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88-494: Following their worst season in their thirty-year history—in which they finished ninth in the World Constructors' Championship with just five points—the team underwent a technical review, employing former McLaren designer Mike Coughlan (having served his suspension for his role in the 2007 Formula One espionage controversy ) as Chief Designer, and promoting Jason Somerville to Head of Aerodynamics. The FW34 used

176-468: A Dallara GP2/11 car with 2016 GP3 runner-up Alexander Albon joining him. For 2018 the team promoted their 2017 GP3 Series drivers Jack Aitken and George Russell . In 2019 the team will be represented by 2018 GP3 Series driver Nikita Mazepin and their 2016 GP3 Series driver Nyck de Vries . Jack Aitken left the team to switch to Campos . While Mazepin struggled to replicate his GP3 performances, de Vries scored four victories and sealed

264-462: A broken front wing, crashing at Parabolica as he attempted to return to pit. Further down the order, Schumacher received several carefully worded instructions from team principal Ross Brawn , reminding him not to cut across the track to defend against Hamilton. Schumacher's duel with Hamilton slowed them down enough for Jenson Button to catch up; where Hamilton took thirty laps to pass Schumacher, Button passed him on his first attempt and started catching

352-517: A close duel with Trident 's Luca Ghiotto . The following season , McLaren junior Nyck de Vries , Ferrari junior Charles Leclerc , Nirei Fukuzumi and Alexander Albon formed the team's driver line-up. The team claimed their sixth constructors title at Monza, with Leclerc and Albon claiming the roles of champion and vice-champion respectively. In 2017 , Fukuzumi was retained while Renault Sport Academy member Jack Aitken , Mercedes junior George Russell and Anthoine Hubert were signed to

440-757: A critical error with the build of the tyre. The final test of the season was originally scheduled to be held in Bahrain , but was cancelled by the Bahraini Crown Prince due to a political uprising in the island nation. It was instead rescheduled to the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona from 8–12 March. Defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel won the opening race of the season in Melbourne after qualifying on pole position by eight-tenths of

528-489: A joint effort by 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve with Durango , the former Italian GP2 team that had encountered financial difficulties. However, the number of applicants declined, as ART Grand Prix and Cypher , the renamed USF1 operation, withdrew their entries, and the FIA decided ahead of the 2010 Italian Grand Prix that none of the prospective entrants met the minimum funding or engineering requirements, leaving

616-482: A legal dispute in Formula One with a new incarnation of Team Lotus (now Caterham ) over the use of the name. Team Lotus was also competing with a green-and-yellow livery, whereas Renault (competing as Lotus Renault GP) was running a black-and-gold colour scheme reminiscent of the original Team Lotus's association with John Player Specials . As for the drivers, Bianchi was retained alongside Esteban Gutiérrez, who

704-617: A poor tyre choice and was eliminated from the first qualifying period for the first time since the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix . Vettel made a poor start in the race and was quickly overcome by the McLarens of Button and Hamilton. Button and Vettel pitted together, but Button made a bizarre mistake, mistakenly pulling up in the Red Bull pits, and allowing Vettel to get back out onto the circuit in front of him. The lead changed several times as

792-560: A second. Lewis Hamilton finished in second place, and Russian driver Vitaly Petrov attained his maiden podium in third, with Renault hailing his dramatic off-season turn-around after a difficult debut season in 2010. At the opposite end of the grid, the Hispania F111 cars driven by Narain Karthikeyan and Vitantonio Liuzzi both failed to qualify as their qualifying times were both outside 107% of Vettel's fastest time in

880-677: A second. Vettel seized the lead early in the race, and remained unthreatened for the rest of the race. Hamilton engaged in a race-long duel with Mark Webber, with the Australian following an unusual strategy choice. He was unable to pass Hamilton, who collected his first podium position since his victory in the German Grand Prix. Jenson Button finished the race fourth ahead of Fernando Alonso. In finishing first and third, Red Bull secured their second consecutive World Constructors' Championship . Vettel claimed his first "Grand Chelem" at

