Adam Carroll (racing driver)
Adam Carroll | |
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Nationality | British Irish via dual nationality[1] |
Born | Portadown, Northern Ireland | 26 October 1982
GP2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2005 |
Current team | Super Nova Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 17 |
Former teams | Racing Engineering FMS International |
Starts | 72 |
Wins | 5 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
Best finish | 5th in 2005 |
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2016–17 |
Current team | Panasonic Jaguar Racing |
Car number | 47 |
Starts | 12 |
Championships | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 21st in 2016–17 |
Finished last season | 21st |
Previous series | |
2011 2011 2010 2007–2009 2007 2005 2003 2002–2004 2000–2001 2000 1999 1999 | Auto GP Formula Renault 3.5 IndyCar A1 Grand Prix DTM Formula One test driver Formula Three Euroseries British F3 British Formula Ford British FFord Winter Series Formula Renault Campus France Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series |
Championship titles | |
2008–09 2002 2000 | A1 Grand Prix British F3 National Class British FFord Winter Series |
Adam Norman Carroll (born 26 October 1982[2]) is a British professional racing driver.[3][4] He last raced in the 2016–17 Formula E season for Jaguar Racing. He has also raced for Team Ireland in A1 Grand Prix, winning the series in 2009.
Career history
[edit]Early career
[edit]Carroll, who was born in Portadown, Northern Ireland, started his career in 1993 competing in karting events. He continued in karting until 1998. After winning the Elf LA FILIERE SCHOLARSHIP in 1999 he moved on to British Formula Ford, winning the Winter Series and taking 3rd in the festival. He raced in the British Formula Ford competition in 2001, before successfully making the move to British Formula 3 B-Class in 2002 with the Sweeney team. Despite driving year-old cars, Carroll was always an outright front runner and he dominated the class winning the title with a record points tally.
International racing
[edit]In 2003, Carroll moved up to Championship Class British Formula 3, but due to lack of finance, he had little stability and finished the year having driven with three different teams (8 podiums in a row with Menu), before competing in part of the Formula Three Euroseries season, where despite being new to both team, series, track and tyres, he finished in the points in his first race. He also partnered and outperformed future Formula One driver Nico Rosberg in an end of season event in South Korea. He continued in Formula Three throughout 2004, finishing as runner up to Nelson Piquet Jr. before joining the 2005 GP2 Series, replacing Hayanari Shimoda at the Super Nova Racing team just before the start of the season.
Although Carroll's pre-season preparation for GP2 left him at a disadvantage to all the other drivers due to the lateness of his race deal and consequent lack of testing with his new team, he was immediately competitive, briefly challenging for the championship before slipping back as the season progressed due to reliability setbacks and on-track incidents.
Despite continually having trouble raising a budget for his racing, he has still managed to outperform drivers who have had funding readily available to them, including 2005 team-mate, and ex F1 driver, Giorgio Pantano. His undoubted talent caught the eye of Formula One and in 2005 he was signed as a test driver for Formula One team BAR-Honda. For the 2006 GP2 season he surprised many in choosing to join the Racing Engineering team when his previous team had a better chance of picking up the title. It soon became clear that due to Carroll's continued lack of sponsorship, the Racing Engineering deal saved him from having to drop out of top line motorsport altogether. He has since removed himself from the Honda driver program sensing a lack of opportunity as Button and Barrichello would be hard to replace.
The only real high point of the 2006 season was a pole position, third place and second place combo at Silverstone. It was clear throughout the season, however, that Carroll's team was not as strong as the majority of the other teams in the series. This was highlighted many times due to car failures that cost him many points throughout the year. As well as this, the car was distinctly slower and he also had trouble with other drivers hitting him from behind. This coupled with a driver error while leading race two in Hungary cost Carroll a lot of points that, should he have gained them, he would have been in contention for at least third in the championship. As it was though, Carroll's 33 points was enough to give him eighth place (equal points with seventh-placed Gianmaria Bruni with Bruni ahead having scored more wins). Carroll scored all of his team's points, outscoring his old team Super Nova Racing.
DTM, GP2 and A1GP
[edit]For the start of the 2007 season, Carroll was driving a two-year-old Audi A4 in the German DTM series for the Futurecom TME team.[5] On 26 June it was announced that he would replace Antônio Pizzonia in the FMS GP2 team for the event supporting the French Grand Prix.[6] Carroll won at the Silverstone round of the GP2 series and scored 4 other points to take a total of 13 in one weekend, only his second back in GP2, in a car that had only scored one point beforehand. It was announced on 13 July that he had left the DTM due to sponsorship problems, and concentrated on GP2 for the rest of 2007.[7] Carroll also went on to claim victory in the first race at the Hungaroring, despite starting sixth and changing all four tires during his mandatory pit stop.[8] The season did not end so well for Carroll, as he scored only 2 points in the last three races despite being in contention for much more. However, he did finish in seventh place, ahead of many drivers who, unlike Carroll, had completed the entire season.[9] During this time, Adam had tested the A1GP car for Ireland, impressing everyone at Silverstone and so for the second event onwards, Adam signed up to race in A1GP. His first weekend demonstrated yet again what a talent he was as he got Ireland's biggest points haul in the history of A1GP by netting a podium in his first race and despite starting 18th on the grid due to being blocked in qualifying, 6th in the feature race. Later in the season, he won the Mexico City feature race, Ireland's first win in A1GP. He also finished on the podium at Brands Hatch, en route to helping Team Ireland finish 6th overall in the championship.
