Adrian Sutil

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Adrian Sutil

Nationality	German
Car #	20
Current team	Spyker
World Championship career
Races	1
World Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	2007 Australian Grand Prix


Latest race
2007 Championship position	—

Adrian Sutil (born January 11, 1983 in Starnberg, Germany) is a Formula One racing driver. He has German nationality although his father, Jorge, is Uruguayan^[1].

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^[1].

But when he moved up to the Formula BMW ADAC championship in 2003 he managed only sixth with no wins coming his way. The following season he stepped up to the Formula 3 Euroseries with Colin Kolles' team. Although he scored only twice the connection he made with Kolles would prove useful in the future, and he moved to the ASM team at the final round of the year^[1].

He stayed with ASM for 2005 and was joined by British driver Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton emphatically had the beating of Sutil who won only two races to Hamilton's 15 and was runner-up to Hamilton in the championship and at the prestigious Marlboro Masters of Formula Three at Zandvoort^[1].

Sutil missed the last two rounds of the 2005 Euroseries after joining A1 Team Germany for the inaugural A1GP series. He raced for them at three events in Portugal, Australia and Dubai, his best result being two twelfth places^[1].

He spent 2006 racing in Japan and won the domestic Formula Three championship. He showed a very strong performance all season. He also finished third in the Macau Formula Three Grand Prix and made a one-off appearance in Japanese Super GTs^[1].

That year also saw Sutil achieve his first break in Formula One. In January, he was confirmed as a one of three test driver for the new MF1 Racing team, along with Markus Winkelhock and Giorgio Mondini. This came thanks to his connections with Colin Kolles, who was now running the team.

Sutil appeared for the team as the third driver at the European, French and Japanese Grands Prix. By the time of his third appearance the outfit had become Spyker F1. At the end of the year he was promoted to second driver for the 2007, having been signed on a multi-year contract by the team.^[2] In an interview with the Official Formula One website, Sutil's 2007 teammate, Christijan Albers, commented that "Adrian is a good driver and he will be quick this year, but as a driver you should always be pushing to the limits without thinking what the guy in the car next to you is doing. But Adrian will be a good team-mate and it looks as though he’s going to be a big talent [for the future]".^[3]

[edit] Complete Formula One participations

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Yr	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Points
2006	MF1 Racing	Midland M16	Toyota V8	BHR	MAL	AUS	SMR	EUR TD	ESP	MON	GBR	CAN	USA	FRA TD	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA				-	-
2006	Spyker MF1 Team	Midland M16	Toyota V8																CHN	JPN TD	BRA	-	-
2007	Spyker F1	Spyker F8-VII	Ferrari V8	AUS 17	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	JPN	CHN	BRA		17th	0

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Who's Who: Adrian Sutil. F1Fanatic.co.uk (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
^ "Sutil joins Albers at Spyker", Grandprix.com, 2006-12-21. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
^ "Q&A with Spyker’s Albers and Sutil", Official Formula One website, 2007-02-05. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.

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Constructors and drivers competing in the 2007 Formula One championship
McLaren	Renault	Ferrari	Honda	BMW	Toyota	Red Bull	Williams	Toro Rosso	Spyker	Super Aguri
1 Alonso 2 Hamilton	3 Fisichella 4 Kovalainen	5 Massa 6 Räikkönen	7 Button 8 Barrichello	9 Heidfeld 10 Kubica	11 Schumacher 12 Trulli	14 Coulthard 15 Webber	16 Rosberg 17 Wurz	18 Liuzzi 19 Speed	20 Sutil 21 Albers	22 Sato 23 Davidson