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40-404: Vietoris is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Christian Vietoris (born 1989), German racing driver Leopold Vietoris (1891–2002), Austrian mathematician, World War I veteran, and supercentenarian [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Vietoris . If an internal link intending to refer to

80-532: A full-time race seat with the team for 2008 and was retained for the 2009 season. In 2008, TDP driver Kamui Kobayashi replaced Nakajima at DAMS GP2 and became the Toyota Racing test driver. Kobayashi stayed on in 2009, and was partnered by Jérôme d'Ambrosio for these two years. Neither driver was able to put together a consistent run of form in the main GP2 Series championships, but Kobayashi did win

120-500: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vietoris&oldid=1062207609 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Christian Vietoris Vietoris started his career through karting,

160-692: The 2008–09 Asian championship with the team. D'Ambrosio remained with the team for 2010 , and was paired with Ho-Pin Tung , who replaced the Sauber -bound Kobayashi. As part of an agreement with the Renault Formula One team, both were nominated as Renault F1 test drivers, and the DAMS GP2 cars were liveried in an identical yellow-and-black scheme to the Renault R30 chassis. D'Ambrosio won

200-478: The 2011 GP2 Series season , alongside Dani Clos . After crashing heavily during the first round of the season at Istanbul , he complained of recurring headaches and was replaced by Álvaro Parente until he recovered and returned to the cockpit in Valencia . At Spa-Francorchamps , he took his first series pole position and converted it into victory, also setting his first fastest lap in the process. He also won

240-523: The 2018–19 season , the team switched to Nissan and originally hired Alexander Albon to partner Buemi, however on 26 November 2018 Albon was released from his contract with the team to instead drive in the 2019 Formula One season with the Toro Rosso team . Four days later, the team signed Oliver Rowland , who raced for the team in the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship . As is traditional with Nissan factory teams, their car numbers are 22 and 23, since

280-604: The 2021 season , the team hired two new drivers Roy Nissany and Marcus Armstrong to replace the Carlin-bound Ticktum and the WEC-bound Gelael. Scoring only one win all year (through Armstrong at Jeddah , the team once again finished 8th in the Teams' Championship, with 65 points. For the 2022 season , the team stayed with Nissany for another season and hired Japanese rookie Ayumu Iwasa . 2022

320-570: The 24 Hours of Le Mans , but failed to get any competitive results. DAMS (running the Bob Berridge Racing Lola) helped the Michel Vaillant movie crew in the 2002, 24 Hours of Le Mans entering with a Lola B98/10 - Judd as Vaillante and a Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S - Élan as Leader . They then switched their effort to an FIA GT return. In 2003, they tried entering two Nissan 350Z , but once again funds prevented

360-572: The COVID -impaced 2019–20 season, ending up second in Teams' Championship instead of fourth. After two disappointing seasons in a row with a 10th place in the 2020–21 season and a 9th position in the 2021–22 season , Nismo decided to part ways with DAMS and operate the team on their own. Starting from 1997, Driot's team diversified into sports car racing , entering the FIA GT Championship in partnership with Panoz . Splitting up in

400-744: The Elf young driver sponsorship program. Aside from F3000, DAMS planned to join the F1 World Championship in 1996 , with a car (the GD-01 ) developed by Reynard , but lack of funds prevented the team from advancing. DAMS enter in sports car racing since 1997 until 2002 where it helped the Michel Vaillant movie, preparing and racing cars in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In August 2019, founder Jean-Paul Driot died, aged 68. His two sons, Olivier and Gregory Driot, took over as co-team principals, until former Formula 1 driver Charles Pic bought

440-629: The GP2 Series since its beginning in 2005 , winning races with drivers José María López and Nicolas Lapierre . DAMS was associated with the Toyota Drivers Program (TDP) from 2006 to 2009, and ran their drivers in the GP2 Series. In 2006, it was Franck Perera and then Kazuki Nakajima in 2007, who finished 5th in the GP2 championship and raced in the last Formula One Grand Prix of the season with Williams . Following this he won

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480-600: The World Endurance Championship and was replaced by Pierre Gasly . The following season saw the team's final season with Renault in Formula E fail to see any of their drivers win a single race in the championship. Their highest finish was 2nd for Buemi in Marrakesh . The team could only finish fifth in the constructors' championship. At the end of the season, Nicolas Prost left the team. For

520-479: The sprint race at Monaco , but his form thereafter was disappointing and he was rested for one of the rounds in favour of Romain Grosjean , another driver with Renault F1 links. Grosjean later got the opportunity to move into the team full-time when Tung, yet to score a point after 12 races, sustained a broken vertebra in a racing accident. D'Ambrosio, Grosjean and Tung finished 12th, 14th and 28th respectively in

560-720: The 2003 and 2004 seasons, DAMS took part in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup , which they won that same year with Argentinian José María López . In 2005 the team entered the World Series by Renault . Since 2005, DAMS joined the GP2 Series but also the A1 Grand Prix where it serviced three teams. Driot is one of the owners of the A1 Team France . DAMS also managed A1 Team Switzerland , A1 Team Mexico and later A1 Team South Africa in

