Jaime Alguersuari Profile

After enduring a baptism of fire in his first season in Formula One racing in 2009, Spain’s Jaime Alguersuari will be looking to cement his place in the STR team in 2010. The Spaniard remains the youngest driver on the grid for the 2010 season, and holds the record for being the youngest driver to compete in Formula One racing.

Nationality: Spanish
Date of Birth: 23/03/1990
Team: Scuderia Toro Rosso
World Championship Titles: 0
First Race: 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
First Win: N/A
Car Number: 17
2009 Championship Position: 24th

Jaime Alguersuari began his senior racing career at the tender age of 15, competing in the Italian Formula Renault Winter Series. At the age of 16 he impressed racing pundits by finishing the season in second place in the series championship, behind Mika Mäki.

In 2008 Alguersari took the step up to Formula 3 racing in the British Formula Three Championship. The young Spaniard put together an impressive string of late-season performances to claim the championship title on debut.

Alguersari’s performances did not go unnoticed to by Formula One teams, and Scuderia Toro Rosso was the first team to act, hiring the Spaniard as its reserve driver in 2009. The Spaniard spent just two weeks in this position before Sebastien Bourdais departed the team, automatically promoting Auguersuari to the driver’s seat.

At the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix Alguersari became the youngest driver ever to race in a grand prix, and only the seventh teenager in history to do so. The Spaniard finished the race in 15th place, ahead of teammate Sebastien Buemi.

The remainder of Alguersari’s Formula One season was plagued by car problems. The teenager retired in five of his seven remaining races that season, and was unable to finish a single race in his debut season in the top 10. His fans nevertheless believe that there are great things yet to come from the young star.

Formula One Rankings
Position Driver Pts
1Sebastian Vettel
(Red Bull-Renault)		392
2Jenson Button
(McLaren-Mercedes)		270
3Mark Webber
(Red Bull-Renault)		258
4Fernando Alonso
(Ferrari)		257
5Lewis Hamilton
(McLaren-Mercedes)		227
6Felipe Massa
(Ferrari)		118
7Nico Rosberg
(Mercedes GP)		89
8Michael Schumacher
(Mercedes GP)		76
9Adrian Sutil
(Force India-Mercedes)		42
10Vitaly Petrov
(Renault)		37
11Nick Heidfeld
(Renault)		34
12Kamui Kobayashi
(Sauber)		30
13Paul Di Resta
(Force India-Mercedes)		27
14Jaime Alguersuari
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		26
15Sebastien Buemi
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		15
16Sergio Perez
(Sauber)		14
17Rubens Barrichello
(Williams-Cosworth)		4
18Bruno Senna
(Renault)		2
19Pastor Maldonado
(Williams-Cosworth)		1
20Pedro de la Rosa
(Sauber)		0
21Jarno Trulli
(Lotus-Renault)		0
22Heikki Kovalainen
(Lotus-Renault)		0
23Vitantonio Liuzzi
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
24Jerome d'Ambrosio
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
25Timo Glock
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
26Daniel Ricciardo
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
27Narain Karthikeyan
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
28Karun Chandhok
(Lotus-Renault)		0
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