Sébastien Buemi

Sébastien Buemi

Nation:	Switzerland
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2009 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
Constructors
2009-2011  Toro Rosso
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-15. ( 2011 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 55 - - -
World Cup points :	29
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	1 over 4.4 km

Sébastien Buemi (born October 31, 1988 in Aigle ) is a Swiss - Italian racing driver . He started from 2009 to 2011 for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula 1 . He has been a Formula 1 test and reserve driver at Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso since 2012 . Buemi has also been driving for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) since 2012 and for e.dams in the FIA Formula E Championship since 2014 . In 2014 he became the WEC driver world champion; In 2016 he won the Formula E drivers' title in 2018 and in 2019 he won the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1994-2005)

Buemi, who has both a Swiss and an Italian passport, drove his first kart races back in 1994 at the age of six . His greatest success in karting was the European and Italian runner-up in the junior kart championship in the ICA class in 2002.

In 2004 Buemi switched to formula racing and initially competed for Lars Kaufmann Motorsport in the German Formula BMW . He was immediately third in the championship. In 2005 Buemi stayed in the German Formula BMW and switched to Mücke Motorsport . He was involved in a title duel with Nico Hülkenberg until the last race . At the last race weekend in Hockenheim , Buemi suddenly braked heavily while in the lead during a safety car phase, whereupon Hülkenberg overtook him and was the first to finish the race. As a result, both received a 30-second penalty. Hülkenberg because of unauthorized overtaking under safety car conditions and Buemi because of his dangerous driving style. Buemi's sentence was later withdrawn, however, which initially made him a master. A protest on the part of Hülkenberg's Josef Kaufmann Racing team was granted by the DMSB appeals court, which ultimately gave Buemi's maneuver a 60-second penalty, whereupon Hülkenberg won the championship ahead of Buemi. He also took second place at the Formula BMW World Finals, whereupon the energy drink manufacturer Red Bull accepted him into its sponsorship program. Buemi also took part in a race in the Spanish Formula 3 championship for Racing Engineering .

Formula 3 Euro Series and GP2 Series (2006–2008)

In 2006 Buemi stayed with Mücke Motorsport and switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series . He won a race and was on the podium three times. He finished the season in twelfth place overall. With 31 to 32 points he narrowly defeated his teammate Jonathan Summerton . For Mücke he also came third in the Formula 3 Masters . At the Macau Grand Prix he came fourth for Carlin . Buemi also competed for Motopark Academy in some races of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Northern European Formula Renault . He finished seventh with two wins in the Northern European Formula Renault and eleventh with one win in the Eurocup. In the winter of 2006/07 that followed , Buemi took part in twelve races in the A1GP series as one of three drivers for the Swiss team . Three fourth places were his best results. In 2007 Buemi contested his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series for Mücke Motorsport. With three wins and another ten podium finishes, he narrowly lost the title to Romain Grosjean . With 95 to 8 points, he clearly decided the team-internal duel against Edoardo Piscopo . Buemi also made his debut in the GP2 series in the 2007 season and competed in eleven races for ART Grand Prix . At the end of the season he finished 21st overall in this series.

Buemi in the GP2 series (2008)

In the winter of 2008 Buemi switched to the Arden team and competed in the new GP2 Asia series . Buemi decided one race for himself and came second four times. With 37 to 61 points he was again runner-up behind Romain Grosjean. In 2008 , Buemi stayed with Arden in the GP2 series . At the same time, he became a test and reserve driver for the Formula 1 racing team Red Bull Racing . In the GP2 series, Buemi collected a total of 50 points in 2008, won two races and finished sixth in the championship standings.