968-478: A slow in-lap by Alonso and a strategy error from Red Bull to secure victory. Alonso placed second, with Webber third, while Sebastian Vettel stole fourth away from Felipe Massa when the two drivers pitted on the final lap. Vettel returned to pole position in Hungary ; however, Lewis Hamilton qualified second and was able to save an extra set of softer option tyres for the race. After mixed conditions wreaked havoc in

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1056-589: The 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix driving an FW26 , and Williams' most recent race win as of June 2024. Drawing the inspiration from the Rothmans-sponsored FW19 of 1997, the blue colour on the engine cover was flipped along with other minor changes. PDVSA was retained for the second year with new sponsorships from Procter & Gamble products ( Gillette and Head & Shoulders ). ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver failed to finish

1144-489: The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a three-day 'Young Driver Test' (for drivers with fewer than three Formula One race starts to their name) at the Yas Marina Circuit . Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up Daniel Ricciardo consistently set the fastest times over the three days, driving for new champions Red Bull Racing . The Young Driver Tests were followed by another testing session – also held at Yas Marina – for

1232-602: The 2010 season resulted in the team signing Jules Bianchi and Sam Bird , two rookies from the F3 Euroseries, which Bianchi had won the previous season with ART. The two were closely matched and featured at or near the front of the field for much of the season, but their inexperience precluded them from challenging for the championship as the GP2 Series became more established with a growing number of experienced drivers. They finished third (Bianchi) and fifth (Bird) in

1320-511: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix . Vettel however – despite maintaining the lead into the first corner – spun off at Turn 2 with a right rear puncture. He pitted at the end of the lap and had to retire with suspension damage. Hamilton led the whole race, except the pit stop phases, and won the race ahead of Fernando Alonso and teammate Jenson Button. This meant that Red Bull's podium streak came to an end, despite Webber finishing fourth. At

1408-495: The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) and the FIA in the first half of 2009 , a new Concorde Agreement was signed on 1 August 2009 by the then FIA president Max Mosley and all of the existing teams at the time. The new agreement provided for a continuation of the terms of the 1998 agreement, and was to run until 31 December 2012. The FIA published a provisional entry list on 30 November 2010, which

1496-592: The GP2 Series and GP3 Series as Lotus GP to reflect sponsorship from British sports and racing car manufacturer Lotus . The team competed as Lotus ART in 2011. ART Grand Prix was created in 2005 as a collaborative project between Frédéric Vasseur , the principal of ASM Formule 3 , and Nicolas Todt , the son of the then Scuderia Ferrari team principal and eventually Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) president Jean Todt . Vasseur wanted to expand his championship-winning Formula Three team into

1584-477: The Renault F1 team, and Hülkenberg prevailed over Petrov with a total of five victories and 100 points. Maldonado started the year brightly with two sprint-race wins in the first half of the season, but his form tailed off later on, restricting him to sixth in the championship. Nevertheless, ART's tally of points was enough for the outfit to win its third teams' championship in five years. Another clear-out for

1672-557: The Renault RS27-2012 engine; the team had previously used Renault engines between 1989 and 1997 . The car, which was launched on the 7 February 2012, was driven by Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna . At the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix , Maldonado drove the FW34 to pole position and converted it to victory the next day. It was Maldonado's first and only Formula One race win, Williams' first race win since Juan Pablo Montoya won

1760-483: The Spanish Grand Prix , but it was fourth-starting Fernando Alonso that led the field into the first corner and through much of the early phase of the race. He was eventually overtaken in the pits by Vettel, and slipped down the order to finish a lap behind as Ferrari struggled with Pirelli's brand-new "extra hard" compound, which was specifically designed for endurance, but was two seconds per lap slower than

1848-659: The V8 Supercars . On 16 April 2010, Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that there would be twenty races in 2011; all the races from the 2010 season and the addition of the Indian Grand Prix . A provisional calendar was announced on 8 September 2010, which was confirmed on 3 November 2010. This was later revised to nineteen races with the postponement and later cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix . The pre-season testing season began immediately after

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1936-490: The inaugural Indian Grand Prix , claiming pole position, the fastest lap and leading every lap of the race. The race saw several incidents on the first lap, with contact between several drivers at the first corner, and again at Turn 3. Jenson Button tightened his grasp on second place in the championship, finishing eight seconds behind Vettel, whilst Fernando Alonso completed the podium ahead of Mark Webber. Lewis Hamilton fell further behind after making contact with Felipe Massa at

