Introduction
Adrien Tambay (born 25 February 1991) is a French professional racing driver at Audi. He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.
Career
Formula BMW
Born in Paris, Tambay began his car racing career in the German Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing fourth. He moved to the new Formula BMW Europe series in 2008, where he finished third behind Esteban Gutiérrez and Marco Wittmann.
Formula Three
In 2009 he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for leading team ART Grand Prix. He missed the Oschersleben and Nürburgring rounds of the Euroseries, and also an invitational entry to the British Formula 3 Championship at Spa, due to a head injury suffered playing football. He ended the Euroseries season pointless, recording a best finish of seventh at EuroSpeedway and the Norisring.
Auto GP
In 2010 he raced in the Auto GP series for Charouz-Gravity Racing
GP3
After James Jakes had a wrist injury at Hockenheim, Tambay was called in to replace him in Manor Racing. In his second outing at Spa-Francorchamps, Tambay retired first race and therefore started 27th in the second race. The rain started during the race, but Tambay kept driving on slicks, and winning the race ahead of Alexander Rossi.
DTM
Adrien Tambay is driving one of eight Audi A5 DTM cars in the 2012 DTM championship.
Racing record
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(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 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308/040 | Mercedes | HOC 1 13 | HOC 2 Ret | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 7 | NOR 1 19 | NOR 2 7 | ZAN 1 11 | ZAN 2 Ret | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | BRH 1 12 | BRH 2 Ret | CAT 1 17 | CAT 2 Ret | DIJ 1 20† | DIJ 2 10 | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 10 | 21st | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Auto GP 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Charouz-Gravity Racing | BRN 1 6 | BRN 2 Ret | IMO 1 1 | IMO 2 4 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 10 | MAG 1 14 | MAG 2 10 | NAV 1 Ret | NAV 2 5 | MNZ 1 2 | MNZ 2 5 | 6th | 29 | ||
| 2011 | DAMS | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 2 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 4 | BRN 1 Ret | BRN 2 8 | DON 1 | DON 2 | 4th | 114 | ||||||
| Campos Racing | OSC 1 2 | OSC 2 3 | VAL 1 6 | VAL 2 4 | MUG 1 1 | MUG 2 6 |
Complete GP3 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Manor Racing | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HOC FEA | HOC SPR | HUN FEA 18 | HUN SPR 9 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 1 | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | 20th | 6 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pons Racing | ALC 1 | ALC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MON 1 7 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | 27th | 6 | ||
| International DracoRacing | CAT 1 DNS | CAT 2 Ret |
Complete DTM 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi A5 DTM | HOC Ret | LAU 18 | BRH 12 | SPL Ret | NOR 15 | NÜR Ret | ZAN 5 | OSC 16 | VAL 2 | HOC Ret | 10th | 28 | ||||||||
| 2013 | Audi Sport Team Abt | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC Ret | BRH 18 | SPL 11 | LAU 11 | NOR 15 | MSC 4 | NÜR 6 | OSC 9 | ZAN 6 | HOC 14 | 14th | 30 | ||||||||
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 3 | OSC 10 | HUN 5 | NOR 9 | MSC Ret | SPL 6 | NÜR 11 | LAU 18† | ZAN Ret | HOC 19† | 14th | 36 | ||||||||
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 15 | HOC 2 Ret | LAU 1 16 | LAU 2 20 | NOR 1 19 | NOR 2 14 | ZAN 1 18 | ZAN 2 9 | SPL 1 10 | SPL 2 16 | MSC 1 Ret | MSC 2 16 | OSC 1 17 | OSC 2 14 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 12 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 Ret | 24th | 3 |
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 13 | SPL 1 8 | SPL 2 11 | LAU 1 20 | LAU 2 20 | NOR 1 7 | NOR 2 DSQ | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 | MSC 1 12 | MSC 2 8 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 15 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 2 | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 Ret | 18th | 40 |
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.