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Paul di Resta
di Resta in 2014
Born (1986-04-16) 16 April 1986 (age 38)
Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamPeugeot Sport
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number94
Former teamsUnited Autosports
Starts28
Championships0
Wins5
Podiums8
Poles4
Fastest laps1
Best finish2nd in 2019-20
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2018—
TeamsUnited Autosports
Best finish5th (2020)
Class wins1 (2020)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Active years2011–2013, 2017
TeamsForce India, Williams
EnginesMercedes
Car number40
Entries59 (59 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points121
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry2017 Hungarian Grand Prix
DTM career
Debut season2007
Current teamR-Motorsport I
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number3
Former teamsPersson Motorsport, HWA Team
Starts141
Championships1 (2010)
Wins11
Podiums37
Poles8
Fastest laps10
Finished last season16th (21 points)
Championship titles
2010
2006		Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Formula 3 Euro Series

Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986)[1][2] is a British racing driver from Scotland, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot Sport in their LMH entry. He drove in Formula One for Force India from 2011 to 2013, and became a reserve driver for the Williams F1 team in 2016, driving a single race for them as a substitute driver in 2017. A former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and Formula 3 Euro Series champion, di Resta did not secure a Formula One seat for 2014, instead rejoining Mercedes to race again in DTM. He later became a reserve F1 driver for McLaren for the 2022 season, and a former commentator for Sky Sports' coverage of F1.

Personal life

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Di Resta is of Italian descent and was born in Uphall, Scotland, and grew up in Bathgate, West Lothian. He is a former pupil of Bathgate Academy and supports Celtic Football Club. He now lives in Monaco, and is a cousin of racing drivers Dario and Marino Franchitti.[3] His step-father was Scottish footballer Dougie McCracken.[4] His younger brother, Stefan, has raced at an amateur level and his half-brother, Jon, is a goalkeeper for the Norwich City u23's.[5]

Di Resta and Laura Jordan became engaged in December 2013[6] and married on 28 August 2014.[7]

Career

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Karting

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He started his career in karting, racing in various competitive series of karts from 1994 until 2002. In 2001 he won the British JICA Championship.

Formula Renault

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He stepped up to single-seaters at the end of 2002, when he competed in the British Formula Renault Winter Series. He raced in British Formula Renault full-time in 2003 with the Eurotek Motorsport team, finishing seventh in the standings with one race win. He switched to Manor Motorsport for 2004, finishing third in the championship standings with four wins. He also entered some races of Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the Manor team. He also won the 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

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

DTM

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Di Resta finished runner-up in the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

In 2007, di Resta switched from single-seaters to race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car racing series, for Mercedes. In the championship, he finished 5th overall behind drivers Mattias Ekström (who won his second DTM title), Bruno Spengler, Martin Tomczyk and Jamie Green. Di Resta was the highest driver in the standings to drive a non-2007 car. His performances earned him a 2008 Mercedes C Klasse for the 2008 season, in which he won two races and finished second in the points, four points behind eventual champion Timo Scheider of Audi. In 2009, he finished third overall behind Scheider and compatriot Gary Paffett. In 2010, he won three races in a row on the way to winning the championship.

Formula One

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Di Resta during practice at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Di Resta tested for the McLaren Formula One team, and was in the frame for a drive with the Force India team for the 2009 season due to the teams' shared engine supplier, Mercedes-Benz. However, Force India chose to retain Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil, with Vitantonio Liuzzi as reserve driver.[8]

Force India (2010–2013)

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2010
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In December 2009, with Fisichella having moved to Ferrari and Liuzzi being promoted to the race team, di Resta took part in a test with the team at the Jerez circuit alongside J. R. Hildebrand.[9] At the Autosport International show in January 2010, he was said to be close to a deal as the team's test and reserve driver for the 2010 season.[10] The deal was announced on 2 February.[11] Di Resta made his Formula One race meeting début at the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, where he took part in the first free practice session in place of Sutil[12] and finished 11th.[13] He drove in the first practice session of all the following races until the Monaco Grand Prix where he did not take part. He resumed driving for the team at the European Grand Prix and the following British Grand Prix. After sitting out the German Grand Prix he returned for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Di Resta subsequently sat out the Belgian Grand Prix as Tonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil needed as much track-time as possible to get the feeling of the new parts. He participated in practice for the Italian Grand Prix, but did not participate in the Singapore or Japanese Grands Prix. The team elected that di Resta should miss the Korean Grand Prix to allow Liuzzi and Sutil to get used to the new track for the race.[14]

2011
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Di Resta at the 2011 Italian Grand Prix

Di Resta joined Adrian Sutil in the Force India Formula One racing team for the 2011 season, replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi. He scored his first championship point at his first race, the Australian Grand Prix, after both Saubers were disqualified.[15] This was followed by another 10th place in Malaysia, 11th in China, and a retirement in Turkey, where he left the pits with a loose wheel. He was running fifth in Canada until a collision with Nick Heidfeld left him with a damaged car and a drive-through penalty, and later crashed out of the race on lap 67. He qualified sixth at Silverstone but finished 15th after a long pitstop due to a tyre mix-up.