2024-408: The support races , the Grand Prix started with a wet surface. Vettel established an early lead, but was soon passed by Hamilton and Jenson Button as a dry line appeared. The positions remained constant through the halfway point of the race while Team Lotus experienced their second double-retirement in three races and Nick Heidfeld 's Renault exploded after a prolonged pit stop. A mid-race shower on

2112-457: The 13th slot for the 2011 Formula One season with a possible partnership from the now-defunct Toyota Racing Grand Prix team. The team also announced that it was going to phase out its Formula 3 operation because it wanted to focus only on GP3 and GP2. The 2010 Formula 3 season proved to be ART Grand Prix's last. ART Grand Prix announced their entry bid for F1 on 13 May 2010. On 24 June 2010, Autosport magazine said that ART were set to become

2200-485: The 13th team for 2011 . However, on 7 July 2010, ART announced in its official statement the withdrawal of its entry bid, declaring that "ART Grand Prix had forged strong bonds with several technical and financial partners but with unfavourable economic conditions they could not gather the necessary guarantees to ensure the stability of the project in the long term." As revealed by one of the Formula One insiders during

2288-470: The Drivers' Championship contributed to ART's second consecutive Teams' title. For the 2007 season , ART signed Michael Ammermüller and Lucas di Grassi . Ammermüller's campaign was hampered by injury, and he was later dropped in favour of Sébastien Buemi , with Mikhail Aleshin also deputising. Di Grassi emerged as the team's leader, his consistent finishing record allowing him to finish as runner-up in

2376-592: The Formula Renault Eurocup championship for the 2020 season and were subsequently confirmed two months later. The team entered the season with series regular Grégoire Saucy and Mercedes junior Paul Aron. ART Grand Prix was one of several teams to enter the new GP2 Series in 2005 . In the team's debut season, it employed F3 Euroseries graduates Alexandre Prémat , of France, and Nico Rosberg , of Germany. Against drivers who had prior experience at this level, from Formula 3000 , Rosberg became

2464-404: The cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix . Pirelli returned to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone , marking their return to Formula One for the first time since the 1991 season . Red Bull Racing and their driver Sebastian Vettel were the defending Constructors' and Drivers' Champions respectively, Vettel being one of five World Champions appearing on

2552-555: The championship fight. The championship came to a head in Japan , with Sebastian Vettel out-qualifying championship rival Jenson Button by just nine thousandths of a second. Vettel forced Button wide at the start, but the McLaren driver was able to recover, under-cutting Vettel in the pits during the second round of stops. Button went on to win the race, his third victory of the season, while Fernando Alonso finished second. Vettel completed

2640-436: The championship. The 2009 season saw another complete overhaul of the team's driving strength, with Pastor Maldonado joining from Minardi Piquet Sports and Nico Hülkenberg graduating to the series as the reigning Formula 3 Euroseries champion. The season soon developed into a contest between Hülkenberg and the two Addax drivers, Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov . Grosjean left the series mid-season after being called up by

2728-399: The circuit, taking him out of contention for a podium finish. Jenson Button went on to win the race, his 200th Grand Prix start and the scene of his maiden victory ahead of Vettel in second and Fernando Alonso. Hamilton recovered from his penalty to take fourth position from Mark Webber, whilst Felipe Massa – who had out-qualified Alonso for the first time since the 2010 Belgian Grand Prix –

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2816-413: The driver's title at Sochi , and claimed its first Team Championship since 2009 . The team went into the 2016 season with Matsushita and Sergey Sirotkin racing with them. They finished fourth in the constructors standings with Sirotkin finishing third in the drivers championship. In 2017 GP2 Series was renamed into FIA Formula 2 Championship, Matsushita remained with the team for a third season in

2904-451: The drivers attempting to find grip on an unusually cold circuit. As Hamilton, Alonso and Webber pulled away, Vettel struggled to match their pace following a spin at turn ten. Michael Schumacher had an identical episode at the same corner a few laps later, whilst Sébastien Buemi and Nick Heidfeld collided at the chicane, ending Heidfeld's race. There were multiple lead changes between Hamilton, Webber and Alonso, with Hamilton capitalising on