Carroll began the 2008 GP2 Series season without a drive, but when Adrián Vallés was dropped by FMS International after the first round of the season, he took part in four races for his old team.[10] He was then replaced by Marko Asmer.[11]
For 2008/2009, Carroll returned to A1GP and Team Ireland again leading them to victory for the first time, in China. A1 Team Ireland became the fourth A1 Grand Prix champions, after a title battle which went down to the final round in Great Britain. Ireland won with 112 points, all scored by Carroll and included five race victories and three fastest laps.
Carroll announced in April 2009 that he was approached by two F1 teams in negotiation for a driver's seat for 2010.[12] It turned out that the two teams were Campos Meta and Manor GP, both of which were new entries for the 2010 season. Carroll said that he could not raise the 4 million Euros needed to sign for Virgin.[13] He was also in line for a drive with Lola, which was also planning to enter the sport in 2010, but the British marque's entry was turned down.[14]
IndyCar
[edit]IndyCar Series team Andretti Autosport announced that Carroll was to take part in some races during the second half of the 2010 season.[15] He ultimately competed in the Watkins Glen Grand Prix and the Honda Indy 200, finishing in 16th and 19th places respectively. He scored 26 points in total and finished the season 34th in the drivers' championship.
2011
[edit]On 2 July, Carroll made a one-off appearance in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the sixth round of the championship where he finished fourth and third in the two races. This was in place of the injured Austrian driver, Walter Grubmüller.[16] He also drove in the Donington round of the Auto GP series taking pole and finishing 5th and 2nd in the races. He then returned to GP2 with Super Nova Racing for the German round onwards, replacing Luca Filippi.[17]
Formula E
[edit]Carroll frequented the series during the 2015–16 season as a potential substitute driver for Mahindra[18] and Team Aguri,[19] neither of which came to fruition.[20] On 19 August 2016, Carroll was listed as one of four drivers partaking with Jaguar Racing in the 2016–17 Formula E pre-season test at Donington Park, having tested with the team previously.[21] Carroll was subsequently signed with the team.[22]
In the 2020–21 Formula E season, Carroll was signed as NIO 333's reserve driver.[23]
Sports car racing
[edit]In 2023, Carroll joined Team WRT in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, driving alongside Lewis Proctor and Tim Whale in the team's #31 entry.[24] He also added a part-time campaign in the GT World Challenge America with Esses Racing.[25]
Racing record
[edit]Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
[edit](key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2003 | Opel Team KMS | Dallara F302/009 | Spiess-Opel | HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
ADR 1 |
ADR 2 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
LMS 1 |
LMS 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
A1R 1 6 |
A1R 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 11 |
ZAN 2 15 |
HOC 1 5 |
HOC 2 Ret |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 17 |
17th | 7 |
Complete GP2 Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos | Points |
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2007 | Futurecom TME | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | HOC Ret |
OSC 9 |
LAU 11 |
BRH 15 |
NOR 17† |
MUG | ZAN | NÜR | CAT | HOC | 18th | 0 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2007–08 | Ireland | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CZE SPR 3 |
CZE FEA 6 |
MYS SPR 7 |
MYS FEA 7 |
ZHU SPR 4 |
ZHU FEA 16 |
NZL SPR 6 |
NZL FEA 5 |
AUS SPR 15 |
AUS FEA 13 |
RSA SPR 15 |
RSA FEA Ret |
MEX SPR 4 |
MEX FEA 1 |
SHA SPR 11 |
SHA FEA 3 |
GBR SPR 3 |
GBR FEA 13 |
6th | 94 |
2008–09 | NLD SPR Ret |
NLD FEA Ret |
CHN SPR 1 |
CHN FEA 2 |
MYS SPR 5 |
MYS FEA 1 |
NZL SPR 1 |
NZL FEA 2 |
RSA SPR 4 |
RSA FEA Ret |
POR SPR 2 |
POR FEA 5 |
GBR SPR 1 |
GBR FEA 1 |
1st | 112 |
American open–wheel results
[edit](key)
IndyCar
[edit]Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2010 | Andretti Autosport | SAO | STP | ALA | LBH | KAN | INDY | TXS | IOW | WGL 16 |
TOR | EDM | MDO 19 |
SNM | CHI | KTY | MOT | HMS | 34th | 26 | [26] |
Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Complete Auto GP results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Campos Racing | MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
BRN 1 |
BRN 2 |
DON 1 5 |
DON 2 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
VAL 1 8 |
VAL 2 2 |
MUG 1 8 |
MUG 2 1 |
10th | 64 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
[edit]Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Gulf Racing UK | GTE | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 9 |
IMO 8 |
RBR 9 |
11th | 28 | ||
Porsche 911 RSR | LEC 6 |
EST 4 | |||||||||
