Sébastien Olivier Humbert Buemi (; born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss
racing driver
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, who competes in the
FIA World Endurance Championship
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for
Toyota
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the List of manuf ...
and in
Formula E
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for
Envision. In
formula racing
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, Buemi competed in
Formula One
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from to , and won the
2015–16 Formula E Championship with
Renault
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. In
endurance racing, Buemi has won a joint-record four
FIA World Endurance Championship titles—tied with
Brendon Hartley
Brendon Morris Hartley (born 10 November 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Motorsport GmbH, Toyota. Hartley competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing (motorsport) ...
—and is a
four-time winner of the
24 Hours of Le Mans
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, all with Toyota.
Buemi has competed in the
FIA World Endurance Championship
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with
Toyota Gazoo Racing
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(formerly Toyota Racing) since 2012. He became the
2014
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World Endurance Champion in the LMP1 class.
He won both the
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans and, subsequently, the
2018-19 WEC Championship. He also won the
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
,
2020
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and
2022
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24 Hours of Le Mans.
Buemi has raced
FIA Formula E Championship with
e.dams Renault (now Nissan Formula E Team) since 2014. He won the Formula E Championship in 2015–16. Buemi also became part of the Nismo Global Driver Exchange.
Early career
Formula BMW
Born in
Aigle,
Vaud
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, Buemi graduated from
karting and spent 2004 and 2005 in German
Formula BMW, finishing third and second in the championship respectively. He was also runner up in the 2005 FBMW World Final.
Formula Three
Following a single race in Spanish
Formula Three
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History
Formula Three (adop ...
in 2005, Buemi moved up to the
Formula Three Euroseries for 2006, finishing 12th in the championship, ceding 11th place to
Charlie Kimball on countback. He remained in the series for 2007, and finished second in the championship, behind
Romain Grosjean. He has also competed in the special
Masters of Formula 3
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and
Macau Grand Prix
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races.
A1 Grand Prix
For the
2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season, Buemi shared driving duties for
A1 Team Switzerland with
Neel Jani and
Marcel Fässler. The team finished eighth in the championship.
GP2 Series

Buemi was drafted in at short notice to replace the injured
Michael Ammermüller
Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a racing driver from Germany. After competing in various junior formulae, he became a test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, ...
at
ART Grand Prix for the
Monaco
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round of the
2007 GP2 Series season. He performed creditably on his
GP2 début, qualifying fourth and finishing seventh. He joined the
Arden International team for the
2008 GP2 Asia Series, and finished as runner-up with a win and four second places. He continued with the team for the main
2008 season. He scored his first win in the French sprint race, starting 21st on the grid (after a technical problem in the feature race) on slick tyres on a drying track and benefitting as most rivals had to pit for slicks. He won one more race and ended the season sixth in the championship.
Formula One
On 18 September 2007 he drove the
Red Bull
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RB3 at the F1 test session in
Jerez. He was third quickest on the day, behind
Timo Glock (
BMW
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) and
Vitantonio Liuzzi (
Scuderia Toro Rosso) but ahead of names such as
Rubens Barrichello
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(
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
) and Nelson Piquet Jr. (
Renault
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). On 16 January 2008 Red Bull Racing confirmed Buemi as their test and reserve driver for the
2008 season.
At the
2008 Japanese Grand Prix, Buemi drove the medical car as usual driver Dr
Jacques Tropenat had been suffering from an ear problem.
Buemi also drove the medical car at the
Chinese Grand Prix and
Brazilian Grand Prix.
Scuderia Toro Rosso (2009–2011)
2009
Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed its signing of Buemi as one of its race drivers on 9 January 2009.
He was the first Swiss driver to take part in an F1 race since
Jean-Denis Délétraz drove for
Pacific
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at the
1995 European Grand Prix
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.
In his first race, the
2009 Australian Grand Prix, Buemi outqualified his teammate
Sébastien Bourdais
Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (; born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver who currently races in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota in the Hypercar category. He is one of the most successful dr ...
and then scored a point in the race by finishing in eighth position. He was later promoted to seventh place as a result of
Lewis Hamilton
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being disqualified. At the
Chinese Grand Prix, he scored another point, this time in the wet, finishing eighth after starting tenth. After a mid season dip in the Toro Rosso's form, Buemi rounded off a good weekend to finish 7th in the
2009 Brazilian Grand Prix. He followed this with a third top ten qualification in a row and another points finish at the season finale in
Abu Dhabi
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. Buemi finished the year sixteenth with 6 points as the best rookie.
2010

