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Ralph Firman

释义

Career
Formula Three Macau Grand Prix controversy Formula Nippon Formula One Post-Formula One Retirement from racing
Racing career
Complete Formula Nippon results Complete JGTC/Super GT results Complete Formula One results Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete A1 Grand Prix results
References
External links

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Ralph David Firman Jr. (born 20 May 1975) is an English-born former racing driver who raced under Irish citizenship (his mother Angela is from Ireland) and an Irish-issued racing licence. Earlier in his career he raced under a British licence. His father, Ralph Firman Sr., co-founded the Van Diemen^[1] racecar constructor with Ross Ambrose, father of V8 Supercars champion Marcos, then more recently founded RFR. He is married to Aldís Kristín Árnadóttir, an Icelandic UK-educated lawyer. Ralph's sister, Natasha, is also a racing driver.

Career

Formula Three

Educated at Gresham's School between 1988 and 1993, Firman went straight into motor racing on leaving school. Despite leading much of the 1995 British F3 championship, he lost the title at the final round to Oliver Gavin. However, he continued in the championship in 1996 and captured the title at his second attempt.

Macau Grand Prix controversy

Firman won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 1996 under controversial circumstances. At the end of round 1, Firman finished ahead of German Formula 3 champion Jarno Trulli. In round 2, he was overtaken by Trulli on the last lap. Firman was running with a broken front wing. Just as Jarno Trulli was on the way to victory, Firman crashed at the hairpin corner, blocked the track and caused a red flag. The race officials counted the results to the previous lap when Firman was ahead of Trulli, thus giving him the win.

Formula Nippon

Firman then moved to Japan, culminating in the 2002 Formula Nippon championship, before returning to Europe.

Formula One

Firman secured a seat in Formula One for the {{F1|2003}} season at the Jordan team,^[2] alongside Giancarlo Fisichella. He participated in 14 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting at the 2003 Australian Grand Prix. He scored one championship point, in the 2003 Spanish Grand Prix. He was injured in a huge crash during practice for the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix which forced him to sit out that and the next race, in which he was replaced by Zsolt Baumgartner.

Post-Formula One

Firman has also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was an official test driver for the A1 Grand Prix series in August 2004.

In August 2005, it was announced that he would be the driver for A1 Team Ireland. He had previously been seen to be in competition for the Great Britain seat.

In 2007, Firman, along with Daisuke Ito, won the Japan Super GT GT500 class championship with the Aguri Suzuki co-owned ARTA team. Firman and Ito won the championship before the final race of the season, a first in the series' competitive history.

Retirement from racing

Firman retired from racing in 2013, and now runs a British engineering company.^[3]

Racing career

Complete Formula Nippon results

(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	DC	Points
1997	Team TMS	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	MIN {{small\|4}}	FUJ {{small\|15}}	SUZ {{small\|6}}	SUG {{small\|2}}	FUJ {{small\|13}}	MIN {{small\|Ret}}	MOT {{small\|5}}	FUJ {{small\|Ret}}	SUZ {{small\|11}}	8th	12
1998	Team Nova	SUZ {{small\|12}}	MIN {{small\|Ret}}	FUJ {{small\|Ret}}	MOT {{small\|14}}	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	SUG {{small\|2}}	FUJ {{small\|C}}	MIN {{small\|4}}	FUJ {{small\|3}}	SUZ {{small\|7}}	7th	13
1999	Team Nova	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	MOT {{small\|3}}	MIN {{small\|2}}	FUJ {{small\|9}}	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	SUG {{small\|6}}	FUJ {{small\|10}}	MIN {{small\|9}}	MOT {{small\|8}}	SUZ {{small\|1}}	4th	21
2000	Team Nova	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	MOT {{small\|11}}	MIN {{small\|Ret}}	FUJ {{small\|6}}	SUZ {{small\|7}}	SUG {{small\|2}}	MOT {{small\|10}}	FUJ {{small\|13}}	MIN {{small\|5}}	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	9th	9
2001	Nakajima Racing	SUZ {{small\|5}}	MOT {{small\|Ret}}	MIN {{small\|2}}	FUJ {{small\|6}}	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	SUG {{small\|Ret}}	FUJ {{small\|7}}	MIN {{small\|8}}	MOT {{small\|1}}	SUZ {{small\|1}}	4th	29
2002	Nakajima Racing	*SUZ* {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|2}}	MIN {{small\|Ret}}	SUZ {{small\|1}}	MOT {{small\|9}}	SUG {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|2}}	MIN {{small\|2}}	MOT {{small\|1}}	SUZ {{small\|3}}	1st	62