His third points-scoring finish of the season came in Hungary, where he finished seventh in changeable conditions. In the Italian Grand Prix he finished 8th. This was followed by a career-best sixth-place finish in Singapore, ahead of teammate Sutil, who finished eighth. He finished tenth in Korea, ninth in Abu Dhabi and eighth in Brazil.

2012
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Di Resta driving for Force India at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix.

On 16 December 2011, it was announced that he was to be retained by Force India for the 2012 season, with Nico Hülkenberg taking the place of Sutil as his teammate.[16] He qualified 15th for the season opener in Australia and finished 10th in the race, passing Jean-Éric Vergne and Nico Rosberg on the final lap. He qualified 14th for the Malaysian Grand Prix, and finished seventh in the wet race. He was 12th in China. In Bahrain he qualified inside the top ten, having missed the second free practice session after several members of the team were caught up in a petrol bomb incident. Using a two-stop strategy he took sixth place in the race, which equalled his previous career-best result. He was 14th in Spain, a lap behind winner Pastor Maldonado; seventh in Monaco having started 15th on the grid; and 11th in Montreal. At the European Grand Prix he was the only driver on the grid who performed a one-stop strategy and came 7th whilst his teammate, Nico Hülkenberg, finished in 5th position.

Di Resta at the 2012 US Grand Prix

After failing to score a point in the next three races, di Resta finished tenth in Belgium. The following weekend, at the Italian Grand Prix, di Resta showed strong pace in qualifying, setting the fourth fastest time in Q3, but took a five place grid penalty for a gearbox change to start the Grand Prix in ninth. He finished the race in eighth. At the Singapore Grand Prix, he qualified sixth and finished a career-best fourth, after the retirements of Maldonado and Hamilton. The final five races of the season resulted in only one further points-scoring finish – 9th place in Abu Dhabi.

2013
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Di Resta at the 2013 British Grand Prix

On 31 January 2013, Force India confirmed di Resta would race for the team for a third consecutive season in 2013.[17] After qualifying outside the top ten in Australia, di Resta managed to battle through into the points, finishing just behind his teammate, Adrian Sutil in eighth place. In Malaysia, however di Resta retired after his car's wheel nuts kept jamming, and the team was ultimately forced to retire both cars.

Qualifying in 11th place for the Chinese Grand Prix, the race saw him finish in eighth place and he obtained four points.

Di Resta matched his career best result in Bahrain with a fourth place, being overtaken close to the end by Lotus's Romain Grosjean, depriving the Scot of a maiden podium. He followed that up with a seventh in Spain.

A disappointing qualifying session in the wet meant di Resta started from 17th in Monaco, however initially going for an aggressive two stop strategy; luck played its part and due to a red flag he was able to use a new set of tyres, and made ground to ninth-place finish with some good overtakes.

Another disappointing qualifying session at the next race in Canada saw di Resta starting in 17th position yet again. Starting on the harder medium compound tyre, di Resta was able to run the longest of all drivers on his first stint, going 56 laps before finally making his only pit stop. The strategy worked as di Resta finished the race in 7th.

After six consecutive point finishes, di Resta struggled in the later part of the season as his team Force India struggled to cope with new Pirelli tyres and he recorded five consecutive retirements.

On 12 December, it was announced that he would not be retained as a driver with Force India for the 2014 season.[18]

Williams (2016–2017)

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2016
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After a two-year absence from the sport, di Resta returned to Formula One as reserve driver for Williams.[19]

2017
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Williams retained di Resta as their reserve driver for 2017 whilst he competed for Mercedes in DTM.[20]

He replaced lead driver Felipe Massa for qualifying and the race at the Hungarian Grand Prix as the Brazilian recovered from an illness. This marked di Resta's first F1 start in almost four years, whilst also becoming the first British driver for Williams since Jenson Button in 2000 and Scottish driver since David Coulthard in 1995.[21] His qualifying results were described as an "unbelievable job" by Mercedes F1 Director Toto Wolff, having competed without having driven the FW40 prior to the session.[22] He ended the day in 19th place ahead of Marcus Ericsson and was 0.766s off his teammate Lance Stroll.[23] He retired in the race after 60 laps.

