Jake Rosenzweig (born April 14, 1989 in
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) is an
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-born
American racing driver.
Career
Karting
Much of Rosenzweig's early karting career was contested in the
United Kingdom
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, with him competing in Super 1 karting championships. In 2001, Rosenzweig finished fifth in the Cadet Championship, having been outside the top thirty positions the previous season. 2002 saw Rosenzweig step up to
JICA
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karts, again competing in the Super 1 championship, staying there for two seasons with an additional shot at the Andrea Margutti Trophy in 2004.
After a season out in 2005, Rosenzweig moved up to
ICA karts for the 2006 season. Rosenzweig contested the Stars of Karting championship in the United States, finishing eighth overall in the championship standings. He also made appearances in the WSK International Series and Italian Open Masters, scoring nine points in both series. Rosenzweig remained in the States to contest the most part of his 2007 karting campaign, claiming both the ICA Florida Winter Tour and the Canadian ICC Championship, and finished runner-up in two other championships – Stars of Karting National and East series – losing out to
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racer Scott Jenkins on both occasions. He also finished thirteenth at the SuperNationals event in
Las Vegas
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,
Nevada
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, beating the likes of
Raphael Matos
Raphael Matos (born August 28, 1981) is a Brazilian professional racing driver. He was the 2008 Firestone Indy Lights Series champion and the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic Series champion. He lives in Miami.
Career highlights
Early career
Born in B ...
and
Phil Giebler
Philip Giebler (born March 5, 1979 in Oxnard, California) is an American race car driver.
Giebler was considered a top American prospect with an opportunity to race in Formula One early in his career. Following years in various Formula Three ...
.
Formula Renault
After contesting the 2008
24 Hours of Daytona
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for Alegra Motorsports, Rosenzweig stepped up to
Formula Renault, moving to the
Epsilon Euskadi
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team and contesting both the
Eurocup and the new-for-2008
West European Cup. In the Eurocup, Rosenzweig finished all bar one race, and recorded two points-scoring finishes – tenth-place finishes at
Le Mans and
Barcelona
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– en route to a 28th-place finish in the final championship standings. In the WEC, Rosenzweig was a regular points-scoring finisher, finishing eight of the fifteen races in such a position. At season's end, Rosenzweig finished in a tie with
Spain
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's
Miquel Monrás on thirty points, with the Spanish driver earning eighth place via a best finish of third at
Valencia
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compared to Rosenzweig's best finish of fifth at
Estoril
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. Rosenzweig contested six races of the
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
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for Team Parker Racing, and despite not being able to amass championship points, Rosenzweig impressed including setting the fastest lap during the first race at the season finale at
Brands Hatch
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.
Formula Three
Rosenzweig moved up to
Formula Three
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for
2009, contesting the
Formula Three Euroseries
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for
Carlin Motorsport
Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in five championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, F4 British Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 and ...
. Rosenzweig finished just three of the races in the top ten positions, but one of those was a podium at
Zandvoort
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. Starting second on the grid, Rosenzweig ran behind
Sam Bird
Sam Jamie Bird (born 9 January 1987) is a British professional racing driver who currently drives for Jaguar TCS Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship.
Career
Formula BMW
Bird made his name in single seater racing in the Formula B ...
in second place, but both men were passed by Bird's team-mate
Jules Bianchi
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Bianchi had previously raced in Formula Renault 3.5, GP2 and Form ...
. He also made a guest appearance in the
British Formula 3 Championship
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, guesting at the
Spa round for Carlin. He finished fifth in race one, before failing to finish in the second race. In the non-championship races at Zandvoort and
Macau
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, Rosenzweig finished 29th in the Netherlands, while he failed to finish at Macau due to a first lap crash. He again contested six races of the
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
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for Team Parker Racing.
GP2 Series
Rosenzweig tested a
GP2 car for
Super Nova Racing
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during the mass test at
Circuit Paul Ricard
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in November 2009. He would later join the team for the final two rounds of the
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series
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Season summary
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, replacing
Marcus Ericsson
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alongside
Josef Král
Josef Král (born 15 June 1990 in Dvůr Králové nad Labem) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic.
Career
Karting & early career
Král began his motorsport career in karting back in 1998, and during the following seven years h ...
.
Rosenzweig made his main series début in the non-championship
GP2 Final in
2011 with the
Super Nova
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team. He returned to the series for the penultimate round of the
2012 championship at
Monza, replacing
Josef Král
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Career
Karting & early career
Král began his motorsport career in karting back in 1998, and during the following seven years h ...
in the
Addax
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team, alongside
Johnny Cecotto Jr.
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Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Rosenzweig moved into the
Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the
2010 season, remaining with his Euroseries team, Carlin.
He joined
Mikhail Aleshin
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at the team. He finished in 19th place in the drivers' championship, with a best finish of seventh in the season-opener at
Aragón
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. He also made a guest appearance in the
Auto GP
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The series' roots can be traced back to 1999 and the Italian Formula 3000 serie ...
series with
Super Nova
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.
Rosenzweig remained in the series for
2011, moving to the
Mofaz Racing
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Background
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team where he was partnered with first
Chris van der Drift
Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March 1986) is a New Zealand racing driver of Dutch descent.
Career
Van der Drift started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 he raced his first year in cadets. From there he went on to win 6 New Zealand ...
and later
Fairuz Fauzy
Muhammad Fairuz bin Mohd Fauzy (born 24 October 1982 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) is a Malaysian professional race car driver.
Early career
Fairuz started competing in karting events in 1994 before making the move to British Formula Ford at ...
. He improved to 15th in the championship with a brace of fourth places at
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*Jean-François Ricard (bo ...
. He has moved to the
ISR Racing
ISR Racing (also known as Coca-Cola Racing Team in FIA GT) is a racing team from Czech Republic, created in 1993 by Igor Salaquarda. The team is currently competing in ADAC GT Masters.
History
The company was created to develop the Peugeot 30 ...
team for the
2012 season, alongside
Sam Bird
Sam Jamie Bird (born 9 January 1987) is a British professional racing driver who currently drives for Jaguar TCS Racing in the FIA Formula E World Championship.
Career
Formula BMW
Bird made his name in single seater racing in the Formula B ...
.
Racing record
Career summary
† – As Rosenzweig was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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 Formula Renault 3.5 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 more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP2 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 more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP2 Final results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Official websiteCareer statistics from Driver Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenzweig, Jake
1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from London
American racing drivers
GP2 Asia Series drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC drivers
Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
GP2 Series drivers
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School alumni
Porsche Carrera Cup GB drivers
Carlin racing drivers
Epsilon Euskadi drivers
Fortec Motorsport drivers
Super Nova Racing drivers
ISR Racing drivers