2992-494: The drivers' championship to Timo Glock despite winning only a single race. The points he accumulated also allowed ART to salvage second in the teams' championship, in spite of the fact that the drivers of the team's other car scored a mere ten points between them. ART's driver line-up changed again for 2008 , with the experienced Luca Filippi partnered by series rookie Romain Grosjean . Grosjean quickly established himself as

3080-524: The drivers' championship with three victories, albeit someway behind title protagonists Davide Valsecchi and Luiz Razia , whilst Calado impressed by winning twice and finishing fifth overall as the season's top rookie driver. In 2014, the team finished 3rd in the constructor's championship whilst rookie Stoffel Vandoorne finished as GP2 runner-up. The team entered the 2015 season with Vandoorne and McLaren protégé Nobuharu Matsushita as their drivers. The team scored eight victories, with Vandoorne claiming

3168-488: The drivers' championship – the latter also winning the 2004 Macau Grand Prix . The trend continued after ART was formed: the team won five straight teams' titles from the award's inauguration in 2005 to 2009 , and won the drivers' championships in these years with Lewis Hamilton , Paul di Resta , Romain Grosjean , Nico Hülkenberg and Jules Bianchi respectively. Future Formula One drivers Adrian Sutil , Sebastian Vettel and Kamui Kobayashi also achieved success with

3256-514: The drivers' championship, with ART finishing in third place in the teams' championship. For the 2011 season , ART reached an agreement with Lotus Cars to run under the Lotus ART moniker. The team switched from its traditional white-and-red livery to a Team Lotus -inspired green-and-yellow scheme, although this was somewhat confusing as Lotus Cars (sponsoring the Renault team) was involved in

3344-691: The drivers. Ocon was replaced by Felix Rosenqvist from Moscow round due to his departure to Formula One with Manor Racing as a replacement for Rio Haryanto who was cut short due to personal sponsorship funding problems. Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix once again was scored only one pole position courtesy of Gary Paffett in Moscow race 1 qualifying and 2 podiums. Due to DTM reducing their competitors from 24 to 18 cars (6 per manufacturer) from 2017 season as well as concentrating on junior single-seater formulas, ART Grand Prix officially ceased their DTM operations after just two seasons. On 13 February 2020 it

3432-740: The département of Yonne , France . In April 2007, Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa bought 30% of the team. Todt sold his shares in December 2018. ASM had already competed in European and French Formula Renault 2.0 before expanding its operations to include the Formula 3 Euroseries in 2003 . In 2004 , the team dominated, with drivers Jamie Green and Alexandre Prémat finishing first and second in

3520-485: The end of the race, behind Alonso and ahead of Rosberg. Lewis Hamilton crashed out of the race early on, making contact with Kamui Kobayashi at Les Combes. Both Senna and Hamilton admitted responsibility for their respective incidents. At the Italian Grand Prix , Vettel took once again pole position, beating Hamilton by half a second, but it was the fourth-starting Fernando Alonso who led the race going into

3608-489: The final race of the season in Brazil , Vettel broke Mansell's record for most pole positions in a season, taking his fifteenth. Webber emerged victorious, scoring his first race win since the 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix . Hamilton retired on lap 48 with a gearbox problem, joining Pastor Maldonado , Timo Glock , and later Vitantonio Liuzzi on the list of race retirements. Felipe Massa , finishing fifth in his home race, became

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3696-504: The first Ferrari driver since Ivan Capelli in 1992 who failed to finish on the podium all season. Meanwhile, Paul di Resta finished the season as the best rookie in 13th place for Force India. Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. Notes: Notes: ART Grand Prix ART Grand Prix is a French motor racing team that competes in formula single-seaters in Europe . In 2012, it competed in

3784-399: The first corner. Vitantonio Liuzzi made contact with Kovalainen and lost control, sliding off the grass and crashing heavily into Rosberg and Petrov and triggering the safety car. Vettel took the lead from Alonso one lap after the restart, while Schumacher overtook Hamilton. Mark Webber attempted to pass Felipe Massa, but the two made contact, pitching Massa into a spin. Webber continued with

