Colin Fleming (born April 27, 1984) is an American former racing driver & Formula 1 test driver who competed in the World Series by Renault 3.5,

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, and

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with

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and Carlin Motorsport after a successful go-karting career, winning 10 North American and National Championships.

Racing career

A former member from the Red Bull Junior Team, Fleming finished 3rd in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2004 and was rookie of the year in the Formula Renault 2000 Germany also in that year. He raced against fellow American and

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n and future

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driver

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. In 2005, he switched to the Formula Renault 3.5 with

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team Jenzer Motorsport, despite three DNS in the first 3 and missing one race of that season he finished 13th with 34 points with a best finish of 3rd in the second race in the

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in LeMans, France. In 2006, he joined Carlin where he finished 6th in the first race of the season in Zolder. Later that year, he finished 4th in

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and 8th in both races in

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, but left Carlin and the Red Bull Junior team after the latter. Red Bull replaced him with fellow Red Bull Junior Team member and future

Champion

Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel (; born 3 July 1987) is a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2007 to 2022 for BMW Sauber, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Toro Rosso, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and Aston Martin in Formula One ...

. After leaving Red Bull, he returned to the United States to complete in the

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mid-season.

Personal life

He is currently a Executive Vice President of Marketing with Salesforce.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap)

2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series (Rookie of the Year, 5th in championship)

2004 German Formula Renault – 2nd in the Championship

2004 European Formula Renault – 3rd in the Championship

World Series by Renault 3.5

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, Colin 1984 births World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers German Formula Renault 2.0 drivers Racing drivers from San Diego Atlantic Championship drivers Living people Barber Pro Series drivers International Kart Federation drivers Carlin racing drivers Jenzer Motorsport drivers