Adrian Sutil facts for kids
Sutil in 2011
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Born | 11 January 1983 Starnberg, West Germany |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 2007–2011, 2013–2014 |
Teams | Spyker, Force India, Sauber |
Entries | 128 (128 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 124 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
First entry | 2007 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Adrian Sutil (born 11 January 1983) is a German racing driver, who has raced in Formula One for seven seasons from 2007-2011, then 2013-2014.
He drove for the Spyker F1 Team, Force India F1 Team and the Sauber F1 Team. He was also the reserve driver for the Williams F1 Team in 2015.
Sutil then raced in the Formula 3 Euroseries where he was the runner-up to Lewis Hamilton in 2005. He went to Japan in 2006 to race in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship and also finished 3rd in the Macau Grand Prix.
Having been involved in the Midland F1 test team, Sutil was promoted to a race seat for the new Spyker F1 team in 2007. Sutil continued to race with the team under their new guise Force India in 2008 where he remained until 2011. Having made his return to the sport in 2013 again with Force India, he competed in the 2014 season with the Sauber team.
Biography
Born in Starnberg, West Germany, Sutil is the son of professional musicians. He weighs 75 kilograms (165 pounds) and is 183 centimeters (6 feet) tall.
Also a talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002. He won all ten rounds of the season from pole and added five wins in the Formula Masters Austria championship.
Sutil speaks fluent German, English, and Spanish and a little Italian.
Images for kids
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Sutil driving for Force India at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix
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Sutil driving for Force India at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix
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Sutil leading Fernando Alonso at the 2009 British Grand Prix