Robert Wickens

Robert Wickens
Wickens in 2007.
Nationality	Canadian
Born	March 13, 1989 (1989-03-13) Toronto (Canada)
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Debut season	2007
Current team	Carlin Motorsport
Car no.	6
Starts	38
Wins	6
Poles	8
Fastest laps	6
Best finish	1st in 2011
Previous series
2010 2009 2009 2008–09 2007–08 2007 2007–08 2006 2006 2005–06	GP3 Series FIA Formula Two British Formula Three Formula Three Euroseries A1 Grand Prix Champ Car Atlantic World Series by Renault Formula BMW ADAC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula BMW USA
Championship titles
2011 2006	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula BMW USA
Awards
BBC Rising Star Award, INSIDE TRACK Canadian Racing Competing At The Highest Levels of International Competition

Robert Tyler Wickens (born March 13, 1989 in Toronto) is a Canadian racing driver, currently driving in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. In 2009 he finished in second place in the FIA Formula Two Championship, and in 2010 he was runner-up in the GP3 Series. In his return to Formula Renault 3.5, where he competed in 2008, he won the 2011 season championship with Carlin Motorsport, with backing of Marussia.

Career

Karting

Wickens started his karting career in 2001 with wins in the Junior Heavy Marigold Fall Classic and the Junior Lite Iron Man Enduro. He was two-time champion of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship in 2002, 2003 and 2005 in various classes. Also he takes a wins in ASN Canadian National Formula Junior. SKUSA ProMoto Tour, BeaveRun, PA, 80cc Junior OKRA Grand National and Junior Heavy Mosport Grand Prix.

Formula BMW

In 2005, when he was sixteen years old, Wickens started his formula racing career. Thanks to Junior Scholarship from BMW, he participated in Formula BMW USA for Team Apex Racing USA. He scored five podiums including two wins, which brought him third place and best rookie's title. Also he competed in Formula BMW World Final, where he finished sixth.

He remained in the series in 2006 for the same team, but after few races switched to the EuroInternational, because he become a Red Bull Junior Team driver. The Canadian amassed three wins, seven podiums and won the championship. Besides repeat appearance in Formula BMW World Final, Wickens was guest driver at the Nürburgring Formula BMW ADAC round, which was a support race for the Formula One European Grand Prix. After three months he again appeared at Nürburg to competing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for Motopark Academy.

Champ Car Atlantic

Wickens driving for the Red Bull Junior Team at Houston during the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season.

In 2007 Wickens moved to the Champ Car Atlantic for Red Bull/Team Forsythe. He took one win and another three podiums and was third in season standings, yielding Raphael Matos and Franck Perera.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

After four races at the end of the 2007 season, Wickens moved up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2008 season, with Carlin Motorsport. He claimed one win at Silverstone and finished season on the twelfth place with 55 points.

Formula Three Euroseries

Apart from involvement in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, in 2008 Wickens competed in Formula Three Euroseries with Signature-Plus, missing Hockenheim, Mugello and Brands Hatch rounds. His best results came at the second rain races on Norisring and Bugatti Circuit, where he win the race. Both times, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded. He continued his participating in 2009, but switched to Kolles & Heinz Union and contested only in Hockenheim and Dijon rounds, without scoring a point.

FIA Formula Two Championship

Wickens was the only North American driver in the revamped FIA Formula Two Championship for the 2009 season, driving car number 12. Wickens dominated the opening race of the series, leading every lap from pole position to become the first driver since Philippe Streiff in September 1984 to win an international Formula Two race. He repeated that in race two, to lead the championship. However, those were his only two wins of the season, as he struggled with reliability later in the season. Despite five retirements, Wickens ended up as the runner-up in the championship, albeit 51 points behind runaway champion Andy Soucek.

In November 2009 Wickens revealed that he had held "off the record" talks with several Formula 1 teams, and believe that his chances of driving in Formula 1 were increased by the fact that he is the only potential rookie North American driver who currently holds a valid FIA superlicence.

In June 2011 it was announced that Wickens has been signed to the Virgin F1 team as a reserve driver. He will continue to race in the GP3 series.

