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Robert Doornbos

Robert Doornbos
Robert Doornbos - Red Bull Racing.jpg
Doornbos in 2006
Nationality Netherlands Dutch
Born (1981-09-23) 23 September 1981 (age 35)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Previous series
2009
2008–09
2008
2008
2007
200506
200407
2004
2003
2002–03
2001–02
2001, 2003
2000
2000
1999
IRL IndyCar Series
A1 Grand Prix
Superleague Formula
Rolex Sports Car Series
Champ Car World Series
Formula One
Formula One testing
International Formula 3000
Formula Three Euroseries
Italian Formula Three Championship
German Formula Three Championship
British Formula 3 Championship
Formula Ford 1800 Benelux
Formula Ford Zetec Netherlands
Formula Vauxhall Lotus Winter Series
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 20052006
Teams Minardi, Red Bull
Entries 11
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 2005 German Grand Prix
Last entry 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix
Champ Car career
14 races run over 1 year
Years active 2007
Team(s) Minardi USA
Best finish 3rd – 2007
First race 2007 Vegas Grand Prix (Downtown Las Vegas)
Last race 2007 Gran Premio Tecate (Mexico City)
First win 2007 Mont-Tremblant Champ Car Grand Prix (Circuit Mont-Tremblant)
Last win 2007 San Jose Grand Prix (Streets of San Jose)
Wins Podiums Poles
2 6 0

Robert Michael Doornbos (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːbərt ˈmɑikəl ˈdoːrnbɔs]; born 23 September 1981) is a Dutch racing driver. He has been test and third driver for the Jordan and Red Bull Racing Formula One teams, as well as driving for Minardi and Red Bull Racing in 2005 and 2006. Doornbos then drove for Minardi Team USA in the 2007 and final season of the Champ Car World Series. He competed in the Superleague Formula racing series in 2008, and drove for the Netherlands team in A1 Grand Prix's 2008–2009 season. In 2009, Doornbos competed in the IndyCar Series. He began the season with Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, but switched to HVM Racing after the race in Kentucky Speedway.

Doornbos' first sport was tennis. His interest in motorsport grew after he was invited to the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix as a guest of WilliamsF1. It was 1997 Formula One Champion Jacques Villeneuve who suggested that he should go for a series such as Formula Ford, as he was too big and too old to race karts. He gave up tennis and focused on racing, joining the JR racing team for the 1999 Opel Lotus UK Winter series. He had a successful season, finishing second in the championship after taking four pole positions, four fastest laps and four wins. In 2000, he competed in the Formula Ford Zetec Benelux series, finishing second in the Belgian championship and fifth overall with one pole, three fastest laps and six podiums.


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