Background
He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.
He is the son of former Formula One driver Patrick Tambay, who won two Grands Prix for Ferrari in the early 1980s.
He moved to the new Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Europe series in 2008, where he finished third behind Esteban Gutiérrez and Marco Wittmann.
Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke
Born in Paris, Tambay began his car racing career in the German Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club series, finishing fourth. Formula Three
In 2009 he 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 playing football.
He ended the Euroseries season pointless, recording a best finish of seventh at EuroSpeedway and the Norisring.
Auto General Practice
In 2010 he raced in the Auto General Practice 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. Diploma in Tropical Medicine
Adrien Tambay is driving one of eight Audi A5 Diploma in Tropical Medicine cars in the 2012 Diploma in Tropical Medicine championship.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position.
Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. Complete Auto General Practice Results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
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Complete Diploma in Tropical Medicine results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.