On 9 November 2009, it was confirmed that Buemi would race for a second season with Toro Rosso.
During the first free practice session of the
2010 Chinese Grand Prix, a front
suspension wishbone broke under braking on Buemi's Toro Rosso as he braked for Turn 14. The two front wheels flew off while Buemi was travelling at over . One wheel went over the safety fence and landed in a spectator area, missing a camera man on its way. Buemi's car continued to travel forward, veering to the left and sliding along an
Armco barrier, knocking off the front wing. Neither Buemi nor any spectators were injured as a result of the incident. Toro Rosso blamed a failure of a new front right upright for the incident. Buemi completed 2010 with eight points to teammate Alguersuari's five. He was sixteenth again in the drivers' championship.
2011

Buemi, along with his teammate from 2009 and 2010 –
Jaime Alguersuari
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Born and raised in Barcelona, Al ...
, continued to race for Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2011.
On 14 December 2011 it was announced that both Buemi and Alguersuari had been dropped by the team, and would be replaced by
Daniel Ricciardo and
Jean-Éric Vergne for the season.
Red Bull Racing (2012–present)
2012
In January 2012 it was announced that Buemi would rejoin
Red Bull Racing
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as a test and reserve driver for the season, as well as acting as Toro Rosso's reserve driver.
Buemi continued as
Red Bull
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's test and reserve driver for the and seasons.
Buemi was again announced as reserve driver for 2019 for
Red Bull Racing
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. He participated in the 2020 Young Driver's Test with the Milton Keynes squad. As of 2023, Buemi was not featured on Red Bull's list of reserve drivers.
FIA World Endurance Championship

Buemi also signed a deal to contest the
24 Hours of Le Mans
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with
Toyota Motorsport GmbH
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TGR-E's principal operation is technical developmen ...
, driving a
Toyota TS030 Hybrid with
Anthony Davidson and
Hiroaki Ishiura (who later withdrew and was replaced by
Stéphane Sarrazin). After a strong performance, the car was running in third position in the early evening when Davidson collided with a GT Ferrari and crashed heavily.
In
2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, Buemi continued driving with Toyota for a full season and ended with third place in the drivers' championship. For the
2014 season, he drove Toyota's new car – the
Toyota TS040 Hybrid. With four wins and seven podiums from the eight races, Buemi became World Endurance Drivers' Champion with teammate
Anthony Davidson.
As of 2024, Buemi has won the FIA WEC four times and won the
24 Hours of Le Mans
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four times and is the only
FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...
driver to have remained loyal to the same team and manufacturer since 2012.
Formula E
Buemi is currently one of the most successful drivers in the series' history having claimed many wins, poles, fastest laps and points in the series.
Renault e.dams (2014–2018)
Buemi raced in the
inaugural Formula E season for
e.dams alongside Frenchman
Nicolas Prost.
2014–15 season
Buemi's season did not start off easily with a retirement in
Beijing
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having started from last on the grid and being unable to set a qualifying time at the following round in
Putrajaya
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, he lined up 19th on the grid. Buemi drove a brilliant recovery race having started in 19th and finishing 3rd on the podium ahead of his teammate who started in 11th. At the third round of the season Buemi secured his first race victory in
Punta del Este
Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este grew to become a resort for the Latin and North American jet set and tourists. T ...
. Buemi started on pole at the following round in
Buenos Aires
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for the first time in his career but crashed out of the race after leading. Buemi went on to win in
Monaco
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and the
first London race, both from pole position, whereas he finished second in
Berlin
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. Buemi finished the season second in the championship, one point short of Nelson Piquet Jr.'s tally.
2015–16 season

