Jules Bianchi
| Jules Bianchi | |
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| Nationality |  French |
| Born | August 3, 1989 Nice (France) |
| Related to | Lucien Bianchi (great-uncle) Mauro Bianchi (grandfather) |
| 2012 GP2 Series | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Lotus ART |
| Car no. | 5 |
| Starts | 37 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 4 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2010 and 2011 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009–10-2011 2009 2009 2008–09 2007 2007 |
GP2 Asia Series British Formula Three Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries French Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2009 2008 2007 |
Formula Three Euroseries Formula Three Masters French Formula Renault 2.0 |
Jules Bianchi (born August 3, 1989 in Nice, France) is a French racing driver.
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[edit] Family
Jules is the grandson of Mauro Bianchi, three-times World Champion in the GT category, and the grandnephew of Lucien, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and competed in nineteen Grands Prix in the Formula One World Championship between 1959 and 1968, with a podium finish in Monaco.
[edit] Career
[edit] Formula Renault
In 2007 Bianchi left karting and raced in French Formula Renault 2.0 for SG Formula, where he finished as champion.
[edit] Formula Three
He was signed to drive for Formula Three Euroseries team ART Grand Prix in late 2007. Bianchi is currently managed by ART boss Nicolas Todt, manager of Formula One driver Felipe Massa.
In 2008 Bianchi won the Masters of Formula 3 at Zolder,[1] and also finished third in the 2008 Formula Three Euroseries season.
Bianchi continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2009, leading ART's line-up along with rookie team-mates Valtteri Bottas, Esteban Gutiérrez and Adrien Tambay.[2] With eight wins, Bianchi sealed the title with a round to spare, at Dijon-Prenois. He then added a ninth win at the final round at Hockenheim. He also drove in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at Monaco, after SG Formula acquired the cars formerly run by Kurt Mollekens.[3]
[edit] GP2 Series
Bianchi drove for ART in the forthcoming GP2 Asia season and the 2010 GP2 Series season.[4] He competed in three of the four rounds of the GP2 Asia championship.[5] In the main series, Bianchi took two pole positions and a number of points positions before he was injured in a first-lap crash at the Hungaroring. In the feature race, he spun into the path of the field exiting the first corner, and was struck head-on by Ho-Pin Tung, sustaining a fractured second lumbar vertebra in the process.[6] Bianchi was fourth in the drivers' championship at the time of his injury. Despite initial pessimistic assessments of the severity of his injury, he recovered to take part in the next round of the championship.[7]
Bianchi remained with ART for 2011, and was partnered by 2010 GP3 Series champion Esteban Gutiérrez. He starred in the first two rounds of the 2011 GP2 Asia Series, holding off Romain Grosjean for victory in the feature race[8] and gaining fourth in the sprint race,[9] but he was later penalised.[10] He finished runner-up to Grosjean in the drivers' championship.
In the main series, Bianchi had a difficult start to the season, only scoring points in two of first eight races, but his form improved after scoring his first win at Silverstone. He eventually finished third in the championship, behind Grosjean and Luca Filippi.
[edit] Formula One
In August 2009, Bianchi was linked by the BBC and various other media sources to the second Ferrari Formula One seat occupied by Luca Badoer during Felipe Massa's absence.[11][12] Bianchi tested for Ferrari at the young drivers test at Circuito de Jerez for two of the three days, over December 1–2, 2009.[13] This allowed for Ferrari to test Daniel Zampieri, Marco Zipoli and Pablo Sánchez López on December 3, as they finished in the top three of the 2009 Italian Formula Three Championship. Bianchi's performance on day one of the test led to him being signed by Scuderia Ferrari as a young driver along with Daniel Zampieri, Mirko Bortolotti and Raffaele Marciello.[14]
On 11 November 2010 he was confirmed by Ferrari as the team's test and reserve driver for the 2011 season, replacing Luca Badoer, Giancarlo Fisichella and Marc Gené, as well as confirming he would test for the team during the young driver test in Abu Dhabi over 16–17 November.[15] On 13 September 2011, Bianchi tested for Ferrari as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy, with fellow academy member and Sauber F1 driver Sergio Pérez.[16]
[edit] Racing record
[edit] Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Car No. | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | French Formula Renault 2.0 | SG Formula | 6 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 172 | 1st |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11th | ||
| 2008 | Formula Three Euroseries | ART Grand Prix | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 3rd |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | SG Formula | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| British Formula Three Championship | ART Grand Prix | 91 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | NC† | |
| Formula Three Euroseries | 1 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 114 | 1st | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
| 2009–10 | GP2 Asia Series | ART Grand Prix | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12th |
| 2010 | GP2 Series | ART Grand Prix | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 3rd |
| 2011 | GP2 Asia Series | Lotus ART | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2nd |
| GP2 Series | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 3rd | ||
| Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Test driver | |||||||
| 2012 | Formula One | Sahara Force India | Test driver | ||||||
† - As Bianchi was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
[edit] Complete Formula Three Euroseries 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308/049 | Mercedes | HOC1 1 Ret |
