Paul di Resta

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Paul di Resta
Paul di Resta .jpg
Born 16 April 1986 (1986-04-16) (age 25)
Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality United Kingdom British
2012 team Force India-Mercedes
2012 car # 11
Races 19
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 27
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First race 2011 Australian Grand Prix
Last race 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
2011 position 13th (27 pts)

Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986 in Livingston, Scotland[1]) is a British racing driver from Scotland, currently competing in Formula One with Force India. He is also a former DTM champion.

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[edit] Personal life

Di Resta, who grew up in Uphall, West Lothian, is the cousin of fellow racing drivers Dario Franchitti and Marino Franchitti.[2] In February 2010, di Resta was made a director of his family's leisure firm.

His step-father was Scottish footballer Dougie McCracken.[3]

[edit] Career

[edit] Karting

He started his career in karting, racing in various competitive series of karts from 1994 until 2002. In 2001 he won the British JICA Championship.

[edit] Formula Renault

He stepped up to single-seaters at the end of 2002, when he competed in the British Formula Renault Winter Series. He raced in British Formula Renault full-time in 2003 with the Eurotek Motorsport team, finishing seventh in the standings with one race win. He switched to Manor Motorsport for 2004, finishing third in the championship standings with four wins. He also entered some races of Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the Manor team. He also won the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of The Year Award in 2004. The award had been won by his cousin Dario Franchitti in 1992.

[edit] Formula Three

Di Resta switched to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport in 2005, finishing tenth in the standings. For 2006 he moved to the ASM Formule 3 team, winning the championship with five wins, beating team mate and future Formula One World Drivers Champion, Sebastian Vettel. Di Resta also won the 2006 BP Ultimate Masters at Circuit Park Zandvoort.

[edit] DTM

Di Resta finished runner-up in the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

In 2007, di Resta switched from single-seaters to race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car racing series, for Mercedes. In the championship he finished 5th overall behind drivers Mattias Ekstrom (who won his second DTM title), Bruno Spengler, Martin Tomczyk and Jamie Green. Di Resta was the highest driver in the standings to drive a non-2007 car. His performances earned him a 2008 Mercedes C Klasse for the 2008 season, as a reward for his exceptional debut season in the DTM championship. Di Resta raced a strong championship, winning two races and finishing second in points, just four points behind eventual champion Timo Scheider of Audi. In 2009, he finished third overall, behind Scheider and compatriot Gary Paffett. In 2010, he won three races in a row on the way to winning the championship.

[edit] Formula One

Di Resta during practice at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Di Resta tested for the McLaren Formula One team, and was in the frame for a drive with the Force India team for the 2009 season due to the teams' shared engine supplier, Mercedes-Benz. However, Force India chose to retain Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil, with Vitantonio Liuzzi as reserve driver.[4]

[edit] Force India (2010–)

[edit] 2010

In December 2009, with Fisichella having moved to Ferrari and Liuzzi being promoted to the race team, di Resta took part in a test with the team at the Jerez circuit alongside J. R. Hildebrand.[5] At the Autosport International show in January 2010, he was said to have been close to securing a deal to become the team's test and reserve driver for the 2010 season.[6] The deal was duly announced on 2 February.[7] Di Resta made his Formula One race meeting début at the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, where he took part in the first free practice session in place of Sutil.[8] Following completion of the session, Di Resta was placed 11th.[9] He then drove in the first practice sessions of all the following races up to the Monaco Grand Prix, where he did not take part. He resumed driving for the team at the European Grand Prix and the following British Grand Prix. After sitting out the German Grand Prix he returned for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Di Resta subsequently sat out the Belgian Grand Prix as Tonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil needed as much track-time as possible to get the feeling of the new parts. He participated in practice for the Italian Grand Prix, but did not participate in the Singapore or Japanese Grands Prix. The team elected that di Resta should miss the Korean Grand Prix to allow Liuzzi and Sutil to get used to the new track for the race.[10]

[edit] 2011
Di Resta at the Canadian Grand Prix

Di Resta joined Adrian Sutil in the Force India Formula One racing team for the 2011 season, replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi. He scored his first championship point at his first race, the Australian Grand Prix, after both Saubers were disqualified.[11] This was followed by another 10th place in Malaysia, 11th in China, and a retirement in Turkey, where he left the pits with a loose wheel. Di Resta was running fifth in Canada until a collision with Nick Heidfeld left him with a damaged car and a drive-through penalty, and later crashed out of the race on lap 67. He qualified sixth at Silverstone but finished 15th after a long pitstop due to a tyre mix-up.

Di Resta at the Italian Grand Prix, where he finished eighth.

Di Resta's third points-scoring finish of the season came in Hungary, where he finished seventh in changeable conditions. In the Italian Grand Prix, di Resta finished 8th, and this was followed by a career-best sixth place finish in Singapore, ahead of team-mate Sutil, who finished eighth. Di Resta had a strong end to the season, finishing tenth in Korea, ninth in Abu Dhabi and eighth in Brazil.

[edit] 2012
Di Resta during pre-season testing at Jerez in February 2012.

