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.

 Career 
 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 .

 Racing record 
 Career summary 
 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2003 Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Racing ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st Formula König ? ? ? ? ? ? 240 4th 2004 Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 Graff Racing 14 0 0 ? ? 156 4th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 7 0 0 ? ? 28 16th 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Euronova Racing 17 1 1 ? ? 199 4th Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series 2 2 ? ? ? 40 3rd Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 ? ? 22 15th Italian Formula 3000 Light 1 0 0 ? ? 9 6th 2006 Euroseries 3000 Euronova Racing 10 0 0 ? ? 39 5th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 7 0 0 ? ? 0 NC FIA GT Championship Gillet Vertigo Streiff 1 0 0 ? ? 0 NC 2007 International Formula Master Cram Competition 16 5 1 ? ? 100 1st 2008 GP2 Series DAMS 20 0 0 0 2 21 11th GP2 Asia Series 10 0 0 0 2 12 11th 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series DAMS 11 0 1 3 4 36 2nd 2009 GP2 Series DAMS 20 0 0 0 3 29 9th 2010 GP2 Series DAMS 18 1 1 0 2 21 12thFormula OneVirgin Racing Test driver 2011 Formula One 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 DAMS ESPFEARet ESPSPR15 TURFEARet TURSPRRet MONFEA9 MONSPR7 FRAFEA6 FRASPRRet GBRFEA9 GBRSPR12 GERFEARet GERSPR11 HUNFEA9 HUNSPRRet EURFEA5 EURSPR2 BELFEA8 BELSPR2 ITAFEA7 ITASPR6 11th 21 2009 DAMS ESPFEA3 ESPSPR3 MONFEA6 MONSPR2 TURFEARet TURSPR15 GBRFEA19 GBRSPR12 GERFEA10 GERSPR7 HUNFEA16 HUNSPRRet VALFEA9 VALSPR4 BELFEARet BELSPRRet ITAFEA4 ITASPR4 PORFEARet PORSPR10 9th 29 2010 DAMS ESPFEARet ESPSPR10 MONFEA8 MONSPR1 TURFEA10 TURSPR8 VALFEARet VALSPR8 GBRFEA11 GBRSPR11 GERFEA GERSPR HUNFEA6 HUNSPRRet BELFEARet BELSPRRet ITAFEA5 ITASPR2 ABUFEA14 ABUSPR8 12th 21

 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 DAMS DUB1FEA11 DUB1SPR8 IDNFEARet IDNSPRRet MYSFEA3 MYSSPRRet BHRFEA11 BHRSPR12 DUB2FEA7 DUB2SPR3 11th 12 2008–09 DAMS CHNFEA9 CHNSPR5 DUBFEA7 DUBSPRC BHR1FEA2 BHR1SPR3 QATFEA5 QATSPR7 MYSFEARet MYSSPRDSQ BHR2FEA3 BHR2SPR2 2nd 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  Virgin Racing Virgin VR-01 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8 BHR  AUS  MAL  CHN  ESP  MON  TUR  CAN  EUR  GBR  GER  HUN  BEL  ITA  SINTD JPNTD KORTD BRATD ABU  - - 2011 Virgin Racing Virgin MVR-02 Cosworth CA2011 2.4 L V8           BELITASINJPNKORINDABUBRA 22nd*  0*    

 References 
Career statistics from driverdb.com. Retrieved on April 8, 2008.

 Other websites 

Official website 

Category:1985 births
Category:Living people
Category:Belgian racecar drivers
Category:People from Brussels-Capital Region
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Category:Formula One drivers
Category:GP2 Series drivers