3872-496: The first qualifying session. The Saubers of Sergio Pérez and Kamui Kobayashi were disqualified for a technical infringement when their cars failed a post-race scrutineering inspection. Vettel continued his title defence in Malaysia , taking pole from Hamilton in the dying moments of the session by just one tenth of a second. Vettel went on to win the race by three seconds from Jenson Button , who also claimed second place in

3960-538: The following month. The team ended its maiden season third in the teams standing, with Lundgaard claiming their sole win in the feature race at the Hungaroring . The following season , the team signed Formula Renault Eurocup race winner Aleksandr Smolyar and reigning ADAC Formula 4 champion Théo Pourchaire . After a successful single-seaters racing category for many years, ART Grand Prix expanded their involvement into Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters as it

4048-446: The fortieth lap led to Hamilton spinning, forcing Force India 's Paul di Resta off the circuit and allowing Button to close the gap. The two McLaren drivers traded places several times in the greasy conditions, with Hamilton leading long enough to give him the first strategy call within the team. He opted to swap to the intermediate tyres, but the track started to dry out and he was given a drive-through penalty for forcing di Resta off

4136-540: The grid slot vacant. Following the confirmation that there would be no new additions to the grid for 2011, Joan Villadelprat of Epsilon Euskadi and Jacques Villeneuve of the combined Villeneuve-Durango teams both announced that they would still attempt to join the grid for 2011, exploring the possibilities of taking over an existing team. Villeneuve later admitted to considering possibilities outside of Formula One, including extending his NASCAR Nationwide Series campaign, or moving to Australia to pursue opportunities in

4224-485: The grid. Vettel defended his World Championship at the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix , becoming the youngest driver, at 24 years and 98 days, to do so while helping Red Bull Racing defend their Constructors' Championship. It would also be the last season for veteran race winner Rubens Barrichello and the first season in which the Drag Reduction System (DRS) overtaking aid was used. After a dispute between

4312-487: The halfway point, the third time the two had come together in four races. Narain Karthikeyan became the first Indian driver to compete in the Indian Grand Prix, finishing seventeenth ahead of Hispania teammate Daniel Ricciardo and Jarno Trulli , a victim of the first-lap contact. Sebastian Vettel equalled Nigel Mansell 's record of fourteen pole positions in a season when he was fastest in qualifying at

4400-485: The inaugural GP2 Drivers' Champion. He showed consistency, with points scoring results at every race meeting, and his championship challenge became stronger as the year progressed. Prémat was 4th in the championship, which was enough to provide ART with the Teams' Championship title. Rosberg's increasingly rapid rise to the top continued when he graduated to Formula One with Williams . Prémat remained with ART in 2006, and

4488-434: The inaugural champion. Team-mates Alexander Rossi and Pedro Nunes finished fourth and 24th respectively, and ART won the teams' championship. The 2011 season saw ART's success continue, with the championship distilling into a battle between its two leading drivers, ART F3 Euroseries graduate Valtteri Bottas and James Calado , with the former winning by seven points. The remaining seat was initially taken by Nunes, but he

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4576-449: The newly created GP2 Series , while Nicolas Todt had expressed an interest in team management. He had become involved in motorsport as a driver manager, and was notable for representing Felipe Massa . Todt took charge of the new team's commercial and promotional interests, while Vasseur managed the day-to-day running of the operation. ART is based at the ASM workshops at Villeneuve-la-Guyard in

4664-425: The number one, winning two races and taking several additional podium finishes en route to fourth in the drivers' championship, only 14 points behind champion Giorgio Pantano . By contrast, Filippi was dropped after scoring points just twice in the first half of the year; he was replaced by Sakon Yamamoto , who also failed to trouble the leading runners despite his Formula One experience. The team slipped to fifth in

4752-446: The podium in third, while Fernando Alonso finished fourth, over a minute behind Vettel. An early collision with Felipe Massa meant Lewis Hamilton was handed a drive-through penalty – his sixth of the season – and slipped out of the points, but a mid-race safety car for a collision involving Michael Schumacher and Sergio Pérez helped Hamilton recover to fifth. However, the result meant that Webber, Alonso and Hamilton were all eliminated from

