Sébastien Buemi

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Sébastien Buemi
Sebastien Buemi 2013 WEC Silverstone.jpg
Buemi at Le Mans, 2013
Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 35)
Aigle, Switzerland
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season 2012
Current team Toyota Racing
Car no. 1
Starts 27
Championships 1
Wins 5
Poles 2
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 1st in 2014
Formula E career
Debut season 2014–15
Current team Renault e.dams
Car no. 9
Former teams 0
Starts 19
Championships 0
Wins 6
Poles 5
Fastest laps 5
Best finish 2nd in 2014–15
Finished last season 2nd
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 2009–2011
Teams Toro Rosso
Entries 55
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 29
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 2009 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2012–
Teams Toyota Racing
Best finish 2nd (2013)
Class wins 0

Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988)[1] is a Swiss professional racing driver, who formerly competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One. Buemi is currently a reserve driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso's sister team, Red Bull Racing, as well as being a member of Toyota's FIA World Endurance Championship squad and e.dams Renault in the FIA Formula E Championship. Along with team-mate Anthony Davidson, Buemi became World Champion in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, in 2014.[2]

Career

Formula BMW

Born in Aigle, Vaud, Buemi graduated from karting and spent 2004 and 2005 in German Formula BMW, finishing third and second in the championship respectively. He was also runner up in the 2005 FBMW World Final.

Formula Three

Following a single race in Spanish Formula Three in 2005, Buemi moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries for 2006, finishing 12th in the championship, ceding 11th place to Charlie Kimball on countback. He remained in the series for 2007, and finished second in the championship, behind Romain Grosjean. He has also competed in the special Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix races.

A1 Grand Prix

For the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, Buemi shared driving duties for A1 Team Switzerland with Neel Jani and Marcel Fässler. The team finished eighth in the championship.

GP2 Series

Buemi driving for Arden International at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season

Buemi was drafted in at short notice to replace the injured Michael Ammermüller at ART Grand Prix for the Monaco round of the 2007 GP2 Series season. He performed creditably on his GP2 début, qualifying fourth and finishing seventh. He joined the Arden International team for the 2008 GP2 Asia Series, and finished as runner-up with a win and four second places. He continued with the team for the main 2008 season.[3] He scored his first win in the French sprint race, starting 21st on the grid (after a technical problem in the feature race) on slick tyres on a drying track and benefitting as most rivals had to pit for slicks. He won one more race and ended the season sixth in the championship.

Formula One

On 18 September 2007 he drove the Red Bull RB3 at the F1 test session in Jerez. He was third quickest on the day, behind Timo Glock (BMW) and Vitantonio Liuzzi (Scuderia Toro Rosso) but ahead of names such as Rubens Barrichello (Honda) and Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault). On 16 January 2008 Red Bull Racing confirmed Buemi as their test and reserve driver for the 2008 season.[4] At the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Buemi drove the medical car as usual driver Dr Jacques Tropenat had been suffering from an ear problem.[5]

Scuderia Toro Rosso (2009–2011)

2009
Buemi during free practice at the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix.

Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed its signing of Buemi as one of its race drivers on 9 January 2009.[6] He was the first Swiss driver to take part in an F1 race since Jean-Denis Délétraz drove for Pacific at the 1995 European Grand Prix.

In his first race, the 2009 Australian Grand Prix, Buemi outqualified his team-mate Sébastien Bourdais and then scored a point in the race by finishing in eighth position. He was later promoted to seventh place as a result of Lewis Hamilton being disqualified. At the Chinese Grand Prix, he scored another point, this time in the wet, finishing eighth after starting tenth. After a mid season dip in the Toro Rosso's form, Buemi rounded off a good weekend to finish 7th in the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix. He followed this with a third top ten qualification in a row and another points finish at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Buemi finished the year sixteenth with 6 points as the best rookie.

2010
Buemi driving the Toro Rosso STR5 during practice for the 2010 Spanish Grand Prix

On 9 November 2009, it was confirmed that Buemi would race for a second season with Toro Rosso.

During the first free practice session of the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix, a front suspension wishbone broke under braking on Buemi's Toro Rosso as he braked for Turn 14. The two front wheels flew off while Buemi was travelling at over 300 km/h (190 mph). One wheel went over the safety fence and landed in a spectator area, missing a camera man on its way. Buemi's car continued to travel forward, veering to the left and sliding along an Armco barrier, knocking off the front wing. Neither Buemi nor any spectators were injured as a result of the incident. Toro Rosso blamed a failure of a new front right upright for the incident.[7] Buemi completed 2010 with eight points to teammate Alguersuari's five. He was sixteenth again in the drivers' championship.

2011

Buemi, along with his team mate 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.

Red Bull Racing (2012–2015)

2012

In January 2012 it was announced that Buemi would rejoin Red Bull Racing as a test and reserve driver for the 2012 season, as well as acting as Toro Rosso's reserve driver.[8] Buemi continued as Red Bull's test and reserve driver for the 2013[9] and 2014 seasons.

