Paul di Resta

Paul di Resta

Nation:	United Kingdom
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2007
Teams (manufacturers)
2007 Persson  • 2008–2010, 2014–2018 HWA (all Mercedes-Benz ) • 2019 R-Motorsport ( Aston Martin )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 126 11 8th 10
Podiums:	37
Overall wins:	1 ( 2010 )
Points:	793
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Hungarian Grand Prix 2017
Constructors
2011–2013  Force India  • 2017  Williams
statistics
World Cup balance:	Twelfth World Cup ( 2013 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 59 - - -
World Cup points :	121
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	4 over 21.6 km

Paul di Resta (born April 16, 1986 in Uphall , West Lothian , Scotland ) is a British racing driver .

Di Resta won the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2006 . From 2007 to 2010 he was active in the DTM for several Mercedes-Benz teams. In 2010 he won the overall ranking with HWA . From 2011 to 2013 di Resta drove for Force India in Formula 1 . His best overall placement in this series was twelfth in 2013. Since 2014, di Resta has been competing for HWA in the DTM.

Di Resta is the cousin of the racing drivers Dario and Marino Franchitti .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1994-2006)

Di Resta began his motorsport career in karting in 1994 , where he was active until 2002. He also made his formula racing debut in the winter championship of the British Formula Renault in 2002 and finished twelfth. In 2003 di Resta competed in the British Formula Renault and finished seventh overall with a win. In 2004 he played his second season in this series for the British team Manor Motorsport . He won four races and improved to third place overall. Di Resta also won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 2004 .

In 2005 di Resta switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series and stayed with Manor Motorsport. He achieved a podium placement and finished tenth overall at the end of the season. His team-mate Lucas di Grassi , who finished third, was inferior to him. In 2006 di Resta played his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series. He switched to the ASM Formule 3 championship team, which had won the championship with Lewis Hamilton the previous year . Di Resta won five races and thus secured the championship title. His biggest rival was his team-mate Sebastian Vettel , who eventually became runner-up. Di Resta also won the Formula 3 Masters in Zandvoort .

DTM (2007-2010)

Paul di Resta at the 2009 season opener at the Hockenheimring

For the 2007 season he was hired by Mercedes-Benz for the Persson Motorsport team for the DTM and received a two-year-old version of the AMG-Mercedes C-Class . He made DTM history by being the first driver to lead the overall standings in a so-called “year-old car”. At the end of his first DTM season, he finished fifth in the overall standings, ahead of the reigning champion Bernd Schneider , who drove a current Mercedes model. In his first season di Resta managed four podium finishes, but he was denied a win.

Thanks to his good performance, di Resta received a current version of the AMG-Mercedes C-Class from the HWA team in the 2008 season . In the fourth race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz he achieved his first DTM victory and he also set the DTM lap record on this track. With another victory in Barcelona and another five second places, di Resta only had to admit defeat to Audi driver Timo Scheider at the end of the season . In 2009 di Resta stayed with HWA and contested his third DTM season. At the beginning of the season he did not succeed in building on the successes of the previous year. After winning a race at Brands Hatch , he took another two podiums and eventually finished third overall.

At the Malaysian Grand Prix 2010 di Resta was allowed to participate in the first free practice for Force India

After taking part in official Formula 1 test drives for Force India at the end of 2009 , he was signed by Force India as a test driver for the 2010 season in February 2010 . In this role, di Resta took part in eight Friday training sessions for his team as part of the Formula 1 racing weekends. He made his debut at the Australian Grand Prix . In parallel to his test driver engagement, di Resta stayed with HWA in the DTM and contested his fourth season in 2010 . After initially having to settle for three second places, he scored his first win of the season at his home race at Brands Hatch and won three races in a row with further victories at Oschersleben and Hockenheim . At the season finale in Shanghai , a second place was enough for him to win the championship ahead of his team mates Gary Paffett and Bruno Spengler .

Formula 1 (2011-2013)

Di Resta in Force India at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix

In 2011 di Resta left the DTM and switched to Formula 1 as a regular driver. At Force India, he completed his first Formula 1 season alongside Adrian Sutil . In the first two races he finished in tenth place, for which there was a point. After two more points, he achieved his best result to date at the Singapore Grand Prix in sixth place. He finished the season as the best newcomer in 13th place in the drivers' standings and was internally defeated by Sutil with 27 to 42 points. In the 2011 season, Di Resta was the pilot who completed the most laps with 1105 of 1133 possible laps.

In 2012 , di Resta stayed with Force India and contested his second Formula 1 season. With Nico Hülkenberg he got a new teammate. Di Resta crossed the finish line in nine of the twenty races. At the Singapore Grand Prix he achieved his best result of the season with fourth place, which was his best result in Formula 1 to date. Di Resta finished 14th in the drivers' standings and was defeated by Hülkenberg within the team with 46 to 63 points.

In 2013 di Resta was again under contract with Force India. He started the season with an eighth place in Australia . At the Bahrain Grand Prix , di Resta was one of the top three positions for a long time. He finally finished in fourth place. It was his best finish of the season. Di Resta finished the world championship in twelfth place. With 48 to 29 points he prevailed internally against Sutil. After the season, di Resta lost his cockpit at Force India.

