Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Jérôme D'Ambrosio

Nation:	Belgium
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2012 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
2011 Virgin • 2012 Lotus
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-23. ( 2012 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 20th - - -
World Cup points :	0 0
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Jérôme D'Ambrosio (born December 27, 1985 in Etterbeek ) is a Belgian racing driver . In 2007 he won the first championship title of the International Formula Masters and started in the GP2 series between 2008 and 2010 . In 2011 and 2012 he took part in a total of 20 Formula 1 races. He has been competing in the FIA Formula E Championship since 2014 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

After several years in karting , where he won the World Cup in Formula A in 2002, joined D'Ambrosio 2003 in Formula racing . He initially drove in the Belgian Formula Renault 1.6. With Thierry Boutsen Racing he won the drivers' championship. In the same year he also drove in the Formula König and was fourth in the overall standings.

In 2004 D'Ambrosio was accepted into the Renault funding program. He started for Graff Racing in the French Formula Renault and finished fourth. In addition, he drove for Graff Racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and reached 15th place in the overall classification in this series. In 2005 D'Ambrosio competed for Euronova Racing in several racing series. He finished fourth in the Italian Formula Renault. In the winter series of this championship he reached third place. In the Eurocup he was 15th again. He also drove a race in the Italian Formula 3000 and competed in GT racing in the FIA GT Championship for Belgian Racing .

In 2006 D'Ambrosio started in Formula Renault 3.5 for Tech 1 Racing . After remaining without points for the first seven races, he left the series. He then returned to Euronova Racing and competed in the Euroseries 3000, the former Italian Formula 3000. With the exception of two races in which he was eliminated, he was always in the top 5. This enabled him to finish the season in fifth place in the drivers' standings despite his late entry. He also competed again for Belgian Racing in a race in the FIA ​​GT Championship.

In 2007 D'Ambrosio drove in the newly founded International Formula Master for Cram Competition . He won five races, scored 100 points and became the first champion of this new racing series. He was 35 points ahead of second-placed Chris van der Drift .

GP2 series

In 2008 D'Ambrosio switched to the GP2 series and became a teammate of Kamui Kobayashi at DAMS . First he started in the first season of the GP2 Asia series . He achieved two podium finishes and finished eleventh overall. With 12 to 22 points he was internally defeated Kobayashi. Then he started for DAMS in the regular GP2 series. In the sprint race on the Valencia Street Circuit , he finished second. At the next sprint race in Spa-Francorchamps , D'Ambrosio led the race until the last lap when he was overtaken by Pastor Maldonado . In the end he came second again. At the end of the season , D'Ambrosio finished eleventh overall with 21 points. He prevailed against Kobayashi, who had scored ten points. He also contested two GT races for Scuderia Latorre in the International GT Open .

Jérôme D'Ambrosio in the 2009 GP2 series

Just like his teammate Kobayashi, D'Ambrosio also competed for DAMS in the 2008/2009 GP2 Asia series season and the 2009 GP2 series . After D'Ambrosio was in seventh place after five of six race weekends in the GP2 Asia series, he managed to jump to second place overall on the last race weekend in Sachir with a third and second place. In total, D'Ambrosio achieved four podium finishes, all of which he achieved in Sachir. He did not manage to win a race. Together with his team mate Kobayashi, who won the championship title, D'Ambrosio completed the good overall result for DAMS. In the regular GP2 series, D'Ambrosio was on the podium three times and finished the season in ninth place overall. He achieved all podium finishes within the first four races. D'Ambrosio won the internal duel against Kobayashi with 29 to 13 points. In the 2009 season, he was the driver with the most points who had not won a race. He also drove two races in Formula Le Mans for DAMS in 2009 , both of which he won.

For Virgin D'Ambrosio took part in the first free practice in Japan in 2010

In the 2010 Formula 1 season he was a test driver for the Renault team. During the season he also became a reserve driver for Virgin Racing and took part in the first free practice session on four Grand Prix weekends. He also competed in the 2010 GP2 series with his fellow Renault test driver Ho-Pin Tung for DAMS, who competed in the same colors as Renault . On the second race weekend at the Circuit de Monaco , he achieved his first GP2 victory in the sprint race. With his first win in the 44th race, he is one of the GP2 drivers who had to wait the longest for their first win. While D'Ambrosio only scored points in Monaco in the first half of the season and otherwise did not attract any attention, Romain Grosjean , who represented D'Ambrosio for a race, managed to achieve fast laps with the same car straight away. After his return, D'Ambrosio was regularly among the front runners and narrowly missed another win in his home race at Spa-Francorchamps. Starting from pole position , he had the best chance of victory before retiring with technical problems shortly before the end of the race. He finally finished the season in twelfth place overall.

formula 1

2011 D'Ambrosio made his debut for Virgin as a team-mate of Timo Glock in Formula 1. He finished his first race in Australia in 14th place. In the further course of the season he managed to repeat this result one more time. D'Ambrosio finished the season in 24th place in the world championship. He was one position ahead of Glock, who was 10: 9 ahead of him in the race duel and clearly won the duels in qualifying with 15: 4. Both drivers remained without points.

For the 2012 Formula 1 season , D'Ambrosio was replaced by Charles Pic . He switched to Lotus and took on the position of test and replacement driver. In this role he was used at the Italian Grand Prix , as regular driver Romain Grosjean was banned. With a 13th place he achieved his best result in Formula 1 to date. 2013 D'Ambrosio stayed as a test driver at Lotus.

