| We don't really know a
huge amount about Ralph Firman. We do know his
pedigree however. Ralph is actually Ralph Firman
Jnr. His father, Ralph Snr is the founder of the
Van Diemen Formula Ford racing team who can count the
late great Ayrton Senna as one of their many driving
talents. Ralph's own driving
pedigree began as Giancarlo's did (and most of the F1
drivers today) in Kart Racing. By the time he
was 15, he had been crowned British Junior Cart
champion. He progressed into Formula Vauxhall
and in 1994 started his F3 career.
After winning the Mclaren Autosport
Young Driver of the Year award , he progressed into
Formula Nippon and won the championship last year
whilst driving for the PIAA Nakajima team.
Now in 2003, Ralph has started a
career in F1 with Jordan. The team have high
hopes for Ralph and so do the fans.
Career History.
1986 Debut in Racing Kart
1990 British Junior Kart (Series Champion)
1991 British Senior Kart (Win : 3)
World Senior Kart (PP)
1992 British Senior Kart (Series Champion)
Euro Kart (Series ranking : 3rd)
1993 Formula Vauxhall Junior (Win : 9 , PP : 10)
1994 Formula Vauxhall (Series ranking : 4th)
International F3 (9th)
Rookie of the year F3
1995 British F3 Championship (Series ranking : 2nd)
MARLBORO MASTERS
International F3 (Winner)
1996 British F3 Championship (Series Champion)
McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year
Macau GP (Winner)
1997 Formula Nippon (TMS)
JGTC (Chateraise PORSCHE)
Macau GP
1998 Formula Nippon (NOVA : Series ranking 7th)
JGTC (NISMO GT-R)
1999 Formula Nippon (NOVA : Series ranking 4th)
JGTC (TAIVON TRANPIO FTO)
2000 Formula Nippon (NOVA : Series ranking 9th)
JGTC (TOYOTA TEAM SARD)
2001 Formula Nippon (PIAA NAKAJIMA : Series ranking
4th)
2002 Formula Nippon (PIAA NAKAJIMA : Series ranking
1st )
JGTC (Mobil 1 Racing : Series ranking 2nd )
2002 Formula Nippon Champion |
