Sébastien Buemi | |
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Buemi at the 2016 Paris ePrix
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born |
Aigle, Switzerland |
31 October 1988
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | Toyota Racing |
Car no. | 1 |
Starts | 34 |
Championships | 1 |
Wins | 5 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 1st in 2014 |
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2014–15 |
Current team | Renault e.dams |
Car no. | 9 |
Former teams | 0 |
Starts | 24 |
Championships | 1 |
Wins | 9 |
Poles | 6 |
Fastest laps | 6 |
Best finish | 1st in 2015–16 |
Formula One World Championship career | |
Active years | 2009–2011 |
Teams | Toro Rosso |
Entries | 55 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 29 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2009 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Participating years | 2012– |
Teams | Toyota Racing |
Best finish | 2nd (2013) |
Class wins | 0 |
Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss professional racing driver, who formerly competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One. Buemi is currently a reserve driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso's sister team, Red Bull Racing, as well as being a member of Toyota's FIA World Endurance Championship squad and e.dams Renault in the FIA Formula E Championship. Along with team-mate Anthony Davidson, Buemi became World Champion in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, in 2014. He won the second ever Formula E championship, the season held across 2015-2016, by two points for setting the fastest lap time in the final race despite not finishing the event.
Born in Aigle, Vaud, Buemi graduated from karting and spent 2004 and 2005 in German Formula BMW, finishing third and second in the championship respectively. He was also runner up in the 2005 FBMW World Final.
Following a single race in Spanish Formula Three in 2005, Buemi moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries for 2006, finishing 12th in the championship, ceding 11th place to Charlie Kimball on countback. He remained in the series for 2007, and finished second in the championship, behind Romain Grosjean. He has also competed in the special Masters of Formula 3 and Macau Grand Prix races.