Blancpain Endurance Series and FIA Formula E Championship

In 2014 D'Ambrosio initially started in GT racing and received a cockpit in the Blancpain Endurance Series at M-Sport Bentley . He finished the season in 17th place in the Pro Cup. In addition, D'Ambrosio competed in the newly founded FIA Formula E Championship for Dragon Racing in 2014/15 . In the first race, the Beijing ePrix , he finished sixth. At the Berlin ePrix , D'Ambrosio won Formula E for the first time. He benefited from Lucas di Grassi's disqualification . He finished both of the last two races in London in second place. D'Ambrosio finished fourth in the drivers' championship. In 2015/16 D'Ambrosio stayed with Dragon. At the third ePrix in Punta del Este , he took pole position and was third in the race. In Mexico City he won after a close duel with Sébastien Buemi in the race . As with his first Formula E victory, D'Ambrosio benefited from a disqualification di Grassis this time too. At the last race of the season, the London ePrix , he again reached the podium in third place. He finished the season in fifth place overall and prevailed with 83 to 60 points internally against his teammate Loïc Duval .

In the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Championship , D'Ambrosio competed again for Dragon. At the end of the season he finished 18th in the overall ranking.

D'Ambrosio stayed with Dragon in 2017/18 . With third place in Zurich , he celebrated his first podium result since the season finale 2015/16. At the end of the season he finished 14th in the drivers' championship.

In 2018/19 D'Ambrosio switched to Mahindra Racing . After winning the Marrakech E-Prix , he took the lead in the overall standings, but was unable to build on his performance in the second half of the season. At the end of the season he finished eleventh in the drivers' championship with 67 points.

statistics

Career stations

2000-2002: karting 2003: Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 (champions) 2003: Formula König (4th place) 2004: French Formula Renault (4th place) 2004: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (15th place) 2005: Italian Formula Renault (4th place) 2005: Italian Formula Renault, winter series (3rd place) 2005: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (15th place) 2005 : Italian Formula 3000 , Light (6th place) 2005: FIA GT Championship , G2

2006 : Formula Renault 3.5 (36th place) 2006 : Euroseries 3000 (5th place) 2006: FIA GT Championship, GT2 2007 : International Formula Master (Champion) 2008 : GP2 Asia Series (11th place) 2008 : GP2 series (11th place) 2008: International GT Open (32nd place) 2009 : GP2 Asia Series (2nd place) 2009 : GP2 series (9th place) 2009: Formula Le Mans

2010 : GP2 series (12th place) 2010 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2011 : Formula 1 (24th place) 2012 : Formula 1 (23rd place) 2013 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2014 : Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro (17th place) 2015 : Formula E (4th place) 2016 : Formula E (5th place) 2017 : Formula E (18th place) 2018 : Formula E (14th place)

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.
2011	Marussia Virgin Racing	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.
2012	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20	Renault 2.4 V8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.
total				20th	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2011
	14th	DNF	20th	20th	20th	15th	14th	22nd	17th	18th	19th	17th	DNF	18th	21st	20th	16	DNF	19th
2012
													13

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 FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2014/15	Dragon Racing	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							113	4th
		6th	5	8th	14th	4th	6th	5	1	(11)	2	2
2015/16	Dragon Racing	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								83	5.
		5	*14 *	3	16	1	°7 °	11	16	8th	3
2016/17	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						13	18th
		7th	13	8th	14th	DNF	DNF	13	13	DNF	10	11	9
2017/18	Dragon Racing	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						27	14th
		NC	15th	15th	8th	11	9	7th	12	19th	3	13	DNF
2018/19	Mahindra Racing	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					67	11.
		3	1	°10 °	4th	DNF	6th	8th	17 *	11	17th	13	9	11

( Legend )

Private life

On July 20, 2020, D'Ambrosio married Eleonore Habsburg-Lothringen, the daughter of Karl Habsburg-Lothringen and great-granddaughter of Karl I , the last Emperor of Austria, in Monaco . His brother-in-law is the Austrian racing driver Ferdinand Zvonimir Habsburg-Lothringen .

Web links

Commons : Jérôme D'Ambrosio  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Jérôme D'Ambrosio (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Renault announces young drivers" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 26, 2004)
2. ↑ "IFM: D'Ambrosio fixes the title in Brands Hatch" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2007)
3. ↑ "D'Ambrosio signs with DAMS" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 14, 2007)
4. ↑ "Renault starts into a new era with the R30" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 31, 2010)
5. ^ "D'Ambrosio new Glock team-mate at Virgin?" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 10, 2010)
6. ↑ "Official: D'Ambrosio will be a Friday driver at Virgin" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 20, 2010)
7. ↑ "Renault junior squad: Tung, D'Ambrosio, Charouz" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 31, 2010)
8. ↑ "Sixth victory in the main race for Maldonado" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 28, 2010)
9. ↑ “D'Ambrosio secures Virgin race seat” (autosport.com on December 21, 2010)
10. ↑ "Lotus confirms D'Ambrosio as test driver" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 24, 2012)
11. ^ Christian Nimmervoll: "Officially: D'Ambrosio in Monza in the Lotus". Motorsport-Total.com, September 4, 2012, accessed September 4, 2012 . 
12. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Lotus presents: E21 presented online". Motorsport-Total.com, January 28, 2013, accessed January 28, 2013 . 
13. ↑ “Jerome d'Ambrosio to compete in Formula E with Dragon Racing”. (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, July 22, 2014, archived from the original on July 28, 2014 ; accessed on July 22, 2014 (English). 
14. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Jerome D'Ambrosio continues to drive Formula E for Dragon. Motorsport-Total.com, July 24, 2015, accessed July 24, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Norman Fischer: Duel on the border: Bad blood at D'Ambrosio and Buemi. Motorsport-Total.com, March 13, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Norman Fischer: Duval and D'Ambrosio stay: Dragon welcomes Faraday Future. Motorsport-Total.com, July 1, 2016, accessed July 2, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Karl Habsburg's daughter, Eleonore, married in Monaco