Alexander Rossi (racing driver)

Alexander Rossi
Rossi at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Nationality	American
Born	September 25, 1991 Nevada City, California, U.S.
IndyCar Series career
4 races run over 1 year
Team(s)	No. 98 (Bryan Herta Autosport with Andretti Autosport)
First race	2016 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race	2016 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Formula One World Championship career
Teams	Marussia
Entries	7 (5 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2014 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
2015 position	20th (0 pts)
Previous series
2013–15 2010–12 2010 2009–10 2009 2008 2007–08 2006 2006 2005–06	GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP3 Series GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW USA/Americas Skip Barber Race Series Formula TR 2000 Pro Series S. Barber Western Regional
Championship titles
2008 2008 2006	Formula BMW World Final Formula BMW Americas S. Barber Western Regional

Alexander Rossi (born September 25, 1991) is an American professional racing driver. He currently races in the IndyCar Series for Bryan Herta Autosport with Andretti Autosport; additionally, he serves as reserve driver for Manor Racing in Formula One.

Career

Skip Barber

In 2005, after becoming IKF Grand National Champion in the 100cc Yamaha class, Auburn-born Rossi was semi-finalist in the Red Bull Formula One American Drivers search with a top 5 finish overall out of over 2,000 nationwide candidates.

In 2006 he was awarded the Skip Barber National Scholarship from Skip Barber Racing School to compete in the 2006 Skip Barber National Championship, where he finished third overall and became the youngest winner in Skip Barber National Championship history, at age 14.

Formula BMW

Rossi competed in the Formula BMW USA series in 2007, finishing third overall in the championship, with three wins and five podiums while driving for Team Apex Racing, USA.

For 2008, Rossi returned for his sophomore year with the two-time Formula BMW championship-winning team EuroInternational. He won the overall championship, becoming the first American Formula BMW Champion in the Americas Championship, with ten wins from the fifteen races run.

Rossi completed the season as World Champion, winning the 2008 Formula BMW World Final at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit in Mexico City, beating the rookie Michael Christensen. Rossi was awarded a Formula One test with BMW Sauber F1 Team,^[1][2] along with European champion Esteban Gutiérrez.

International Formula Master

Rossi decided to move to compete in Europe in 2009. He chose to compete in the International Formula Master with Hitech Racing.^[3] After two rounds, Rossi moved over to ISR Racing for the remainder of the season. Rossi won three races over the course of the season, all coming during reverse-grid races. The wins at Brno, Spa and Imola gave Rossi the second-highest tally of victories during the 2009 season, with Fabio Leimer (seven) winning more. Coupled with Pål Varhaug's sixth place in the final race at Imola, Rossi moved up to fourth overall in the championship, and the highest-placed rookie driver.

GP3 Series

In 2010, Rossi made the move to the new GP3 Series, competing for multiple-championship-winning team ART Grand Prix. He joined Pedro Nunes and Esteban Gutiérrez at the team, winning twice and finishing fourth in the series.^[4]

World Series by Renault

After a season in GP3, Rossi moved on to compete in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series with Fortec Motorsport. He was joined at the team by Brazilian driver and Italian Formula Three Champion César Ramos. He won the opening race of the season in Aragón and the second race at Le Castellet, and eventually finished third in the championship– and top rookie driver– behind Carlin drivers Robert Wickens and Jean-Éric Vergne.

Rossi stayed in the series for the 2012 season, but switched to newcomers Arden Caterham Motorsport, partnering Red Bull-backed driver Lewis Williamson.^[5]

Rossi at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

GP2 Series

Rossi competed in the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series. Having competed for Ocean Racing Technology at the first Abu Dhabi round, Rossi moved to Team Meritus for the remaining rounds.^[6] Rossi made a strong impression immediately finishing fourth in his début race, from thirteenth on the grid. Rossi was only the second American to compete at GP2 level, preceded by Scott Speed who raced in Formula One with Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2006 and 2007. Rossi finished ninth in the championship standings.

After his stint at the Formula Renault 3.5, Rossi made his GP2 Series debut in the Bahrain round in 2013 after replacing Chinese driver Ma Qinghua, he finished 3rd in his debut race. On July 16, 2014, Rossi announced he had departed Caterham's GP2 team, and later joined Campos Racing at the Hockenheimring, replacing Kimiya Sato.^[7] He will join Racing Engineering for the 2015 season opposite British rookie Jordan King.

