Fabio Leimer

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Fabio Leimer
Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Born (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 35)
Rothrist, Switzerland
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2010
Current team Racing Engineering
Car no. 8
Former teams Ocean Racing Technology
Rapax
Starts 63
Wins 5
Poles 2
Fastest laps 4
Best finish 1st in 2013
Previous series
2009–10–2011
2008–09
2008
2007
2007
2006		 GP2 Asia Series
International Formula Master
Formula Master Italia
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2013
2009		 2013 GP2 Series season
International Formula Master

Fabio Leimer (born 17 April 1989) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland.

He is currently the reserve driver for Manor Marussia F1 Team.

Career

Karting

Like many of today's racing drivers, Rothrist-born Leimer started his career in karting back in 2003, when he won the Swiss Junior Championship. He finished runner-up in the same category the following season before finishing second in the Swiss Championship ICA in 2006.

Formula BMW

In 2006, Leimer graduated to single-seater racing, competing in the Formula BMW ADAC series in Germany. He started the year with Team Rosberg, but finished the season with a different team, Matson Motorsport. During the year, he accumulated four points to be classified eighteenth in the standings. He also competed in the end-of-season Formula BMW World Final, held in Valencia, where he finished in nineteenth place.

Formula Renault

The following year, Leimer moved up to Formula Renault, racing in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Italian Formula Renault 2.0 championships for Jenzer Motorsport.

In the Eurocup series, he scored points in three races and took a single fastest lap at Donington Park to end the year in seventeenth place.[1]

In the Italian championship, Leimer scored points in eleven of the fourteen races and took two podium places (at Spa-Francorchamps and Valencia) to be classified eleventh in the standings.[2]

International Formula Master

In 2008, Leimer progressed to the International Formula Master series, once again racing with Jenzer Motorsport. In a very successful debut season, he finished as runner-up to champion Chris van der Drift, taking three race wins at Estoril, Imola and Monza along with five other podium places. He also helped Jenzer Motorsport finish third in the teams' standings.[3] In the accompanying Formula Master Italia series, Leimer finished in fourth place with one race win (at Mugello) from two starts.

In October 2008, Leimer took part in a three-day Indy Lights prize test with Sam Schmidt Motorsports. The prize test was originally awarded to German driver Michael Ammermüller, but he declined it due to personal reasons.[4]

Leimer continued in the series for 2009, partnering Pål Varhaug, the reigning Italian Formula Renault 2.0 champion.[5] During the first six rounds of the season, he took race wins in Pau, Valencia, Brno, Brands Hatch and Spa-Francorchamps, the latter event supporting the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix.[6] Leimer then sealed the title with his sixth win of the season, at the seventh round in Oschersleben.[7]

GP2 Series

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Leimer won the opening sprint race of the 2010 GP2 Series season in Barcelona.
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Leimer drove for the Racing Engineering team during his title-winning 2013 season.

As a result of finishing championship runner-up in the 2008 Formula Master season, in November of that year, Leimer took part in a prize GP2 test with Italian team Trident Racing at the Paul Ricard circuit in France,[8] and a year later he tested with the DAMS team at the same venue as a prize for winning the Formula Master title.[9]

In October 2009, Leimer tested with Tiago Monteiro's Ocean Racing Technology team at Jerez and later that month he was confirmed as a driver for the team in the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, racing alongside fellow Formula Master graduate Alexander Rossi,[10] and former British Formula 3 driver Max Chilton. Leimer continued with the team into the 2010 GP2 Series, and was partnered by Chilton.[11] At the first round of the season in Barcelona, Leimer finished eighth in the feature race, a result which gave him pole position for the reverse grid sprint event which he won from the Rapax Team entry of Luiz Razia.[12] However, he did not score any further points, limiting himself to nineteenth place in the drivers' championship.

For 2011, Leimer moved to the Rapax team alongside Julián Leal. He finished fifth overall in the Asia series, and then proceeded to take his second category win in the main series. As was the case the previous year, the victory came in the sprint race at the Catalunya circuit, and he again set the fastest lap in the process, although on this occasion he owed his reverse-grid pole position to Romain Grosjean's disqualification from the feature race. Another haul of points at Monza saw him improve to 14th position in the championship standings. He also won the feature race of the non-championship event held at the Yas Marina Circuit. Leimer switched to the Racing Engineering team for 2012, where he partnered Nathanaël Berthon. Despite failing to win a race during the season, his improved consistency, consisting of six podium finishes, saw him improve to seventh place in the drivers' championship. Leimer took the GP2 driver's championship title in 2013, with seven podium finishes and three wins.

FIA World Endurance Championship

In 2014, Leimer joined the Swiss team Rebellion Racing for the FIA World Endurance Championship after testing for the team at the pre-season "Prologue".[13] This will be Leimer's first experience driving sports cars.

Super Formula

Leimer will race at the Japanese Super Formula in 2015, driving a Team Mugen's Honda-powered car.[14] However, on 7 March 2015, it was announced that Leimer's contract with Mugen had been prematurely terminated due to financial issues.[15]

Formula One

On 3 June 2015 the Manor Marussia F1 Team announced that they have signed Leimer as the official team reserve for 2015 and will participate in FP1 sessions at Grand Prix throughout the season.

