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Date of birth September 23, 1981
Born Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lives Monte Carlo, Monaco
Marital status Single
Height 5ft 10in (1.82 m)
Weight 163 lb (74 kg)
Career Highlights
• Finished 3rd in Rookie Season- Champ Car World Series in 2007 and was highest finishing Rookie since Juan Pablo Montoya in 1999.
• Made 11 Formula One starts during the 2005 and 2006 seasons
• Third in 2004 FIA International F3000 Championship
• Test driver for three F1 teams from 2004-2006
• Earned seven podiums in European F3 Championship
Race Career
1999 Opel Lotus UK Winter Series, Team JR Racing, Series runner-up (4 poles, 4 wins, 4 fastest laps)
2000 Formula Ford Zetec, Benelux Championship, Speedlover, 5th overall
Formula Ford, Belgian Championship. 2nd overall
(6 podiums, 1 pole, 3 fastest laps)
2001 British Formula 3 Championship Scholarship drive, FGR Racing, 5th overall
(2 poles, 2 wins, 9 podiums, including 2nd place British Grand Prix F3 support race)
2002 German Formula 3 Championship, Team Ghinzani
(4 podiums)
Formula 3, Macau Grand Prix, 6th place
2003 European Formula 3 Championship, Team Ghinzani
(7 podiums)
F3 Masters, Spa (1 pole)
F3, Korean Grand Prix, 2nd place
2004 FIA F3000 International Championship, Arden, 3rd overall
(1 win at Spa, 3 other podiums)
FIA Formula One World Championship, Test Driver, Jordan Ford (final three GPs of the season)
2005 FIA Formula One World Championship, Test Driver, Jordan Toyota; Race Driver, Minardi Cosworth
(commencing German Grand Prix)
2006 FIA Formula One World Championship, Official Test/Reserve Driver, Red Bull Racing;
Race Driver, Red Bull Racing (commencing Chinese Grand Prix)
2007 Champ Car World Series, Minardi Team USA, Driver Car No 14
3rd in Championship
Rookie of the Year
(4 Podiums and 2 wins at Mont-Tremblant and San Jose)
Further information about Robert Doornbos is available at www.robertdoornbos.com
Media contact
Graham Jones
Tel: +44 20 8657 3942 Mob: +44 7767 301303
e-mail: Graham.Jones@MinardiTeamUSA.com
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