Sam Bird
| Sam Bird | |
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Bird in 2015
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| Nationality |
 British |
| Born |
9 January 1987 Roehampton, Greater London, England |
| World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | AF Corse |
| Car no. | 71 |
| Former teams | G-Drive Racing |
| Starts | 20 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Poles | 8 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2015 |
| Finished last season | 1st (178 pts) |
| Formula E career | |
| Debut season | 2014–15 |
| Current team | DS Virgin Racing |
| Car no. | 2 |
| Starts | 25 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2015–16 |
| Finished last season | 4th |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2014– |
| Teams | AF Corse, G-Drive Racing |
| Best finish | 10 (2015) |
| Class wins | 0 |
| Previous series | |
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2010–2011, 2013 2012 2009–10–2011 2008–09 2007, 2009 2006 2004–05 |
GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Asia Series Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Formula BMW |
| Awards | |
| 2013 2006 |
Pirelli Trophy for Tyre Management Autosport Club Driver/Year |
Sam Jamie Bird (born 9 January 1987) is a British professional racing driver who currently drives for Virgin Racing in Formula E and for AF Corse in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Bird made his name in single seater racing in the Formula BMW category, coming fourteenth overall in his debut season and second in the rookie cup. He came runner up in 2005, which was only his second season in the category and also came fourth in the Formula BMW world final, the race itself was won by German Marco Holzer.
For 2006, Bird entered the British Formula Renault series, where he won four races and came fourth in the championship, 111 points behind series champion Sebastian Hohenthal.
In 2007, Bird raced in the British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin Motorsport, racing in a Mercedes powered Dallara. In March 2007, Bird secured sponsorship from BP, "The brand is already prominent in the World Rally Championship" Mark Reader, BP's UK Fuels Marketing Manager, commented, "Sam's an incredible prospect and we're excited to be getting into a relationship at this stage of his career" he added. Bird was elected to the Motor Sports Association Race Elite Scheme in April 2007, along with 5 other drivers in various British series and also participated in a series of aerodynamic tests with the AT&T Williams F1 Team.
Bird moved to the Manor Motorsport and the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2008 and had a testing year, finishing eleventh in the championship with 23 points – 16 of which came from second places during Saturday races at Catalunya and Le Mans and only picked up points from three other races. For 2009, he joined McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner Alexander Sims, 2008 Mücke driver Christian Vietoris and 2008 Formula BMW Europe runner-up Marco Wittmann at Mücke Motorsport. He earned his first pole position and fastest laps, but failed to win a race en route to eighth in the championship.
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