Alexander Rossi

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Alexander Rossi

Nation:	United States
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	53
First start:	2015 Singapore Grand Prix
Last start:	2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
Constructors
2015  Marussia
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-20. ( 2015 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 5 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Alexander Rossi (born September 25, 1991 in Auburn ) is an American automobile racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2011 and 2012 . From 2013 to 2015 he started in the GP2 series and reached second place overall in 2015. In 2015 he also took part in Formula 1 races. He has been racing in the IndyCar Series since 2016, where he won the Indianapolis 500 on his debut .

Career

After Rossi his career in karting had begun, he moved in 2005 to the single-seater racing in the Skip Barber Western Regional Series , which he won a year later, with eight wins in twelve races. He also finished third in the national Skip Barber Championship and seventh in the Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 . In 2007 he switched to Formula BMW USA. After finishing third in his debut season, he won the league title a year later. He won ten out of 15 races. With his championship title he qualified for the Formula BMW World Final, which he won ahead of Michael Christensen and Esteban Gutiérrez .

In 2009 Rossi moved to Europe in the international Formula Master . With three victories, he finished fourth overall at the end of the season. In December, Rossi completed a Formula 1 test day in the BMW Sauber as a reward for his victory at the Formula BMW World Finals . In the 2009/2010 season of the GP2 Asia series , Rossi initially received a cockpit at Ocean Racing Technology . After just one racing weekend, he switched to the Malaysian Meritus team. In the overall standings, he finally finished ninth overall.

Rossi for Fortec in the Formula Renault 3.5 at the Nürburgring 2011

Following his involvement in the GP2 Asia series, Rossi competed in the GP3 series for ART Grand Prix in 2010 . With two wins, he finished fourth overall. He also took part in the prestigious race in Monte Carlo in the Formula Renault 3.5 .

In 2011 Rossi started for Fortec Motorsport in the Formula Renault 3.5. Rossi started the season with a win at the season opener in Alcañiz . At Silverstone Rossi first came in second in both races, but was then disqualified for the second race because his team had used irregular wheel nuts. With a total of two wins and six podium finishes, he finished the season in third place in the drivers' standings. Within the team, he prevailed against César Ramos with 156 to 47 points . At the end of the year Rossi took the Caterham Team AirAsia in GP2 Final in 2011 in part and finished tenth. He then completed a Formula 1 test for Lotus , Caterham's Formula 1 team. In 2012 Rossi contested his second season in Formula Renault 3.5 for Arden Caterham Motorsport . While he was superior to his first teammate Lewis Williamson , he was clearly defeated by his successor António Félix da Costa with 63 to 166 points. With a third place as the best placement, Rossi finished eleventh in the drivers' standings. In addition, he was a test driver for the Formula 1 team Caterham and in this role also took part in free practice sessions in Formula 1.

Rossi at the 2015 USA Grand Prix

In 2013 Rossi joined the current championship with Caterham for the second race weekend of the GP2 series . In his first race in as-Sachir he was third on the podium. He repeated this result at the main race in Spa-Francorchamps . In the sprint race in Monza , he finished second. At the last event of the season at the Yas Marina Circuit , Rossi scored his first GP2 victory in the main race. He finished the season in ninth place overall. With 92 to 3 points, he clearly prevailed against his teammate Sergio Canamasas . In addition, Rossi remained the team’s Formula 1 test driver. In this role he took part in free practice at the Canadian and US Grand Prix . He also made his debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2013 and competed for Greaves Motorsport in the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours . In 2014 Rossi contested his second GP2 season for Caterham and also remained a Caterham Formula 1 test driver. After the Formula 1 team was sold by Caterham in July, Rossi left the team in both series. Rossi came to his Caterham engagements through his connection to Tony Fernandes . In the GP2 series, he then joined Campos Racing for a weekend after regular driver Kimiya Satō had dropped out due to other commitments. At the end of the season he finished 21st overall. Rossi Marussia joined in Formula 1 and became a test and reserve driver for the racing team. In this role, Rossi was to represent Max Chilton at the Belgian Grand Prix after his participation had been canceled for contractual reasons. However, during the first free practice, which Rossi contested, the team announced that Chilton would drive and take over the cockpit from the second free practice. After the second regular Marussia driver Jules Bianchi had a serious accident in Japan , Rossi was registered for the Russian Grand Prix as a replacement for Bianchi. Marussia withdrew Rossi's report before the first free practice session. After the race, Marussia filed for bankruptcy and did not participate in the next race. Rossi also completed a long-distance race in the United SportsCar Championship in 2014 .

In 2015 Rossi returned to the GP2 series and started for Racing Engineering . He won the sprint race in Spa-Francorchamps and the main races in Monza and Sochi . He finished second overall and was defeated by the master Stoffel Vandoorne with 181.5 to 341.5 points. Rossi also took part in five Formula 1 races for the Manor Marussia F1 Team in 2015 . Based on Herbie, he chose # 53 as his fixed starting number. With five appearances in the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship, Rossi would have qualified for the 2016 super license if he hadn't finished second in GP2.

