page_title: Sébastien Buemi
section_title: 2011
hierarchical_section_title: Sébastien Buemi / Career / Formula One / Scuderia Toro Rosso (2009–2011) / 2011
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Sébastien Buemi alla prima variante Monza 2011
context_page_description: Sébastien Olivier Buemi is a Swiss professional racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship with Nissan e.dams. He competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One from 2009 to 2011. After leaving Formula One, Buemi became a reserve driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso's sister team, Red Bull Racing from 2012 to 2013. He returned to Red Bull Racing in 2019 as a reserve driver.
  Buemi has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Gazoo Racing since 2012. He became the 2014 World Endurance Champion in the LMP1 class. He won both the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans and, subsequently, the 2018-19 WEC Championship.
  Buemi has raced FIA Formula E Championship with e.dams Renault since 2014. He won the Formula E Championship in 2015-16.
context_section_description: Buemi, along with his teammate from 2009 and 2010 – Jaime Alguersuari, continued to race for Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2011.
  On 14 December 2011 it was announced that both Buemi and Alguersuari had been dropped by the team, and would be replaced by Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne for the 2012 season.
caption: Buemi driving for Toro Rosso at the 2011 Italian Grand Prix
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