Paul di Resta

Paul di Resta (born April 16, 1986 in Livingston West Lothian) is a Scottish auto racing driver.  He made his Formula One debut in the  Australian Grand Prix with the Force India, finishing in the points with a 10th place finish.

 Career 
 Karting 
Di Resta started his career in karting. He raced in several series of karts from 1994 until 2002. In 2001 he won the British JICA Championship.

 Formula Renault 
Di Resta moved up to single-seaters at the end of 2002. he competed in the British Formula Renault Winter Series. He raced full-time in 2003 with the Eurotek Motorsport team. Di Resta finished seventh in the standings with one race win. He switched to Manor Motorsport for 2004, and finished third in the championship with four wins. Di Resta also entered some races of Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the Manor team. He also won the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of The Year Award in 2004. The award had been won by his cousin Dario Franchitti in 1992.

 Formula Three 
Di Resta moved to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport in 2005, and finished tenth in the standings. For 2006 he moved to the ASM Formule 3 team. He won the championship with five wins. He beat his teammate, future Formula One World Drivers Champion, Sebastian Vettel. Di Resta also won the 2006 BP Ultimate Masters at Circuit Park Zandvoort.

 DTM 

In 2007, di Resta switched from single-seaters to race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car racing series for Mercedes. He finished fifth in the championship. Di Resta was the highest driver in the standings to drive a non-2007 car. His performance earned him a 2008 Mercedes C-Class for the 2008 season. Di Resta finished second in the 2008 championship, winning two races. In 2009, he finished third overall. In 2010, he won three races in a row on the way to winning the DTM championship.

 Formula One 
Di Resta has tested for the McLaren Formula One team in 2009. In December 2009, di Resta took part in a test with the Force India at the Jerez circuit. On February 2, Force India announced they signed di Resta at their reserve driver. 

 Force India (2011–) 
On 26 January 2011 it was confirmed that di Resta will join Adrian Sutil at the Force India team for the  season. He will replace Vitantonio Liuzzi, and Nico Hülkenberg will replace di Resta as the reserve driver.

 Career summary 
 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2003 Formula Renault UK Eurotek Motorsport 17 1 2 1 2 233 7th Team JVA 2004 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 20 4 4 2 9 415 3rd Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC† Bahrain Superprix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2005 Formula Three Euroseries Manor Motorsport 19 0 3 2 1 32 10th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th 2006 Formula Three Euroseries ASM Formule 3 20 5 5 1 9 86 1st Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 1st Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Persson Motorsport 10 0 0 0 4 32 5th 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 11 2 1 4 7 71 2nd 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 10 1 1 2 3 45 3rd 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 11 3 3 1 7 71 1stFormula OneForce India Formula One Team Test driver 2011 Formula One Force India F1 Team 11   0    0    0    0    8*      16th*  
 Season in progress.
 – As di Resta was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

 Complete Formula Three Euroseries record 
(key)
 Season Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2005 Manor Motorsport HOC1Ret HOC217 PAU114 PAU2DNS SPA1DSQ SPA25 MCO18 MCO26 OSC14 OSC24 NOR13 NOR28 NÜR123 NÜR2Ret ZAN114 ZAN25 LAU1Ret LAU2DSQ HOC1Ret HOC2DSQ 10th 32 2006 ASM Formule 3 HOC13 HOC2Ret LAU12 LAU23 OSC11 OSC214 BRH11 BRH25 NOR11 NOR218 NÜR12 NÜR213 ZAN11 ZAN214 CAT110 CAT26 BUG11 BUG26 HOC1Ret HOC26 1st 86

 Complete DTM results 
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
 Season Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points 2007 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2005 HOC15 OSC2 LAU2 BRHRet NOR15 MUG3 ZAN14 NÜR6 CAT3 HOC28 5th 32 2008 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2008 HOC113 OSC4 MUG2 LAU1 NOR5 ZAN7 NÜR2 BRH2 CAT1 BUG2 HOC22 2nd 71 2009 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009 HOC15 LAU4 NOR7 ZAN6 OSC4 NÜRRet BRH1 CAT7 DIJ2 HOC23 3rd 45 2010 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 2009 HOC14 VAL5 LAU2 NOR10 NÜR2 ZAN2 BRH1 OSC1 HOC21 ADR9 SHA2 1st 71

 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 2010 Force India F1 Team Force India Force India VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 BHR  AUSTD MALTD CHNTD ESPTD MON  TUR  CAN  EURTD GBRTD GER  HUNTD BEL  ITATD SIN  JPN  KOR  BRA  ABU  – – 2011 Force India F1 Team Force India Force India VJM04 Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8           BELITASINJPNKORINDABUBRA 16th*  8*    
 Season in progress.

 Personal life 
Di Resta, who grew up in Uphall West Lothian. He is the cousin of fellow racing drivers Dario Franchitti and Marino Franchitti. In February 2010, di Resta was made a director of his family's leisure firm, which owns several establishments in West Lothian.

 References 

 Other websites 

 Paul di Resta career statistics at Driver Database
 Official website 

Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:British Formula One drivers
Category:Scottish racecar drivers
Category:Formula One current
Category:Sportspeople from West Lothian