DTM (since 2014)

Paul di Resta in the DTM at Hockenheim 2014

Di Resta came in 2014 back into the DTM. He received a cockpit with the Mercedes HWA team. Three fourth places were his best results. He was 15th in the drivers' championship. In 2015 di Resta stayed with HWA in the DTM. He chose the 3 as his starting number. At the first race weekend at Hockenheim, he achieved his first DTM podium finish after his return with a third place. In the further course of the season he was on the podium twice. He improved to eighth place in the drivers' standings and was the second best Mercedes driver behind the champion Pascal Wehrlein .

In 2016 di Resta contested another DTM season for HWA. He won a race at the first race weekend in Hockenheim. During the season he reached three more podium finishes. He was again - this time behind Robert Wickens - the second best Mercedes driver and finished the season in fifth place.

In 2017 di Resta stayed in the DTM. He was also a substitute driver for Williams in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship . In this function he took part in the Hungarian Grand Prix as a representative for the sick Felipe Massa .

In 2018 di Resta competed again for HWA in the DTM. With three wins and three further podium finishes, di Resta finished the season in third place overall and was the second-best Mercedes driver after Gary Paffett , who won the championship. With the withdrawal of HWA and Mercedes from the DTM, di Resta's involvement there also ended.

In 2019 , di Resta switched to R-Motorsport within the DTM , where he will drive one of the four vehicles from DTM newcomer Aston Martin .

statistics

Career stations

1994-2002: karting 2002: British Formula Renault , winter championship (12th place) 2003: British Formula Renault (7th place) 2004: British Formula Renault (3rd place) 2005 : Formula 3 Euro Series (10th place) 2006 : Formula 3 Euro Series (champions) 2007 : DTM (5th place) 2008 : DTM (2nd place)

2009 : DTM (3rd place) 2009 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2010 : DTM (champions) 2010 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2011 : Formula 1 (13th place) 2012 : Formula 1 (14th place) 2013 : Formula 1 (12th place) 2014 : DTM (15th place)

2015 : DTM (8th place) 2016 : DTM (5th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : DTM (11th place) 2017 : Formula 1 2018 : DTM (3rd place) 2018/19 : Asian Le Mans Series, LMP2 (champions) 2019 : DTM

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: end of season 2017

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2011	Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM04	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	27	13.
2012	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM05	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	20th	-	-	-	-	-	46	14th
2013	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India VJM06	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	48	12.
2017	Williams Martini Racing	Williams FW40	Mercedes 1.6 V6 Turbo	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
total				59	-	-	-	-	-	121

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2011
	10	10	11	DNF	12	12	18 *	14th	15th	13	7th	11	8th	6th	12	10	13	9	8th
2012
	10	7th	12	6th	14th	7th	11	7th	DNF	11	12	10	8th	4th	12	12	12	9	15th	19 *
2013
	8th	DNF	8th	4th	7th	9	7th	9	11	18 *	DNF	DNF	20 *	DNF	11	8th	6th	15th	11
2017
											DNF

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2018	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Philip Hanson	Filipe Albuquerque	failure	accident
2019	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Philip Hanson	Filipe Albuquerque	Rank 9

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2018	United Autosports	Ligier JS P217	Alex Brundle	Philip Hanson	Rank 5

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	19th	20th	Points	rank
2007	Persson Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1	OSC	LAU	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	ONLY	BAR	HO2											32	5.
			5	2	2	DNF	15th	3	14th	6th	3	8th
2008	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	BAR	LEM	HO2										71	2.
			13	4th	2	1	5	7th	2	2	1	2	2
2009	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	ONLY	BRH	BAR	DIJ	HO2											45	3.
			5	4th	7th	6th	4th	DNF	1	7th	2	3
2010	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HO2	ADR	SHA										71	1.
			4th	5	2	10	2	2	1	1	1	9	2
2014	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2											36	15th
			14th	4th	18th	15th	DNF	18th	4th	DNF	DNF	4th
2015	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2				90	8th.
			3	22nd	14th	15th	DNF	6th	DNF	14th	3	9	14th	15th	13	6th	12	2	4th	4th
2016	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2				116	5.
			4th	1	7th	15th	13	21 *	3	4th	15th	8th	2	20th	6th	DNF	DNF	13	10	3
2017	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2				99	11.
			8th	6th	16	13	1	6th	11	6th	14th	DSQ	7th	DNF	2	2	11	9	14th	16
2018	HWA AG	Mercedes	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2		233	3.
			7th	9	6th	4th	1	5	4th	6th	2	3	16	1	1	6th	18th	2	4th	4th	8th	14th

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

Web links

Commons : Paul di Resta  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career Stats Paul di Resta (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Stewart believes di Resta will have a great career" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 12, 2010)
2. ^ "Paffett / Di Resta: Successful foray into Formula 1" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 4, 2009)
3. ^ "Official: Di Resta becomes Force India Friday driver " (Motorsport-Total.com on February 4, 2010)
4. ↑ "Force India is still optimistic" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 26, 2010)
5. ^ "Official: Mercedes presents driver squad 2010" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 15, 2010)
6. ↑ "Official: Force India brings di Resta and Hülkenberg into the team" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 26, 2011)
7. ↑ "Di Resta honored as 'Rookie of the Year'" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 9, 2011)
8. ↑ "Official comeback: Force India confirms Hülkenberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 16, 2011)
9. ↑ "Official: Di Resta back in the DTM". Motorsport-Total.com, January 21, 2014, accessed January 21, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Mercedes announces DTM driver squad: Vitali Petrow flies! Motorsport-Total.com, January 30, 2015, accessed January 30, 2015 . 
11. ↑ DTM 2019: Paul Di Resta starts in the Aston Martin Vantage. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 14, 2019, accessed March 5, 2019 .