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What sport did Rio Haryanto participate before Aug 2008?
Rio Haryanto Rio Haryanto ( born 22 January 1993 ) is an Indonesian racing driver who currently competes in Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia for T2 Motorsports . He raced for Manor in Formula One for the first 12 races of the 2016 Formula One season . As of 2021 , he is the first and only Indonesian driver to compete in Formula One . Career . Asian series . Haryanto was born in Solo . He began his car racing career competing in three Asian-based series during 2008 : the Asian Formula Renault Challenge , Formula Asia 2.0 , and Formula BMW Pacific . He was most competitive in the FAsia 2.0 series , winning two races to finish third overall in the championship behind expatriate European drivers Felix Rosenqvist and Matthias Beche . In 2009 he again competed in a variety of series , including the Australian Drivers Championship and the Asian Formula Renault Challenge once more . His main focus this year , however , was the Formula BMW Pacific championship , which he dominated with 11 victories from the 15 races ( although five of these races were won outright by invitational drivers who were not entered in the championship ) , driving for the Malaysian Meritus team . This included a perfect run of four outright victories , pole positions and fastest laps in the four consecutive races held at his home circuit of Sentul . He also competed in a round of the equivalent European FBMW series , himself a guest driver on this occasion . GP3 Series . Haryanto stepped up to the more competitive European racing scene full-time for 2010 by joining the Manor Racing team for the Formula One-supporting GP3 Series . His three teammates during the season were James Jakes , Adrien Tambay and Adrian Quaife-Hobbs . In an impressive first season at this level , he won a race at Istanbul Park and took two further podium placings to finish fifth place in the drivers championship , the leading Manor driver . His form was one of the surprises of the season , according to the Autosport magazine . He remained with the team for 2011 , now badged as Marussia Manor Racing , alongside Quaife-Hobbs and Matias Laine . Despite increasing his victory count to two , with wins at the Nürburgring and the Hungaroring , his inconsistency—including a run of seven races without scoring points at the start of the year—saw him slip to seventh place in the championship , behind Quaife-Hobbs . Both of his victories were in rainy conditions , giving him something of a reputation as a wet-weather specialist . Auto GP . In addition to his GP3 duties , Haryanto also drove for the DAMS team in the Auto GP series , competing in all but one round of the championship as it clashed with the GP3 schedule . Driving alongside Sergey Afanasyev and part-timer Tambay , he took a win at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia and finished seventh in the drivers standings . The efforts of Haryanto , Afanasyev , Tambay , and Haryantos substitute , Kevin Korjus , were enough for DAMS to win the teams championship . GP2 Series . Haryanto made his GP2 Series début with DAMS at the non-championship season finale at Yas Marina in 2011 . He was in the series full-time for 2012 with the Marussia-backed Carlin team , where he partnered Max Chilton . He was the first Indonesian to compete at this level of motorsport since Ananda Mikola competed in International Formula 3000 during 2000 and 2001 . In his first season of GP2 , Haryanto secured a single fastest lap , a single pole position—in wet conditions at Spa , confirming his reputation as a wet-weather specialist—and a best race finish of fifth in the feature race at Valencia , securing 14th place in the championship at seasons end . He raced in the 2013 GP2 Series for the Barwa Addax Team alongside teammate Jake Rosenzweig . On 30 June 2013 , he gained his first podium in the GP2 Series at Silverstone and the same time , first podium for the Barwa Addax Team in the 2013 GP2 season . For the 2014 GP2 Series he moved to EQ8 Caterham Racing , partnering with Alexander Rossi . On 24 May 2014 , he gained his second podium in the GP2 Series at Monaco and , at the same time , first podium in the 2014 GP2 season . Haryanto switched to Campos for the 2015 GP2 Series season . After taking second place at the feature race in Bahrain , Haryanto took his first win in GP2 in the following days sprint race . He achieved his second victory in the sprint race at the Red Bull Ring despite a damaged front wing . Haryanto finished the 2015 GP2 Series season in fourth place with 138 points . Formula One . Haryanto