GP3 Series

In 2010 Wickens races in the GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix. After third place in Barcelona qualifying, besides good start and Nigel Melker retirement on opening lap, he upped to the second place in first race. In second race he started from seventh place and made his way up to the fourth place, that allowed him lead driver's standings.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Wickens was crowned the champion of the series in 2011, after edging out teammate Jean-Éric Vergne at the final race.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula BMW USA	Team Apex Racing USA	14	2	1	2	5	122	3rd
	Formula BMW World Final	Team Autotecnica	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2006	Formula BMW USA	EuroInternational Team Apex Racing USA	14	3	3	3	7	149	1st
	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Motopark Academy	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC†
	Formula BMW World Final	EuroInternational	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2007	Champ Car Atlantic	Red Bull/Team Forsythe	12	1	1	2	4	255	3rd
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	6	25th
2007–08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Canada	14	1	2	1	4	75	9th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	17	1	1	3	4	55	12th
	Formula Three Euroseries	Signature-Plus	14	1	0	0	2	10.5	15th
2009	FIA Formula Two Championship	Motorsport Vision	16	2	5	3	6	64	2nd
	Formula Three Euroseries	Kolles & Heinz Union	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	British Formula Three	Carlin Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	12	16th
	Atlantic Championship	Genoa Racing	1	0	0	0	0	12	14th
2010	GP3 Series	Status Grand Prix	16	3	1	2	7	71	2nd
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	17	5	7	4	10	241	1st
	Formula One	Virgin Racing	Test driver

† - As Wickens was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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
2007–08	A1 Team Canada	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR 3	MYS FEA Ret	CHN SPR 15	CHN FEA Ret	NZL SPR Ret	NZL FEA 2	AUS SPR 3	AUS FEA 6	RSA SPR 1	RSA FEA 12	MEX SPR 7	MEX FEA 5	CHN SPR 2	CHN FEA 20	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	9th	75

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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	DC	Points
2007	Carlin Motorsport	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MON 1	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	DON 1	DON 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	EST 1 12	EST 2 10	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 11	25th	6
2008	Carlin Motorsport	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 Ret	MON 1 19	SIL 1 9	SIL 2 1	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 8	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 18	LMS 1 14	LMS 2 22	EST 1 3	EST 2 12	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 3	12th	55
2011	Carlin Motorsport	ALC 1 2	ALC 2 5	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 2	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	MON 1 2	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 2	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 7	SIL 1 1	SIL 2 1	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 19	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 Ret	1st	241

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

(key)

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	Signature-Plus	Dallara F308/011	Volkswagen	HOC1 1	HOC1 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	PAU 1 9	PAU 2 8	NOR 1 7	NOR 2 2	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 Ret	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 16	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 14	LMS 1 7	LMS 2 1	HOC2 1 23	HOC2 2 8	15th	10.5
2009	Kolles & Heinz Union	Dallara F309/001	Volkswagen	HOC1 1 11	HOC1 2 11	LAU 1	LAU 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	OSC 1	OSC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	DIJ 1 14	DIJ 2 7	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	22nd	0

Complete Formula Two 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
2009	Motorsport Vision	VAL 1 1	VAL 2 1	BRN 1 9	BRN 2 Ret	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 3	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 2	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 Ret	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 4	IMO 1 4	IMO 2 2	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 3	2nd	64

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	Status Grand Prix	ESP FEA 2	ESP SPR 4	TUR FEA 11	TUR SPR 21	VAL FEA 2	VAL SPR 16	GBR FEA 9	GBR SPR 5	GER FEA 1	GER SPR 5	HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 2	BEL FEA 1	BEL SPR 11	ITA FEA 2	ITA SPR 1	2nd	71

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates 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
2011	Virgin Racing	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	TUR	ESP	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU TD	BRA	NC	0

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2007	Red Bull Forsythe Racing	LVG 2	LBH 3	HOU 10	POR1 1	POR2 4	CLE 5	MTT 5	TOR 7	EDM1 4	EDM2 10	SJO 3	ROA 7	3rd	255
2009	Genoa Racing	SEB	UTA	NJ1	NJ2	LIM	ACC1	ACC2	MDO	TRR	MOS 4	ATL	LS	14th	12

External links

• Official website robertwickens.com
• Robert Wickens at redbull-juniorteam.com
• Career statistic driverdb.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mikhail Aleshin	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Champion 2011	Succeeded by Incumbent