth overall behind his team-mate Jan Charouz , who was fourth. He also recorded for Manor Racing at two race weekends of the GP3 Series in part. With one victory, he finished 20th in the drivers' championship. In 2011 Tambay contested his second auto GP season. After starting for DAMS on the first three race weekends , he switched to Campos Racing for the fifth race weekend . With a win he finished the championship in fourth place overall. He also started in Formula Renault 3.5 . He completed one racing weekend each for Pons Racing and International Draco Racing . In addition, Tambay gained experience in GT racing outside of formula racing and competed in two races of the FIA GT3 European Championship .

Adrien Tambay in the 2014 DTM at Hockenheim

In 2012 Tambay left formula racing and switched to the DTM . He received an Audi A5 DTM from Abt Sportsline . After he had achieved his first points in the DTM with a fifth place in Zandvoort, his first DTM podium followed two races later in Valencia with a second place. At the end of the season he was in tenth place in the drivers' championship. He also took part in a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series and two races in the French GT championship. In 2013 Tambay stayed with Abt in the DTM. After missing points in the first half of the season, he finished fourth at the Moscow Raceway . He finished the season in 14th place overall. In 2014 Tambay competed again for Abt in the DTM. A third place at the season opener in Hockenheim was his only podium finish. He was again 14th in the drivers' championship. In 2015 , Tambay completed his fourth season in the DTM for Abt. His starting number was 27. As the worst Audi driver, he finished the season in 24th place overall. He also took part in a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series.

For the 2016 DTM season , Tambay moved to Team Rosberg within the Audi teams . He skipped one race due to injury. While his team-mate Jamie Green was third overall, Tambay achieved 18th place in the drivers' standings with a second place as the best position.

statistics

Career stations

2001-2006: karting
2007: German Formula BMW (4th place)
2007: US Formula BMW (17th place)
2008: European Formula BMW (3rd place)
2009 : Formula 3 Euro Series (21st place)
2010 : Auto GP (6th place)

2010 : GP3 series (20th place)
2011 : Auto GP (4th place)
2011 : Formula Renault 3.5 (27th place)
2011 : FIA GT3 European Championship (48th place)
2012 : DTM (10th place)
2012 : Blancpain Endurance Series , GT3 Pro-Am

2012: French GT Championship
2013 : DTM (14th place)
2014 : DTM (14th place)
2015 : DTM (24th place)
2015 : Blancpain Endurance Series, Pro
2016 : DTM (18th 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	Spain ESP		Turkey DOOR		Spain ESP		United Kingdom GBR		Germany GER		Hungary HUN		Belgium BEL		Italy ITA		6th	20th
2010	Manor Racing											18th	9	DNF	1			6th	20th

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2012	Abt Sportsline	Audi	Germany HO1	Germany LAU	United Kingdom BRH	Austria SPI	Germany NOR	Germany ONLY	Netherlands ZAN	Germany OSC	Spain VAL	Germany HO2									28	10.
2012	Abt Sportsline	Audi	DNF	18th	12	DNF	15th	DNF	5	16	2	DNF									28	10.
2013	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	Germany HO1	United Kingdom BRH	Austria SPI	Germany LAU	Germany NOR	Russia MOS	Germany ONLY	Germany OSC	Netherlands ZAN	Germany HO2									30th	14th
2013	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	DNF	18th	11	11	15th	4th	6th	9	6th	14th									30th	14th
2014	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	Germany HO1	Germany OSC	Hungary HUN	Germany NOR	Russia MOS	Austria SPI	Germany ONLY	Germany LAU	Netherlands ZAN	Germany HO2									36	14th
2014	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi	3	10	5	9	DNF	6th	11	18 *	DNF	19 *									36	14th
2015	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	Germany HO1		Germany LAU		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		Austria SPI		Russia MOS		Germany OSC		Germany ONLY		Germany HO2		3	24.
2015	Audi Sport Team Dept.	Audi	15th	DNF	16	20 *	19th	14th	18th	9	10	16	DNF	16	17th	14th	14th	12	DNF	DNF	3	24.
2016	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	Germany HO1		Austria SPI		Germany LAU		Germany NOR		Netherlands ZAN		Russia MOS		Germany ONLY		Hungary HUN		Germany HO2		40	18th
2016	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi	DNF	13	8th	11	20th	20th	7th	DSQ	DNF	INJ	12	8th	DNF	15th	6th	2	12	DNF	40	18th

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)
violet	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
red	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
White	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
Light Blue	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

Individual evidence

↑ “Home” (tambay27.com; accessed on May 23, 2010)
↑ “My results”. tambay27.com, archived from the original on August 31, 2010 ; Retrieved May 23, 2010 .
^ "Soccer accident: injured Tambay has to pass" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 24, 2009)
^ "Tambay on the mend" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 13, 2009)
^ "Gachnang is now a gravity protégé" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 23, 2010)
↑ “Imola: Charouz-Gravity race 1 report” ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (motorsport.com on May 22, 2010)
^ "Hungary: Tambay at Manor, da Costa at Carlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 29, 2010)
↑ Afanasiev, Tambay et Haryanto with Dams, 14/04/2011 ( Memento of March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (dams.fr on April 14, 2011)
↑ “Ceccon tops Practice 1 in Oschersleben” (autogp.org on July 29, 2011)
↑ "Rookies rock in the Principality!" ( Memento of April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (worldseriesbyrenault.fr on May 20, 2011)
↑ "Negrao a rischio Draco chiama Tambay" ( Memento of 5 July 2014 Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on October 6, 2011)
↑ "Eighth Audi for youngster Tambay" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 14, 2012)
↑ "DTM - Audi confirms seven drivers for 2013". Number 8 is hoping. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2012, accessed January 25, 2013 .
↑ Audi: Growth in motorsport. (No longer available online.) Audi-motorsport.info, December 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 18, 2014 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 .

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Tambay, Adrien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris , France

[1] “Home” (tambay27.com; accessed on May 23, 2010)

[2] “My results”. tambay27.com, archived from the original on August 31, 2010 ; Retrieved May 23, 2010 .

[3] "Soccer accident: injured Tambay has to pass" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 24, 2009)

[4] "Tambay on the mend" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 13, 2009)

[5] "Gachnang is now a gravity protégé" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 23, 2010)

[6] “Imola: Charouz-Gravity race 1 report” ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (motorsport.com on May 22, 2010)

[7] "Hungary: Tambay at Manor, da Costa at Carlin" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 29, 2010)

[8] Afanasiev, Tambay et Haryanto with Dams, 14/04/2011 ( Memento of March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (dams.fr on April 14, 2011)

[9] “Ceccon tops Practice 1 in Oschersleben” (autogp.org on July 29, 2011)

[10] "Rookies rock in the Principality!" ( Memento of April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (worldseriesbyrenault.fr on May 20, 2011)

[11] "Negrao a rischio Draco chiama Tambay" ( Memento of 5 July 2014 Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on October 6, 2011)

[12] "Eighth Audi for youngster Tambay" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 14, 2012)

[13] "DTM - Audi confirms seven drivers for 2013". Number 8 is hoping. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2012, accessed January 25, 2013 .

[14] Audi: Growth in motorsport. (No longer available online.) Audi-motorsport.info, December 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 18, 2014 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 .