McLaren (2020–22)

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After another absence from Formula One, di Resta returned to the sport as a reserve driver after McLaren put him on standby for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom.[24]

McLaren retained di Resta as a stand-in reserve driver for the 2021 and 2022 seasons while he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship.[25]

DTM return (2014–2019)

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di Resta at the Hockenheimring in 2014

In May 2014, di Resta returned to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series driving for HWA Team, who manage the AMG Mercedes team in DTM.[26] Di Resta finished the 2014 season in 15th place having scored points only three times, all three being 4th-place finishes.

Di Resta finished the 2018 season in 3rd place in the driver's championship, after winning three races at Hungaroring, Brands Hatch, and Misano.

In 2019, after five seasons driving for Mercedes, di Resta joined the Swiss motor racing team R-Motorsport, driving the Aston Martin Vantage DTM.[27] Di Resta finished in 16th place having scored points only four times.

Endurance Racing (2019-present)

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Di Resta was part of the winning LMP2 class during the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans

In 2018, Paul di Resta raced in the Asian Le Mans Series for United Autosports, scoring one win and 4 podiums alongside Phil Hanson and eventually winning the 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series championship.[28][29]

Following their Asian Le Mans Series win, Di Resta and United Autosport competed in the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship going onto to win the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque in the LMP2 Class and finishing 5th overall.[30]

On February 8, 2021, Peugeot Sport revealed di Resta will drive their LMH Hypercar entry in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Éric Vergne.[31] He, and the Peugeot team, competed in the last three races of the season with a P4 finish in the 6 Hours of Fuji and two retirements in the 6 Hours of Monza and the 8 Hours of Bahrain. In the end, Di Resta finished in P10 in the Driver's championship.

Broadcasting career (2016–2023)

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Sky Sports F1 (2016–2023)

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Since 2016, Di Resta has been a regular contributor to the Sky Sports F1 channel.[32] He was a common presence as a co-commentator, analyst and one of the insiders in "Sky Race Control" during practices, qualifying sessions and races, alongside Jenson Button, Karun Chandhok, Anthony Davidson, Damon Hill, Nico Rosberg, and Johnny Herbert until being axed by Sky Sports in Jan 2023 along with Johnny Herbert.[33]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
1999 Torneo Industrie Open — 100 Junior 36th
Green Helmet Trophy — Cadets 3rd
Monaco Kart Cup — ICA Junior 2nd
2000 South Garda Winter Cup — ICA Junior 2nd
Super 1 National Championship — JICA 2nd
European Championship — ICA Junior 10th
2001 Super 1 National Championship — JICA 1st
2002 South Garda Winter Cup — Formula A 11th
Super 1 National Championship — Formula A 6th
European Championship — Formula A Italsport KRP NC
World Cup — Formula A 17th
2011 ERDF Masters Kart — Stars 8th
Source:[34]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2003 Formula Renault UK Eurotek Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 233 7th
Team JVA 7 1 2 1 2
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 3 Euro Series Manor Motorsport 19 0 3 2 1 32 10th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2006 Formula 3 Euro Series ASM Formule 3 20 5 5 1 9 86 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 1 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 1st
Formula One Force India F1 Team Test driver
2011 Formula One Force India F1 Team 19 0 0 0 0 27 13th
2012 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 20 0 0 0 0 46 14th
2013 Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team 19 0 0 0 0 48 12th
2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 10 0 0 0 0 36 15th
2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA AG 18 0 0 1 3 90 8th
2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II 18 1 1 1 4 116 5th
Formula One Williams Martini Racing Reserve driver
2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy 18 1 0 0 3 99 11th
Formula One Williams Martini Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS 20 3 2 1 6 233 3rd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype United Autosports 3 0 0 0 0 82 27th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 4 1 1 0 4 80 1st
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters R-Motorsport I 15 0 0 0 0 21 16th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 1 0 0 0 0 8 19th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 United Autosports 7 4 4 1 5 175 2nd
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 United Autosports 1 1 1 0 1 N/A 1st
Formula One McLaren F1 Team Reserve driver
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 1 0 0 0 1 23 16th
Formula One McLaren F1 Team Reserve driver
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 3 0 0 0 0 12 10th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 1 1 0 0 1 38 11th
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 2 2 2 2 2 0 NC†
Formula One McLaren F1 Team Reserve driver
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 7 0 0 0 1 51 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 4 0 0 1 0 36 8th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Peugeot TotalEnergies 7 0 0 0 0 4 25th*
IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 6 0 0 0 1 1592 15th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 United Autosports 6 0 0 0 0 27 11th