Formula One

Rossi was one of three drivers linked to US-based Formula One team US F1 along with José María López and Jonathan Summerton. Rossi was contracted to be the reserve and test driver before the team folded. He has also tested the 2009-spec BMW Sauber F1.09 Formula One car as part of Formula One's young driver test in Jerez. This was earned for winning the Formula BMW World Final. This test earned Rossi his FIA Super License and currently he is the only American to hold one.

Caterham (2012–14)

For the 2012 Formula One season, he joined Caterham F1 as a test driver alongside reserve driver Giedo van der Garde.^[5] At the Spanish round he drove Heikki Kovalainen's car in the first practice session, becoming the first American to drive in a Formula One session (during a race weekend) since Scott Speed at the 2007 European Grand Prix. In 2013, he drove for Caterham in the first practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix and at Silverstone in July for the young driver test.^[8][9] In 2014, he drove the Caterham in the first practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix.^[10] Rossi departed Caterham following the departure of Tony Fernandes and the entrance of new Swiss and Middle Eastern investors in July 2014.^[7]

Marussia/Manor (2014–present)

Alexander Rossi at the 2015 United States Grand Prix

Following his departure from Caterham, Rossi joined Marussia F1 as reserve driver for the remainder of the 2014 season.^[11] He was initially set to make his Formula One debut at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix, replacing British driver Max Chilton,^[12] although Marussia later reversed that decision.^[13] He later was set to replace the injured Jules Bianchi at Russia,^[14] but Marussia later decided to only run a single car for Chilton.^[15]

Continuing as a reserve driver into 2015, he finally made his debut at the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix.^[16][17] Rossi qualified 20th and last for his debut, but rallied to finish 14th, 14 seconds ahead of teammate Will Stevens, despite losing radio communication with his crew around the halfway point of the Grand Prix. Rossi would go on to enter five of the final seven races of the 2015 season.

Despite signing for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series, Rossi returned as a reserve driver for the reformed Manor Racing for the 2016 season.^[18]

IndyCar Series (2016–present)

Rossi made the switch to the IndyCar Series with Andretti Autosport for the 2016 IndyCar Series.^[19]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podium	Points	Position
2005	Skip Barber Western Regional	Skip Barber Racing School	2	0			0	60	29th
2006	Skip Barber National	Skip Barber Racing School	14	3	2	2	4	613	3rd
	Skip Barber Western Regional	Skip Barber Racing School	10	8	11		10	538	1st
	Formula TR 1600 Pro Series	Odyssey Motorsports	11	4	5		6	409	7th
2007	Formula BMW Americas	Team Apex Racing	14	3	1	2	5	410	3rd
	Formula BMW World Final	EuroInternational	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2008	Formula BMW Americas	EuroInternational	15	10	10	9	11	249	1st
	Formula BMW Europe		2	0	0	0	0	N/A†	N/A†
	Formula BMW World Final		1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
2009	International Formula Master	Hitech Racing	16	3	0	1	5	52	4th
		ISR Racing
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Ocean Racing Technology	8	0	0	0	0	12	9th
		MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com
2010	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	14	2	2	1	5	38	4th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	ISR Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Fortec Motorsport	17	2	0	1	5	156	3rd
2012	Formula One	Caterham F1 Team	Test driver
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Arden Caterham	17	0	0	4	1	63	11th
2013	Formula One	Caterham F1 Team	Test driver
	GP2 Series	EQ8 Caterham Racing	20	1	1	0	4	92	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Greaves Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Greaves Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	20	19th
2014	Formula One	Caterham F1 Team	Test driver
		Marussia F1 Team	Test driver
	GP2 Series	EQ8 Caterham Racing	10	0	0	0	0	12	21st
		Campos Racing	2	0	0	0	0
2015	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	22	3	1	0	7	181.5	2nd
	Formula One	Manor Marussia F1 Team	5	0	0	0	0	0	20th

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

Complete GP2 Asia 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	DC	Points
2009–10	Ocean Racing Technology	ABU1 FEA 4	ABU1 SPR 5							9th	12
	MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com			ABU2 FEA 6	ABU2 SPR 9	BHR1 FEA Ret	BHR1 SPR Ret	BHR2 FEA 11	BHR2 SPR 5

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	ART Grand Prix	ESP FEA 8	ESP SPR 1	TUR FEA 4	TUR SPR 3	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA 5	GBR SPR 2	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 8	HUN FEA 8	HUN SPR 1	BEL FEA 13	BEL SPR 2	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 15	4th	38

