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Sebastien Buemi

Sébastien Buemi
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Buemi at the 2016 Paris ePrix
Nationality Switzerland Swiss
Born (1988-10-31) 31 October 1988 (age 28)
Aigle, Switzerland
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 20092011
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.


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