Adrian Sutil

Adrian Sutil was born 11 january 1983. Until the age of 14, he was a very talented and supported pianist: “The most important thing in my life was the piano. My family is very musical. But now the sound of engines is music in my ears.” His father, Jorge, who migrated from Urugay to Germany at the age of 28, played the violin in the Müncher Philharmonie for many years. Adrians first contact with karting was at the age of 14: “Since then my goal is to be in Formula 1.” In his first season in motorsports in the Formula Ford 2002, he won the championship with 10 pole positions and 10 wins in 10 races. In the Formula 3 Euroseries in 2005 he finished second in the championship with 11 podiums in 18 races.

The German pianist, turned racer, was hoping to make his mark with MF1 Toyota/Spyker in his capacity of part-time test driver in 2006. Sutil dominated the Swiss Formula Ford Championship in 2002, taking 12 poles and wins from 12 races...

A move to the German Formula ADAC BMW Championship followed with four podium positions and sixth position in the championship. 2004 saw him join Team Kolles in the F3 Euroseries and then the following season with Team ASM. Sutil was the runner-up in the championship in 2005.

With his connection with Colin Kolles, Sutil took part in three Friday practice sessions for MF1 Toyota, while continuing to race in the Japanese F3 series. The Munich born driver won the F3 title with Tom’s Toyota and did enough in his role as F1 tester and graduates to the role of race driver alongside Christijan Albers in 2007 in the re-branded Spyker F1 Team.