Philippe Adams (born 19 November 1969 in
Mouscron,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
) is a
racing driver.
Career
Early career
Adams first began in motorsport at the age of twelve, racing
karts, before beginning in
car racing
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 ...
in 1984.
In
1992, Adams competed in 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 ...
, finishing second overall in the season.
[ Adams went on to the British Formula Two Series for 1993, winning the championship.][
]
Formula One (1994)
Adams and his backers agreed with Team Lotus
Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport categories including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, IndyCar, and sports car racing. Mor ...
to find $500,000 to earn a pay-drive with them for two rounds of the 1994 Formula One season
The 1994 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 48th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1994 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1994 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contes ...
.[ Part of the funding for this came from an insurance policy taken out against his Belgian Procar race at Spa alongside the F1 race, which he won. He retired from the Belgian round, but managed to finish 16th in the Portuguese round.][ In between these two races, regular driver ]Alessandro Zanardi
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and aga ...
qualified a strong 13th for his home race. Adams was also intended to race at Jerez, but the team gave the drive back to Zanardi.
After Formula One
Adams never returned to Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
opting to return to the national scene,[ primarily in production car and sportscar racing.
]
Racing record
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula One results
( key)
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Profile on F1 Rejects
1969 births
Living people
People from Mouscron
Belgian Formula One drivers
Team Lotus Formula One drivers
Belgian racing drivers
British Formula Three Championship drivers
British Formula 3000 Championship drivers
Japanese Formula 3000 Championship drivers
Sportspeople from Hainaut (province)
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Alan Docking Racing drivers
20th-century Belgian people