Adrien Tambay

Adrien Patrick Marie Maurice Tambay is a French professional racing driver. He currently is an official CUPRA driver and is the 2022 ETCR – eTouring Car World Cup|ETCR] Champion. He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.

Career

Formula BMW

Born in Paris, Tambay began his car racing career in the German Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing fourth and rookie champion. He moved to the new Formula BMW Europe series in 2008, where he finished third behind Esteban Gutiérrez and Marco Wittmann.

Formula Three

In 2009 [Formula 3 Euro Series season|2009], Tambay raced in the Formula Three Euroseries for leading team ART Grand Prix. He missed the Oschersleben and Nürburgring rounds of the Euroseries, and also an invitational entry to the British [Formula 3 Championship] at Spa, due to a head injury suffered while playing football. He ended the Euroseries season pointless, recording a best finish of seventh at EuroSpeedway and the Norisring.

Auto GP

In 2010, Tambay raced in the Auto GP series for Charouz-Gravity Racing.

GP3

After James Jakes had a wrist injury at Hockenheim, Tambay was called in to replace him in Manor Racing. In his second outing at Spa-Francorchamps, Tambay retired first race and therefore started 27th in the second race. The rain started during the race, but Tambay kept driving on slicks, and winning the race ahead of Alexander Rossi.

DTM

Tambay was one of the eight Audi factory drivers in the DTM championship for five years between 2012 and 2016. He scored a top ten championship finish in his first year and amassed a total of 3 podiums, 1 pole position and 1 fastest lap throughout his DTM career.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2009	ART Grand Prix	Dallara F308/040	Mercedes	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 7	NOR 1 19	NOR 2 7	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 Ret	OSC 1	OSC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	BRH 1 12	BRH 2 Ret	CAT 1 17	CAT 2 Ret	DIJ 1 20†	DIJ 2 10	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 10	21st	0

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Auto GP Results

Year

Entrant

Pos

Points

2010

Charouz-Gravity Racing

BRN
1
6

BRN
2
Ret

IMO
1
1

IMO
2
4

SPA
1
Ret

SPA
2
10

MAG
1
14

MAG
2
10

NAV
1
Ret

NAV
2
5

MNZ
1
2

MNZ
2
5

6th

2011

DAMS

MNZ
1
Ret

MNZ
2
2

HUN
1
2

HUN
2
4

BRN
1
Ret

BRN
2
8

DON
1

DON
2

4th

114

2011

Campos Racing

OSC
1
2

OSC
2
3

VAL
1
6

VAL
2
4

MUG
1
1

MUG
2
6

4th

114

Complete GP3 Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2010	Manor Racing	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HOC FEA	HOC SPR	HUN FEA 18	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 1	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	20th	6

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2011	Pons Racing	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MON 1 7	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	LEC 1	LEC 2			27th	6
2011	International DracoRacing																CAT 1 DNS	CAT 2 Ret	27th	6