Adrien Tambay

Adrien Tambay (born 25 February 1991) is a French professional racing driver. He currently is an official CUPRA driver and is the 2022 ETCR Champion. He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.

Adrien Tambay
Tambay in 2022
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 (age 33) Paris, France
Related to	Patrick Tambay (father)
DTM
Years active	2012–2016
Former teams	Abt Sportsline
Starts	65
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	10th in 2012
Previous series
2011 2010–2011 2010 2009 2008 2007	World Series by Renault Auto GP GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW ADAC

Career

Formula BMW

Born in Paris, Tambay began his car racing career in the German Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing fourth and rookie champion. He moved to the new Formula BMW Europe series in 2008, where he finished third behind Esteban Gutiérrez and Marco Wittmann.

Tambay on the Formula Three Euroseries at the Hockenheimring (2009)

Formula Three

In 2009 he raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for leading team ART Grand Prix.^[1] 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 while playing football.^[2] 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.^[3]

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, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2014 - Hockenheimring

Adrien Tambay was one of the eight Audi factory drivers in the DTM championship for five years between 2012 and 2016.^[4] He scored a top ten championship finish in his first year and amassed a total of 3 podiums, 1 pole position and 1 fastest lap throughout his DTM career.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Formula BMW ADAC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	2	2	0	7	573	4th
	Formula BMW USA	EuroInternational	4	0	0	1	2	109	17th
	Formula BMW World Final		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
2008	Formula BMW Europe	Eifelland Racing	16	2	2	0	9	260	3rd
	Formula BMW Americas	EuroInternational	3	1	0	1	3	0	NC†
2009	Formula 3 Euro Series	ART Grand Prix	16	0	0	0	0	0	21st
	British Formula 3 International Series		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2010	GP3 Series	Manor Racing	4	1	0	0	1	6	20th
	Auto GP Series	Charouz-Gravity Racing	12	1	0	1	2	29	6th
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	27th
		International DracoRacing	1	0	0	0	0
	Auto GP Series	DAMS	6	0	0	0	2	114	4th
		Campos Racing	6	1	1	0	3
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Saintéloc Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	48th
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt	10	0	0	0	1	28	10th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	Saintéloc Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2013	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt	10	0	0	1	0	30	14th
2014	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt	10	0	1	0	1	36	14th
2015	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Abt	18	0	0	0	0	3	24th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Saintéloc	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	17	0	0	0	1	40	18th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Strakka Racing	3	0	0	0	0	8	40th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	0	12	20th
2019	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Inter Europol Competition	2	0	0	0	0	0.5	35th
	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am	Cool Racing	6	0	0	1	0	24	16th
2020	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am	Saintéloc Racing	12	0	1	4	0	23	14th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	EuroInternational	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	French GT4 Cup - Pro-Am		12	0	0	1	1	38	15th
2022	GT4 European Series - Pro-Am	Saintéloc Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup	Cupra EKS	6	1	N/A	N/A	5	535	1st
2022–23	Andros Trophy - Elite Pro Class	DRP	3	0	0	0	0	113	14th
	Formula E	ABT CUPRA Formula E Team	Test driver
2023	Extreme E Championship	Abt Cupra XE	1	0	N/A	N/A	0	6	18th
2023–24	Formula E	ABT CUPRA Formula E Team	Test driver

† As Tambay was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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

Tambay achieved his only win of the 2011 Auto GP season for Campos Racing, at Mugello.

(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 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2019	Inter Europol Competition	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC	MNZ	CAT Ret	SIL 12	SPA	ALG	35th	0.5

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	Eurointernational	Christophe D'Ansembourg Erik Maris	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	26	DNF	DNF

References

1. http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/5069/career/ Adrien Tambay career statistics at Driver Database
2. "Tambay out after freak injury". motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2009-07-24. Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
3. http://www.autogp.org/en/entry_list.php Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Auto GP entry list
4. "Audi gives young talent opportunity in DTM". dtm.com. ITR e.v. 2012-03-14. Archived from the original on 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-03-14.

External links

• Adrien Tambay on Twitter