†– As di Resta was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK record

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(key)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2003 Eurotek Motorsport SNE
1
8 		SNE
2
22 		BRH
6 		THR
13 		SIL
13 		ROC
Ret 		CRO
1
10 		CRO
2
9 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
9 		7th 233
Team JVA SNE
6 		BRH
1
8 		BRH
2
6 		DON
1
19 		DON
2
6 		OUL
1
1 		OUL
2
2
2004 Manor Motorsport THR
1
1 		THR
2
1 		BRH
1
4 		BRH
2
2 		SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
1 		OUL
1
2 		OUL
2
2 		THR
1
2 		THR
2
1 		CRO
1
1 		CRO
2
1 		KNO
1
2 		KNO
2
4 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
2 		SNE
1
1 		SNE
2
1 		DON
1 		DON
2 		1st 518

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series record

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(key)

Year 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 HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
17 		PAU
1
14 		PAU
2
DNS 		SPA
1
DSQ 		SPA
2
5 		MCO
1
8 		MCO
2
6 		OSC
1
4 		OSC
2
4 		NOR
1
3 		NOR
2
8 		NÜR
1
23 		NÜR
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
14 		ZAN
2
5 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
DSQ 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
DSQ 		10th 32
2006 ASM Formule 3 HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
Ret 		LAU
1
2 		LAU
2
3 		OSC
1
1 		OSC
2
14 		BRH
1
1 		BRH
2
5 		NOR
1
1 		NOR
2
18 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
13 		ZAN
1
1 		ZAN
2
14 		CAT
1
10 		CAT
2
6 		BUG
1
1 		BUG
2
6 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
6 		1st 86

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Pts
2007 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 HOC
5 		OSC
2 		LAU
2 		BRH
Ret 		NOR
15 		MUG
3 		ZAN
14 		NÜR
6 		CAT
3 		HOC
8 		5th 32
2008 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC
13 		OSC
4 		MUG
2 		LAU
1 		NOR
5 		ZAN
7 		NÜR
2 		BRH
2 		CAT
1 		BUG
2 		HOC
2 		2nd 71
2009 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
5 		LAU
4 		NOR
7 		ZAN
6 		OSC
4 		NÜR
Ret 		BRH
1 		CAT
7 		DIJ
2 		HOC
3 		3rd 45
2010 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
4 		VAL
5 		LAU
2 		NOR
10 		NÜR
2 		ZAN
2 		BRH
1 		OSC
1 		HOC
1 		ADR
9 		SHA
2 		1st 71
2014 HWA Team DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
14 		OSC
4 		HUN
18 		NOR
15 		MSC
Ret 		SPL
18 		NÜR
4 		LAU
Ret 		ZAN
Ret 		HOC
4 		15th 36
2015 HWA AG DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
22 		LAU
1
14 		LAU
2
15 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
6 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
14 		SPL
1
3 		SPL
2
9 		MSC
1
14 		MSC
2
15 		OSC
1
13 		OSC
2
6 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
2 		HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
4 		8th 90
2016 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA II Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
1 		SPL
1
7 		SPL
2
15 		LAU
1
13 		LAU
2
21† 		NOR
1
3 		NOR
2
4 		ZAN
1
15 		ZAN
2
8 		MSC
1
2 		MSC
2
20 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
13 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
3 		5th 116
2017 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
6 		LAU
1
16 		LAU
2
13 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
6 		NOR
1
11 		NOR
2
6 		MSC
1
14 		MSC
2
DSQ 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
2 		SPL
1
11 		SPL
2
9 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
16 		11th 99
2018 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport REMUS Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
9 		LAU
1
6 		LAU
2
4 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
5 		NOR
1
4 		NOR
2
6 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
3 		BRH
1
16 		BRH
2
1 		MIS
1
1 		MIS
2
6 		NÜR
1
18 		NÜR
2
2 		SPL
1
4 		SPL
2
4 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
14 		3rd 233
2019 R-Motorsport I Aston Martin Vantage DTM HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
7 		ZOL
1
8 		ZOL
2
DNS 		MIS
1
16 		MIS
2
Ret 		NOR
1
12 		NOR
2
Ret 		ASS
1
14 		ASS
2
8 		BRH
1
14† 		BRH
2
14 		LAU
1
13 		LAU
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
DNS 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
DNS 		16th 21

