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Scott Speed Profile |
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Birth Date: January 24, 1983
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Birth Place: Manteca, California, USA
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Birth Name: Scott Andrew Speed
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Biography |
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver born on 24
January 1983 in Manteca, California. Formerly a driver for
the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One
race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix. He made his debut
on an oval track and in American stock car racing in the
ARCA RE/MAX Series on 5th October 2007, qualifying and
finishing in 7th position.
Speed's career started at the age of 10 in karting, his
stint there lasting from 1993 until 2001, winning the SKUSA
Super Pro Title for JM Racing driving a Tony Kart Swedetech
Honda in 2000. He also won the 2002 Rock Island GP in 125cc
Shifter Karts. He moved up to Formula series in 2001,
competing in US Formula Russell and becoming champion. He
drove in both the US Barber Formula Dodge and US Star Mazda
Series followed in 2002, although he failed to win either
title, and in 2003 the American drove for the ADR team in
British Formula Three after winning the Red Bull Driver
Search programme. During that year he fell ill with
ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease,
and was forced to return to the United States for treatment.
2004 saw two championship titles for Speed, though, with him
first winning in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and later
German Formula Renault. This was despite his worsening
colitis, for which Speed faced major surgery. His
performances resulted in a drive in the inaugural season of
GP2 Series for 2005, as number two for the iSport team to
Can Artam. Speed was later promoted to first driver for the
team, and ended the season third place in the driver
championship standings behind Nico Rosberg and Heikki
Kovalainen.
At the end of 2005, Speed drove the first three races of the
new A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA, achieving a best
result of fourth in the Feature Race of the 2005-06 A1 Grand
Prix of Nations, Portugal, held at the Autódromo do Estoril.
Speed currently resides in Fuschl am See, Austria, where he
lives with his girlfriend Valentina Neuhauser. His brother
Alex currently races karts in America. |
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since February 27, 2008