On 16 December 2011, it was announced that di Resta was to be retained by Force India for the 2012 season, with Nico Hülkenberg taking the place of Sutil as his team mate.[12]

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2003 Formula Renault UK Eurotek Motorsport 17 1 2 1 2 233 7th
Team JVA
2004 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 20 4 4 2 9 415 3rd
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 3 0 0 0 1 0 NC†
Bahrain Superprix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2005 Formula Three Euroseries Manor Motorsport 19 0 3 2 1 32 10th
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2006 Formula Three Euroseries ASM Formule 3 20 5 5 1 9 86 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 1st
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Persson Motorsport 10 0 0 0 4 32 5th
2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 11 2 1 4 7 71 2nd
2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 10 1 1 2 3 45 3rd
2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters HWA Team 11 3 3 1 7 71 1st
Formula One Force India Test driver
2011 Formula One Force India 19 0 0 0 0 27 13th

† – As di Resta was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

[edit] Complete Formula Three Euroseries record

(key)

Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2005 Manor Motorsport HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
17		 PAU
1
14		 PAU
2
DNS		 SPA
1
DSQ		 SPA
2
5		 MCO
1
8		 MCO
2
6		 OSC
1
4		 OSC
2
4		 NOR
1
3		 NOR
2
8		 NÜR
1
23		 NÜR
2
Ret		 ZAN
1
14		 ZAN
2
5		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
DSQ		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
DSQ		 10th 32
2006 ASM Formule 3 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
Ret		 LAU
1
2		 LAU
2
3		 OSC
1
1		 OSC
2
14		 BRH
1
1		 BRH
2
5		 NOR
1
1		 NOR
2
18		 NÜR
1
2		 NÜR
2
13		 ZAN
1
1		 ZAN
2
14		 CAT
1
10		 CAT
2
6		 BUG
1
1		 BUG
2
6		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
6		 1st 86

[edit] Complete DTM 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 Pos. Points
2007 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 HOC1
5		 OSC
2		 LAU
2		 BRH
Ret		 NOR
15		 MUG
3		 ZAN
14		 NÜR
6		 CAT
3		 HOC2
8		 5th 32
2008 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC1
13		 OSC
4		 MUG
2		 LAU
1		 NOR
5		 ZAN
7		 NÜR
2		 BRH
2		 CAT
1		 BUG
2		 HOC2
2		 2nd 71
2009 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC1
5		 LAU
4		 NOR
7		 ZAN
6		 OSC
4		 NÜR
Ret		 BRH
1		 CAT
7		 DIJ
2		 HOC2
3		 3rd 45
2010 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC1
4		 VAL
5		 LAU
2		 NOR
10		 NÜR
2		 ZAN
2		 BRH
1		 OSC
1		 HOC2
1		 ADR
9		 SHA
2		 1st 71

[edit] Complete Formula One 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 WDC Points
2010 Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 BHR
 AUS
TD		 MAL
TD		 CHN
TD		 ESP
TD		 MON
 TUR
 CAN
 EUR
TD		 GBR
TD		 GER
 HUN
TD		 BEL
 ITA
TD		 SIN
 JPN
 KOR
 BRA
 ABU
 – –
2011 Force India F1 Team Force India VJM04 Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8 AUS
10		 MAL
10		 CHN
11		 TUR
Ret		 ESP
12		 MON
12		 CAN
18†		 EUR
14		 GBR
15		 GER
13		 HUN
7		 BEL
11		 ITA
8		 SIN
6		 JPN
12		 KOR
10		 IND
13		 ABU
9		 BRA
8		 13th 27

† Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as they had completed >90% of the race distance.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Paul di Resta profile". BBC. 4 July 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/drivers_and_teams/9378342.stm. Retrieved 3 August 2011. 
  2. ^ McPherson, Lynn (7 February 2010). "Racing driver takes over family's property empire". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/02/07/racing-driver-takes-over-family-s-property-empire-86908-22025292/. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  3. ^ "Formula One rookie battles on in Turkey Grand Prix despite suspected suicide of stepfather". London: Daly Mail. 9 May 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385155/Paul-Di-Resta-battles-despite-stepdad-Dougie-McCrackens-death.html. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
  4. ^ English, Steven (14 December 2008). "Force India keep Fisichella and Sutil". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72474. Retrieved 16 January 2010. 
  5. ^ Strang, Simon (24 November 2009). "Force India to test di Resta, Hildebrand". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80327. Retrieved 16 January 2010. 
  6. ^ Noble, Jonathan (16 January 2010). "Di Resta close to Force India role". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80937. Retrieved 16 January 2010. 
  7. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (2 February 2010). "Force India signs di Resta as reserve". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81209. Retrieved 2 February 2010. 
  8. ^ Noble, Jonathan (24 March 2010). "Di Resta ready for Formula 1 chance". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82328. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  9. ^ "Australian Grand Prix – Practice Results". BBC Sport (BBC). 26 March 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/results/8498614.stm. Retrieved 26 March 2010. 
  10. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (18 October 2010). "Di Resta will not drive in Korea either". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87537. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
  11. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (26 January 2011). "Di Resta confirmed at Force India". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89078. Retrieved 26 January 2011. 
  12. ^ "Hulkenberg joins Di Resta in Force India's 2012 line-up". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 16 December 2011. http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/12/12903.html. Retrieved 16 December 2011. 

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Preceded by
Lewis Hamilton		 Formula Three Euroseries
Drivers' Champion
2006		 Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Nico Hülkenberg
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2010		 Succeeded by
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2004		 Succeeded by
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Personnel: Vijay Mallya | Michiel Mol | Otmar Szafnauer | Andy Stevenson | Andrew Green
Former personnel: Mike Gascoyne | James Key | Colin Kolles

Race drivers: 11. United Kingdom Paul di Resta | 12. Germany Nico Hülkenberg

Test drivers: France Jules Bianchi

Former drivers: Italy Giancarlo Fisichella | Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi | Germany Adrian Sutil

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Winners of the Chris Bristow Trophy for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
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