4840-543: The podium, securing his second World Drivers' Championship. Mark Webber finished the race fourth, with Lewis Hamilton fifth and Michael Schumacher defending from Felipe Massa to finish sixth. Nico Rosberg secured the final World Championship point in by finishing tenth, having started twenty-third on the grid. Lewis Hamilton and McLaren ended Red Bull's monopoly on pole position at the Korean Grand Prix , with Hamilton edging out Champion-elect Vettel by two-tenths of

4928-544: The points standings; with two wins, Vettel left Malaysia with twice as many points as the McLaren driver. Nick Heidfeld took Renault's second successive podium and Fernando Alonso made a mistake, making contact with Lewis Hamilton and forcing him to pit for a new front wing, and costing him a potential podium. Hamilton himself slipped down the order after changing to the harder prime tyres and struggling with grip. Vettel once again took pole in China , whilst teammate Webber made

5016-402: The race and Webber finishing second, Red Bull secured their first one-two victory since Istanbul. Despite leading the race at one point, Fernando Alonso struggled with his tyres, and slipped down the running order, being passed by Mark Webber and Jenson Button, who had recovered from thirteenth on the grid. Michael Schumacher also recovered; having started twenty-fourth on the grid, he was fifth at

5104-502: The race broke the record for the most classified finishers; the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix had previously seen twenty-three classified finishers. Uncertainty over rule changes and exemptions concerning the use of off-throttle blown diffusers dominated off-track discussion at the British Grand Prix , though consensus within the media was that the issue did not directly affect the sport. Mark Webber started from pole position in

5192-403: The race from the lights to the flag, ahead of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso , who gained Ferrari's first podium finish of the year. McLaren struggled with a series of slow pit stops, whilst the promise shown by Mercedes in qualifying was lost in the race when their cars were fuel-heavy and running on the harder prime tyre compound. Mark Webber ended Vettel's run of consecutive pole positions at

5280-470: The race progressed before Vettel settled into position, but on deteriorating tyres, he was caught and passed by Hamilton four laps from the end. Having started in eighteenth position, Mark Webber recovered to achieve the third podium place. Sebastian Vettel earned his fourth pole of the season in Turkey , becoming the first person to start the first four races on pole since Mika Häkkinen in 1999 . Vettel led

5368-442: The race unchallenged. Jenson Button attempted a late push, but was held up by traffic in the final laps of the race and fell behind. Button's podium meant that the championship would remain unresolved for the time being, but with his ninth victory of the season, Sebastian Vettel closed to within one point of securing his second World Drivers' Championship and becoming the sport's youngest-ever double World Champion. Mark Webber completed

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5456-473: The race win ahead of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, who had been rapidly catching the race leaders at the time of the race stoppage. Vettel took his sixth pole of the season in Montreal , with the race severely affected by rain. The early stages of the race saw Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton collide on the pit straight, and Button earning a drive-through penalty for speeding behind the safety car after it

5544-414: The race, but was classified as they had completed greater than 90% of the race distance. 2011 Formula One season#Constructors standings The 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 65th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The original calendar for the 2011 Formula One World Championship consisted of twenty rounds, including the inaugural running of the Indian Grand Prix before

5632-459: The race. Webber achieved his second successive pole position in Germany , while Hamilton denied Red Bull a front-row lock-out by qualifying second. Vettel was third, the first time he had qualified outside the front row since the 2010 Italian Grand Prix almost one year previously. Hamilton took the lead going into the first corner of the race, and the early stages of the Grand Prix were marked by

5720-446: The race; however, Sebastian Vettel took the lead on the first lap. A mistake from Red Bull Racing in the pits allowed Fernando Alonso to take control of the race, which he went on to win by sixteen seconds, his first victory since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix . Webber caught Vettel in the dying stages of the race, but was given a late team order to maintain his position, and the Australian finished third behind his teammate. Felipe Massa

5808-515: The season when the leaders moved onto the medium compound tyres, with second-placed Fernando Alonso demonstrating that the Ferrari 150º Italia was unable to use the medium tyres as efficiently as the Red Bull RB7 . With all twenty-four cars finishing the race, Hispania Racing 's Narain Karthikeyan became the first man in the sport's history to finish a Grand Prix in twenty-fourth position as