In season two, Buemi dominated the early stages of the championship. In the season opening round in
Beijing
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Buemi secured pole, fastest lap and the race win. The story was looking much the same in the following round in
Putrajaya
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before Buemi's car experienced mechanical failure while leading the race. Having made a mistake in qualifying in
Punta del Este
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, Buemi lined up fifth on the grid, but went on to claim his third fastest lap in three races and another race victory. Next he finished second in
Buenos Aires
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and
Mexico
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.
After a third-place finish at Paris, Buemi scored his third win of the season at
Berlin
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, setting up a nail bitting finale in
London
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. With Buemi needing to finish ahead of rival
Lucas di Grassi
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to win the championship in the second race of the weekend, he was hit off by no other than Di Grassi himself at the first corner. Therefore, the title was to be headed to whoever could get the fastest lap bonus points in their second car. Despite the immense pressure, Buemi cruised to the fastest lap to become Formula E champion 2015-16.
2016–17 season
Season three started exceptionally well for Buemi, as he won the first three rounds of the
championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this sys ...
, becoming the first Formula E driver to achieve the feat of three consecutive wins. Buemi would go on to take three more wins at
Monaco
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,
Paris
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, and
Berlin
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before the final 4 races in
New York City
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and
Montreal
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, both double headers.
However, Buemi skipped the New York event due to his
WEC commitments with Toyota and participated in the
6 Hours of Nürburgring instead, with
Red Bull
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F1 test and reserve driver
Pierre Gasly taking his place. In addition, he was disqualified from two races for technical infringements. Ultimately, this loss of points led to Buemi missing out on the championship as rival
Lucas di Grassi
Lucas Tucci di Grassi (born 11 August 1984) is a Brazilian racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Lola Yamaha ABT. In formula racing, di Grassi competed in Formula One in , and won the 2016–17 Formula E Championship with Abt. In endu ...
took the title at the final race.
2017–18 season

Buemi endured a tough start to the season, taking only one point from the opening double-header at
Hong Kong
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, having been involved in some incidents, including with previous seasons' title rival Lucas di Grassi. Buemi hit back with pole position at
Marrakesh
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. He led the race throughout, until 4 laps from the end, he was passed by the Mahindra of
Felix Rosenqvist. He achieved two podium finishes at the next two races, to leave him in 4th place in the standings. However, he crashed out of the following race in
Punta del Este
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. His Renault e.dams, however, proved not to be as competitive as previous seasons, and while consistently scoring in the points, he did not achieve a race win or podium for the next 4 races. In the final ePrix of the season, a double-header at
New York
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* ...
, Buemi qualified on pole in both rounds, with the final round being achieved in the first wet qualifying session in Formula E history. However, he would slip behind faster cars in the races to 3rd and 4th respectively. This meant he finished the season in 4th place, his lowest position in the standings since Formula E began, with 125 points. Renault e.dams finished the season 5th in the standings, the first time they had not won the Teams' Championship, with Buemi scoring 125 out of the team's 133 points.
Nissan e.dams (2018–2022)
It was announced that the
DAMS
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would switch from Renault to Nissan from the
2018-19 season. Buemi was initially meant to partner
Alexander Albon, who raced for the DAMS Formula 2 team, but he was released by DAMS to join Buemi's former team,
Toro Rosso to race in
F1 in
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
. Albon was replaced by
Oliver Rowland
Oliver Eric Rowland (; born 10 August 1992) is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula E for Nissan Formula E Team, Nissan.
Rowland has previously competed for Manor Motorsport in the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2018 W ...
, who had previously raced for DAMS in Formula 2 in 2017.
2018–19 season