Formula 1 (2009-2011)

Buemi in the Toro Rosso STR04 at the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix

In 2009 Buemi received a Formula 1 cockpit at Scuderia Toro Rosso , Red Bull's sister team. He became the first Swiss since Jean-Denis Delétraz in 1995 to contest a Formula 1 Grand Prix. His team-mate was Sébastien Bourdais , who drove for Toro Rosso last year. Buemi already managed to score two points in seventh place at his first Grand Prix in Australia . Two races later at the Chinese Grand Prix , Buemi crossed the finish line in eighth place again. In the further course of the season he initially scored no further points, as Toro Rosso developed more slowly compared to the other teams. However, Buemi regularly qualified in qualifying ahead of his team-mates Bourdais. Together with good performance in the race for the circumstances, it became clear after a few races that Buemi was able to keep up with his more experienced teammates. Thus Buemi was indirectly responsible for the dismissal of Bourdai. His new teammate from the Hungarian Grand Prix was Jaime Alguersuari , who, like Buemi, completed his first Formula 1 season and came out of the Red Bull funding program. In the last two races of the season in Brazil and Abu Dhabi , Buemi managed to score points again in seventh and eighth respectively. With six points, he finished his first season in 16th place overall.

Buemi led a Grand Prix for the first time at the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix

In 2010 Buemi competed for Toro Rosso again. In free practice for the Chinese Grand Prix , Buemi made headlines with a strange accident in which both front wheels broke off when braking. Buemi left the car unharmed in the gravel bed. At the Canadian Grand Prix , Buemi took the lead in a race for the first time in his Formula 1 career and held it for one lap. He also achieved his best season position with an eighth place. At the end of the season he again finished 16th in the drivers' world championship. With eight to five points, he again prevailed against Alguersuari internally.

In 2011 Buemi completed his third Formula 1 season for Toro Rosso. With two eighth places in Australia and Hungary as the best results, he achieved a total of seven points. At the end of the season he was defeated by Alguersuari with 15 to 26 points and finished the season in 15th place overall. Buemi lost his Toro Rosso cockpit after three years. Alguersuari was also no longer employed.

Endurance World Championship and FIA Formula E Championship (since 2012)

In 2012 Buemi was signed by Toyota Racing for the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). It was only used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans - the only race in which Toyota registered two vehicles. In 2012 he also competed for Boutsen Ginion Racing in a run in the European Le Mans Series (ELMS). In addition, Buemi remained employed by Red Bull. This season he took on the role of Formula 1 test and reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and its sister team Toro Rosso.

In 2013 , Toyota expanded its WEC commitment and consistently used the vehicle from Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Stéphane Sarrazin . The three won the Bahrain 6-hour race and stood on the podium three more times. Among other things, at the 24-hour race at Le Mans , where the trio came in second. The three drivers finished the world championship in third place. In addition, Buemi stayed with Red Bull and Toro Rosso in 2013 as a test and reserve driver.

In 2014 Buemi and Davidson got a new team-mate at Toyota in Nicolas Lapierre . The three drivers won the first two races at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps . In Le Mans and Austin they reached the third place. Then Lapierre left the team, so that Buemi and Davidson contested the second half of the season as a duo. The two won the next races in Fuji and Shanghai . In the eight races of the season they were only off the podium once. Buemi and Davidson won the drivers' world championship. It was the first world championship title for both of them. In addition, Buemi was again test and reserve driver for Red Bull and Toro Rosso in 2014 . In the 2014/15 season Buemi went for e.dams in the newly founded Formula E at the start. After a failure in the first race, he managed a podium finish with a third place at the second ePrix in Putrajaya . In the third race, the Punta del Este ePrix , he won for the first time. In the next race in Buenos Aires Buemi retired while in the lead. Buemi won the Monaco ePrix starting from pole position. This made him the first Formula E driver to win more than one race. At the last ePrix in London , where there were two races, Buemi won the first race. In the last race of the season he was fifth and missed winning the title by one point. With 143 to 144 points he was defeated by Nelson Piquet Jr. and finished second overall.

In 2015 Buemi stayed with Davidson at Toyota in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. Kazuki Nakajima , who skipped a race, became her new teammate. A third place at the season opener at Silverstone was her only podium finish. Buemi and Davidson reached fifth place overall. In addition, Buemi will again compete for e.dams in Formula E in the 2015/16 season . He won the first race in Beijing from pole position and set the fastest race lap. In the Putrajaya ePrix that followed, Buemi fell back into midfield with technical problems in the lead and finally came in twelfth. He then won the ePrix in Punta del Este . At the subsequent Buenos Aires ePrix , Buemi achieved second place starting from last place. A race later in Mexico City , Buemi fought a close duel with Jérôme D'Ambrosio , which D'Ambrosio won. Buemi came second behind him. In the seventh race in Paris , he achieved third place. Then he won the Berlin ePrix . At the last race of the season in London , Buemi was in the title duel with Lucas di Grassi . Both started the race with the same number of points, at the start of which both drivers collided with each other. So both drivers tried to achieve the fastest race lap with the second car in order to win the championship with the bonus points. Buemi finally prevailed and won the FIA ​​Formula E championship with 155 to 153 points ahead of di Grassi.