5896-497: The second-placed Alonso. Vettel went on to win the race, extending his lead enough that he would need just one more win to win his second World Championship. Webber's failure to finish meant that he fell to fourth in the drivers' standings, behind Alonso and Button, while Hamilton's fourth place meant he fell further behind in the championship. Sebastian Vettel obtained his eleventh pole of the season in Singapore , and spent most of

5984-409: The softer compounds used. Vettel went on to win the race, but Red Bull's one-second advantage in qualifying was gone by the race as Lewis Hamilton spent most of the final stint within one second of the lead. After making a poor start and slipping down to tenth place, Jenson Button used a three-stop strategy to recover to third place. The Monaco Grand Prix was marred by a string of accidents throughout

6072-516: The team. For the last season of the GP3 Series , the squad retained Hubert and signed trio of FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Jake Hughes , Callum Ilott and Nikita Mazepin . In October 2018, ART was listed among ten teams to compete in the inaugural FIA Formula 3 Championship . In December, the team named David Beckmann as their first driver, with Renault juniors Christian Lundgaard and Max Fewtrell confirmed

6160-479: The team. In 2010 , ART's stranglehold on the championship was broken by French rivals Signature , who fielded Edoardo Mortara to victory in a Volkswagen -powered car, ahead of ART's lead driver Valtteri Bottas , who was the lead Mercedes -powered driver. At the end of the season, ART withdrew from the F3 Euroseries to concentrate on the GP2 and GP3 Series . In September 2019, ART stated their intention to return to

6248-419: The teams to test the tyres developed by new tyre supplier Pirelli . Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the fastest during the tests, with many drivers declaring their satisfaction with the new tyres, particularly given Pirelli's short development window. Sebastian Vettel experienced an explosive puncture on the final day, though an investigation by Pirelli attributed the incident to debris on the circuit rather than

6336-651: The teams' championship. The deal with Lotus was extended for the 2012 season , with the team name adjusted to Lotus GP and the colour scheme now altered to match the black-and-gold livery used by the Lotus F1 team, the Renault name having been dropped and the dispute with Caterham solved. With Bianchi moving to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series , another ART GP3 graduate, James Calado , was signed to partner Gutiérrez. The second-year driver improved to third place in

6424-481: The title in Sochi , while the team finished third in the teams' standings. The team went into the new decade with Ferrari and Renault juniors Marcus Armstrong and Christian Lundgaard contesting the 2020 championship . ART signed up for the first season of the new GP3 Series , the feeder category of GP2, in 2010 . The team immediately replicated its success in other series, with Esteban Gutiérrez becoming

6512-417: The titles to Alex Lynn and Carlin , 2014 also marked the first time ART failed to win the constructor's title. For 2015 , Kirchhöfer was retained with Alfonso Celis Jr. joining from Status Grand Prix and 2014 FIA Formula 3 European champion Esteban Ocon making his GP3 debut with the team. The team secured the team's title in Bahrain , with Ocon securing the championship in the following round after

6600-475: The weekend that saw two drivers hospitalised; Sergio Pérez crashed heavily at the Nouvelle Chicane in the final qualifying period and suffered a concussion, while Vitaly Petrov was briefly knocked unconscious in a five-car pile-up late in the race that saw the red flags waved and the race stopped for the first time since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix . Sebastian Vettel achieved both pole position and

6688-507: Was also a consistent frontrunner in sixth place overall. In 2013 , Daly was retained with Facu Regalia and British F3 champion Jack Harvey joining the team. The team claimed their fourth constructors championship title, with Daly finishing third in the overall standings and Regalia finishing runner-up to Arden's Daniil Kvyat . 2014 saw ART race with Alex Fontana , Dino Zamparelli and GP3 debutant Marvin Kirchhöfer . By losing

6776-582: Was announced that the ART Grand Prix team would return to Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after three-year hiatus and thus hiring former BMW Sauber Formula One driver Robert Kubica as a full-time Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters rookie for 2020 season. The team provided technical support for SMP Racing in the LMP1 Class of the 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship . ART launched an entry into Formula One as one of many candidates to fill in