Sportscars

The Toyota TS040 Hybrid that Buemi drove at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Buemi also signed a deal to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota Motorsport GmbH, driving a Toyota TS030 Hybrid with Anthony Davidson and Hiroaki Ishiura (who later withdrew and was replaced by Stéphane Sarrazin).[10] After a strong performance, the car was running in third position in the early evening when Davidson collided with a GT Ferrari and crashed heavily.

In 2013, Buemi continued driving with Toyota for a full season and ended with third place in the drivers' championship. For the 2014 season, he drove Toyota's new car – the Toyota TS040 Hybrid. With four wins and seven podiums from the eight races, Buemi became World Endurance Drivers' Champion with team-mate Anthony Davidson.[2]

Formula E (2014-present)

Buemi raced in the inaugural Formula E season for e.dams alongside Frenchman Nicolas Prost. He finished the season with second place in the drivers' championship and helped his team win the teams' championship. Despite losing the championship in the inaugural Formula E season, Buemi is currently the most successful driver in the series' history having claimed more wins, poles, fastest laps and points than any other driver in the series.

2014-15

Buemi's season didn't start off easily with a retirement in Beijing having started from last on the grid and being unable to set a qualifying time at the following round in Putrajya, he lined up 19th on the grid. Buemi drove a brilliant recovery race having started in 19th and finishing 3rd on the podium ahead of his teammate who started in 11th. At the third round of the season Buemi secured his first race victory in Punta del Este. Buemi started on pole at the following round in Buenos Aires for the first time in his career but crashed out of the race after leading. Buemi went on to win in Monaco and London, both from pole position. Buemi finished the season second in the championship having finished one point short of Nelson Piquet Jr.'s tally with 143 points.

2015-16

Buemi at the 2015 Punta del Este ePrix.

In season two, Buemi dominated the early stages of the championship. In the season opening round in Beijing Buemi secured pole, fastest lap and the race win. The story was looking much the same in the following round in Putrajya before Buemi's car experienced mechanical failure while leading the race. Having made a mistake in qualifying in Punta del Este, Buemi lined up fifth on the grid, but went on to claim his third fastest lap in three races and another race victory.

Personal life

As of 2009 Buemi was officially resident in Bahrain, living with his family and his girlfriend Jennifer.[11] He has since moved to Monaco.[1] His cousin, Natacha Gachnang, is also a racing driver. In February 2016, Buemi became a father with the birth of his son Jules Buemi.

In 2013, Buemi and Johnny Herbert mentored 6 contestants in a primetime ITV4 reality series, with the aim of taking players of the Gran Turismo videogames to the Dubai 24 Hour race as real drivers.[12] Other countries in Europe had heats mentored by Vitantonio Liuzzi.[13]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2004 Formula BMW ADAC Lars Kaufmann Motorsport 20 0 2 2 10 188 3rd
2005 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 20 7 7 12 16 282 2nd
Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Spanish Formula Three Racing Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 Formula 3 Euro Series ASL Mücke Motorsport 20 1 0 6 3 31 12th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Motopark Academy 8 2 1 1 6 172 7th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 1 0 0 1 33 11th
Macau Grand Prix Carlin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Switzerland 12 0 0 1 0 50 8th
2007 Formula 3 Euro Series ASL Mücke Motorsport 20 3 2 4 13 95 2nd
GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 11 0 0 3 0 6 21st
Macau Grand Prix Räikkönen Robertson Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th
2008 GP2 Asia Series Trust Team Arden 10 1 0 1 5 37 2nd
GP2 Series 19 2 0 0 5 50 6th
Formula One Red Bull Racing Test driver
2009 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 17 0 0 0 0 6 16th
2010 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 19 0 0 0 0 8 16th
2011 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 19 0 0 0 0 15 15th
2012 Formula One Red Bull Racing Test driver
World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2013 Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing Test driver
Le Mans 24 Hours Toyota Racing (LMP1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 2nd
World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing 8 1 0 0 4 106.25 3rd
2014 Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing Test driver
World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing (LMP1-H) 8 4 2 0 7 166 1st
2014–15 Formula E e.dams Renault 11 3 3 1 5 143 2nd
2015 Formula One Infiniti Red Bull Racing Test driver
World Endurance Championship Toyota Racing (LMP1) 8 0 0 0 1 79 5th
2015–16 Formula E Renault e.dams 8 3 2 4 6 140 2nd*
2016 World Endurance Championship Toyota Gazoo Racing (LMP1) 2 0 0 0 0 1 15th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2006 ASL Mücke Motorsport Dallara F305/011 Mercedes HOC
1
19		 HOC
2
14		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
12		 OSC
1
7		 OSC
2
1		 BRH
1
21		 BRH
2
16		 NOR
1
7		 NOR
2
11		 NÜR
1
4		 NÜR
2
8		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
8		 CAT
1
7		 CAT
2
5		 BUG
1
DSQ		 BUG
2
11		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
3		 12th 31
2007 ASL Mücke Motorsport Dallara F305/011 Mercedes HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
3		 BRH
1
7		 BRH
2
2		 NOR
1
2		 NOR
2
2		 MAG
1
3		 MAG
2
19		 MUG
1
3		 MUG
2
5		 ZAN
1
3		 ZAN
2
2		 NÜR
1
2		 NÜR
2
3		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
6		 NOG
1
4		 NOG
2
1		 HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
1		 2nd 95

