Jimmy Auby (born 7 November 1986 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

) is a South African

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

. He raced in the South African V8 Championship after progressing from

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...

. He moved into European competition and featured in the

2007 Euroseries 3000 season The 2007 Euroseries 3000 season was the ninth Euro Formula 3000 season. Both series were won by Italian Davide Rigon who would go on to win the 2008 Superleague Formula season The 2008 Superleague Formula season was the inaugural Superleague F ...

and

2008 Spanish Formula Three season The 2008 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the eighth Spanish Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on May 3, 2008 and ended on November 2. The Spanish driver Germán Sánchez was crowned champion, two points ahead of runner-up Nel ...

. He was the

A1 Team Lebanon A1 Team Lebanon was the Lebanese team of A1 Grand Prix, a former international racing series. Management A1 Team Lebanon's owner is Tameem Auchi. History Daniel Morad became the race driver for A1 Team Lebanon for the 2008-09 season. Alt ...

driver for 2 rounds of the

2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season The 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season was the third in the relatively short history of the championship. Teams All teams used same A1 Grand Prix car including Zytek-powered, Cooper Avon-shod and Lola A1GP chassis. The following 22 teams are co ...

and was the backup driver for most of the 2008–09 season. He gained test driver experience during the

2008 Superleague Formula season The 2008 Superleague Formula season was the inaugural Superleague Formula championship. The season started very late in 2008 with the first round being on August 31 at Donington Park. There were six rounds (twelve races) in total with the succes ...

. He has also competed in the Spanish Formula 3 and Formula Volkswagen South Africa series, and returned to the WesBank V8 Supercar series in 2010, becoming the series' final champion in 2011."Final showdown at Zwartkop Nationals"
''Independent Online''. Accessed 2012-12-05.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auby, Jimmy 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Johannesburg South African racing drivers A1 Team Lebanon drivers Italian Formula Three Championship drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers