Adrien Tambay
Introduction '''Adrien Tambay''' (born 25 February 1991) is a French professional racing driver. He currently is an official CUPRA driver and is the 2022 ETCR Champion. He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.
Career ===Formula BMW===Born in Paris, Tambay began his car racing career in the German Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing fourth and rookie champion. He moved to the new Formula BMW Europe series in 2008, where he finished third behind Esteban Gutiérrez and Marco Wittmann.Tambay on the Formula Three Euroseries at the Hockenheimring (2009)===Formula Three===In 2009 he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for leading team ART Grand Prix. He missed the Oschersleben and Nürburgring rounds of the Euroseries, and also an invitational entry to the British Formula 3 Championship at Spa, due to a head injury suffered while playing football. He ended the Euroseries season pointless, recording a best finish of seventh at EuroSpeedway and the Norisring.===Auto GP===In 2010 he raced in the Auto GP series for Charouz-Gravity Racing.===GP3===After James Jakes had a wrist injury at Hockenheim, Tambay was called in to replace him in Manor Racing. In his second outing at Spa-Francorchamps, Tambay retired first race and therefore started 27th in the second race. The rain started during the race, but Tambay kept driving on slicks, and winning the race ahead of Alexander Rossi.===DTM===Adrien Tambay, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2014 - HockenheimringAdrien Tambay was one of the eight Audi factory drivers in the DTM championship for five years between 2012 and 2016.He scored a top ten championship finish in his first year and amassed a total of 3 podiums, 1 pole position and 1 fastest lap throughout his DTM career.
Racing record ===Career summary===SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2007 Formula BMW ADAC Josef Kaufmann Racing1822075734th Formula BMW USA EuroInternational4001210917th Formula BMW World Final10000N/A14th 2008 Formula BMW Europe Eifelland Racing162209260'''3rd''' Formula BMW Americas EuroInternational310130NC† 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series ART Grand Prix160000021st British Formula 3 International Series200000NC† Masters of Formula 310000N/ADNF 2010 GP3 Series Manor Racing41001620th Auto GP Series Charouz-Gravity Racing121012296th 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Pons Racing10000627th International DracoRacing10000 Auto GP Series DAMS600021144th Campos Racing61103 FIA GT3 European Championship Saintéloc Racing20000048th 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Abt1000012810th Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Saintéloc Racing100000NC 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Abt1000103014th 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Abt1001013614th 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Abt180000324th Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Saintéloc100000NC 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg1700014018th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT100000NC 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing30000840th Intercontinental GT Challenge200001220th 2019 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Inter Europol Competition200000.535th French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am Cool Racing600102416th 2020 French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am Saintéloc Racing1201402314th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 EuroInternational10000N/ADNF 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Saintéloc Racing500000NC French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am1200113815th 2022 GT4 European Series - Pro-Am Saintéloc Racing200000NC FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup Cupra EKS61N/AN/A5535'''1st''' 2022–23 Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class DRP 3 0 0 0 0 113 14th2023 Extreme E Championship Abt Cupra XE10N/AN/A0618th† As Tambay was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.===Complete Formula 3 Euro Series 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 DC Points 2009 ART Grand Prix Dallara F308/040 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 DIJ1 DIJ2 HOC1 HOC2 21st 0 Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.===Complete Auto GP Results===Tambay achieved his only win of the 2011 Auto GP season for Campos Racing, at Mugello. (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 Pos Points 2010 Charouz-Gravity Racing BRN1 BRN2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 MAG1 ''MAG2'' NAV1 NAV2 MNZ1 MNZ2 6th 29 2011 DAMS MNZ1 MNZ2 HUN1 HUN2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 4th 114 Campos Racing OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 '''MUG1''' MUG2===Complete GP3 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 DC Points 2010 Manor Racing CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 20th 6===Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results===(key) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2011 Pons Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 27th 6 International DracoRacing CAT1 CAT2===Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2012 Audi Sport Team Abt Audi A5 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 10th 28 2013 Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR ''MSC'' NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 14th 30 2014 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM '''HOC''' OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 14th 36 2015 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 24th 3 2016 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 18th 40† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.===Complete European Le Mans Series results===(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 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 35th 0.5===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results===YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps   2020 Eurointernational Christophe D'Ansembourg Erik MarisLigier JS P217-Gibson LMP2 26 DNF DNF
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