Robert Wickens

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Robert Wickens
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Wickens at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality Canada Canadian
Born (1989-03-13) March 13, 1989 (age 35)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DTM career
Debut season 2012
Current team HWA AG
Car no. 6
Former teams Mücke Motorsport
Starts 52
Wins 3
Poles 3
Fastest laps 3
Best finish 5th in 2013
Finished last season 13th (61 pts)
Previous series
2011
2010
2009
2009
2008–09
2007–08
2007
2007–08
2006
2006
2005–06		 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP3 Series
FIA Formula Two
British Formula 3
Formula Three Euroseries
A1 Grand Prix
Champ Car Atlantic
World Series by Renault
Formula BMW ADAC
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula BMW USA
Championship titles
2011
2006		 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Formula BMW USA
Awards
BBC Rising Star Award, INSIDE TRACK Canadian Racing Competing At The Highest Levels of International Competition

Robert Tyler Wickens (born March 13, 1989) is a Canadian racing driver, currently driving in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mücke Motorsport.[1] Wickens is also a part of the revitalized Mercedes-Benz Junior Team, together with Christian Vietoris and Roberto Merhi. In 2009 he finished in second place in the FIA Formula Two Championship, and in 2010 he was runner-up in the GP3 Series. In his return to Formula Renault 3.5, where he competed in 2008, he won the 2011 season championship with Carlin Motorsport, with backing of Marussia. Wickens then left the series to race in the DTM.

Career

Karting

Wickens started his karting career in 2001 with wins in the Junior Heavy Marigold Fall Classic and the Junior Lite Iron Man Enduro. He was three-time champion of the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship in 2002, 2003, and 2005 in various classes. He also won races in ASN Canadian National Formula Junior, SKUSA ProMoto Tour, BeaveRun, PA, 80cc Junior OKRA Grand National, and Junior Heavy Mosport Grand Prix.

Formula BMW

In 2005, when he was sixteen years old, Wickens started his formula racing career. Thanks to Junior Scholarship from BMW, he participated in Formula BMW USA for Team Apex Racing USA. He scored five podiums including two wins, which brought him third place and best rookie's title. Also he competed in Formula BMW World Final, where he finished sixth.

He remained in the series in 2006 for the same team, but after few races switched to the EuroInternational, because he become a Red Bull Junior Team driver.[2] The Canadian amassed three wins, seven podiums and won the championship. Besides repeat appearance in Formula BMW World Final, Wickens was guest driver at the Nürburgring Formula BMW ADAC round, which was a support race for the Formula One European Grand Prix. After three months he again appeared at Nürburg to competing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 for Motopark Academy.

Champ Car Atlantic

Wickens driving for the Red Bull Junior Team at Houston during the 2007 Champ Car Atlantic season.

In 2007 Wickens moved to the Champ Car Atlantic for Red Bull/Team Forsythe. He took one win and another three podiums and was third in season standings, yielding Raphael Matos and Franck Perera.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

After four races at the end of the 2007 season,[3] Wickens moved up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the 2008 season, with Carlin Motorsport.[4] He claimed one win at Silverstone[5] and finished season on the twelfth place with 55 points.

Formula Three Euroseries

Apart from involvement in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, in 2008 Wickens competed in Formula Three Euroseries with Signature-Plus, missing the Hockenheim, Mugello and Brands Hatch rounds. His best results came at the second, rainy races on the Norisring and Bugatti Circuit, where he won. Both times, due to insufficient distance covered, half points were awarded. He continued his participation in 2009, but switched to Kolles & Heinz Union and only competed in the Hockenheim and Dijon rounds, failing to score a point.

FIA Formula Two Championship

Wickens was the only North American driver in the revamped FIA Formula Two Championship for the 2009 season, driving car number 12.[6] Wickens dominated the opening race of the series, leading every lap from pole position to become the first driver since Philippe Streiff in September 1984 to win an international Formula Two race. He repeated that in race two, to lead the championship. However, those were his only two wins of the season, as he struggled with reliability later in the season. Despite five retirements, Wickens ended up as the runner-up in the championship, albeit 51 points behind runaway champion Andy Soucek.

