Earl Bamber

Earl Bamber ( born July 9, 1990 in Wanganui ) is a New Zealand racing driver.

After Bamber had won in 2004 two New Zealand karting championship, he started in 2005 in the New Zealand Formula Ford and was with three wins fourth in the overall standings. The following year, Bamber was for the Malaysian Team Meritus in the Formula BMW Asia actively and secured with ten wins in 19 races the championship title in 2006. 2007 he took for Meritus starting part in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series and the Formula Renault V6 Asia. In both series, he could not win a race.

2008 Bamber was again active in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series and finished there second place in the championship. He was also runner-up in the Formula Renault V6 Asia. Attracted attention Bamber when he was in Imola as a driver of ADM Motorsport won in September 2008 at age 18 at his first race weekend of the International Formula Master the sprint race. Shortly thereafter, Bamber again placed in the spotlight, because the A1 Grand Prix race weekend at Zandvoort he stood in both races on the podium. Then Bamber was committed by Qi - Meritus Mahara for the 2008/2009 GP2 Asia Series season as a teammate of former Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong. On the first weekend in Shanghai Bamber left again a good impression: He got in two races and points in the sprint race with second place he achieved his first podium finish. At the next two race weekends Bamber took no further points and was then replaced by Álvaro Parente. In the overall standings he was 14th After his involvement in the GP2 Asia Series Bamber denied another round of the A1GP.

2009 Bamber began his season in the International Formula Master. His commitment, however, was terminated after only two race weekends, as his team had retired ADM Motorsport from the series. The New Zealander, who took part as a guest driver on another race weekend, finished 18th in the overall standings. He was also active in the Euro Series 3000 and the New Zealand Toyota Series.

Bamber 2010 started the entire season in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series. While he was with six wins, the pilot with the most wins this season, but the league title he lost to Mitch Evans with 915 to 912 points, just as in 2008 and was runner-up. In addition, the New Zealanders took part in the 2010 season with two race weekends of the Superleague Formula. In Ordos, he represented Álvaro Parente in the managed by Atech Grand Prix and Reid Motorsport team of FC Porto. Bamber was third in the first race and decided the " Super Final ", the winner received € 100,000, for themselves. During the following weekend in Beijing, that did not count for the Championship, he switched team internally in the car of PSV Eindhoven. After finishing sixth in the first race he finished second behind Parente in the second race. Since the Super Final could not take place due to heavy rains, Bamber, who scored the most points, was the so-called "Weekend Winner ."

Career stations

  • 2004: Karting
  • 2005: New Zealand Formula Ford (4th place )
  • 2006: Asian Formula BMW (Master)
  • 2007: New Zealand Toyota Racing Series (No. 7); Formula Renault V6 Asia (11th )
  • 2008: New Zealand Toyota Racing Series ( 2nd place); Formula Renault V6 Asia (2nd place)
  • 2009: GP2 Asia Series (No. 14); International Formula Master ( 18th place)
  • 2010: New Zealand Toyota Racing Series ( 2nd place); Superleague Formula
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