Buemi started the season with 3rd place on the grid, but slipped to 6th by the end of the race. At the next round in
Marrakesh
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, Buemi again started 3rd on the grid, but had to avoid the spinning Techeetah of
Jean-Éric Vergne and fell down the order. However, by the end of the race, he recovered to 8th place. At the next race, in
Santiago
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, he inherited pole position when Lucas di Grassi was disqualified for a technical infringement. However, he crashed out of lead towards the end of the race due to a brake failure. Buemi's misfortune continued, when at the next race, both he and his teammate Rowland ran out of energy a lap before the end of the race, running in 4th and 3rd respectively, after Nissan had miscalculated the number of laps remaining. This was followed by a suspension failure causing him to retire from the following round. At the next round he crashed during his superpole run and therefore qualified 6th, but he was later disqualified for a technical infringement and had to start from the pit lane. By the last lap, he had made his way up to 8th place, but while attempting to overtake
Robin Frijns, Buemi ploughed into the back of him, causing Frijns to take out di Grassi, moving Buemi up to 6th, while di Grassi retired on the spot, and Frijns limped back home in 14th. Buemi was given a 10-second time penalty for causing the collision and was classified 8th, the position he was in before the crash. He also had trouble in
Rome
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and
Paris
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. However, after taking pole for the
Berlin ePrix, his results improved. He finished second, after di Grassi overtook him and won the race. In
Bern
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, and in Race 2 in
New York
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* ...
, he finished third. His first victory of the season came in Race 1 in
New York
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* ...
, after taking pole position. He was under attack from
Jaguar
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driver
Alex Lynn
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. However, the Brit retired due to a loss of power. After that, Buemi held a comfortable margin to win the race over Lynn’s teammate,
Mitch Evans, who had an incredible comeback from 13th position on the grid. By the end of the season, Buemi had overtaken 11 drivers, including title contenders Evans and di Grassi, to climb from 13th to 2nd in the championship.
2019–20 season
Buemi and
Oliver Rowland
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Rowland has previously competed for Manor Motorsport in the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2018 W ...
were retained by
Nissan e.dams for the
2019–20 season. Buemi finished fourth in the championship standings.
2020–21 season
Nissan e.dams retained Buemi and
Oliver Rowland
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Rowland has previously competed for Manor Motorsport in the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, 2018 W ...
for the
2020–21 season.
2021–22 season
Buemi continued with
Nissan e.dams with
Maximilian Günther as his new teammate in 2022. The season once again failed to yield any podiums for Buemi, who scored a best result of fifth in
New York City
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, which put him 15th in the standings.
Envision Racing (2023–)
2022–23 season
In October 2022, Buemi announced that he would switch to the
Envision Racing team, replacing the outgoing
Robin Frijns and partnering
Nick Cassidy, under a two-year deal.
Additionally, he ended an eight year association with e.dams, which started in his first Formula E season. Having finished sixth during the season opener in
Mexico City
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, Buemi scored his first pole position since the
2019 New York City ePrix
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weekend in
Diriyah
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, having beaten rookie
Jake Hughes in the final stage of qualifying. He took points from both races in the
Kingdom, ending up fourth and sixth respectively. At the
Hyderabad ePrix, Buemi navigated through a chaotic race to cross the line in third position, however he would be demoted to 15th due to an overpower infringement. More misery would pile on during the opening lap of the next race in
Cape Town
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, as the Swiss driver was hit by a late-braking
Pascal Wehrlein going into Turn 10. What followed would be a recovery drive with a damaged car, in which Buemi brought his Envision back up to fifth place.
2023–24 season

Buemi remained at
Envision Racing for the
2023–24 season as part of his contract, having
Robin Frijns as his new teammate as
Nick Cassidy departed for
Jaguar Racing.
2024–25 season
Buemi and
Robin Frijns continued with
Envision Racing for the
2024–25 season.
Personal life
As of 2009, Buemi resided in
Bahrain
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with his family and his girlfriend Jennifer. He then resided in
Monaco
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for some time, and has since returned to
Switzerland
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.
Buemi married Jennifer in 2015, and they have three sons together. His grandfather Georges Gachnang and his first cousin
Natacha Gachnang
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are also racing drivers.
In 2013, Buemi and
Johnny Herbert
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mentored six contestants in a primetime
ITV4
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The channel focuses primarily on general entertainment programming targeting a male audience, including action series and films, ...
reality series
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, with the aim of taking players of the ''
Gran Turismo'' videogames to the
Dubai 24 Hour race as real drivers. Other countries in Europe had heats mentored by
Vitantonio Liuzzi.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula BMW ADAC results
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
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Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
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Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
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Complete A1 Grand Prix results
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Complete GP2 Series results
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Complete GP2 Asia Series results
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Complete Formula One results
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Driver failed to finish the race, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
Complete Formula E results
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† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
References
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1988 births
Living people
People from Aigle
Swiss-French people
Swiss expatriates in Bahrain
Swiss people of Italian descent
Swiss racing drivers
People of Campanian descent
People of Sicilian descent
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
Formula BMW ADAC drivers
A1 Team Switzerland drivers
GP2 Asia Series drivers
GP2 Series drivers
Swiss Formula One drivers
Toro Rosso Formula One drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
Formula E drivers
Formula E Champions
Lars Kaufmann Motorsport drivers
Mücke Motorsport drivers
Racing Engineering drivers
ART Grand Prix drivers
Arden International drivers
Toyota Gazoo Racing drivers
DAMS drivers
Racing drivers from the canton of Vaud
Motopark Academy drivers
Rebellion Racing drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
A1 Grand Prix drivers
Nismo drivers
Envision Virgin Racing drivers
Double R Racing drivers
Carlin racing drivers
Boutsen Ginion Racing drivers
Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Monaco