In November 2009 Wickens revealed that he had held "off the record" talks with several Formula 1 teams, and believe that his chances of driving in Formula 1 were increased by the fact that he is the only potential rookie North American driver who currently holds a valid FIA superlicence.[7]

In June 2011 it was announced that Wickens had been signed to the Virgin Racing team as a reserve driver but that he would continue to race in the GP3 series.

GP3 Series

In 2010 Wickens raced in the GP3 Series with Status Grand Prix.[8] After getting third place in Barcelona qualifying,[9] a good start and Nigel Melker retiring on the opening lap upped him to second place in the first race.[10] In the second race he started from seventh place and made his way up to fourth, which allowed him to lead the driver's standings.[11]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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Robert Wickens at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

Wickens was crowned the champion of the series in 2011, after edging out teammate Jean-Éric Vergne at the final race.

DTM

File:2014 DTM HockenheimringII Robert Wickens by 2eight 8SC4849.jpg
Wickens, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2014 - Hockenheimring

On April 3, 2012, Mercedes announced the revival of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Team that has guided several notable drivers in their racing careers like Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher. With that announcement came the news that Robert Wickens, together with the reigning Formula 3 Euroseries champion Roberto Merhi and DTM-sophomore Christian Vietoris, would become a part of the new Junior Team and that the three of them would drive for the Junior Team in the 2012 DTM season. In addition to that, 7-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher will be involved with the three drivers by serving as a mentor. Wickens' entry into the DTM meant that he would be one of two Canadians in the drivers field, together with Bruno Spengler.[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005 Formula BMW USA Team Apex Racing USA 14 2 1 2 5 122 3rd
Formula BMW World Final Team Autotecnica 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2006 Formula BMW USA EuroInternational
Team Apex Racing USA		 14 3 3 3 7 149 1st
Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Motopark Academy 2 0 0 0 0 N/A NC†
Formula BMW World Final EuroInternational 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2007 Champ Car Atlantic Red Bull/Team Forsythe 12 1 1 2 4 255 3rd
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 6 25th
2007–08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Canada 14 1 2 1 4 75 9th
2008 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 17 1 1 3 4 55 12th
Formula Three Euroseries Signature-Plus 14 1 0 0 2 10.5 15th
2009 FIA Formula Two Championship Motorsport Vision 16 2 5 3 6 64 2nd
Formula Three Euroseries Kolles & Heinz Union 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
British Formula 3 Carlin Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 12 16th
Atlantic Championship Genoa Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 14th
2010 GP3 Series Status Grand Prix 16 3 1 2 7 71 2nd
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 17 5 7 4 10 241 1st
Formula One Marussia Virgin Racing Test driver
2012 DTM Mücke Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 14 16th
2013 DTM HWA Team 10 1 1 0 3 70 5th
2014 DTM HWA Team 10 1 2 0 1 41 12th
2015 DTM HWA AG 18 1 0 1 2 61 13th
2016 DTM Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I 4 0 0 2 1 28 8th*

* Season still in progress.
† As Wickens was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(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 A1 Team Canada NED
SPR		 NED
FEA		 CZE
SPR		 CZE
FEA		 MYS
SPR
3		 MYS
FEA
Ret		 CHN
SPR
15		 CHN
FEA
Ret		 NZL
SPR
Ret		 NZL
FEA
2		 AUS
SPR
3		 AUS
FEA
6		 RSA
SPR
1		 RSA
FEA
12		 MEX
SPR
7		 MEX
FEA
5		 CHN
SPR
2		 CHN
FEA
20		 GBR
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 9th 75

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(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 DC Points
2007 Carlin Motorsport MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 MON
1		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 DON
1		 DON
2		 MAG
1		 MAG
2		 EST
1
12		 EST
2
10		 CAT
1
7		 CAT
2
11		 25th 6
2008 Carlin Motorsport MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
Ret		 SPA
1
14		 SPA
2
Ret		 MON
1
19		 SIL
1
9		 SIL
2
1		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
8		 NÜR
1
13		 NÜR
2
18		 LMS
1
14		 LMS
2
22		 EST
1
3		 EST
2
12		 CAT
1
3		 CAT
2
3		 12th 55
2011 Carlin Motorsport ALC
1
2		 ALC
2
5		 SPA
1
1		 SPA
2
2		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
Ret		 MON
1
2		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
2		 HUN
1
5		 HUN
2
7		 SIL
1
1		 SIL
2
1		 LEC
1
2		 LEC
2
19		 CAT
1
1		 CAT
2
Ret		 1st 241