HOC1 2 13 |
MUG 1 3 |
MUG 2 4 |
PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 26 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 9 |
ZAN 1 3 |
ZAN 2 9 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 3 |
BRH 1 22 |
BRH 2 18 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 3 |
BUG 1 1 |
BUG 2 17 |
HOC2 1 7 |
HOC2 2 1 |
3rd | 47 |
| 2009 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308 | Mercedes | HOC1 1 5 |
HOC1 2 3 |
MUG 1 1 |
MUG 2 14 |
PAU 1 1 |
PAU 2 3 |
NOR 1 1 |
NOR 2 1 |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 6 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 5 |
BRH 1 Ret |
BRH 2 Ret |
CAT 1 1 |
CAT 2 5 |
BUG 1 2 |
BUG 2 1 |
HOC2 1 1 |
HOC2 2 7 |
1st | 114 |
[edit] Complete GP2 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 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ART Grand Prix | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 12 |
MON FEA 4 |
MON SPR 3 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR 13 |
VAL FEA 2 |
VAL SPR Ret |
GBR FEA 2 |
GBR SPR 5 |
GER FEA 5 |
GER SPR 4 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR DNS |
BEL FEA 14 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 2 |
ITA SPR 4 |
ABU FEA 18 |
ABU SPR 7 |
3rd | 52 |
| 2011 | Lotus ART | TUR FEA 3 |
TUR SPR 7 |
ESP FEA 7 |
ESP SPR Ret |
MON FEA Ret |
MON SPR 19 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 7 |
GBR FEA 1 |
GBR SPR 5 |
GER FEA 4 |
GER SPR 2 |
HUN FEA 7 |
HUN SPR 6 |
BEL FEA 2 |
BEL SPR 2 |
ITA FEA 8 |
ITA SPR 3 |
3rd | 53 |
[edit] Complete GP2 Asia 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | ART Grand Prix | ABU1 FEA |
ABU1 SPR |
ABU2 FEA 3 |
ABU2 SPR 7 |
BHR1 FEA 10 |
BHR1 SPR NC |
BHR2 FEA 10 |
BHR2 SPR Ret |
12th | 8 |
| 2011 | Lotus ART | ABU FEA 1 |
ABU SPR 8 |
ITA FEA 3 |
ITA SPR Ret |
2nd | 18 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Rookie Jules Bianchi wins Masters of Formula 3". f3euroseries.com. 2008-08-10. http://f3euroseries.com/newsausgabe.php?id=2088. Retrieved 2008-08-11.[dead link]
- ^ "ART complete Euro Series line-up". autosport.com. 2009-01-06. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72631. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
- ^ Mills, Peter (2009-05-14). "SG Formula enters World Series". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75291. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ English, Steven (2009-10-12). "Bianchi to step up to GP2 with ART". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79402. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ Freeman, Glenn (ed.) (2009-10-15). "Pit & Paddock: Macau then GP2 for Bianchi". Autosport 198 (3): 26.
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (2010-07-31). "Bianchi suffers back injuries". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85759. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ English, Steven (2010-08-26). "Bianchi cleared to race at Spa". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86114. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
- ^ "Bianchi thrilled to end win drought". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 2011-02-11. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89416. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "Coletti wins Abu Dhabi race two". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 2011-02-12. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89446. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "Bianchi given post-race penalty". autosport.com. 2011-02-12. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89456. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ Cheese, Caroline (2009-08-28). "Belgian GP practice as it happened". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8224376.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-05. "Entertaining kerfuffle in the Ferrari garage as Jules Bianchi, who is the latest driver to be linked with Luca Badoer's seat, stands behind Badoer's car like some kind of Grim Reaper."
- ^ "Montezemolo gives Badoer one more chance, Bianchi waits for call up". jamesallenonf1.com (James Allen). 2009-08-25. http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/08/montezemolo-gives-badoer-one-more-chance-bianchi-waits-for-call-up/. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2009-11-20). "Ferrari to test Bianchi at Jerez". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80233. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-12-02). "Bianchi signs long-term Ferrari deal". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80402. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ English, Steven (2010-11-11). "Ferrari confirms Bianchi as 2011 tester". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88128. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- ^ "The Ferrari Driver Academy according to Perez and Bianchi". Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari). 15 September 2011. http://www.ferrari.com/English/Formula1/News/Headlines/Pages/110915_FDA_The-Ferrari-Driver-Academy-according-to-Perez-and-Bianchi.aspx. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jules Bianchi |
- Official website
- Jules Bianchi career statistics at Driver Database
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Laurent Groppi |
French Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2007 |
Succeeded by Daniel Ricciardo (2008 Formula Renault West European Cup) |
| Preceded by Nico Hülkenberg |
Formula Three Masters Winner 2008 |
Succeeded by Valtteri Bottas |
| Preceded by Nico Hülkenberg |
Formula Three Euroseries Champion 2009 |
Succeeded by Edoardo Mortara |
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Nice
- French racing drivers
- Kart racing drivers
- French Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Three Euroseries drivers
- Formula Three Euroseries Champions
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- GP2 Asia Series drivers
- French people of Belgian descent
- French people of Dutch descent
- French people of Italian descent
- GP2 Series drivers
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series drivers
