Adrien Tambay (born 25 February 1991) is a French professional racing driver. He currently is an official

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driver and is the 2022 ETCR Champion. He is the son of former

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driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.

Career

Formula BMW

Born in

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, Tambay began his car racing career in the German Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing fourth and rookie champion. He moved to the new Formula BMW Europe series in

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, where he finished third behind

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and

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Formula Three

In 2009 he raced in the

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for leading team

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.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/5069/career/ Adrien Tambay career statistics at Driver Database He missed the

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and Nürburgring rounds of the Euroseries, and also an invitational entry to the

British Formula 3 Championship The British Formula Three Championship was an international motor racing series that took place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe. It was a junior-level feeder formula that used small single seat ...

at Spa, due to a head injury suffered playing football. He ended the Euroseries season pointless, recording a best finish of seventh at EuroSpeedway and the

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Auto GP

In 2010 he raced in the

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series for Charouz-Gravity Racing

GP3

After

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had a wrist injury at Hockenheim, Tambay was called in to replace him in

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. In his second outing at

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, Tambay retired first race and therefore started 27th in the second race. The rain started during the race, but Tambay kept driving on slicks, and winning the race ahead of

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DTM

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Adrien Tambay was one of the eight

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factory drivers in the DTM championship for five years between 2012 and 2016. He scored a top ten championship finish in his first year and amassed a total of 3 podiums, 1 pole position and 1 fastest lap throughout his DTM career.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Auto GP Results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP3 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

( key)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

External links

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