Jérôme d'Ambrosio

**Jérôme d'Ambrosio** (born 27 December 1985 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is a Belgian racing driver of Italian descent. He one of the drivers for the Marussia Virgin Racing for the 2011 Formula One World Championship.

### Karting

D'Ambrosio began his career in karting, between 1995 and 2002. He was three times Belgian champion, winning the Mini class in 1996, Junior in 2000 and Formula A in 2002. He won the Junior Monaco Kart Cup in 2000, and won World Cup Formula A in 2002.

### Formula Renault

D'Ambrosio moved into single-seaters in 2003, and won the Belgian Formula Renault (1.6 litre) championship. He also drove in the German-based Formula König championship in 2003. He moved into the French Formula Renault (2-litre) series for 2004. He finished fourth in the series and was top rookie. He switched to the Italian Formula Renault Championship in 2005, and finished fourth. In 2006, he drove in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, for Tech 1 Racing. He left the series after four rounds and zero points.

During this time, d'Ambrosio also raced in several Eurocup races. In 2006, he raced in the second half of the Euroseries 3000. D'Ambrosio had three podium finishes and finished fifth in the point standings.

### Formula Master

For 2007, d'Ambrosio took part in the first season of the International Formula Master series. He won five races and scored 100 points. D'Ambrosio became the series's first champion.

### GP2 Series

For 2008, d'Ambrosio raced in both the GP2 Series and the new GP2 Asia Series. He finished eleventh in the GP2 drivers' championship. In the 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series season, d'Ambrosio finished second to team-mate Kamui Kobayashi. In the 2009 season, he finished ninth with out wining a single race. In 2010, d'Ambrosio took his first series victory at Monaco. He took his first GP2 pole position at Belgian. He finished twelfth in the drivers' championship.

### Formula One

In January 2010, d'Ambrosio was announced as a reserve driver for Renault F1. He replace Lucas di Grassi at Virgin four times for Friday practice: at the Singapore, Japanese, Korean and Brazilian Grands Prix.

On 21 December 2010 Virgin Racing confirmed that d'Ambrosio would race for the team in .

### Career summary

|Season|Series|Team|Races|Wins|Poles|F/Laps|Podiums|Points|Position|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|**2003**|align=left|Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium|align=left|Thierry Boutsen Racing|?|?|?|?|?|?|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**|
|align=left|Formula König|align=left|?|?|?|?|?|?|240|4th||||
|rowspan=2|**2004**|align=left|Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0|align=left rowspan=2|Graff Racing|14|0|0|?|?|156|4th||
|align=left|Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|7|0|0|?|?|28|16th||||||
|rowspan=4|**2005**|align=left|Formula Renault 2.0 Italia|align=left rowspan=4|Euronova Racing|17|1|1|?|?|199|4th||
|align=left|Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series|2|2|?|?|?|40|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|**3rd**|||||
|align=left|Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0|6|0|0|?|?|22|15th||||||
|align=left|Italian Formula 3000 Light|1|0|0|?|?|9|6th||||||
|rowspan=3|**2006**|align=left|Euroseries 3000|align=left|Euronova Racing|10|0|0|?|?|39|5th||
|align=left|Formula Renault 3.5 Series|align=left|Tech 1 Racing|7|0|0|?|?|0|NC||||
|align=left|FIA GT Championship|align=left|Gillet Vertigo Streiff|1|0|0|?|?|0|NC||||
|**2007**|align=left|International Formula Master|align=left|Cram Competition|16|5|1|?|?|100|bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|**1st**||
|rowspan=2|**2008**|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left rowspan=2|DAMS|20|0|0|0|2|21|11th||
|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|10|0|0|0|2|12|11th||||||
|**2008–09**|align=left|GP2 Asia Series|align=left|DAMS|11|0|1|3|4|36|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**||
|**2009**|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|DAMS|20|0|0|0|3|29|9th|||
|rowspan=2|**2010**|align=left|GP2 Series|align=left|DAMS|18|1|1|0|2|21|12th||
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|Virgin Racing|bgcolor="#f1f8ff" colspan=7|Test driver|||||||||
|align=left|Formula One|align=left|Marussia Virgin Racing|11|0|0|0|0|0*|22nd*||||

### Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|DC|Points|||||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|MON SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|FRA FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|FRA SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|EUR FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|EUR SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|BEL FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|BEL SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA SPR <small>6</small>|
|2009||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ESP FEA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|ESP SPR <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|MON SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>15</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>19</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GER SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|HUN FEA <small>16</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|VAL FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|VAL SPR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA FEA <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA SPR <small>4</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|POR FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|POR SPR <small>10</small>|
|2010||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|ESP FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ESP SPR <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|MON FEA <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"|MON SPR <small>1</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR FEA <small>10</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|TUR SPR <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|VAL FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|VAL SPR <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR FEA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|GBR SPR <small>11</small>|GER FEA|GER SPR|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|HUN FEA <small>6</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|HUN SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|**BEL FEA** <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|BEL SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|ITA FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|ITA SPR <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ABU FEA <small>14</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|ABU SPR <small>8</small>|||

#### Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position) (Races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|DC|Points||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|DUB1 FEA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|DUB1 SPR <small>8</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|IDN FEA <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|IDN SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|MYS FEA <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|MYS SPR <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR FEA <small>11</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|BHR SPR <small>12</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|DUB2 FEA <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|DUB2 SPR <small>3</small>||||||||
|2008–09|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|CHN FEA <small>9</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|CHN SPR <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|DUB FEA <small>7</small>|DUB SPR <small>C</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|BHR1 FEA <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|_BHR1 SPR_ <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"|QAT FEA <small>5</small>|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"|QAT SPR <small>7</small>|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"|**MYS FEA** <small>Ret</small>|bgcolor="black" style="color:white"|<span style="color:white">MYS SPR</span> <small>DSQ</small>|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|_BHR2 FEA_ <small>3</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|_BHR2 SPR_ <small>2</small>|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**2nd**|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|**36**|

### Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in **bold** indicate pole position; races in _italics_ indicate fastest lap)
|Year|Entrant|Chassis|Engine|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|WDC|Points|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|BHR|AUS|MAL|CHN|ESP|MON|TUR|CAN|EUR|GBR|GER|HUN|BEL|ITA|bgcolor="#F1F8FF"|SIN <small>TD</small>|bgcolor="#F1F8FF"|JPN <small>TD</small>|bgcolor="#F1F8FF"|KOR <small>TD</small>|bgcolor="#F1F8FF"|BRA <small>TD</small>|ABU||bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**-**|bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**-**|
|2011||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||BEL|ITA|SIN|JPN|KOR|IND|ABU|BRA||bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**22nd***|bgcolor="#F3F3F3"|**0***|||||

## References

- Career statistics from _driverdb.com_. Retrieved on April 8, 2008.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (f1 driver)

- **name**: Jérôme d'Ambrosio
- **image**: Jerome d'Ambrosio.jpg
- **caption**: Jérôme d'Ambrosio at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix
- **nationality**: Belgium, Belgian
- **races**: 11
- **championships**: 0
- **wins**: 0
- **podiums**: 0
- **poles**: 0
- **points**: 0
- **fastest laps**: 0
- **first race**: Australian Grand Prix