Charlie Kimball

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Charlie Kimball (2015)

Charlie Kimball (born February 20, 1985 in Chertsey , United Kingdom ) is an American racing driver . He competed for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series from 2011 to 2016 .

Career

Kimball began his motorsport career in 1997 in karting , which he practiced until 2001. In 2002 he made in the US Formula Dodge his first experience in Formula racing and in 2003 took on the US F2000 National Championship , the third overall took part. After finishing third in the British Formula Ford winter championship in winter , Kimball competed in the British Formula Ford in 2004 and finished fourth in the overall standings with two wins. He also took part in two New Zealand Formula Ford races, where he finished 18.

In 2005 Kimball moved to the British Formula 3 championship at Carlin Motorsport . With five wins and a total of 13 podium finishes, he won the runner-up title in this series behind Álvaro Parente . In 2006 Kimball switched to Signature Plus in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He did not succeed in the new series to build on the successes from the previous season, and he finished eleventh overall with a win as the best result. So he was better than the future champions of the Euro Series Romain Grosjean , who was one of Kimball's teammates in the 2006 season.

Kimball at Donington Park in Formula Renault 3.5 2007.

In 2007 Kimball started for Victory Engineering in the Formula Renault 3.5 . After seven race weekends he had to end the season for health reasons because he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes . At the end of the season he finished 24th overall. In 2008 Kimball returned to the Formula 3 Euro Series. Starting for the Prema Powerteam , he made a good start to the new season with a second place in the first race. Nevertheless, after three race weekends he was replaced by Stefano Coletti , as he could no longer pay for his racing cockpit. At the end of the year he took part in a race weekend of the 2008/2009 A1GP season for the US team .

In 2009 Kimball returned to the United States and started for Team PBIR in the Indy Lights . With a fourth place as the best result, he finished tenth overall at the end of the season. In 2010 Kimball switched to the AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport team , which had won the drivers' title with JR Hildebrand in the preseason . With four second places as the best results, he finished fourth in the overall standings as the best US pilot at the end of the season.

Kimball at the Japanese IndyCar race in Motegi 2011

In 2011 , Kimball moved to Chip Ganassi Racing and completed his first season in the IndyCar Series . He competed for a satellite team from the racing team. While his teammates achieved podium finishes and Dario Franchitti also won the championship, Kimball finished the season with a ninth place as the best result in 19th place overall. In 2012 Kimball started again for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series. Kimball achieved his first IndyCar podium finish with a second place at the Honda Indy Toronto . At the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Kimball was sidelined due to an injury after suffering a hand injury during tests on the track the week before. He finished the season as the worst Ganassi pilot in 19th place. In 2013 , Kimball stayed with Ganassi in the IndyCar Series. At the second race in Birmingham Kimball led the race in the meantime and finished it in fourth place. After three more top 10 finishes in the next eight races, Kimball finished second in Long Pond behind his teammate Scott Dixon . He scored his first IndyCar win three races later at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio . He became the first diabetic to win an IndyCar race. He improved to ninth place overall while Dixon won the championship. In addition, Kimball took part in the 24-hour race of Daytona in the Rolex Sports Car Series for his team . He started in a Riley - BMW and won the race together with his teammates Juan Pablo Montoya , Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas .

In 2014 , Kimball contested his fourth IndyCar season for Chip Ganassi Racing. A third place in Detroit was his only podium finish. Kimball was internally defeated by his three teammates and finished the season in 14th place in the championship. In 2015 Kimball started again for Ganassi in the IndyCar Series. While his teammate Dixon won the championship title, Kimball improved to twelfth overall. Two third places at the Indianapolis 500 and Sonoma were his best results. He also took part in a race in the United SportsCar Championship (USCC). In 2016 , Kimball stayed with Ganassi in the IndyCar Series. Two fifth places in both Indianapolis races were his best results. He finished the season as the third best Ganassi driver in ninth place in the overall standings.

Personal

Kimball has been married to Kathleen Thompson since 2014. The ceremony of the two was carried out by Kimball's racing driver colleague James Hinchcliffe .

Others

Because of his diabetes, Kimball needs special treatment. A blood sugar sensor is implanted in his body, which transmits the relevant information both to a display in the vehicle and to the team. To stabilize the blood sugar, Kimball gets an insulin injection during the pit stops. Insulin supplier, Novo Nordisk , is also Kimball's personal sponsor and has been the car's main sponsor for both Indy Lights and IndyCar Series.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2015 : IndyCar Series (12th place)
  • 2015 : USCC , Prototype (26th place)
  • 2016 : IndyCar Series (9th place)
  • 2017 : IndyCar Series (17th place)
  • 2018 : IndyCar Series (17th place)
  • 2019 : IndyCar Series (25th place)

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 18th 19th Points rank
2011 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO NHA SNM BAL MOT KTY LSV 233 19th
22nd 10 24 16 13 29 30th 23 14th 22nd 21st 19th 11 9 26th 21st 23 13 C.
2012 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW GOAL EDM MDO SNM BAL HAIRDRYER 260 19th
9 25th 18th 8th 8 14 8th 23 17th 11 2 19th INJ 21st 18th 10
2013 Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing STP ALA LBH SAO INDY DET TXS Mil IOW POC GOAL MDO SNM BAL HOU HAIRDRYER 427 9.
12 4 ° 21st 10 9 19 14th 7 ° 17th 17th 12 2 ° 21 ° 6th 1* 20th 6th 11 8th 10 °
2014 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams
Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing 		STP LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS HOU POC IOW GOAL MDO Mil SNM HAIRDRYER 402 14th
20th 23 10 5 31 19 9 3 10 18th 4th 17th 10 7th 4th 7th 16 21st 12
2015 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams STP NOL LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS GOAL HAIRDRYER Mil IOW MDO POC SNM 372 12.
21st 14th 15th 12 5 ° 3 ° 22nd 11 7 ° 20th 8th 12 22 ° 23 12 ° 3 °
2016 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC TXS WGL SNM 433 9.
10 12 11 ° 9 5 ° 5 16 8th 16 6th 10 11 8th 15th 6th 6th 9
2017 Chip Ganassi Racing Teams STP LBH ALA PHO IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL WGL SNM 327 17th
18th 21st 15 ° 8th 21st 25 ° 16 21st 8th 21 ° 6 ° 15 ° 12 13 16 7th 7th 11
2018 Carlin STP PHO LBH ALA IMS INDY DET TXS ROA IOW GOAL MDO POC STL POR SNM 287 17th
20th 17th 10 23 20th 18 15 19th 8th 10 18th 14th 5 ° 16 9 19th 7th 22nd
2019 Carlin STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY DET TXS ROA GOAL IOW MDO POC STL POR LAG 117 25th
17th 25 20 21st 10 15th 10 15th
2020 AJ Foyt Enterprises TXS IMS ROA IOW INDY STL IMS STP MDO           97 18th
11 18th 11 10 17th 16        

Web links

Commons : Charlie Kimball  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Diabetes: Kimball is probably missing from the WSbR final" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 22, 2007)
  2. ^ "Coletti instead of Kimball at Prema" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 19, 2008)
  3. ^ "Official: Ganassi expanded to four cars" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2010)
  4. ↑ Pete Fink: "Test Accident in Mid-Ohio: Kimball Injured". Motorsport-Total.com, July 27, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
  5. ^ Marshall Pruett: "INDYCAR: Rahal Leads Free Agent Class For 2013". (No longer available online.) Speedtv.com, August 1, 2012, archived from the original on November 21, 2012 ; accessed on November 10, 2012 .
  6. ^ "Kimball continues Honda winning streak at Mid-Ohio". motorsport.com, August 5, 2013, accessed August 15, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Philipp Schajer: IndyCar - Kimball stays with Ganassi. Fifth year. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 12, 2014, accessed March 5, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Ganassi confirms Tony Kanaan for the IndyCar season 2016. Motorsport-Total.com, November 3, 2015, accessed on January 2, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Hinchcliffe as pastor: Kimball in the port of marriage". Motorsport-Total.com, October 1, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
  10. ↑ “Novo Nordisk extends Kimball, team deal” ( Memento of November 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (indycar.com on November 15, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Kimball, Charlie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Chertsey , United Kingdom