has been linked to the Virgin Racing/Marussia F1/Manor Racing team since his first GP3 season with Manor in 2010 , as he has driven for junior teams with its backing since then . In the autumn of that year , he won the right to test with Virgin at the end of the 2010 season due to his finishing position as the highest ranked Manor driver in the GP3 final standings . He tested for Virgin in Abu Dhabi on 16 November . Suffering gearbox problems , he posted the slowest time of the thirteen runners in the morning session . He did not receive the prize test in 2011 because teammate Adrian Quaife-Hobbs beat him in the standings on this occasion . Haryanto and 2012 GP2 Series teammate Max Chilton drove for Marussia in the first young driver tests of 2012 , held in-season at Silverstone . Running over the course of two days , Haryanto completed three hundred kilometres of testing , satisfying one of the conditions to be eligible for a superlicence and becoming the first Indonesian driver to qualify for one . Manor ( 2016 ) . On 18 February 2016 Haryanto was confirmed as a driver of Manor Racing for the 2016 Formula One season alongside 2015 DTM Champion Pascal Wehrlein . He made his debut at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix , however got off to a rocky start with an incident involving Romain Grosjean when they collided in the pit lane during practice . Haryanto was later issued a three-place grid penalty for the incident , as well as two penalty points added to his licence . Haryanto retired from his debut race due to a drive link problem on the 18th lap . Amusingly however , Haryanto was the most-voted driver in F1s newly-introduced Driver of the Day vote , before the award went to Romain Grosjean , who scored points for the debuting Haas team . Haryanto was the second driver to be eliminated from qualifying for the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix , ahead of Felipe Nasr . However , this meant a grid place of 20th due to Renaults Kevin Magnussen having to start from the pitlane after failing to stop for weighing during practice . He was the last car to finish the race , in 17th place and one lap down . He managed to beat the other Renault driver Jolyon Palmer to 21st in China , before he became tangled up in a first-lap crash in Russia that involved Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban Gutiérrez . Haryanto repeated his Bahrain performance in Spain , with his next race in Monaco bringing him a career-best 15th , albeit 4 laps down and once again the last classified finisher . He remained the last classified car in the next two races , with 19th and 18th places , before a 16th-place finish in Austria brought attention to the gap in talent between himself and teammate Wehrlein , who scored Manors only point of the season in the same race . He spun off in the wet in Britain , whilst what would turn out to be his final two races again saw him the last classified finisher as his future became unclear due to a lack of sponsorship . On 10 August 2016 , Manor confirmed that they were demoting Haryanto to reserve driver due to the lack of sponsorship . This was because the promised funds from Indonesian Sport Ministry had been blocked by the Parliament , citing invalid procedure of funding procurements by the Sport Minister . Esteban Ocon was announced as his replacement . When the parent company of the team collapsed at the end of the season , Haryanto was the only driver of the team not to make the 2017 grid , with Ocon and Wehrlein moving to Force India and Sauber respectively . Endurance racing . Haryanto participated in the 2018 SIC888 Race at Shanghai International Circuit . He teamed up with fellow Indonesians , Anderson Tanoto and Audi R8 LMS Cup champion Andrew Haryanto , driving an Audi R8 LMS GT4 . The trio finished the 6-hour race in 5th position . Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia . Haryanto is scheduled to compete in Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia , after securing a drive for T2 Motorsports . He will race a Ferrari 488 GT3 alongside fellow Indonesian David Tjiptobiantoro in 4 rounds and Singaporean Gregory Teo in 2 rounds of the series . He finished overall 2019 Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia in 31st while for Pro-Am Cup he finished in 12th . Racing record . Racing career summary . As Haryanto was a guest driver , he was ineligible for points. Complete GP3 Series results . Driver did not finish the race , but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance . Complete GP2 Series results . Driver did not finish the race , but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance .