Esteban Gutiérrez
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Esteban Gutiérrez (born 5 August 1991, Monterrey, Nuevo León) is a Mexican racing driver. In 2010, he won the championship title of the GP3 series. He started in 2011 and 2012 in the GP2 series. He has been driving for Sauber in 2013 in Formula 1
Career
After Gutiérrez his motorsport career in 2004 started in karting, 2007, he moved to Formula racing and participated in the American Formula BMW. With four wins, he won the runner-up title behind Daniel Morad and was the best rookie. He also appeared in two races in the German Formula BMW. In 2008 he moved to Europe in the European Formula BMW, which was formed from the merger of the British to the German Formula BMW. With seven victories, he won the league title this formula before Marco Wittmann and thus became the youngest Mexican racing driver of all time, who won an international title. He also competed in two races in the German Formula 3 Cup and the International Formula Master. At the World Finals of the Formula BMW he finished third behind the winner Alexander Rossi and Michael Christensen.
2009 started Gutiérrez as team-mate Jules Bianchi, and Valtteri Bottas Adrien Tambay for ART Grand Prix in the Formula 3 Euro Series. With two third places at the end of the season, he finished ninth. He also completed four guest appearances in the British Formula 3 Championship. The highlight of the year was a Formula 1 test day for the BMW Sauber team, Gutiérrez was allowed to contest in December 2009. 2010 Gutiérrez went for ART Grand Prix at the newly founded GP3 Series at the start. With five victories he secured clinched the first championship of the GP3 series ahead of Robert Wickens. He also completed for ART guest starts in the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula 3 Championship. In addition, he received some Grand Prix weekends in the Sauber team an insight into the workings of a Formula 1 weekend and completed a day of testing for the Formula 1 racing team.
2011 joined Gutierrez in the GP2 Series and stayed with his team, which took from this season under the name Lotus ART Grand Prix. He started both in the season of the GP2 Asia Series, as well as in the regular season. In the GP2 Asia Series he finished eleventh in the championship. In the GP2 Series, he scored his first victory in the sprint race in Valencia. While his teammate Bianchi was third, Gutierrez finished the season in 13th place overall. After the season Gutiérrez participated for Lotus ART GP2 Final at 2011 and was eighth. In addition, he took on the task of the test and reserve driver at Sauber Motorsport, where he completed two days of testing in Formula 1. However Sauber driver Sergio Pérez strain turned out for a weekend, it Pedro de la Rosa was preferred. 2012 graduated Gutiérrez his second GP2 season. His team came into this season as Lotus GP. He won the feature race in Valencia and Silverstone, as well as the sprint race at the Hungaroring. In the Drivers' Championship he finished third, team internally he sat down opposite James Calado with 176 to 160 points by. In addition, Gutierrez was a test driver for Sauber.
For the 2013 Formula 1 season Gutiérrez finally got a use cockpit with Sauber in Formula 1 In his debut race in Australia, he scored the 13th Place. In Spain Gutiérrez was strategy conditionally briefly in the lead. In the final phase, he set the fastest lap of the race. However, when eleventh he missed the points. At the Grand Prix of Japan Gutierrez scored with a seventh place for the only time in the season points. With 6 to 51 points he lost within the team and Nico Hulkenberg was 16th in the driver standings. 2014 graduated Gutiérrez his second Formula 1 season for Sauber. After the third race, he finished 17th overall.
Others
With the introduction of permanent Formula 1 race numbers in 2014 Gutiérrez chose the # 21 for his future career.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2004-2006: Karting
- 2007: American Formula BMW (2nd place)
- 2007: German Formula BMW ( # 26 )
- 2008: European Formula BMW (Master)
- 2008: International Formula Master ( 19th place )
- 2008: German Formula 3
- 2009: Formula 3 Euro Series (No. 9)
- 2010: GP3 Series ( Master )
- 2011: GP2 Asia Series (No. 11)
- 2011: GP2 Series (No. 13)
- 2011: Formula 1 ( test driver )
- 2012: GP2 Series ( 3rd place)
- 2012: Formula 1 ( test driver )
- 2013: Formula 1 ( 16th place)
- 2014: Formula 1
Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series
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Individual results in the GP3 Series
Individual results in the GP2 Asia Series
Individual results in the GP2 Series
Statistics in Formula 1
Status: Bahrain Grand Prix, April 6, 2014