Adrian Sutil

Adrian Sutil

Sutil in 2011
Born	(1983-01-11) 11 January 1983 (age 41) Starnberg, West Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Active years	2007–2011, 2013–2014
Teams	Spyker, Force India, Sauber
Car number	99
Entries	128 (128 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	124
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	2007 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Adrian Sutil (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdʁiaːn zʊˈtiːl]; born 11 January 1983) is a German racing driver who raced in Formula One for seven seasons: from 2007–2011, then 2013–2014. He drove for the Spyker F1 Team, Force India F1 Team and the Sauber F1 Team. He was also the reserve driver for the Williams F1 Team in 2015.

Sutil started karting at the age of 14 and moved into single seater racing in 2002 in the Swiss Formula Ford series where he won the title. He moved up into Formula Masters Austria and started 1 race before stepping into Formula BMW ADAC in 2003. Sutil then raced in the Formula 3 Euroseries where he was the runner-up to Lewis Hamilton in 2005. He went to Japan in 2006 to race in the All-Japan Formula Three Championship and also finished 3rd in the Macau Grand Prix.

Having been involved in the Midland F1 test team, Sutil was promoted to a race seat for the new Spyker F1 team in 2007. Sutil continued to race with the team under their new guise Force India in 2008 where he remained until 2011. Having made his return to the sport in 2013 again with Force India, he competed in the 2014 season with the Sauber team.^[1]