600-567: The A1 Grand Prix championships. With A1 Team France, DAMS was the first winner of the series winning 13 of the 22 races including in the 2005–06 season. For the 2007–08 season, A1 Team France and South Africa collaborated closely to finalize the car like it was previously done with A1 Team Switzerland. The team joined the new Formula E championship in 2014 under the name e.dams , with collaboration from Alain Prost . Sébastien Buemi

640-457: The DTM, HWA Team , replacing Bruno Spengler , who left Mercedes for BMW. Vietoris is the youngest driver ever to win an A1 Grand Prix race. He took the chequered flag during the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand at Taupo Motorsport Park at just 18 years, nine months and 19 days old, beating the previous record for youngest A1GP winner by exactly five months. That record was held by

680-771: The Drivers' Championship with 277 points and taking nine race wins, his nearest rival being Finland 's Mika Mäki . As well as his German FBMW title, Vietoris won the Formula BMW World Final, ahead of other FBMW champions such as Robert Wickens , the 2006 US FBMW champion, and the British Formula BMW champion, Niall Breen , winning himself a test for the BMW Sauber F1 team. Following his impressive performances in Formula BMW, Vietoris

720-693: The F3 Euroseries season to join up with the DAMS team for a GP2 Asia Series test at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi . He raced in the 2009–10 season for the team. He moved to Racing Engineering for the 2010 main series , winning one race en route to ninth place in the drivers' championship. He missed the final round of the season due to appendicitis ; his seat was taken by Ho-Pin Tung . Vietoris remains with Racing Engineering for

760-932: The French team from developing the Japanese car. In 2004, they teamed with Lamborghini and entered two Murciélago R-GT cars in the final rounds of the FIA GT Championship. Several drivers have enjoyed success during and after their time with DAMS, including Formula One Grand Prix winners Olivier Panis and Pierre Gasly , 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Allan McNish , Sébastien Bourdais , Kazuki Nakajima , Sébastien Buemi , Neel Jani , Kamui Kobayashi and José María López , as well as multiple Formula One drivers. Success has also been achieved by former drivers in US open wheel racing : Bourdais winning four consecutive Champ Car World Series title, and Marcus Ericsson winning

800-568: The Lotus GP banner. The team wrapped up both the 2014 Drivers' and Teams' Championships, with Jolyon Palmer winning the former. DAMS went into the 2015 season with Red Bull Junior Team driver Pierre Gasly and 2014 GP3 champion Alex Lynn as their driver lineup. The team struggled in the Bahrain feature race with Gasly being involved in a fourth lap collision with Arthur Pic , Raffaele Marciello and Norman Nato and Lynn falling down

840-517: The constructors' championship and took 5 wins during the season (4 for Albon and 1 for Latifi). The team's 2018 lineup will race together for the first time in three years in the 2022 Formula One World Championship for the Williams team. For the 2019 season , the team hired Sérgio Sette Câmara to replace Albon, who was promoted to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso for 2019 . They won the Teams' Championship with 418 points, and 6 wins (5 for Latifi, who

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880-549: The drivers' championship, whilst DAMS finished sixth position in the teams' championship. Grosjean remained with the team for 2011, with Norwegian rookie Pål Varhaug replacing D'Ambrosio, who graduated to F1 with the Virgin Racing team. DAMS retained its links with Renault, although these were somewhat diluted by the F1 team's new sponsorship deal with Lotus Cars , which also backed the rival ART team in GP2. Grosjean dominated

920-550: The following year, DAMS ran a Lola B98/10 with a Judd engine in the SportsRacing World Cup , winning four races, as well as participating in the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2000 and 2001, DAMS associated themselves with General Motors , preparing the works Cadillac Northstar LMP prototypes for the American Le Mans Series , FIA Sportscar Championship and

960-525: The most common entry point for all racing drivers, in 1994. Nine years after starting his karting career, the young German was the national Junior Kart champion and a year later came second Western German Karting Championship. In 2005, Vietoris moved up to Formula BMW ADAC with Eifelland Racing . Vietoris finished his first FBMW campaign sixteenth in the Drivers' Championship with fifteen points, sharing his position with fellow German Dominik Wasem. In 2006, Vietoris moved to Josef Kaufmann Racing , where he won

1000-547: The new Junior Team and that the three of them would drive for the Junior Team in the 2012 DTM season . 7-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher was to be involved with the three drivers by serving as a mentor. Driving under the Junior Team-moniker meant for Vietoris that he would switch teams for his sophomore season in the DTM, trading in his place at Persson Motorsport for the elite team of Mercedes in

1040-540: The numbers 2 and 3 are pronounced "ni" and "san" in Japanese. Under the Nissan banner, the team couldn't win any championship. Their first powertrain named Nissan IM01 proved to be controversial as e.dams were the only team to use a dual-motor setup, having scored six poles with this powertrain. This was eventually outlawed in technical regulations for the 2019–20 season . Despite being forced by rules to significantly change their powertrain design, Nissan e.dams improved in

