Pål Varhaug

Pål Varhaug (born January 26, 1991 in Stavanger ) is a Norwegian racing driver .

Career

Varhaug began his motorsport career in 1996 in karting , which he practiced until 2006. That year he won the Norwegian Junior Championship. In 2007 he moved to Jenzer Motorsport , for which he competed in various Formula Renault championships. Varhaug was most successful in the Swiss series, in which he was runner-up. In 2008 he stayed with Jenzer Motorsport. While he reached 14th place in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , he won the championship title of the Italian Formula Renault. In 2009 Varhaug started for Jenzer Motorsport in the international Formula Master . While his team mate Fabio Leimer dominated the championship, Varhaug achieved five podium finishes and finished fifth overall at the end of the season. Behind Alexander Rossi , he was the second best newcomer.

In 2010 , Varhaug stayed with Jenzer Motorsport and switched with the team to the newly founded GP3 series . He made history with a win in the first race of the new series. In the following races, however, he did not manage to build on the initial success and he did not get into the points. At the end of the season he finished 13th overall. In 2011 Varhaug switched to DAMS and competed in the GP2 Asia and GP2 series . In the GP2 Asia series he was 13th at the end of the season , while his teammate Romain Grosjean won the title. The season was similar in the GP2 series . While Grosjean won the championship, Varhaug remained without points and finished the season in 23rd place overall.

In 2012 Varhaug took part in the Auto GP World Series for Virtuosi Racing UK . At first he only had a contract for the first event. After a second place in the first race, he won the second race and took over the championship lead. Varhaug kept the cockpit and finished the season with a total of three wins in second place in the drivers' championship. With 183 to 221 he was defeated by the master Adrian Quaife-Hobbs . In 2013 Varhaug returned to the GP2 series. He received a cockpit at Hilmer Motorsport . At the third event he was replaced by Jon Lancaster . He hadn't scored any points. He did not complete any other races that year.

In 2014 Varhaug returned to the GP3 series and competed again for Jenzer Motorsport. A fifth place was his best individual placement and he finished the season in 17th place overall. He also took part in an Auto GP event for Virtuosi Racing UK. In 2015 , Varhaug stayed with Jenzer Motorsport in the GP3 series. He lost to his two team-mates and was 19th in the drivers' championship.

statistics

Career stations

1996-2006: karting 2007: Swiss Formula Renault (2nd place) 2007: Italian Formula Renault 2007: Northern European Formula Renault (39th place) 2008: Italian Formula Renault (champions)

2008: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (14th place) 2009 : International Formula Masters (5th place) 2010 : GP3 series (13th place) 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (13th place) 2011 : GP2 series (23rd place)

2012 : Auto GP (2nd place) 2013 : GP2 series (31st place) 2014 : GP3 series (17th place) 2014 : Auto GP (15th place) 2015 : GP3 series (19th 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	17th	18th	Points	rank
2010	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA				10	13.
		1	DNF	15th	18th	11	8th	14th	9	12	DNF	17th	23	15th	17th	14th	19th
2014	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE		12	17th
		12	DNF	13	9	11	DNF	19th	DNF	21st	14th	5	8th	DNF	11	10	DNF	14th	9
2015	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE		5	19th
		21st	18th	11	DNS	16	19th	9	7th	DNF	10	DNF	14th	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	11	8th

Individual results in the GP2 Asia series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	Points	rank
2011	DAMS	UAE		ITA		1	13.
		DNF	20th	13	6th

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
2011	DAMS	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA						0	23.
		18th	21st	15th	8th	DNF	21st	13	10	16	23	DNF	17th	13	DNF	13	18th	11	10
2013	Hilmer Motorsport	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE		0	31.
		15th	19th	DNF	21st

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Addax brings Sanchez Lopez into GP3" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 11, 2010)
2. ↑ "Back at DAMS: Grosjean wants the GP2 title" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 25, 2011)
3. ^ "Pal Varhaug nel primo round di Monza con il team Virtuosi UK" (stopandgo.tv on March 5, 2012)
4. ↑ GP2 Series Official: "Tweet from 11:49 PM". twitter.com, March 20, 2013, accessed on March 21, 2013 (English): "Drivers' announcement - @ ConorDaly22 & @varhaug join Hilmer Motorsport in Malaysia # GP2 #ShutUpAndDrive" 
5. ↑ Norman Fischer: "Hilmer: Lancaster replaces Varhaug". Motorsport-Total.com, May 8, 2013, accessed May 8, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Peter Allen: “Jenzer confirm GP3 trio of Varhaug, Tuscher and Fong”. paddockscout.com, May 3, 2014, accessed May 4, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Peter Allen: Jenzer keep Pal Varhaug on for 2015 GP3 season. paddockscout.com, March 13, 2015, accessed March 18, 2015 . 

Web links

• Official website of Pål Varhaug
• Career statistics of Pål Varhaug (English)