Sam Bird

Infobox racing driver
name = Sam Bird


pixels = 200px
caption = Sam Bird at Zolder, 2007
nationality = flagicon|UK British
date of birth = Birth date and age|1987|1|9
place of birth = Roehampton (United Kingdom)
current series = Formula Three Euroseries
first year = 2008
current team = Carlin Motorsport
car number = 5
former teams =
starts = 16
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps = 0
best finish =
year =
prev series = British Formula Three Championship
British Formula Renault
Formula BMW
prev series years = 2007
2006
2004-2005
titles =
title years =
awards = Club Driver of the Year
award years = 2006

Samuel Bird (born January 9, 1987 in Roehampton) is a British racing driver currently racing in the Formula 3 Euroseries with Manor Motorsport.

Career

Bird made his name in single seater racing in the Formula BMW category, coming fourteenth overall in his debut season and second in the rookie cup. He came runner up in 2005, which was only his second season in the category and also came fourth in the Formula BMW world final, the race itself was won by German Marco Holzer. For 2006, Bird entered the British Formula Renault series, where he won four races and came fourth in the championship, 111 points behind series champion Sebastian Hohenthal.

For 2007, Bird will be competing in the British Formula Three Championship with Carlin Motorsport, racing in a Mercedes powered Dallara. In March 2007, Bird secured sponsorship from BP, "The brand is already prominent in the World Rally Championship" Mark Reader, BP's UK Fuels Marketing Manager, commented, "Sam’s an incredible prospect and we’re excited to be getting into a relationship at this stage of his career" he added. [cite news |title=BP Ultimate sponsors Sam Bird in Formula 3 |url=http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=4005775&contentId=7030958|publisher=BP Official Website |date=March 15, 2007 |accessdate=2007-04-05 ] Bird was elected to the MSA's Race Elite Scheme in April 2007, along with 5 other drivers in various British series.

Bird recently participated in a series of aerodynamic tests with the AT&T Williams F1 Team.

tatistics

Motor racing record

*Current Championship position

External links

* [http://www.sambird.com/ Official Website: www.sambird.com by Hayden-Media]

References