Simon Trummer

Simon Trummer (2008)

Simon Trummer (born June 8, 1989 in Frutigen ) is a Swiss automobile racing driver . He competed in the GP2 series from 2012 to 2015 . In 2014 and 2015 Trummer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Career

Trummer began his motorsport career in karting in 1999 , where he was active until 2007. Among other things, he was runner-up in the Swiss Junior Kart Championship in 2003. After 2006 in the Formula Lista Junior his first experience in Formula racing had made and finished the season in 18th place, he went in 2007 in the Swiss Formula Renault at the start and finished seventh overall. In 2008 Trummer stayed in the Swiss Formula Renault. He won two races and was runner-up behind Christopher Zanella . He also competed in six Italian Formula Renault races.

After the Swiss competed in two international Formula Master races for the Iris Project in 2008 , he received a contract with the racing team for the 2009 season . With a third place as the best result, he finished 11th in the championship at the end of the season. In 2010 , Trummer started for Jenzer Motorsport in the new GP3 series . After an accident at Hockenheim in which he sustained a back injury with one broken and three broken vertebrae, he had to take a break from racing. In contrast to his teammates Nico Müller and Pål Varhaug , Trummer did not win a race and only scored points in two races. At the end of the season he finished 25th overall. In 2011 Trummer stayed in the GP3 series and started for MW Arden . While his teammates Mitch Evans and Lewis Williamson each won a race, fourth place was his best place. He finished the championship in 18th place. After the season he took part in the 2011 GP2 Final for Arden and finished 21st.

In 2012 , Trummer started for Arden International in the GP2 series . While his team-mate Luiz Razia was runner-up, Trummer reached 23rd place in the drivers' standings with a seventh place as the best result. For the 2013 season, Trummer moved to Rapax within the GP2 series . At the season opener in Sepang , Trummer scored points in both races and with a sixth place in the sprint race, his best GP2 result to date. In the main race at the Hungaroring , he achieved another sixth place. He finished the season in 21st place overall with 20 points, while his teammate Stefano Coletti had reached fifth place with 135 points. In 2014 , Trummer completed another GP2 season for Rapax. At the season opener in as-Sachir , Trummer came seventh from the pit lane with a different strategy. In the sprint race that followed, he achieved his first podium finish in GP2 with a second place. Trummer improved to 17th place in the overall ranking. In addition, Trummer made his debut for Lotus in 2014 in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and took part in a race.

In 2015 Trummer switched to the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship as a regular driver. He was given a cockpit with the ByKolles team , which in the previous year had used the name Lotus. With three eighth places as the best results, he was 15th in the world championship. Moreover, he returned for two race weekends for Hilmer Motorsport in the 2015 GP2 Series season back.

Personal

Trummer completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic.

statistics

Career stations

1999-2007: karting 2006: Formula Lista Junior (18th place) 2007: Swiss Formula Renault (7th place) 2008: Swiss Formula Renault (2nd place) 2008: Italian Formula Renault (33rd place)

2008 : International Formula Master (30th place) 2009 : International Formula Master (11th place) 2010 : GP3 series (25th place) 2011 : GP3 series (18th place) 2012 : GP2 series (23rd place)

2013 : GP2 series (21st place) 2014 : GP2 series (17th place) 2014 : WEC (28th place) 2015 : WEC (15th place) 2015 : GP2 series (31st place)

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	24	Points	rank
2012	Arden International	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		4th	23.
		22nd	16	16	8th	14th	24 *	23	20th	12	9	10	7th	15th	11	16	17th	13	13	15th	16	16	17th	DNF	14th
2013	Rapax	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				20th	21st
		9	6th	9	14th	19th	16	13	23	24	16	14th	9	6th	7th	12	11	DNF	16	16	13	13	7th
2014	Rapax	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				26th	17th
		7th	2	12	DNF	DNF	18th	20th	20th	25th	18th	6th	14th	11	13	18th	17th	19th	11	15th	21st	17th	16
2015	Hilmer Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				0	31.
								22nd	18th							16	16

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year	team	vehicle	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	Points	rank
2014	lotus	CLM P1 / 01	AER	SIL	SPA	LMS	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	SAO	0	28.
										DNF
2015	Team ByKolles	CLM P1 / 01	AER	SIL	SPA	LMS	ONLY	OUT	FUJ	SHA	BRN	13	15th
				DNF	DNF	DSQ	18th	8th	8th	8th	12

( Legend )

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	Team ByKolles	CLM P1 / 01	Pierre Kaffer	Tiago Monteiro	disqualified
2016	Team ByKolles	CLM P1 / 01	Pierre Kaffer	Oliver Webb	failure
2017	CEPC Manor TRS Racing	Oreca 07	Roberto González	Vitali Petrov	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2018	JDC Miller Motorsports	Oreca 07	Robert Alon	Nelson Panciatici	Rank 9
2019	JDC Miller Motorsports	Cadillac DPi-VR	Chris Miller	Stephen Simpson	Rank 8

Web links

Commons : Simon Trummer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Simon Trummer
• Career statistics from Simon Trummer (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Curriculum Vitae" (simontrummer.de, accessed on March 19, 2010)
2. ^ "IFM victory in Spa: Leimer for the fifth time" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 29, 2009)
3. ↑ "SIMON TRUMMER PRESENTING 2010 PLANS"  ( 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. (jenzermotorsport.ch on November 19, 2009)  
4. ↑ "Trummer is injured" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 29, 2010)
5. ↑ "Trummer: Young Swiss driver joins MW-Arden" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 1, 2010)
6. ↑ “Arden International confirm Kral and Trummer for Abu Dhabi” (gp2series.com on November 8, 2011)
7. ↑ "Arden obliges Trummer for the GP2" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 13, 2012)
8. ^ Matt Beer: “Simon Trummer joins Rapax for second GP2 season”. autosport.com, January 28, 2013, accessed January 28, 2013 . 
9. ↑ Michael Höller: "GP2 - Trummer also 2014 at Rapax". Contract extended. Motorsport-Magazin.com, October 30, 2013, accessed November 29, 2013 . 
10. ↑ 2015 FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP - FULL SEASON - ENTRY LIST. (No longer available online.) Fiawec.com, February 5, 2015, archived from the original on February 5, 2015 ; Retrieved February 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.  
11. ^ Peter Allen: Trummer makes GP2 return in place of Cecotto at Hilmer. paddockscout.com, June 18, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 . 
12. ↑ "SIMON TRUMMER" (simontrummer.de, accessed on 19 March 2010)