Rossi after winning the 2016 Indy 500

In 2016 Rossi returned to North America and switched to the IndyCar Series . He received the vehicle from Andretti Autosport , which was looked after by Bryan Herta . There he won the Indianapolis 500 as the first rookie since Hélio Castroneves' victory in 2001. He finished the season one position behind his team-mate Carlos Muñoz in eleventh place overall, making him the best rookie . In addition, Rossi was a substitute driver at Manor in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship . In 2017 Rossi stayed with Andretti in the IndyCar Series. He finished the season with a win at Watkins Glen in seventh place. At the start of the 2018 season in St. Petersburg, Rossi caused a controversy. At the last restart with two laps to go, Rossi tried to overtake the leading Robert Wickens . There was a collision and Wickens turned into the lane boundary. Rossi still finished the race in third place, while Wickens was eliminated on his IndyCar debut. In the course of the season he took three wins and went into the last race of the season in Sonoma with title chances. There he had to admit defeat to Scott Dixon and took the runner-up title. In 2019 , Rossi fought for the title until the last race. In the end he finished third in the annual standings behind Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud .

statistics

Career stations

2005: Skip Barber Western Regional Series (29th place) 2006: Skip Barber Western Regional Series (Champion) 2006: Skip Barber National Championship (3rd place) 2006: Formula TR Pro Series FR 1600 (7th place) 2007: US Formula BMW (3rd place) 2008: American Formula BMW (champions) 2009 : International Formula Masters (4th place) 2009 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2010 : GP2 Asia Series (9th place) 2010 : GP3 series (4th place)

2010 : Formula Renault 3.5 2011 : Formula Renault 3.5 (3rd place) 2011 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2012 : Formula Renault 3.5 (11th place) 2012 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2013 : GP2 series (9th place) 2013 : WEC (38th place) 2013 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2014 : GP2 series (21st place) 2014 : Formula 1

2014 : United SportsCar Championship , P (53rd place) 2015 : GP2 series (2nd place) 2015 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2016 : IndyCar Series (11th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : IndyCar Series (7th place) 2018 : IndyCar Series (2nd place) 2019 : IndyCar Series (3rd 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	ART Grand Prix	ESP		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		38	4th
		8th	1	4th	3	DNF	DNF	5	2	DNF	8th	8th	1	13	2	DNF	15th

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	Caterham Racing	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE		92	9.
				3	20th	6th	6th	DNF	19th	10	9	11	6th	13	16	3	22nd	8th	2	DNF	23	1	DNF
2014	Caterham Racing	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		12	21st
		22nd	25th	DNF	14th	16	11	8th	5	12	21st
	Campos Racing											DNF	7th
2015	Racing engineering	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		181.5	2.
		3	4th	3	4th	2	7th	6th	8th	2	4th	12	19th	6th	1	1	DNF	1	6th	18th	9	4th	C.

Statistics in Formula 1

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.
2014	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
2015	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	5	-	-	-	-	-	0	20th
total				5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th
2014
							PO					PO				WD
2015
													14th	18th		12	15th	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)
	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

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2016	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM		430	11.
		12	14th	20th	15th	10	1 ° 11	10	12 °	15th	6 °	16	14th	20 °	11	8th	5
2017	Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM	494	7th
		11	19th	5	15th	8th	7 3	5	7th	22nd	13	11	2	6th	3	6th	1 *	21st
2018	Andretti Autosport	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	621	2.
		3	3	1 *	11	5	4 32	3	12 *	3	16	9	8th	1 *	1*	2	8th*	7th
2019	Andretti Autosport	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG	608	3.
		5 °	9	5 °	1 °	22nd	2 ° 9	2 °	5	2 °	1*	3	6th	5	18th	13	3	6th
2020	Andretti Autosport	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO					118	10.
		15th	25th	19th	3	6th	8th

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2013	Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Eric Lux	Tom Kimber-Smith	Rank 23

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Ricky Taylor	Helio Castroneves	Rank 4

Web links

Commons : Alexander Rossi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Alexander Rossi
• Career Stats Alexander Rossi (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Biography and Racing Resume" ( Memento from April 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Biography, English)
2. ^ "Jerez, December 1st, 2009" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 1st, 2009)
3. ↑ "GP2 Asia: The field of drivers is forming" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 19, 2009)
4. ↑ "Rossi changes to Meritus" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 27, 2010)
5. ^ "ART with Gutierrez, Rossi and Enrique in the GP3" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 13, 2010)
6. ↑ “Rossi to race at Monaco in FR3.5” (autosport.com on May 7, 2010)
7. ↑ “Rossi confirmed at Fortec for 2011” (gpupdate.net on February 5, 2011)
8. ↑ “Fortec duo Alexander Rossi and Cesar Ramos disqualified from race two at Silverstone” (autosport.com on August 21, 2011)
9. ↑ “Alexander Rossi To Contest GP2 Final in Abu Dhabi With Caterham Team AirAsia” (gp2series.com on November 3rd, 2011)
10. ↑ "Rossi: 'Much potential to unlock'" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2011)
11. ^ "Rossi alla Arden via Caterham" ( Memento from September 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on January 26, 2012)
12. ^ "Caterham Friday outings for Rossi" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 9, 2012)
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28. ↑ Mario Fritzsch: Scott Dixon is IndyCar Champion 2018. motorsport-total.com, September 17, 2018, accessed on April 2, 2020 .