1080-569: The order after driving into the back of Alexander Rossi and damaging his front wing. Both drivers finished outside the points in the following day's sprint race. The team had an improved weekend in Barcelona , with Lynn taking his first GP2 victory in the sprint race and Gasly joining him on the podium in third. In 2018, the team fielded Nicholas Latifi and Alexander Albon in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team secured third place in

1120-484: The revival of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Team that has guided several notable drivers in their racing careers like Heinz-Harald Frentzen , Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher . With that announcement came the news that Vietoris, together with the reigning Formula 3 Euroseries champion Roberto Merhi and the reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Robert Wickens , would become a part of

1160-480: The season strongly, winning an unprecedented three races in a row in Bahrain , and later prevailed over closest rival Luiz Razia to win the championship, whilst Nasr finished on the podium four times to finish tenth in the championship, the second-highest rookie behind James Calado . Between them, Valsecchi and Nasr scored enough points to win DAMS's first GP2 Teams' Championship, six points ahead of ART, competing under

1200-659: The sprint race finale at Monza , rising to seventh in the drivers' championship. Vietoris made his debut in the DTM, dovetailing his 2011 GP2 campaign with a season driving a Persson Motorsport Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters . His best result as a rookie was a 5th place at Oschersleben. Another highlight was reaching the semi-final at the non-points Showevent at the Olympic Stadium in München. On 3 April 2012 Mercedes announced

1240-638: The team in February 2022. Right from its inception, the French team entered the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship , which they won in 1990 with Érik Comas , 1992 with Olivier Panis and 1994 with Jean-Christophe Boullion . In 13 years, 1989 to 2001 , DAMS won 4 team titles, 3 drivers titles, 21 wins, 19 pole positions and 19 fastest laps, making DAMS one of the most successful Formula 3000 teams with Super Nova Racing and Arden International . The team competed in

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1280-680: The team's former driver, Nico Hülkenberg , who won on his debut at Zandvoort in 2006. key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver retired, but

1320-705: The year, winning both the Asian and main series championships. DAMS also won the Asian teams' title, but Varhaug's failure to score points in the main series saw the team beaten to the championship by Addax . For the 2012 season , Grosjean moved to the Lotus (formerly Renault) Formula One team, and Varhaug switched to the Auto GP World Series ; they were replaced by series veteran Davide Valsecchi and reigning British F3 champion Felipe Nasr . Valsecchi began

1360-669: Was bought by ex-F1 driver Charles Pic . It is headquartered near Le Mans , only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit . DAMS has enjoyed success in both drivers and team championships in multiple formula series across the world, and has helped launch the careers of several high profile drivers. The year after its foundation, DAMS joined the International Formula 3000 Championship . They stayed in F3000 until 2001 . DAMS were one of many French teams that were part of

1400-400: Was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance. DAMS DAMS (formerly Driot-Arnoux Motorsport , currently Driot Associés Motor Sport ; racing as DAMS Lucas Oil for sponsorship reasons) is an auto racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsport . DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and Formula One driver René Arnoux . In 2022 it

1440-465: Was on pole at the Nürburgring . He continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2009 with Mücke Motorsport, finishing as runner-up to the dominant Jules Bianchi . Vietoris won four races over the course of the season, adding a further four podiums and a fastest lap at Brands once again, as he helped keep Mücke in contention for the teams title until he left for GP2 Asia. Vietoris missed the final round of

1480-705: Was picked by A1 Team Germany to replace Nico Hülkenberg for the Mexican round of the 2006–07 season . In 2007, Vietoris competed in the ATS Formel 3 Cup for Josef Kaufmann Racing, finishing in fifth. He moved on to the Formula Three Euroseries in 2008 for Mücke Motorsport . He had a solid season, ending up eighth in the championship with one win coming at the Norisring . He set a pair of fastest laps – at Mugello and Brands Hatch – and

1520-510: Was promoted to Formula 1 for 2020 to drive for Williams , and 2 for Sette Câmara, who later moved on to Formula E to drive for the GEOX Dragon team. For the 2020 season , the team hired Sean Gelael and Dan Ticktum to race for them. After a disappointing season, the team slumped to 8th in the Teams' Championship, accumulating a total of 115.5 points, with Ticktum scoring both of their wins (at Spielberg , and at Silverstone .) For

1560-542: Was runner-up in the inaugural season and champion in 2015–16, having claimed 8 wins and 13 podiums in 23 races. Nicolas Prost finished sixth and third respectively, claiming three wins. In the 2016–17 season , the team clinched their third straight constructors' title but Buemi lost the title to Lucas di Grassi at the final round in Montreal . Buemi also had to miss the New York City rounds due to commitments in

1600-432: Was seen as an improvement for DAMS, as they finished 6th in the Teams' Championship. They scored a total of 2 wins (both scored by Iwasa), and 161 points (141 for Iwasa, who finished 5th in the Drivers' Championship; and 20 for Nissany, who finished 19th.) For the 2023 season , the team stuck with Iwasa for his second year in the category, and hired Monegasque rookie Arthur Leclerc from Prema's Formula 3 team. In

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