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Esteban Manuel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez (; born 5 August 1991) is a Mexican former
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and businessman, who competed in
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from to . Previously, from 2013 to 2014, Gutiérrez drove for the
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team but lost his drive at the end of the 2014 season. He then signed with
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as their test and reserve driver for 2015. Gutiérrez drove for the
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for the
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. In
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, Gutiérrez won the
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Europe championship title, becoming the youngest Mexican driver to win an International Championship at 17 years old. He also won the inaugural GP3 season in
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. With the Lotus GP team in
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, he became the first GP3 graduate to finish in the top three of the GP2 parent series. Gutiérrez has also raced in
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and the
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. His younger brother José Gutiérrez is also a racing driver. Gutiérrez has been a
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for Mercedes in Formula One since 2024, and is the founder of ''EDASI Drive'', the licensed Formula One merchandise distributor for Latin America.


Personal life

Gutiérrez was born in
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,
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, the second of four brothers and one sister. He currently lives in London.


Early career


Karting

Gutiérrez started his career in 2004 in the Mexican
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when he raced in the last three events of the season. In 2005, he again competed in the Mexican Rotax Max Challenge, and also raced in the Grand Nationals in
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, where he finished third, which earned him a place at the World Finals in
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, where he finished 22nd due to mechanical problems. In 2006, Esteban won all five races in the Camkart Challenge Mexico, and again he raced in the Mexican Rotax Max Challenge. He also finished fourth in the Mexican Grand Nationals in
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,
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.


Formula BMW Series


2007–2008

In
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, Gutiérrez made the step up into the single-seater ranks, competing in the Formula BMW USA series. He finished second overall in the championship, with four wins, eight podiums, nine pole positions and three fastest laps, earning him Rookie of the Year honours. Despite finishing second, Gutiérrez finished some 87 points behind runaway champion
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. Gutiérrez raced at the Formula BMW World Final in 2007, eventually finishing last of the classified finishers in 25th. Gutiérrez moved across to Europe to compete in the 2008 Formula BMW Europe championship, which was the championship's maiden season after the merging of the British and German series. He won the championship by 26 points from his closest rival
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, taking seven wins, six of which consecutively, and appearing on the podium another five times. Out of the seasons 16 races, he only finished outside the points twice in the whole season and retired once overall, giving him a final score of 353 points. In his final FBMW race, Gutiérrez qualified on pole and finished third at the 2008 World Final in
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, beaten only by the current FBMW Americas champion at the time
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and Michael Christensen.


Formula 3 Euro Series

For
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, Gutiérrez moved up to the
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with a seat at reigning champions
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alongside
Jules Bianchi Jules Lucien André Bianchi (; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Nice, Bianchi was the grandson of endurance racing driver Mauro Bianchi and the great-nephew ...
,
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and Adrien Tambay. He finished ninth overall in the championship, taking two podiums at the
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and Dijon Prenois. He ended the season with 26 points altogether. He also competed in two rounds of the British Formula 3 season, taking a podium and fastest lap at the Algarve International Circuit, racing against eventual champion Daniel Ricciardo.


GP3 Series

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saw Gutiérrez move to the
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, competing for
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. He joined
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and
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at the team. Gutiérrez won the inaugural season with two races to spare by taking
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, and the resultant two bonus points that came with it, for the final race weekend in Monza. Gutiérrez dominated the whole season as he scored ten times out of the 16 races, with eight podium finishes and five wins.


GP2 Series


2009

Gutiérrez was invited to the GP2 test in
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,
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for the 2009 season on 6 October for
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, his first time in a GP2 car. During the day he improved on his times finishing with a time just over half a second slower than the fastest time set by
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, who was also driving for ART. He was also recognised as the third fastest rookie of the day. Gutiérrez again participated in another test session for GP2 at the end of year test in
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,
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for Telmex Arden International.


2010

At the end of 2010, after winning the Inaugural GP3 season with
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, the GP2 sister team signed him for a full drive for the 2011 season.


2011

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was renamed Lotus ART for the 2011. Gutierrez was paired with
Jules Bianchi Jules Lucien André Bianchi (; 3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Nice, Bianchi was the grandson of endurance racing driver Mauro Bianchi and the great-nephew ...
for both the GP2 series and GP2 Asia series. He finished eleventh in the
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after taking a single 4th-place finish at the
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sprint race. In the main series, he finished 13th in the drivers' championship after he scored his first points with a seventh-place finish in the
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feature race. He followed this up with his first GP2 series victory at the sprint race as well as setting his first fastest lap scoring twice more that season including a second-place finish in the sprint race at
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.


