Tristan Vautier

Tristan Vautier

Vautier at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2015
Nationality French
Born (1989-08-22) 22 August 1989
Saint-Martin-d'Hères (France)
IndyCar Series career
Debut season 2013
Current team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Car no. 55
Starts 20
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 20th in 2013
Previous series
2012
20102011
2009
2009
2008
200709
2007
2006
Firestone Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship
FIA Formula Two
Formula Palmer Audi
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 France
Formula Renault Campus
Championship titles
2012
2011
Firestone Indy Lights
Star Mazda Championship

Tristan Vautier (born 22 August 1989) is a French professional racing driver.

Racing career

Formula Renault

Born in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Isère, Vautier began his career in the French Formula Renault Campus series in 2006, where he finished runner-up.[1] He moved up to the main Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 series in 2007, finishing fourth, also competing in some events in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, scoring a 2nd and 3rd in Zolder.[1] In 2008 the French series was replaced by the West European Cup, in which Vautier finished sixth.[1]

Formula Palmer Audi

Vautier moved to the Formula Palmer Audi series in 2009, where he finished fourth with six victories.[2]

Formula Two

Vautier made his FIA Formula Two Championship debut at Circuit de Catalunya, in place of Edoardo Piscopo.[3][4] Vautier excelled in the pre-race tests and in the first race, where he finished third behind Andy Soucek and Mikhail Aleshin. He also finished in the points in the second race, finishing sixth. Those two results were enough to place him thirteenth overall in the championship standings.

Star Mazda

2010 saw Vautier move to the American Star Mazda Championship driving for Andersen Racing. Vautier won the season-opener at Sebring Raceway and then in June at New Jersey Motorsports Park. However, several mechanical issues saw him achieve only fifth in the final standings despite being the only driver other than champion Conor Daly to win more than one race. He returned to the series in 2011, this time driving for JDC Motorsports. He won four races and finished every race in the top five, winning the championship over Connor De Phillippi by 25 points. With the title he won a scholarship to move to Firestone Indy Lights in 2012 through the Road to Indy program.

Indy Lights

Vautier signed with Sam Schmidt Motorsports to race in Firestone Indy Lights in 2012.[5] He won the pole in his first race on the Streets of St. Petersburg and took a flag-to-flag victory,[6] duplicating his Star Mazda feat from two years before by winning on debut. Another win on the Milwaukee Mile came in the midst of a remarkable run of 20 consecutive Top 5 finishes (including the final 2 Star Mazda events of 2010, and his championship season of 2011) in his Road to Indy career. The streak ended at Toronto when a first-lap collision put him out of the race for the first time in an open-wheel car in nearly two years.

Vautier clinched the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights championship by eight points over Esteban Guerrieri.[7] Winning a partial scholarship to compete in the IndyCar Series in 2013 through the Road to Indy program.

IndyCar

Vautier signed to compete in the 2013 IndyCar Series season for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.[8] He is the first driver to be champion of two rungs of the Road to Indy ladder and move onto the IndyCar Series. Vautier finished 20th in points with a best finish of tenth in the second race of the season at Barber Motorsports Park. Vautier qualifies in the Firestone Fast-Six on his debut race in St Petersburg, and 3rd for the following round in Barber. He won rookie of the year honors. He finished sixteenth in his first Indianapolis 500 race.

The Frenchman returned to IndyCar in 2015 as a part-time driver for Dale Coyne Racing. He qualified James Davidson's car for the Indianapolis 500, then raced in place of Carlos Huertas. A week later, he finished fourth in Detroit for the second race, starting last on the grid after qualifying was canceled. His showing got Dale Coyne to keep him in the car for the remainder of the season, and he backed his strong Detroit result with a 6th place in Mid-Ohio.

Sports car racing

Vautier debuted Sports Car racing while still racing open wheels, in the 2009 French GT Championship, and won on his debut race in Nogaro, teaming-up with french driver Jean-Charles Levy.

In 2014, Vautier was hired by the Mazda factory team to race at the four endurance races of the 2014 United SportsCar Championship in a LMP2 diesel prototype. At the 2015 24 Hours of Daytona he joined JDC/Miller, resulting third in the Prototype Challenge class.

The Frenchman has completed the 24 Hours of Spa twice for team Akka-ASP, in 2012 and 2014.

He recently competed in the Rolex 24 for team Stevenson Motorsports in the GTD class, and is scheduled to compete in the BlancPain Sprint Series with Team Akka-ASP for the 2016 season, alongside Mercedes factory driver Felix Rosenqvist.

Racing record

Complete Formula Two results

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

Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2009 38 VAL
1
VAL
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
DON
1
DON
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

6
13th 9

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Star Mazda Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
2010 Andersen Racing SEB
1
STP
9
LAG
15
IND
6
IOW
8
NJ1
6
NJ2
1
ACC1
23
ACC2
2
TRO
11
ROA
13
MOS
4
ATL
5
5th 400
2011 JDC Motorsports STP
3
BAR
1
IND
4
MIL
4
IOW
4
MOS
5
TRO1
1
TRO2
3
SON
1
BAL
1
LAG
5
1st 426

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2012 Sam Schmidt Motorsports STP
1
ALA
2
LBH
3
INDY
3
DET
5
MIL
1
IOW
4
TOR
11
EDM
6
TRO
1
BAL
1
FON
4
1st 461

IndyCar Series

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points
2013 Schmidt Peterson Hamilton HP Motorsports Dallara DW12 Honda STP
21
ALA
10
LBH
17
SAO
16
INDY
16
DET
11
DET
14
TXS
18
MIL
21
IOW
13
POC
19
TOR
19
TOR
16
MDO
21
SNM
12
BAL
11
HOU
22
HOU
11
FON
21
20th 266
2015 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 Honda STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY
28
DET
17
DET
4
TXS
20
TOR
17
FON
17
MIL
16
IOW
12
MDO
6
POC
21
SNM
23
22nd 175

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2013 Dallara Honda 28 16 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
2015 Dallara Honda 32 28 Dale Coyne Racing

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2016 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MIS
QR

7
MIS
CR

32
BRH
QR

BRH
CR

NÜR
QR

NÜR
CR

HUN
QR

HUN
CR

CAT
QR

CAT
CR

NC* 0*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Career statistics at Driver Database". Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  2. "Tristan Vautier". Formula Palmer Audi. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  3. "Tristan Vautier to replace Edoardo Piscopo for Barcelona". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-10-23. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  4. O'Leary, Jamie (23 October 2009). "Vautier to make F2 debut in Spain". autosport.com. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  5. "Vautier Joins Schmidt for 2012 Firestone Indy Lights Season". Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  6. Lewandowski, Dave (24 March 2012). "Vautier wins from pole in series debut at St. Pete". IndyCar. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  7. Lewandowski, Dave (15 September 2012). "Vautier claims championship by 8 points over Guerrieri". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  8. Tristan Vautier makes the jump to IndyCar, Autoweek, 28 January 2013, Retrieved 2013-01-29

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Josef Newgarden
Indy Lights Champion
2012
Succeeded by
Sage Karam
Preceded by
Conor Daly
Star Mazda Championship Champion
2011
Succeeded by
Jack Hawksworth
Preceded by
Simon Pagenaud
IndyCar Series
Rookie of the Year

2013
Succeeded by
Carlos Muñoz
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