Showing posts with label facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facts. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2009

Sebastien Buemi 69th F1 Driver To Score On Debut

Further to my post on Sebastien Buemi's amazing first F1 race, I read a short post from F1Fanatic, which complimented Buemi on his performance in Melbourne. The article basically says that Sebastien Buemi did a great job and that no more could have been asked of him.

The part of the article that really stood out for me (and made me write about it here) was the revelation that Sebastien Buemi is the 69th Formula 1 driver to score points in his debut race.

I knew that Buemi was amongst a select group who had scored on debut, but I had no idea how many other F1 drivers were in that group. The article also lists some of the current drivers who are also in that select group:

He is the 69th driver to score a point on his debut, joining current drivers Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and Mark Webber.

That’s interesting, but I’m not sure it really means anything. We have a couple of World Champions (Hamilton and Raikkonen), a rising star (Vettel), some very good drivers (Webber and Rosberg), but we also Glock and Bourdais, who despite being good solid drivers, haven’t exactly set the world alight.

So what does it all mean? Probably nothing, but it’s interesting nonetheless and a good achievement by Sebastien Buemi.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Sebastien Buemi - Interesting Facts

Because Sebastien Buemi is relatively unknown, I figured I’d go looking for some information about Formula 1’s hottest new driver. On finding it, I thought I’d share it here in a quick post.

Here are some of the more interesting details about Sebastien Buemi:


  • Sebastien was born on October 31, 1988, making him 20 years old as at the time of writing. That makes him the 11th youngest driver to start an F1 grand prix, assuming he starts the Melbourne Grand Prix as planned.

  • Sebastien was born in Aigle, Switzerland, which has a population of 8,100 people, although he now lives in Bahrain.

  • He is 177cm tall and weighs 62kg.

  • Sebastien started with a very successful career in karting, winning 5 championships between 1998 and 2003.

  • In 2004, Sebastien moved to Formula BMW (Germany), finishing 3rd. In 2005, he finished went one better, finishing 2nd.

  • In 2006, Sebastien moved to the Formula Three Euroseries, where he finished 12th. The following year (2007), he finished second.

  • In 2008, Sebastien drove for Arden International in GP2, winning 2 races and finishing 6th in the championship. He was also test and reserve driver for the Red Bull F1 team.

  • Sebastien will drive car number 11 for Scuderia Toro Rosso in the upcoming F1 season. He replaces Sebastian Vettel who has moved to Red Bull and he partners Sebastien Bordais. That’s a lot of Sebastiens!

Well that’s the basics! I’ve left out the fact that he likes Swiss roll (which isn’t actually from Switzerland) and some other trivia, but at least that should give us all a little better understanding of his history (if not his personality).

I have a feeling that we’ll soon know a lot more about Sebastien Buemi, F1's newest star!


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