Zoël Amberg

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Zoël Amberg (2012)

Zoël Amberg (born September 25, 1992 in Stans ) is a Swiss automobile racing driver . He competed in Formula Renault 3.5 from 2012 to 2014 . He started in the GP2 series in 2015 .

Career

Amberg began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 and was active in this sport until 2008. In 2009 he made his debut for Jenzer Motorsport in formula racing . He competed in three racing series and finished fourth in the Italian Formula Renault and fifth in the Swiss Formula Renault with two wins . He also took part in a racing weekend for the Western European Formula Renault. In 2010 Amberg stayed with Jenzer Motorsport. Amberg was most successful in the Swiss Formula Renault, in which dominantly won the championship title. He took part in ten out of twelve races, won six of them and finished second four times. Amberg also competed in Formula Abarth and won one race in this championship. At the end of the season he had to admit defeat to his teammate Maxim Simin , who was fifth, and ended the season in seventh place overall.

In 2011 Amberg switched to Atech CRS GP in the GP3 series . He received a two-year contract with the British racing team. He finished his first season with no points in 28th place in the drivers' championship. In addition, he took part in three European F3 Open events for De Villota Motorsport . He stood on the podium four times and scored one victory. He finished eighth in the overall standings.

Zoël Amberg at the first Formula Renault 3.5 race at the Nürburgring in 2014

Despite a two-year contract, his GP3 involvement ended at the end of the season and he switched to Pons Racing , for which he competed in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2012 . His teammate was Yann Cunha . Both pilots were under contract for two seasons. Amberg brought in the only point Pons scored this season. He was 26th in the drivers' championship. He also took part in a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series , making his debut in a GT car. In 2013 , Amberg received a new team-mate at Pons Racing in Nikolai Marzenko . A sixth place was his only point placement of the season. With 8 to 20 points he lost to Marzenko within the team. Amberg reached the 24th place in the overall ranking. In 2014 Amberg switched to AV Formula within Formula Renault 3.5 . In Volokolamsk he achieved his first podium finish with a second place, which was also the only one of the season. He improved to eleventh place in the overall standings and internally beat Beitske Visser with 66 to 11 points .

In 2015 Amberg switched to the GP2 series for Team Lazarus . After training for the GP2 run in Spielberg , Amberg withdrew from the rest of the race weekend due to severe headaches and dizziness. After taking a break from an event for health reasons and being approved for racing, he returned to the cockpit in Mogyoród . However, he also broke off the race weekend after training because he was unwell. Amberg blamed two accidents at the 2015 GP2 race in Monte Carlo for his health problems. Amberg then withdrew from motorsport for a longer period of regeneration. In addition, Amberg competed in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). He received a cockpit at Morand Racing . Shortly before the season opener, Morand, who was cooperating with the SARD team , withdrew both cars. After organizational restructuring in the team, Morand returned to the championship for the second race and reduced the line-up to one car. Amberg stayed with the team as a driver. As part of the WEC, Amberg made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race . He also interrupted his WEC engagement for health reasons.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2004–2008: karting
  • 2009: Italian Formula Renault (4th place)
  • 2009: Swiss Formula Renault (5th place)
  • 2009: Western European Formula Renault
  • 2010: Swiss Formula Renault (champion)

Individual results in Formula Renault 3.5

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th Points rank
2012 Pons Racing SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY RussiaRussia MOS United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance LEC SpainSpain CAT 1 26th
10 16 14th 18th DNF 16 18th 15th 13 DNF DNF 13 16 18th DNF 24 22nd
2013 Pons Racing ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA RussiaRussia MOS AustriaAustria SPI HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance LEC SpainSpain CAT 8th 24.
12 20 * 17th 19th 20th 19th 16 21st 22nd 11 19 * 19th 18th 13 15th 6th 12
2014 AVF ItalyItaly MNZ SpainSpain ALC MonacoMonaco MON BelgiumBelgium SPA RussiaRussia MOS GermanyGermany ONLY HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance LEC SpainSpain JRZ 66 11.
8th 13 5 5 6th DNF DNF 2 8th 9 5 DNF 15th 11 19th 13 14th

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
2015 Lazarus BahrainBahrain BRN SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS BahrainBahrain BRN United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 0 29
16 18th 17th 13 22nd DNF WD WD INJ INJ WD WD INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ

Individual results in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship

year team vehicle engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th Points rank
2015 Team SARD Morand Morgan Evo SARD United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL BelgiumBelgium SPA FranceFrance LMS GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States OUT JapanJapan FUJ China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China SHA BahrainBahrain BRN 1 31.
  11 DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ

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Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2015 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Team SARD-Morand Morgan LMP2 Evo United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Webb FranceFrance Pierre Ragues failure Engine failure

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Driver 2010 Team Formula Renault 2.0" ( Memento from August 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (jenzermotorsport; accessed on February 10, 2011)
  2. ↑ “Amberg secures Atech CRS drive” (autosport.com on March 9, 2011)
  3. ↑ “Amberg joins Pons for 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 campaign” ( Memento from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (motorstv.com on December 8, 2011)
  4. ↑ “Yann Cunha to drive for Pons Racing in 2012 and 2013” (autosport.com on December 15, 2011)
  5. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “AVF sign Amberg for 2014 season”. paddockscout.com, February 25, 2014, accessed February 25, 2014 .
  6. ↑ GP2 Series: Surprising break for Zoel Amberg. automobilsport.com, June 22, 2015, accessed June 27, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Amberg explains reason behind withdrawals. gpupdate.net, July 28, 2015, accessed July 29, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Gruz David: Zoel Amberg completes Lazarus line-up in GP2. paddockscout.com, March 26, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 .
  9. ^ John Dagys: Team SARD-Morand Withdraws from 6H Silverstone. sportscar365.com, April 8, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .
  10. ^ John Dagys: Team SARD-Morand Confirms Single-Car LMP2 Entry for 6H Spa. sportscar365.com, April 27, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Amberg, Zoël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Stans , Switzerland