2015 | Gulf Racing UK | GTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 1 |
IMO 8 |
RBR 7 |
LEC 7 |
EST 3 |
4th | 56 |
Complete British GT Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | FF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
ROC 1 |
SIL 1 |
SNE 1 Ret |
SNE 2 2 |
SPA 1 21 |
SPA 2 3 |
BRH 1 8 |
DON 1 |
15th | 39 |
2015 | FF Corse | Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 2 |
OUL 2 6 |
ROC 1 DSQ |
SIL 1 |
SPA 1 |
BRH 1 5 |
SNE 1 11 |
SNE 2 DNS |
DON 1 |
12th | 41 | |
2016 | Barwell Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | GT3 | BRH 1 |
ROC 1 4 |
OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 5 |
8th | 75.5 | ||||||
FF Corse | Ferrari 488 GT3 | SIL 1 3 |
SPA 1 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
DON 1 |
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2022 | Balfe Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | GT3 | OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 2 |
SIL 1 Ret |
DON 1 8 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SPA 1 |
BRH 1 |
DON 1 |
15th | 49 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
[edit]Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Gulf Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL Ret |
SPA 5 |
LMS 3 |
NÜR 5 |
MEX 4 |
COA 4 |
FUJ 4 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 4 |
7th | 106 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Gulf Racing | Ben Barker Mike Wainwright |
Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Am |
328 | 33rd | 5th |
Complete Formula E results
[edit]Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016–17 | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | Spark SRT01-e | Jaguar I-Type 1 | HKG 12 |
MRK 14 |
BUE 17 |
MEX 8 |
MCO 14 |
PAR 15 |
BER 14 |
BER 16 |
NYC 10 |
NYC 11 |
MTL 16 |
MTL 14 |
21st | 5 |
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali results
[edit]Year | Class | Team | Car | Circuit | Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Trofeo Pirelli Pro | Ferrari Budapest - FF Corse | Ferrari 488 Challenge | Mugello Circuit | 1st |
References
[edit]- ^ "Adam Carroll (GB) - GT Open". gtopen.net. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Adam Carroll". driverdb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Q&A with Adam Carroll". britsonpole.com. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ^ "Adam Carroll". Motorsport. Adam Carroll Racing. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Carroll gets final Audi seat". Autosport. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ "autosport.com – GP2 News: Carroll replaces Pizzonia at FMS". Autosport.
- ^ "Adam Carroll Not To Take Part in DTM Series for the Rest of the Season". autoracingdaily.com. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
- ^ "autosport.com – GP2 News: Carroll wins chaotic race in Hungary". Autosport.
- ^ :::Race Control::: Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Carroll: Simple to say yes". crash.net. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Asmer to race in GP2 with FMS". autosport.com. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ Carroll eyes Formula One chance BBC Sport, 23 April 2009. Retrieved on 23 April 2009
- ^ Doing it the hard way – Sky Sports
- ^ Glendenning, Mark (25 August 2011). "Insight: Lola's F1 Car — Best F1 team you never saw". Autosport. 205 (8): 46–49.
- ^ Andretti Autosport signs Adam carroll to limited 2010 Izod IndyCar Series schedule – Andretti Autosport, 29 April 2010 Archived 3 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Peter Mills (30 June 2011). "Adam Carroll to make FR3.5 debut at the Hungaroring". Autosport. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ "Adam Carroll joins Super Nova Racing". GP2 Series. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Carroll on standby for Mahindra at Buenos Aires". 4 February 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Scott (9 May 2016). "Adam Carroll in frame to stand in for Antonio Felix da Costa in Formula E". Autosport. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Aguri fails to reach deal with Carroll for Berlin ePrix". 11 May 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Scott (19 August 2016). "Jaguar Formula E team to evaluate four drivers in Donington test". Autosport. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Jaguar signs Carroll as Lynn, Tincknell, Evans vie for second seat". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "NIO | Adam Carroll Joins NIO 333 FE Team as Reserve Driver for 2021". www.nio.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (28 February 2023). "Team WRT Confirm Two More BMW M4 GT3s For Sprint & Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ Dagys, John (9 February 2023). "Carroll Completes Esses Mercedes Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Adam Carroll – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
External links
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