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

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(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 VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 BHR AUS
TD 		MAL
TD 		CHN
TD 		ESP
TD 		MON TUR CAN EUR
TD 		GBR
TD 		GER HUN
TD 		BEL ITA
TD 		SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU  –  –
2011 Force India F1 Team Force India VJM04 Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8 AUS
10 		MAL
10 		CHN
11 		TUR
Ret 		ESP
12 		MON
12 		CAN
18† 		EUR
14 		GBR
15 		GER
13 		HUN
7 		BEL
11 		ITA
8 		SIN
6 		JPN
12 		13th 27
Sahara Force India F1 Team KOR
10 		IND
13 		ABU
9 		BRA
8
2012 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8 AUS
10 		MAL
7 		CHN
12 		BHR
6 		ESP
14 		MON
7 		CAN
11 		EUR
7 		GBR
Ret 		GER
11 		HUN
12 		BEL
10 		ITA
8 		SIN
4 		JPN
12 		KOR
12 		IND
12 		ABU
9 		USA
15 		BRA
19† 		14th 46
2013 Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India VJM06 Mercedes FO 108F 2.4 V8 AUS
8 		MAL
Ret 		CHN
8 		BHR
4 		ESP
7 		MON
9 		CAN
7 		GBR
9 		GER
11 		HUN
18† 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		SIN
20† 		KOR
Ret 		JPN
11 		IND
8 		ABU
6 		USA
15 		BRA
11 		12th 48
2017 Williams Martini Racing Williams FW40 Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t AUS CHN BHR RUS ESP MON CAN AZE AUT GBR HUN
Ret 		BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX BRA ABU NC 0

† Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2018 United Autosports P Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
4 		SEB
5 		LBH MDO DET WGL
4 		MOS ELK LGA PET 27th 82
2024 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 V8 DAY
11 		SEB
3 		WGL
5 		MOS ELK
11 		IMS
7 		PET
9 		15th 1592

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2019 United Autosports LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
6 		MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 19th 8
2023 United Autosports USA LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
11 		LEC
10 		22nd 1
LMP2 ARA
7† 		SPA ALG ALG NC† 0†
2024 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
9 		LEC
12 		IMO
6 		SPA
10 		MUG
6 		ALG
6 		11th 27

† Car was initially a Pro-Am entry, therefore was ineligible for points.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 Rank Points
2018 - 2019 United Autosports LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SHA
2 		FUJ
2 		BUR
1 		SEP
2 		1st 80
2022 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DUB
1
 DUB
2
 ABU
1
1 		ABU
2
1 		NC† N/A†
2023 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DUB
1
5 		DUB
2
7 		ABU
1
5 		ABU
2
5 		7th 36

† Not eligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2019–20 United Autosports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
Ret 		FUJ SHA
3 		BHR
1 		COA
1 		SPA
1 		LMS
1 		BHR
4 		2nd 175
2021 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG
3 		MNZ LMS BHR BHR 16th 23
2022 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
1 		SPA LMS 11th 38
Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 MNZ
Ret 		FUJ
4 		BHR
Ret 		10th 12
2023 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 SEB
9 		ALG
7 		SPA
8 		LMS
6 		MNZ
3 		FUJ
8 		BHR
9 		8th 51
2024 Peugeot TotalEnergies Hypercar Peugeot 9X8 Peugeot X6H 2.6 L Turbo V6 QAT
15 		IMO
15 		SPA
14 		LMS
11 		SÃO
16 		COA
Ret 		FUJ
8 		BHR
 25th* 4*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 288 DNF DNF
2019 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 365 9th 4th
2020 United States United Autosports United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 370 5th 1st
2021 United Kingdom United Autosports United Kingdom Alex Lynn
United Kingdom Wayne Boyd 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 361 9th 4th
2023 France Peugeot TotalEnergies Denmark Mikkel Jensen
France Jean-Éric Vergne 		Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar 330 8th 8th
2024 France Peugeot TotalEnergies France Loïc Duval
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 		Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar 309 11th 11th

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula 3 Euro Series
Champion
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Masters of Formula 3
Winner
2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Champion
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Le Mans Series
LMP2 Champion
2018–19
With: Phil Hanson 		Succeeded by
James French
Roman Rusinov
Léonard Hoogenboom
Awards
Preceded by McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Autosport Awards
Rookie of the Year
2011 		Succeeded by
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