Pål Varhaug

Pål Varhaug
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	26 January 1991 Stavanger, Norway
GP3 Series career
Current team	Jenzer Motorsport
Car no.	20
Starts	52
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	13th in 2010
Previous series
2012, 14 2011-13 2011 2009 2008 2007–08 2007 2007	Auto GP GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series International Formula Master Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Championship titles
2008	Italian Formula Renault 2.0

Pål Varhaug (born 26 January 1991 in Stavanger) is a professional racing driver from Norway.

Career

Karting

Varhaug began his motorsport career in karting back in 2005, finishing fifth in the Norwegian Championship ICA Junior category. He also finished fourth in the Viking Trophy ICA Junior class. The following year he won the Norwegian Championship ICA Junior title.

Formula Renault 2.0

Varhaug moved up to single–seaters in 2007, competing in the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 championship for Jenzer Motorsport. Over the course of the season he took seven podium places, including four race wins, to finish as runner-up in the championship. He also took part in selected races in both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships.

Varhaug continued with Jenzer Motorsport in the category for 2008, racing full seasons in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Italian Formula Renault 2.0 series. He finished fifteenth in the Eurocup standings, with his best race result being a fifth place in the second event at Estoril.^[1] In the Italian series, he finished in the points in all fourteen races and took three races wins to comfortably win the title.^[2]

At the end of the season, Varhaug took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series testing at Paul Ricard with the Italian Prema Powerteam, completing over one hundred laps in the process.

International Formula Master

For 2009, Varhaug moved up to the International Formula Master series, once again staying with Jenzer Motorsport.^[3] He finished in fifth place in the standings, and was the runner–up in the rookie classification behind Alexander Rossi. He achieved five podium places and a pole position at Brno.

GP3 Series

Varhaug graduated to the new GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport in 2010.^[4] After qualifying on the front row of the grid for the opening race of the season in Barcelona, Varhaug became the first–ever GP3 race winner, finishing ahead of both Robert Wickens and Esteban Gutiérrez.^[5] He failed to score another point after his win and eventually finished 13th in the standings.^[6]

Varhaug originally finished in third place in the feature race at Spa–Francorchamps, but was later demoted to 15th after overtaking the safety car.^[7] He also posted the fastest lap in the final race of the season in Monza, but was not rewarded with a championship point because he failed to finish inside the race's top ten positions.

GP2 Series

Varhaug graduated to the GP2 Series for 2011, driving alongside Romain Grosjean in the DAMS team. He finished thirteenth in the Asia series, which along his team-mate's overall victory, allowed DAMS to win the teams' championship. Whilst Grosjean also won the main series championship, Varhuag did not score any points and was classified 23rd overall.

Auto GP World Series

After losing his GP2 drive at DAMS, Varhaug moved to the Auto GP World Series with the Virtuosi UK team.^[8]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	12	4	3	1	7	232	2nd
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		2	0	0	0	0	0	49th
	Formula Renault 2.0 North European Cup		2	0	0	0	0	16	39th
2008	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	14	0	0	0	0	17	14th
	Italian Formula Renault 2.0		12	3	3	1	6	330	1st
2009	International Formula Master	Jenzer Motorsport	16	0	1	0	5	49	5th
2010	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	16	1	0	0	1	10	13th
2011	GP2 Series	DAMS	18	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
	GP2 Asia Series		4	0	0	0	0	1	13th
2012	Auto GP World Series	Virtuosi UK	14	3	0	1	8	183	2nd
2013	GP2 Series	Hilmer Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2014	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	12	17th
	Auto GP	Virtuosi UK	2	0	0	0	1	24	15th
2015	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	5	19th

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	17	18	DC	Points
2010	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 1	ESP SPR Ret	TUR FEA 15	TUR SPR 18	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR 8	GBR FEA 14	GBR SPR 9	GER FEA 12	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 23	BEL FEA 15	BEL SPR 17	ITA FEA 14	ITA SPR 19			13th	10
2014	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 12	ESP SPR Ret	AUT FEA 13	AUT SPR 9	GBR FEA 11	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 19	GER SPR Ret	HUN FEA 21	HUN SPR 14	BEL FEA 5	BEL SPR 8	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 11	RUS FEA 10	RUS SPR Ret	ABU FEA 14	ABU SPR 9	17th	12
2015	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 21	ESP SPR 18	AUT FEA 11	AUT SPR Ret	GBR FEA 16	GBR SPR 19	HUN FEA 9	HUN SPR 7	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 10	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 14	RUS FEA Ret	RUS SPR 14	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR Ret	ABU FEA 11	ABU SPR 8	19th	5

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	DC	Points
2011	DAMS	TUR FEA 18	TUR SPR 21	ESP FEA 15	ESP SPR 8	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 21	VAL FEA 13	VAL SPR 10	GBR FEA 16	GBR SPR 23	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 17	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR Ret	BEL FEA 13	BEL SPR 18	ITA FEA 11	ITA SPR 10					23rd	0
2013	Hilmer Motorsport	MYS FEA 15	MYS SPR 19	BHR FEA Ret	BHR SPR 21	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	GER FEA	GER SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA	ITA SPR	SGP FEA	SGP SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	31st	0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	DC	Points
2011	DAMS	ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 20	ITA FEA 14	ITA SPR 6	13th	1

Complete Auto GP World 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	Pos	Points
2012	Virtuosi UK	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 1	VAL 1 3	VAL 2 8	MAR 1 3	MAR 2 7	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 1	ALG 1 2	ALG 2 Ret	CUR 1 2	CUR 2 5	SON 1 1	SON 2 5			2nd	183
2014	Virtuosi UK	MAR 1	MAR 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1 4	IMO 2 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	EST 1	EST 2	15th	24

• Season still in progress

References

1. "2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup". speedsport-magazine.com (Speedsport Magazine). Retrieved 2009-08-13.
2. "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2008". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2009-08-13.
3. "Pal Varhaug debutta con il team Jenzer". italiaracing.net (in Italian) (Inpagina). 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
4. "Jenzer Motorsport confirm GP3 drivers". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
5. "Varhaug storms to victory in Barcelona". gp3series.com (GP3 Series). 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
6. "GP3 Series 2010". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-09-14.
7. "Lost third place". palvarhaug.com (Pål Varhaug Racing). 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
8. Rubino, Jacopo (5 March 2012). "Pal Varhaug nel primo round di Monza con il team Virtuosi UK" [Pal Varhaug in first round at Monza for team Virtuosi UK]. stopandgo.tv (in Italian) (Stop&Go). Retrieved 5 March 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Pål Varhaug on Facebook
• Pål Varhaug on Twitter
• Pål Varhaug career summary at DriverDB.com