Ralph Firman
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| Ralph Firman | |
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| Nationality |  Irish |
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| World Championship Career | |
| Active years | 2003 |
| Team(s) | Jordan |
| Races | 15 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 2003 Australian Grand Prix |
| First win | - |
| Last win | - |
| Last race | 2003 Japanese Grand Prix |
Ralph David Firman Jr. (born May 20, 1975 in Norwich, Norfolk) is a racing driver from the United Kingdom, who races under Irish citizenship (his mother Angela is Irish) and an Irish-issued racing licence. His father, Ralph Firman Sr., founded the Van Diemen racecar constructor.
Educated at Gresham's School between 1988 and 1993, Firman went straight into motor racing on leaving school and won the 1996 British Formula Three Championship, at his second attempt. He also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix during this year. He then moved to Japan, culminating in the 2002 Formula Nippon championship, before returning to Europe. He participated in 14 Formula One grands prix, debuting on March 9, 2003. He scored 1 championship point, in the 2003 Spanish Grand Prix. He was injured in a huge crash during practice for the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix which forced him to sit out this and the next race, in which he was replaced by Zsolt Baumgartner.
Firman has also competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and was an official test driver for the A1 Grand Prix series in August 2004.
Ralph's sister Natasha is also a racing driver.
In August 2005, it was announced that he would be the driver for A1 Team Ireland. He had previously been seen to be in competition for the Great Britain seat.
[edit] Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Team | WDC | Points |
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| 2003 | Jordan | AUS Ret |
MAL 10 |
BRA Ret |
SAN Ret |
SPA 8 |
AUT 11 |
MON 12 |
CAN Ret |
EUR 11 |
FRA 15 |
GBR 13 |
DEU Ret |
HUN Inj |
ITA Inj |
USA Ret |
JPN 14 |
Jordan | 20th | 1 |
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| Preceded by Oliver Gavin |
British F3 Champion 1996 |
Succeeded by Jonny Kane |
| Preceded by Ralf Schumacher |
Macau GP winner 1996 |
Succeeded by Soheil Ayari |