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
1997	Team TMS	Porsche 911 GT2	GT500	SUZ {{small\|13}}	FUJ {{small\|7}}	SEN {{small\|13}}	FUJ {{small\|13}}	MIN	SUG {{small\|DNQ}}	25th	4
1999	Team Taeivon Ralliart	Mitsubishi FTO	GT300	SUZ {{small\|2}}	FUJ {{small\|Ret}}	SUG {{small\|5}}	MIN {{small\|Ret}}	FUJ {{small\|3}}	TAI {{small\|8}}	MOT {{small\|7}}	6th	42
2000	Toyota Team SARD	Toyota	GT500	MOT {{small\|10}}	FUJ {{small\|Ret}}	SUG {{small\|6}}	FUJ {{small\|2}}	TAI {{small\|Ret}}	MIN {{small\|8}}	SUZ {{small\|16}}	12th	25
2002	Nakajima Racing	Honda NSX	GT500	TAI {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|11}}	SUG {{small\|Ret}}	SEP {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|12}}	MOT {{small\|14}}	MIN {{small\|6}}	SUZ {{small\|1}}	2nd	74
2005	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA {{small\|4}}	FUJ {{small\|12}}	SEP {{small\|2}}	SUG {{small\|6}}	MOT {{small\|16}}	FUJ {{small\|8}}	AUT {{small\|1}}	SUZ {{small\|12}}	2nd	61
2006	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ {{small\|3}}	OKA {{small\|7}}	FUJ {{small\|8}}	SEP {{small\|1}}	SUG {{small\|8}}	SUZ {{small\|6}}	MOT {{small\|15}}	AUT {{small\|11}}	FUJ {{small\|14}}	7th	68
2007	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ {{small\|12}}	OKA {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|9}}	SEP {{small\|6}}	SUG {{small\|1}}	SUZ {{small\|2}}	MOT {{small\|12}}	AUT {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|8}}	1st	94
2008	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	SUZ {{small\|14}}	OKA {{small\|3}}	FUJ {{small\|Ret}}	SEP {{small\|11}}	SUG {{small\|15}}	SUZ {{small\|13}}	MOT {{small\|2}}	AUT {{small\|3}}	FUJ {{small\|12}}	8th	49
2009	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda NSX	GT500	OKA {{small\|3}}	SUZ {{small\|14}}	FUJ {{small\|3}}	SEP {{small\|3}}	SUG {{small\|14}}	SUZ {{small\|12}}	FUJ {{small\|1}}	AUT {{small\|4}}	MOT {{small\|1}}	2nd	81
2010	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	SUZ {{small\|Ret}}	OKA {{small\|6}}	FUJ {{small\|11}}	SEP {{small\|11}}	SUG {{small\|12}}	SUZ {{small\|1}}	FUJ {{small\|C}}	MOT {{small\|7}}	11th	29
2012	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA {{small\|6}}	FUJ {{small\|Ret}}	SEP {{small\|12}}	SUG {{small\|Ret}}	SUZ {{small\|7}}	FUJ {{small\|9}}	AUT {{small\|11}}	MOT {{small\|13}}	16th	12
2013	Autobacs Racing Team Aguri	Honda HSV-010 GT	GT500	OKA {{small\|9}}	FUJ {{small\|8}}	SEP {{small\|8}}	SUG {{small\|1}}	SUZ {{small\|12}}	FUJ {{small\|8}}	AUT {{small\|14}}	MOT {{small\|15}}	11th	31

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
2003	Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ13	Ford V10	AUS {{small\|Ret}}	MAL {{small\|10}}	BRA {{small\|Ret}}	SMR {{small\|Ret}}	ESP {{small\|8}}	AUT {{small\|11}}	MON {{small\|12}}	CAN {{small\|Ret}}	EUR {{small\|11}}	FRA {{small\|15}}	GBR {{small\|13}}	GER {{small\|Ret}}	HUN {{small\|DNS}}	ITA	USA {{small\|Ret}}	JPN {{small\|14}}	19th	1

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.\|Overall Position	Class Pos.\|Class Position
2004	{{flagicon\|NLD}} Racing for Holland	{{flagicon\|NLD}} Tom Coronel {{flagicon\|GBR}} Justin Wilson	Dome S101-Judd	LMP1	313	DNF	DNF

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(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	21	22	DC	Points
2005–06	Ireland	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR {{small\|9}}	GER FEA {{small\|6}}	POR SPR {{small\|19}}	POR FEA {{small\|3}}	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR {{small\|7}}	MYS FEA {{small\|9}}	UAE SPR {{small\|4}}	UAE FEA {{small\|Ret}}	RSA SPR {{small\|4}}	RSA FEA {{small\|Ret}}	IDN SPR {{small\|6}}	IDN FEA {{small\|Ret}}	MEX SPR {{small\|Ret}}	MEX FEA {{small\|Ret}}	USA SPR {{small\|5}}	USA FEA {{small\|6}}	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	8th	68
2007–08	Ireland	NED SPR {{small\|8}}	NED FEA {{small\|6}}	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	6th	94

References

1. ^RFR – In development: the 2010 RFR F2000/FC – Ralph Firman Racing
2. ^Ralph Firman : The Formula One DataBase {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130142809/http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Ralph_Firman |date=30 November 2010 }}
3. ^[https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/ralph-firman Ralph Firman | Motor Sport Magazine Database]

External links

{{Official website|http://www.ralphfirman.com/}}
GP Encyclopedia
RFR

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