Complete Formula Three Euroseries results

(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
2008 Signature-Plus Dallara F308/011 Volkswagen HOC
1		 HOC
2		 MUG
1		 MUG
2		 PAU
1
9		 PAU
2
8		 NOR
1
7		 NOR
2
2		 ZAN
1
8		 ZAN
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
12		 NÜR
2
16		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
14		 LMS
1
7		 LMS
2
1		 HOC
1
23		 HOC
2
8		 15th 10.5
2009 Kolles & Heinz Union Dallara F309/001 Volkswagen HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
11		 LAU
1		 LAU
2		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 OSC
1		 OSC
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 CAT
1		 CAT
2		 DIJ
1
14		 DIJ
2
7		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 22nd 0

Complete Formula Two results

(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 DC Points
2009 Motorsport Vision VAL
1
1		 VAL
2
1		 BRN
1
9		 BRN
2
Ret		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
3		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
2		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
Ret		 OSC
1
8		 OSC
2
4		 IMO
1
4		 IMO
2
2		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
3		 2nd 64

Complete GP3 Series results

(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 DC Points
2010 Status Grand Prix ESP
FEA
2		 ESP
SPR
4		 TUR
FEA
11		 TUR
SPR
21		 VAL
FEA
2		 VAL
SPR
16		 GBR
FEA
9		 GBR
SPR
5		 GER
FEA
1		 GER
SPR
5		 HUN
FEA
4		 HUN
SPR
2		 BEL
FEA
1		 BEL
SPR
11		 ITA
FEA
2		 ITA
SPR
1		 2nd 71

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2007 Red Bull Forsythe Racing LVG
2		 LBH
3		 HOU
10		 POR1
1		 POR2
4		 CLE
5		 MTT
5		 TOR
7		 EDM1
4		 EDM2
10		 SJO
3		 ROA
7		 3rd 255
2009 Genoa Racing SEB UTA NJ1 NJ2 LIM ACC1 ACC2 MDO TRR MOS
4		 ATL LS 14th 12

Complete Formula One participations

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2011 Marussia Virgin Racing Virgin MVR-02 Cosworth CA2011 2.4 V8 AUS MAL CHN TUR ESP MON CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR IND ABU
TD		 BRA – –

Complete DTM results

(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 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2012 Mücke Motorsport DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
14		 LAU
22†		 BRH
14		 SPL
13		 NOR
9		 NÜR
7		 ZAN
Ret		 OSC
7		 VAL
Ret		 HOC
Ret		 16th 14
2013 HWA Team DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
Ret		 BRH
3		 SPL
12		 LAU
4		 NOR
2		 MSC
12		 NÜR
1		 OSC
22†		 ZAN
16		 HOC
18		 5th 70
2014 HWA Team DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
18		 OSC
Ret		 HUN
11		 NOR
1		 MSC
14		 SPL
DSQ		 NÜR
9		 LAU
5		 ZAN
8		 HOC
17		 12th 41
2015 HWA AG DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
7		 LAU
1
6		 LAU
2
18		 NOR
1
2		 NOR
2
1		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
19		 SPL
1
Ret		 SPL
2
20†		 MSC
1
12		 MSC
2
22		 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
16		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
18		 13th 61
2016 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team HWA I Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
5		 SPL
1
11		 SPL
2
20		 LAU
1
 LAU
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 MSC
1
 MSC
2
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 8th* 28*

† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance. * Season still in progress.

References

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  2. ↑ Robert Wickens redbull-juniorteam.com
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  7. ↑ Canada's F1 hope may need deep pockets to realize dream theglobeandmail.com 05 November 2009
  8. ↑ Robert Wickens Targets GP3 Series Title With Status Grand Prix, PaddockTalk, April 1, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-05
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