Scott Speed

Scott Speed

status	active
NASCAR Cup Series statistics
Best placement	30.- (2010)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 76 - - 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics
Best placement	34th - (2009)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 13 - 1 8th
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
Best placement	21st - (2008)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 16 1 1 9
Data status: November 22, 2010

Scott Speed

Nation:	United States
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
Last start:	2007 European Grand Prix
Constructors
2006-2007 Toro Rosso
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-20. ( 2006 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 28 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983 in Manteca , California ) is an American racing driver . He started in Formula 1 in 2006 and 2007 and was most recently active in NASCAR .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

Scott Speed's career began at the age of 12 in karting , which he engaged in from 1995 to 2000, before advancing to the Formula Series in 2001 and becoming the US Formula Russell Champion. He drove both in the US Barber Formula Dodge and in the 2002 Star Mazda Series . In 2003 he started for the ADR team in the British Formula 3 . In 2004 Scott Speed ​​won two championship titles: the first in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and the second in the German Formula Renault .

Due to his good performances he was able to drive in the opening season of the GP2 series in 2005 as number two for the iSport team next to Can Artam , later he became the team's first driver. He contested a total of 13 races, achieved a pole position and finished the season with 67.5 points in third behind Nico Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen . During the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix , Scott Speed ​​worked as a test driver for Red Bull Racing and became the first US driver since Michael Andretti to take part in a Formula 1 weekend again. Scott Speed ​​also drove for Team USA in the A1GP racing series in the same year .

formula 1

Speed ​​at the 2006 Canadian GP

After Red Bull Racing took over Minardi , they announced the creation of Scuderia Toro Rosso with Scott Speed ​​and Vitantonio Liuzzi as drivers. At the 2006 Australian Grand Prix , he was the eighth driver to cross the finish line and initially scored a World Championship point for Scuderia Toro Rosso. This placement was later revoked because he had overtaken during one of the numerous safety car phases. Eighth place (and thus the world championship point) was awarded to David Coulthard , the first driver of the parent team Red Bull Racing. Since Scott Speed ​​abused Coulthard at the trial, he also had to pay a fine of $ 5000.

Speed ​​ended the season with no points and it was questionable for a long time whether he would also drive in Formula 1 in 2007 . After tests by Sébastien Bourdais , Speed ​​was only confirmed shortly before the start of the season as the second driver alongside Liuzzi - apparently a measure that Toro Rosso hoped that Speed ​​would improve in 2007.

Nevertheless, Speed ​​continued to struggle with the difficult to drive car. After the European Grand Prix , where he slipped off the track in the rain like his team-mate Liuzzi, who had to complain about a mechanical defect, there was a dispute with team principal Franz Tost. According to Speed, Tost rammed his fist in the back and pushed him against a wall.

After this incident there was no longer any basis for cooperation. After much speculation in the trade press Toro Rosso announced on 31 July 2007 that Scott Speed from the Hungarian Grand Prix by the former test driver for BMW Sauber , Sebastian Vettel will be replaced.

NASCAR

In 2007, Speed ​​made his stockcar debut in the ARCA Racing Series in preparation for his NASCAR career . On April 26, 2008, he won his first stock car victory in the ARCA RE / MAX Series race at Kansas Speedway . Three more wins followed, so Speed ​​had a chance to win the championship. In the course of the last race of the season there was a collision with championship contender Ricky Stenhouse jr. As a result, Speed ​​rammed Stenhouse Jr. intentionally. For this he had to put up with harsh criticism from the ranks of NASCAR and ARCA.

In addition to his ARCA involvement, Speed ​​also took part in races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series . On May 30, 2008, he won the AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway in his sixth start in this series .

In the 2009 season , Speed ​​began as a full-time driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup , the highest NASCAR division. However, the season was without any highlights, Speed ​​only achieved a top 10 position once. In the overall driver standings it was only 35th place. In the 2010 season , too, his performance did not improve significantly, so that he only achieved 30th place overall. Because of the poor performance, his contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

In 2011, Speed ​​signed a deal with Dragon Racing for the Indianapolis 500 , but was unable to qualify for the race due to technical problems. In July of the same year he made his comeback in the NASCAR Sprint Cup at the Brickyard 400 .

Formula E.

In 2015 , Speed ​​competed in the Miami ePrix of the FIA Formula E Championship for Andretti Autosport . With a second place he immediately achieved a podium position and was also used in the next three races.

Personal

Scott Speed ​​currently resides in Mount Holly , North Carolina .

statistics

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	23	Points	rank
2005	iSport International	ITA		ESP		MON	GER		FRA		GBR		GER		HUN		DOOR		ITA		BEL		BRN		67.5	3.
		3	DNF	2	3	4th	16	12	15th	18th	4th	2	4th	3	DNF	19th	5	4th	DNF	15th	4th	4th	DNF	19th

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.
2006	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR1	Cosworth 3.0 V10	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th
2007	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR2	Ferrari 2.4 V8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st
total				28	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th
2006
	13	DNF	9	15th	11	DNF	13	DNF	10	DNF	10	12	11	13	13	14th	18th	11
2007
	DNF	14th	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF

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	Points	rank
2014/15	Andretti Autosport	AT	PUT	PUN	BUE	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON		18th	15th
						2	DNF	12	13

( Legend )

Web links

Commons : Scott Speed  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Scott Speed ​​Official Website
• Driver statistics on racing-reference.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Speed ​​accuses his team boss of a physical attack" (Motorsport-total.com on July 24, 2007)
2. ↑ "Speed outruns Sprague, Hornaday for first victory" (NASCAR.com on May 30, 2008)
3. ↑ Scott Speed ​​drives NASCAR again (Motorsport-total.com on July 27, 2011)
4. ^ Scott Speed ​​to race for Andretti in Miami. (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, March 5, 2015, archived from the original on March 7, 2015 ; accessed on March 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.