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2010	ISR Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MON 1 Ret	BRN 1	BRN 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	NC	0
2011	Fortec Motorsport	ALC 1 1	ALC 2 2	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 7	MNZ 1 17	MNZ 2 2	MON 1 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 5	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 DSQ	LEC 1 16	LEC 2 1	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 7	3rd	156
2012	Arden Caterham	ALC 1 Ret	ALC 2 5	MON 1 3	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 Ret	NÜR 1 18	NÜR 2 9	MSC 1 17†	MSC 2 5	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 5	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 8	LEC 1 22	LEC 2 16	CAT 1 19	CAT 2 5	11th	63

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates 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	WDC	Points
2012	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT01	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP TD	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA	BRA	–	–
2013	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT03	Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN TD	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	USA TD	BRA		–	–
2014	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham CT05	Renault Energy F1-2014 1.6 V6 t	AUS	MAL	BHR	CHN	ESP	MON	CAN TD	AUT	GBR	GER	HUN										–	–
	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR03	Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t												BEL PO	ITA	SIN	JPN	RUS WD	USA	BRA	ABU
2015	Manor Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR03B	Ferrari 059/3 1.6 V6 t	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	AUT	GBR	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN 14	JPN 18	RUS	USA 12	MEX 15	BRA 18	ABU		20th	0

Complete GP2 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	D.C.	Points
2013	EQ8 Caterham Racing	MYS FEA	MYS SPR	BHR FEA 3	BHR SPR 20	ESP FEA 6	ESP SPR 6	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 19	GBR FEA 10	GBR SPR 9	GER FEA 11	GER SPR 6	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 16	BEL FEA 3	BEL SPR 22	ITA FEA 8	ITA SPR 2	SGP FEA Ret	SGP SPR 23	ABU FEA 1	ABU SPR Ret	9th	92
2014	EQ8 Caterham Racing	BHR FEA 22	BHR SPR 25	ESP FEA Ret	ESP SPR 14	MON FEA 16	MON SPR 11	AUT FEA 8	AUT SPR 5	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR 21													21st	12
	Campos Racing											GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 7	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	RUS FEA	RUS SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR
2015	Racing Engineering	BHR FEA 3	BHR SPR 4	ESP FEA 3	ESP SPR 4	MON FEA 2	MON SPR 7	AUT FEA 6	AUT SPR 8	GBR FEA 2	GBR SPR 4	HUN FEA 12	HUN SPR 20	BEL FEA 6	BEL SPR 1	ITA FEA 1	ITA SPR Ret	RUS FEA 1	RUS SPR 6	BHR FEA 18	BHR SPR 9	ABU FEA 4	ABU SPR C	2nd	181.5

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2013	Greaves Motorsport	LMP2	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 5	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	19th	20

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Greaves Motorsport	Tom Kimber-Smith Eric Lux	Zytek Z11SN	LMP2	307	23rd	10th

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2016	Andretti Herta Autosport Curb Agajanian	Dallara DW12	Honda	STP 12	PHX 14	LBH 20	ALA 15	IMS	INDY	DET	DET	TXS	RDA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	SNM	18th*	59*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. Elizalde, Pablo (July 31, 2009). "Rossi, Gutierrez get BMW F1 test". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved August 2, 2009.
2. "Rossi wins BMW Sauber F1 test". gpupdate.net (GPUpdate). December 8, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
3. "Rossi, American World Champion Signs with Hi Tech Junior Team". alexanderrossi.com (Alexander Rossi). May 13, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
4. "ART Grand Prix announces complete GP3 Series 2010 Line-up". gp2series.com (GP2 Series). January 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
5. "Alexander Rossi confirmed as Caterham F1 Team Test Driver". Caterham F1 (Caterham F1 Team). March 9, 2012. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
6. English, Steven (January 27, 2010). "Rossi switches to Meritus for GP2 Asia". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved January 27, 2010.
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10. "Alonso beats Mercedes duo in Canada FP1". Racer. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
11. "Rossi joins Marussia as reserve driver". Formula1.com. July 24, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
12. "Rossi to race in Spa". Marussia. August 21, 2014. Archived from the original on August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
13. "Chilton to race as Marussia make Belgian U-turn". Formula1.com. August 22, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
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15. "Chilton to be Marussia's sole entrant in Russia". formula1.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
16. "Marussia Hand Rossi race debut in Singapore". formula1.com. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
17. Benson, Andrew (September 16, 2015). "Formula 1: Manor sign Alexander Rossi for five races". BBC Sport. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
18. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/123185
19. Reiman, Samuel (February 23, 2016). "Alexander Rossi confirmed at Andretti". Fox Sports. Retrieved February 23, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Alexander Rossi career summary at DriverDB.com
• Alexander Rossi driver statistics at Racing-Reference