2012

He remained with Lotus ART for the 2012 season, with the team being renamed Lotus GP after the increased sponsorship from Lotus, and was partnered with
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.His third place in the championship marked him the first GP3 graduate to finish in the top-three of the GP2 series, with 176 points, three wins, four other separate podiums and five fastest laps, equalling Valsecchi's total for the year for most fastest laps of the season.


Formula One

Gutiérrez first tested a
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car in December 2009 as part of his prize for winning the Formula BMW Europe championship. Despite the
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losing its BMW backing for , he joined it as an observer for some race weekends and was placed on the same training programme as race drivers
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and
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. Later in the season, he was officially named as the team's test and reserve driver on 10 September. On 16 November 2010 he took part in the young drivers test in Abu Dhabi setting the fourth fastest time of the day, just over six-tenths of a second off the qualifying time set by
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. On 26 October 2012, Gutiérrez participated in the first free practice session at the , substituting for an unwell Pérez. He ultimately recorded the 20th fastest time in the session, before Pérez was able to return to the car for the second session.


Sauber (2013–2014)

In 2013 Gutiérrez was promoted to the race team with
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, alongside
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who joined from
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. His first outing for the team was the , where he qualified in 18th position. After a solid drive he eventually finished the race thirteenth, the best position of all of the 2013 rookies. In
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, Gutiérrez made it through into Q2 and qualified 14th, and finished in twelfth, after he was forced to pit with five laps remaining.
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saw Gutiérrez achieve his first fastest lap of the race, putting him second in the record books for 'Youngest Driver to Set a Fastest Lap' after
Nico Rosberg Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German and Finnish former racing driver and entrepreneur, who competed under the German flag in Formula One from to . Rosberg won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Mercedes, and w ...
. Gutiérrez achieved his first and only points-scoring finish of his career at the ; having started fourteenth on the grid, Gutiérrez made his way up the order and eventually finished the race in seventh place, holding off
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in the closing stages.


Ferrari (2015)

On 15 December 2014, Gutiérrez was announced as
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test and reserve driver for the 2015 Formula One season, in place of the late
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.


Haas F1 (2016)

On 31 October 2015, at the , it was announced that Gutiérrez would return to racing in the sport alongside
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at
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. Gutiérrez finished 14th at the
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, passing ex-teammate
Nico Hülkenberg Nicolas Hülkenberg (, born 19 August 1987) is a German racing driver who competes in Formula One for Sauber. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Hülkenberg won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2015 with Por ...
in the closing laps. Gutiérrez finished 11th at the
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,
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,
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,
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and 12th at the
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. On 11 November 2016, Gutiérrez confirmed via social media he would be leaving Haas F1 Team.


Reserve and development driver for Mercedes (2018–present)

On 5 July 2018, Gutiérrez joined
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as a simulator driver from the beginning of the season. He has since been named as a reserve driver in Formula 1 and Formula E. Gutiérrez frequently visits the team's factory to carry out simulator work in preparation for F1 races and development of its car, supporting race drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. In 2020, with the postponement and cancellation of races due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gutiérrez represented Mercedes in the virtual world taking part in several high-profile esports events. It was discovered in August 2020 that Gutiérrez had stopped being eligible for a
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at the start of the year after the introduction of new requirements to maintain them after more than three years, which had been overlooked by Mercedes and made him ineligible to be a reserve driver in Formula One. He continues to work for Mercedes in 2021 as a brand and business ambassador.


Formula E

On 10 January 2017, Gutiérrez announced that he would be joining
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, for selected races during the 2016–17 season. On 9 March 2017, it was announced Gutiérrez would replace
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at
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, from the fourth round onwards. He competed at the Mexico City, Monaco and Paris ePrix and finished within the top 10 twice. He achieved a season finish of 22nd with the five points he gained from his three races.


IndyCar

On 1 June 2017, it was announced that Gutiérrez would be joining the
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for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation, standing in for the injured
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at
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. Gutiérrez participated in seven events.


Esports

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, relatively new to esports, Gutiérrez began participating in a variety of esports events, taking multiple wins and podium finishes. He competed in the F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix Series and The Race All Stars, where he was fighting for the title until a technical glitch took him out of contention in the final round. Since the culmination of these events, Gutiérrez has continued streaming on his dedicated channel on Twitch and Discord.


Racing record


Career summary

† As Gutiérrez was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ‡ Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.


Complete Formula BMW USA results

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


Complete Formula BMW Europe results

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


Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † As Gutiérrez was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.


Complete GP3 Series results

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


Complete GP2 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † Gutiérrez did not finish the race, but was classified as he had completed over 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)


Complete Formula One results

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


Complete Formula E results

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


American open-wheel racing


IndyCar Series

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


Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results


Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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


Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.


Formula One achievements

*Seventh on the list of Youngest race leaders. *Fifth on the list of Youngest drivers to set a fastest lap.


References


External links

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