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Adam Carroll (racing driver)

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Adam Carroll
Carroll at Brands Hatch in 2009
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Republic of Ireland Irish
via dual nationality[1]
Born (1982-10-26) 26 October 1982 (age 42)
Portadown, Northern Ireland
GP2 Series career
Debut season2005
Current teamSuper Nova Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number17
Former teamsRacing Engineering
FMS International
Starts72
Wins5
Poles1
Fastest laps3
Best finish5th in 2005
Formula E career
Debut season2016–17
Current teamPanasonic Jaguar Racing
Car number47
Starts12
Championships0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish21st in 2016–17
Finished last season21st
Previous series
2011
2011
2010
20072009
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

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Early career

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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

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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.

Adam Carroll, seen here on the warm up lap of the first GP2 race at Silverstone, England on 10 June 2006.

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

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Carroll driving for A1 Team Ireland for the 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season.
Carroll driving for FMS International at the Monaco round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

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

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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

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Carroll driving for Super Nova at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

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

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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

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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

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Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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(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
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

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(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 23 DC Points
2005 Super Nova International IMO
FEA

5
IMO
SPR

1
CAT
FEA

7
CAT
SPR

6
MON
FEA

1
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

2
MAG
FEA

4
MAG
SPR

6
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

8
HOC
FEA

Ret
HOC
SPR

11
HUN
FEA

9
HUN
SPR

9
IST
FEA

7
IST
SPR

2
MNZ
FEA

5
MNZ
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

8
SPA
SPR

1
BHR
FEA

9
BHR
SPR

8
5th 53
2006 Racing Engineering VAL
FEA

14
VAL
SPR

Ret
IMO
FEA

Ret
IMO
SPR

12
NÜR
FEA

3
NÜR
SPR

5
CAT
FEA

10
CAT
SPR

12
MON
FEA

Ret
SIL
FEA

3
SIL
SPR

2
MAG
FEA

20
MAG
SPR

14
HOC
FEA

6
HOC
SPR

8
HUN
FEA

7
HUN
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

6
IST
SPR

3
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

Ret
8th 33
2007 Petrol Ofisi FMS International BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MAG
FEA

DSQ
MAG
SPR

14
SIL
FEA

6
SIL
SPR

1
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

14
HUN
FEA

1
HUN
SPR

2
IST
FEA

3
IST
SPR

3
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

15
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

6
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

15
7th 36
2008 Fisichella Motor Sport International CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
IST
FEA

8
IST
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

Ret
MAG
FEA
MAG
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HOC
FEA
HOC
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
25th 1
2011 Super Nova Racing IST
FEA
IST
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
NÜR
FEA

15
NÜR
SPR

5
HUN
FEA

19
HUN
SPR

12
SPA
FEA

9
SPA
SPR

11
MNZ
FEA

5
MNZ
SPR

11
17th 6

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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(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
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

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(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
2007–08 Republic of Ireland 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

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(key)

IndyCar

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
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

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(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

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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

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(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
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

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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

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 United Kingdom Gulf Racing United Kingdom Ben Barker
United Kingdom Mike Wainwright
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Am
328 33rd 5th

Complete Formula E results

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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

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Year Class Team Car Circuit Pos.
2019 Trofeo Pirelli Pro Hungary Ferrari Budapest - FF Corse Ferrari 488 Challenge Italy Mugello Circuit 1st

References

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  2. ^ "Adam Carroll". driverdb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Q&A with Adam Carroll". britsonpole.com. 31 May 2008. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Adam Carroll". Motorsport. Adam Carroll Racing. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Carroll gets final Audi seat". Autosport. 12 April 2007. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  6. ^ "autosport.com – GP2 News: Carroll replaces Pizzonia at FMS". Autosport.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "autosport.com – GP2 News: Carroll wins chaotic race in Hungary". Autosport.
  9. ^ :::Race Control::: Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Carroll: Simple to say yes". crash.net. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Asmer to race in GP2 with FMS". autosport.com. 10 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  12. ^ Carroll eyes Formula One chance BBC Sport, 23 April 2009. Retrieved on 23 April 2009
  13. ^ Doing it the hard way – Sky Sports
  14. ^ Glendenning, Mark (25 August 2011). "Insight: Lola's F1 Car — Best F1 team you never saw". Autosport. 205 (8): 46–49.
  15. ^ 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
  16. ^ Peter Mills (30 June 2011). "Adam Carroll to make FR3.5 debut at the Hungaroring". Autosport. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  17. ^ "Adam Carroll joins Super Nova Racing". GP2 Series. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  18. ^ "Carroll on standby for Mahindra at Buenos Aires". 4 February 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Aguri fails to reach deal with Carroll for Berlin ePrix". 11 May 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  21. ^ Mitchell, Scott (19 August 2016). "Jaguar Formula E team to evaluate four drivers in Donington test". Autosport. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  22. ^ "Jaguar signs Carroll as Lynn, Tincknell, Evans vie for second seat". 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ Goodwin, Graham (28 February 2023). "Team WRT Confirm Two More BMW M4 GT3s For Sprint & Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  25. ^ Dagys, John (9 February 2023). "Carroll Completes Esses Mercedes Lineup". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Adam Carroll – 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by A1 Grand Prix
Champion
(Team Ireland)

2008–09
Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)