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2006–07 Switzerland NED
SPR
10		 NED
FEA
8		 CZE
SPR
8		 CZE
FEA
10		 BEI
SPR		 BEI
FEA		 MYS
SPR		 MYS
FEA		 IDN
SPR		 IDN
FEA		 NZL
SPR
5		 NZL
FEA
4		 AUS
SPR
4		 AUS
FEA
7		 RSA
SPR		 RSA
FEA		 MEX
SPR		 MEX
FEA		 SHA
SPR
4		 SHA
FEA
9		 GBR
SPR
Ret		 GBR
SPR
DSQ		 8th 50

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (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 21 DC Points
2007 ART Grand Prix BHR
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 MON
FEA
7		 FRA
FEA		 FRA
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GBR
SPR		 EUR
FEA
Ret		 EUR
SPR
20		 HUN
FEA
15		 HUN
SPR
17		 TUR
FEA
Ret		 TUR
SPR
13		 ITA
FEA
7		 ITA
SPR
14		 BEL
FEA
10		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 21st 6
2008 Trust Team Arden ESP
FEA
7		 ESP
SPR
2		 TUR
FEA
6		 TUR
SPR
3		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
11		 FRA
FEA
Ret		 FRA
SPR
1		 GBR
FEA
4		 GBR
SPR
DNS		 GER
FEA
Ret		 GER
SPR
8		 HUN
FEA
7		 HUN
SPR
1		 EUR
FEA
6		 EUR
SPR
Ret		 BEL
FEA
5		 BEL
SPR
4		 ITA
FEA
3		 ITA
SPR
7		 6th 50

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2008 Trust Team Arden DUB1
FEA
DSQ		 DUB1
SPR
Ret		 IDN
FEA
1		 IDN
SPR
7		 MAL
FEA
Ret		 MAL
SPR
Ret		 BHR
FEA
2		 BHR
SPR
2		 DUB2
FEA
2		 DUB2
SPR
2		 2nd 37

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2009 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR4 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS
7		 MAL
16		 CHN
8		 BHR
17		 ESP
Ret		 MON
Ret		 TUR
15		 GBR
18		 GER
16		 HUN
16		 EUR
Ret		 BEL
12		 ITA
13		 SIN
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 BRA
7		 ABU
8		 16th 6
2010 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR5 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 BHR
16		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
11		 CHN
Ret		 ESP
Ret		 MON
10		 TUR
16		 CAN
8		 EUR
9		 GBR
12		 GER
Ret		 HUN
12		 BEL
12		 ITA
11		 SIN
14		 JPN
10		 KOR
Ret		 BRA
13		 ABU
15		 16th 8
2011 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR6 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 AUS
8		 MAL
13		 CHN
14		 TUR
9		 ESP
14		 MON
10		 CAN
10		 EUR
13		 GBR
Ret		 GER
15		 HUN
8		 BEL
Ret		 ITA
10		 SIN
12		 JPN
Ret		 KOR
9		 IND
Ret		 ABU
Ret		 BRA
12		 15th 15

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
France Stéphane Sarrazin		 Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 82 DNF DNF
2013 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
France Stéphane Sarrazin		 Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 347 2nd 2nd
2014 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
France Nicolas Lapierre		 Toyota TS040 Hybrid LMP1-H 374 3rd 3rd
2015 Japan Toyota Racing United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Japan Kazuki Nakajima		 Toyota TS040 Hybrid LMP1 386 8th 8th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2012 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) SEB SPA LMS
Ret		 SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA NC 0
2013 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS030 Hybrid Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid) SIL
3		 SPA
4		 LMS
2		 SÃO
Ret		 COA
2		 FUJ
15		 SHA
Ret		 BHR
1		 3rd 106.25
2014 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid) SIL
1		 SPA
1		 LMS
3		 COA
3		 FUJ
1		 SHA
1		 BHR
10		 SÃO
2		 1st 166
2015 Toyota Racing LMP1 Toyota TS040 Hybrid Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid) SIL
3		 SPA
8		 LMS
8		 NÜR
5		 COA
4		 FUJ
5		 SHA
6		 BHR
4		 5th 79
2016 Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Toyota 2.4 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid) SIL
16		 SPA
26		 LMS
 NÜR
 MEX
 COA
 FUJ
 SHA
 BHR
 15th* 1*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula E results

(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 Pos Points
2014–15 e.dams Renault Spark-Renault SRT 01E BEI
Ret		 PUT
3		 PDE
1		 BNA
Ret		 MIA
13		 LBH
4		 MON
1		 BER
2		 MOS
9		 LON
1		 LON
5		 2nd 143
2015–16 Renault e.dams Spark-Renault Z.E 15 BEI
1		 PUT
12		 PDE
1		 BNA
2		 MEX
2		 LBH
16		 PAR
3		 BER
1		 LON
 LON
 2nd* 140*

* Season still in progress.

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by FIA World Endurance Champion
2014 with:
Anthony Davidson		 Succeeded by
Timo Bernhard
Brendon Hartley
Mark Webber
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