In 2016 Buemi, Davidson and Nakajima competed again for Toyota Gazoo Racing in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship. Third place in the Shanghai 6 Hours was the best result of the trio, which ended the World Championship in eighth place. Buemi also stayed with e.dams for the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Championship . As in the previous year, he won the first race, which this time took place in Hong Kong . He also won the ePrix that followed in Marrakech and Buenos Aires . This made him the first driver to win three Formula E races in a row. Although he was able to win three more races in the course of the season, he had to cede the driver's title to di Grassi after he was disqualified in Berlin and Montreal and the two races in New York because of a clash with the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship had to leave out. As in 2015, he finished second overall.

In 2017 Buemi initially took part in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC) 24-hour race at Daytona for Rebellion Racing . In the FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18 , he failed to win a season for the first time since the series began. With a second and three third places as the best results, he finished fourth in the drivers' championship at the end of the season.

In the 2018/19 season , Buemi competed for e.dams again, but the team now started with Nissan engines . With a win and three further podium results, all of which he achieved in the last four races, he finished second in the drivers' championship with 119 points at the end of the season. In addition, with a second and a third place, he finished fifth in the overall ranking of the voestalpine European Races , in which only podium places in the races on the European continent were considered.

Personal

Buemi's cousin Natacha Gachnang is also a racing driver, his grandfather Georges Gachnang took part in the 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1960 and manufactured racing and sports cars under the Établissements Cegga brand in the 1960s .

statistics

Career stations

1994-2003: karting 2004 : German Formula BMW (3rd place) 2005 : German Formula BMW (2nd place) 2005: Spanish Formula 3 2006 : Formula 3 Euro Series (12th place) 2006: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (11th place) 2006: Northern European Formula Renault (7th place) 2007 : A1GP 2007 : Formula 3 Euro Series (2nd place) 2007 : GP2 series (21st place) 2008 : GP2 Asia Series (2nd place)

2008 : GP2 series (6th place) 2008 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2009 : Formula 1 (16th place) 2010 : Formula 1 (16th place) 2011 : Formula 1 (15th place) 2012 : WEC (103rd place) 2012 : ELMS , LMP2 2012 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2013 : WEC (3rd place) 2013 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2014 : WEC (World Champion)

2014 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2015 : Formula E (2nd place) 2015 : WEC (5th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2016 : Formula E (champions) 2016 : WEC (8th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2017 : Formula E (2nd place) 2017 : IWSC , Prototype 2017 : WEC (2nd place) 2018 : Formula E (4th place) 2020 : Formula 1 (test driver)

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.
2009	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR4	Ferrari 2.4 V8	17th	-	-	-	-	-	6th	16.
2010	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	16.
2011	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR6	Ferrari 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	15th	15th
total				55	-	-	-	-	-	29

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th
2009
	7th	16 *	8th	17th	DNF	DNF	15th	18th	16	16	DNF	12	13	DNF	DNF	7th	8th
2010
	16	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	10	16	8th	9	12	DNF	12	12	11	14th	10	DNF	13	15th
2011
	8th	13	14th	9	14th	10	10	13	DNF	15th	8th	DNF	10	12	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	12

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	e.dams Renault	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON							143	2.
		DNF	3	1	DNF	(13)	4th	1	2 °	°9 °	1	°5 °
2015/16	Renault e.dams	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER	LON								155	1.
		1	12	1	2	2	*16 *	°3 °	°1 °	°5 °	°DNF °
2016/17	Renault e.dams	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						157	2.
		°1 °	°1 °	°1 °	°13 °	°1 °	°1 °	°DSQ °	°1 °			°DSQ °	°11 °
2017/18	Renault e.dams	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						125	4th
		11	10	°2 °	°3 °	°3 °	°DNF °	°6 °	°5 °	°4 °	°5 °	°3 °	°4 °
2018/19	Nissan e.dams	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					119	2.
		6th	°8 °	°DNF °	* °21 * °	°DNF °	°8 °	°5 °	°15 °	°5 °	°2 °	°3 °	°1 °	°3 °

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2012	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030	Stéphane Sarrazin	Anthony Davidson	failure	accident
2013	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS030	Stéphane Sarrazin	Anthony Davidson	Rank 2
2014	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Nicolas Lapierre	Anthony Davidson	Rank 3
2015	Toyota Racing	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Kazuki Nakajima	Anthony Davidson	Rank 8
2016	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Kazuki Nakajima	Anthony Davidson	not classified
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Kazuki Nakajima	Anthony Davidson	Rank 8
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Kazuki Nakajima	Fernando Alonso	Overall victory
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	Kazuki Nakajima	Fernando Alonso	Overall victory

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	Rebellion Racing	Oreca 07	Neel Jani	Nick Heidfeld	failure	alternator

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
2012	Toyota	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	SEB	SPA	LEM	SIL	SAO	BAH	FUJ	SHA
					DNF
2013	Toyota	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	SIL	SPA	LEM	SAO	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			3	4th	2	DNF	2	15th	DNF	1
2014	Toyota	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	SIL	SPA	LEM	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH	SAO
			1	1	3	3	1	1	10	2
2015	Toyota	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			3	8th	8th	5	4th	5	6th	4th
2016	Toyota	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			16	27	DNF	5	DNF	5	4th	3	4th
2017	Toyota	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	SIL	SPA	LEM	ONLY	MEX	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BAH
			1	1	6th	4th	3	3	1	1	1
2018/19	Toyota	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	SPA	LEM	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LEM
			1	1	DNF	2	2	1	1	1
2019/20	Toyota	Toyota TS050 Hybrid	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BAH	OUT	SEB	SPA	LEM
			2	1	2	2

Web links

Commons : Sébastien Buemi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Sébastien Buemi
• Career statistics by Sébastien Buemi (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swiss television, March 25, 2009 ( Memento from April 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (only available within Switzerland)
2. ^ Formula BMW: Hülkenberg is awarded the championship title. (No longer available online.) Motorsport2000.de, November 3, 2005, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 2, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ "Toro Rosso: Buemi contract confirmed" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 9, 2009)
4. ↑ "Buemi: 'I was also in contact with other teams'" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 9, 2009)
5. ↑ "Bizarre accident overshadows the first training session" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 16, 2010)
6. ↑ "So yes: Buemi stays with Toro Rosso" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 19, 2010)
7. ↑ "Toyota takes Buemi and Davidson" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 10, 2012)
8. ↑ “Sebastien Buemi confirmed as Red Bull Racing's reserve and test driver” (autosport.com on January 5, 2012)
9. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Buemi remains the third man at Red Bull". Motorsport-Total.com, January 22, 2013, accessed January 23, 2013 . 
10. ↑ "Buemi and Prost start for e.dams". Motorsport-Total.com, June 30, 2014, accessed June 30, 2014 . 
11. ^ Norman Fischer: Officially: Renault e.dams extended with Buemi and Prost. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2015, accessed on August 28, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Norman Fischer: Duel on the border: Bad blood at D'Ambrosio and Buemi. Motorsport-Total.com, March 13, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Norman Fischer: Buemi new Formula E champion after a controversial start crash. Motorsport-Total.com, July 3, 2016, accessed July 3, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Andreas Haupt: Toyota gets Kobayashi for WEC LMP1-Toyota TS050 in a new look. auto-motor-und-sport.de, February 4, 2016, accessed on February 5, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Norman Fischer: Renault: Buemi and Prost for third Formula E season confirmed. Motorsport-Total.com, May 20, 2016, accessed May 20, 2016 . 
16. ^ John Dagys: Rebellion Confirms NAEC Program; Jani, Buemi, Heidfeld for Rolex 24. sportscar365.com, November 30, 2016, accessed on February 18, 2017 (English).