Formula E

On 23 June 2015 Virgin Racing announced Leimer to be their driver to replace Jaime Alguersuari for the final two rounds, 10 and 11, at London after Alguersuari was suspended from racing due to minor health issues.[16] Race 10 saw him qualify 19th and finish the race in 14th position.[17] The final round saw him qualify 17th, but he crashed out of the race.[18] Leimer finished the season without scoring a point and finished 32nd out of 35 in the championship.[19]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Formula BMW ADAC Team Rosberg 18 0 0 0 0 4 18th
Matson Motorsport
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Jenzer Motorsport 14 0 0 1 0 17 17th
Italian Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 2 161 11th
2008 International Formula Master Jenzer Motorsport 16 3 1 3 8 79 2nd
Formula Master Italia 2 1 1 2 1 48 4th
2009 International Formula Master Jenzer Motorsport 16 7 6 12 9 106 1st
2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Ocean Racing Technology 7 0 0 0 0 0 31st
2010 GP2 Series Ocean Racing Technology 20 1 0 1 1 8 19th
2011 GP2 Series Rapax 18 1 0 1 2 15 14th
GP2 Asia Series 4 0 0 0 1 9 5th
GP2 Final Racing Engineering 2 1 1 1 1 13 1st
2012 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 24 0 1 2 6 152 7th
2013 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 3 1 1 7 201 1st
2014 FIA World Endurance Championship Rebellion Racing 8 0 0 0 0 19 17th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A NC
2014–15 Formula E Virgin Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
2015 Formula One Manor Marussia F1 Team Test driver

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2010 Ocean Racing Technology ESP
FEA
8		 ESP
SPR
1		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
17		 TUR
FEA
13		 TUR
SPR
15		 VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
Ret		 GBR
FEA
17		 GBR
SPR
13		 GER
FEA
21		 GER
SPR
Ret		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
11		 BEL
FEA
12		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
DNS		 ABU
FEA
Ret		 ABU
SPR
15		 19th 8
2011 Rapax TUR
FEA
Ret		 TUR
SPR
20		 ESP
FEA
8		 ESP
SPR
1		 MON
FEA
9		 MON
SPR
7		 VAL
FEA
Ret		 VAL
SPR
14		 GBR
FEA
15		 GBR
SPR
11		 GER
FEA
DSQ		 GER
SPR
8		 HUN
FEA
11		 HUN
SPR
11		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
7		 ITA
SPR
2		 14th 15
2012 Racing Engineering MYS
FEA
4		 MYS
SPR
6		 BHR1
FEA
7		 BHR1
SPR
12		 BHR2
FEA
2		 BHR2
SPR
8		 ESP
FEA
12		 ESP
SPR
11		 MON
FEA
18		 MON
SPR
Ret		 VAL
FEA
4		 VAL
SPR
3		 GBR
FEA
14		 GBR
SPR
9		 GER
FEA
2		 GER
SPR
4		 HUN
FEA
9		 HUN
SPR
14		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
5		 ITA
FEA
5		 ITA
SPR
2		 SGP
FEA
3		 SGP
SPR
3		 7th 152
2013 Racing Engineering MYS
FEA
1		 MYS
SPR
12		 BHR
FEA
1		 BHR
SPR
9		 ESP
FEA
18		 ESP
SPR
9		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
13		 GBR
FEA
4		 GBR
SPR
15		 GER
FEA
4		 GER
SPR
3		 HUN
FEA
4		 HUN
SPR
3		 BEL
FEA
4		 BEL
SPR
5		 ITA
FEA
1		 ITA
SPR
6		 SGP
FEA
5		 SGP
SPR
3		 ABU
FEA
4		 ABU
SPR
3		 1st 201

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2009–10 Ocean Racing Technology ABU1
FEA
17		 ABU1
SPR
Ret		 ABU2
FEA
Ret		 ABU2
SPR
Ret		 BHR1
FEA
20		 BHR1
SPR
15		 BHR2
FEA
Ret		 BHR2
SPR
DNS		 31st 0
2011 Rapax ABU
FEA
10		 ABU
SPR
6		 ITA
FEA
6		 ITA
SPR
2		 5th 9

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2015 Manor Marussia F1 Team Marussia MR03B Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t AUS MAL CHN BHR ESP MON CAN AUT GBR HUN
TD		 BEL ITA SIN JPN RUS USA MEX BRA ABU – –

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2014 Rebellion Racing LMP1 Lola B12/60 Toyota (RV8KLM 3.4 L V8) SIL
Ret		 SPA
Ret		 LMS
Ret		 COA
Ret		 FUJ
10		 SHA
8		 BHR
6		 SÃO
7		 17th 19

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Switzerland Rebellion Racing Austria Dominik Kraihamer
Italy Andrea Belicchi		 Rebellion R-One-Toyota LMP1-L 73 DNF DNF

Complete Formula E results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2014–15 Virgin Racing Spark-Renault SRT 01E BEI PUT PDE BNA MIA LBH MON BER MOS LON
14		 LON
Ret		 32nd 0

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