6864-416: Was catching Vettel at a rate that meant he would only catch the championship leader on the final lap. Vettel ran wide and off the dry line of the final lap of the race, handing Button the race win. Schumacher matched his best race result since returning to the sport, with a fourth place. At Sauber , Sergio Pérez elected not to compete after reporting that he felt unwell during the first practice session, and he

6952-490: Was deployed to retrieve the stricken McLaren of Hamilton. On lap twenty-five, the race was stopped for two hours in the face of a torrential downpour that made the circuit undriveable. When the race was finally resumed, a narrow dry line began to appear around the circuit, and Button began to work his way through the field, having run as low as twenty-first and last place after his penalty. With four laps to go, Button had passed Mark Webber and Michael Schumacher for second place and

7040-460: Was dropped after a disappointing run and replaced by Richie Stanaway , who also scored points and helped ART to its second straight teams' championship. All three of ART's 2012 drivers were competitive, securing a third straight teams' championship, but neither won the drivers' title: Daniel Abt 's late-season charge brought him up just short of victor Mitch Evans , whilst his early-season rival Aaro Vainio fell away to take fourth, and Conor Daly

7128-476: Was joined by Britain's Lewis Hamilton . He was a logical choice, having dominated the F3 Euroseries with ASM Formule 3, ART's sister team. Hamilton took an impressive title in his debut season, though his performances faltered slightly mid-season against an increased challenge from the eventual runner-up, Nelson Piquet Jr. Prémat was a consistent and reliable number two to Hamilton; his third position in

7216-431: Was promoted to GP2 after winning the inaugural GP3 Series championship with ART. Bianchi retained his third place in the championship but his season was slightly disappointing as he failed to mount a championship challenge despite his greater experience and his status as a pre-season favourite, whilst Gutiérrez played himself in with a single victory on his way to 13th place in the championship. ART again slipped to fifth in

7304-653: Was proposed on 29 November 2014 and later announced on 22 April 2015 and thus fielded two Mercedes-Benz AMG C63 Class Coupé DTM cars and thus provided full-works support from Mercedes-AMG. In 2015, Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix was fielded by British driver Gary Paffett and Austrian rookie driver Lucas Auer . Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix was scored only one pole position courtesy of Gary Paffett in Hockenheim race 2 qualifying. In 2016, Mercedes Team ART Grand Prix once again involved in DTM. Gary Paffett and Esteban Ocon were

7392-455: Was replaced by Pedro de la Rosa . Pirelli's medium-compound tyre made its race debut in Valencia , which once again saw Vettel on pole. There was much speculation about the potential for the field to be shaken up by the introduction of engine mapping bans, but the reigning champion led for most of the race, ceding the lead only when called in to pit. He comfortably gained his sixth victory of

7480-687: Was revised on 2 December 2010. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli . Six constructors entered free practice only drivers over the course of the season. Following USF1 's inability to make the grid in 2010 , the FIA opened a new selection process to find an additional team to occupy the empty slot, as well as possible reserve entrants for the event of other withdrawals. Fifteen entry bids were reported to have been received, including ART Grand Prix , winners of several championships in feeder series; previous 2010 applicants Stefan Grand Prix and World Series by Renault team Epsilon Euskadi ; and

7568-476: Was short-lived when he crashed into Jaime Alguersuari on the first lap, ending Alguersuari's race and earning himself a penalty. Nico Rosberg led the early stages of the race, but was powerless to defend against Sebastian Vettel once the DRS was activated. The lead changed several times in the first half of the race, but Vettel eventually established a comfortable lead and would remain unchallenged. With Vettel winning

7656-406: Was similarly catching Lewis Hamilton, whose progress had been hampered by an order to conserve fuel, for fourth position and the two made contact in the penultimate corner on the last lap, forcing Massa to run wide over the finish line. Jenson Button fell from second to fifth place in the championship when a wheel nut was improperly attached to his car during his final stop, forcing his retirement from

7744-439: Was the final car classified on the lead lap in sixth place. The Belgian Grand Prix marked twenty years since Michael Schumacher 's Formula One debut , but Schumacher had a difficult start to the weekend when he lost a wheel on his out-lap in qualifying, sending him to the back of the grid. Bruno Senna replaced Nick Heidfeld at Renault, qualifying seventh in variable conditions on his return to Formula One. However, his success

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