Sébastien Buemi

Infobox racing driver
name = Sébastien Buemi


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nationality = flagicon|Switzerland Swiss
date of birth = Birth date and age|1988|10|31
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current series = GP2 Series
first year = 2007
current team = Trust Team Arden
car number = 14
former teams = ART
starts = 30
wins = 2
poles = 0
fastest laps = 3
best finish = 6th
year = 2008
prev series = Formula Three Euroseries
Formula BMW
prev series years = 2006-2007
2004-2005
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Sébastien Buemi (born October 31, 1988) is a Swiss racing driver, born in Aigle. He is currently competing in the GP2 Series.

Career

Formula BMW

After graduating from karting, Buemi 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. He has also competed in the special Ultimate 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 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 continues with the team for the main 2008 season. [cite news| title =Arden target return to form in 2008 | publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64616| date =2007-01-10| accessdate =2007-01-13] 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 September 18 2007, he drove the Red Bull RB3 at the F1 test session in Jerez. He was third quickest on the day, behind Glock (BMW) and Liuzzi (Toro Rosso) but ahead of names such as Barrichello (Honda) and Piquet Jr (Renault).

On January 16 2008, Red Bull confirmed Buemi as their test and reserve driver for the 2008 season.cite news | url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64709 | title = Buemi confirmed as Red Bull reserve | publisher = Autosport |date=2008-01-16 | accessdate = 2008-01-16]

On September 19 2008, Toro Rosso announced that they will most likely sign Buemi as their driver for 2009 season.cite news | url = http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/19092008/13/buemi-race-toro-rosso-2009.html | title = Buemi to race with Toro Rosso in 2009 | publisher = Yahoo Sport |date=2008-09-19 | accessdate = 2008-09-19]

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

References

* [http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver4278.html Career statistics] from driverdb.com, retrieved June 2 2007.
* [http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40750 F1 Testing Report] from itv-f1.com, retrieved September 19 2007.

External links

* [http://www.buemi.ch Official website]