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.

Jérôme d'Ambrosio

Jérôme d'Ambrosio at the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix
Born	(1985-12-27) 27 December 1985
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Belgian
Entries	11
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2024 São Paulo Grand Prix

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

D'Ambrosio driving at the Turkish round of the 2009 GP2 Series season.

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

D'Ambrosio driving for Virgin Racing as the team's third driver at the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix.

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 2011.

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	12th
	Formula One	Virgin 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	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 15	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR Ret	MON FEA 9	MON SPR 7	FRA FEA 6	FRA SPR Ret	GBR FEA 9	GBR SPR 12	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 11	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR Ret	EUR FEA 5	EUR SPR 2	BEL FEA 8	BEL SPR 2	ITA FEA 7	ITA SPR 6	11th	21
2009	DAMS	ESP FEA 3	ESP SPR 3	MON FEA 6	MON SPR 2	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR 15	GBR FEA 19	GBR SPR 12	GER FEA 10	GER SPR 7	HUN FEA 16	HUN SPR Ret	VAL FEA 9	VAL SPR 4	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 4	ITA SPR 4	POR FEA Ret	POR SPR 10	9th	29
2010	DAMS	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 10	MON FEA 8	MON SPR 1	TUR FEA 10	TUR SPR 8	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR 8	GBR FEA 11	GBR SPR 11	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR 2	ABU FEA 14	ABU SPR 8	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	DUB1 FEA 11	DUB1 SPR 8	IDN FEA Ret	IDN SPR Ret	MYS FEA 3	MYS SPR Ret	BHR FEA 11	BHR SPR 12	DUB2 FEA 7	DUB2 SPR 3			11th	12
2008–09	DAMS	CHN FEA 9	CHN SPR 5	DUB FEA 7	DUB SPR C	BHR1 FEA 2	BHR1 SPR 3	QAT FEA 5	QAT SPR 7	MYS FEA Ret	MYS SPR DSQ	BHR2 FEA 3	BHR2 SPR 2	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
2010	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	SIN TD	JPN TD	KOR TD	BRA TD	ABU		-	-
2011	Virgin Racing	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth CA2011 2.4 L V8	AUS 14	MAL Ret	CHN 20	TUR 20	ESP 20	MON 15	CAN 14	EUR 20	GBR 17	GER 18	HUN 19	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		22nd*	0*

References

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

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine