Sebastien Buemi

Sebastien Buemi will be competing in his secon season in Formula One in 2010. The Swiss driver took over from David Coulthard when he departed STR but is yet to make an impression at the highest level. After finishing in the points four times in 2009, Buemi will want to achieve his first podium finish for his team during the 2010 Formula One season.

Nationality: Swiss
Date of Birth: 31/10/1988
Team: Toro Rosso
World Championship Titles: 0
First Race: 2009 Australian Grand Prix
First Win: N/A
Car Number: 16
2009 Championship Position: 16th

Sebastien Buemi’s racing career began with European Kart racing. Buemi’s precocious talent saw him fast-tracked through the various grades of European motor racing, and by the age of 16 the Swiss driver was driving in Formula BMW in Germany.

Buemi enjoyed immediate success in Formula BMW, finishing third in the championship in his first season in the sport, and going one better in 2005 to take second place in the drivers championship. These achievements earned him an invitation to Formula 3 racing.

Formula 3 proved to be a major step up for Buemi, who only manged 12th place in his first season in the sport. However, Buemi improved significantly the following season to finish second in the Formula 3 drivers championship.

A season in GP2 Asia followed for the rapidly maturing Buemi, as he finished his debut season in the second tier of motor racing in second place. During the 2008 season Buemi was appointed as the reserve driver for the Red Bull team and assisted the team during several races.

When David Coulthard announced his retirement from Formula One racing in 2008 Sebastian Vettel was offered the British driver’s position with Red Bull. This left a vacancy at Scuderia Toro Roso, which was subsequently offered to position to Red Bull’s young reserve driver by team management.

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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