also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was an official test driver for the A1 Grand Prix series in August 2004. In August 2005, it was announced that he would be the driver for A1 Team Ireland. He had previously been seen to be in competition for the Great Britain seat. In 2007, Firman, along with Daisuke Ito, won the Japan Super GT GT500 class championship with the Aguri Suzuki co-owned ARTA team. Firman and Ito won the championship before the final race of the season, a first in the series' competitive history. Retirement from racing Firman retired from racing in 2013, and now runs a British engineering company. Racing career Career summary Complete Formula Nippon results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Complete JGTC/Super GT results Complete Formula One results (key) Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) References External links GP Encyclopedia RFR 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Norwich Irish racing drivers Irish Formula One drivers Jordan Formula One drivers A1 Team Ireland drivers Formula Nippon drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers Super GT drivers Karting World Championship drivers People educated at Gresham's School Status Grand Prix drivers A1 Grand Prix drivers Nakajima Racing drivers Team Aguri drivers Paul Stewart Racing drivers